JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort Amps Up Meeting Internet Capabilities and Offers Complimentary Meeting Room Internet for Groups Booked by June 1 April 3, 2013

JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, home to Arizona’s largest resort meeting and conference space has upgraded its cyber infrastructure for groups, allowing for 5,300 concurrent users and is celebrating the newly installed one-gigabyte meeting space infrastructure by offering complimentary meeting room Internet for groups of 100 rooms minimum on peak night, booked by June 1 for stays in 2013.
The 950-room resort has been alluring for both business and pleasure, featuring Arizona’s largest ballroom, the pillar-free Grand Canyon Ballroom, patio rooms with spectacular views, elevated amenities of the JW Griffin Club, two championship golf courses at Wildfire Golf Club, two-story Revive Spa, four acres of pools and a cornucopia of dining experiences.
Upon arrival, guests are dazzled by the tumbled marble lobby and sight of stunning floor-to-ceiling windows spilling out onto sparkling waterways and majestic palm-lined pathways.
Elegant and flexible meeting space located on the resort's ground level with easy access to a circular drive includes the Grand Canyon Ballroom, Grand Sonoran Ballroom, and Grand Saguaro including its scenic outdoor Sunset Lawn. All three can be divided for smaller meetings. The resort's fourth ballroom, the Wildflower Ballroom is ideal for special events and celebrations.
The resort’s three Pinnacle Conference rooms and eight Desert Conference Suites offer smaller spaces for breakout sessions. For exclusive VIP meetings, the Chairman's Board Room and President's Board Room offer the perfect setting. The resort offers more than 100,000 square feet of lushly landscaped outdoor venues.
Corporate travelers will appreciate the on-site Fed-Ex Kinko's store, conveniently located near the resort’s conference space.
Guest rooms overlook wildflower gardens, swimming pools, lakes, waterways and offer golf course or mountain views. Included in the 950 rooms are four presidential suites, four hospitality suites, 35 luxury suites and 38 executive suites, offering a variety of options for groups large and small.
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa recently commemorated its 10th anniversary and during the last decade has earned repeatedly the coveted AAA Four Diamond Award, as well as top travel ratings from Meetings & Conventions, Corporate & Incentive Travel, Association Meetings, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and many more.
The largest luxury resort in Arizona features 950 guestrooms (including 81 suites), 240,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, 10 dining experiences, Marriott's first Revive Spa -- a 28,000-square-foot facility -- eight tennis courts and four acres of elaborately landscaped pools including the Lazy River with serpentine slide, two championship golf courses and Wildfire Golf Club. JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa is located where Phoenix meets Scottsdale, just 20 minutes north of Sky Harbor International Airport, with easy access to the Loop 101 freeway. For more information about JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa located at 5350 E. Marriott Drive in Phoenix, call 800-835-6206 or visit www.jwdesertridgeresort.com.