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to the Rome Insider Collection

Truly memorable meetings and events with authentic local flavour – that is the inspiration behind the InterContinental Insider Collection.

Our network of hotels and resorts is global; our knowledge and expertise local, giving planners guaranteed choice, range and depth to add to any meeting or conference. Each hotel offers its own bespoke selection of services which are firmly rooted in their location and are responsibly guided by our partnership with National Geographic’s Center for Sustainable Destinations.

The options are limitless, the local knowledge rich, the service professional and faultless, the delegate experience enriching and rewarding every time.

Sample for yourself some of our wonderful Rome experiences.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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Insider Locations Choose an InterContinental venue for your event and a world of possibilities opens up. As locals, your hotel team hold the key to a side of your locality tourists never see. What and who they know gives you an exclusive mix of authentic venues and experiences to play with.

Insider Speakers Bring your event to life with an inspirational speaker – someone who can really strike a chord with your delegates and enrich their experience beyond measure. Fascinating and engaging, motivating Insider Speakers range from celebrities and cultural experts to sporting heroes. Whatever their passion, they all have a local connection and you will discover that their unique insights and local know-how make your event one to remember.

Insider Community There’s nothing quite like immersing yourself in the community to gain an added depth and understanding to your experience in a new destination. Insider Community has been designed to benefit local people and create truly memorable and meaningful experiences for your delegates too.

Insider Interactions This team-building experience will help your delegates connect with each other as never before. Using the unique character, heritage or geography of your destination to inspire interaction, each experience, whether based on or off-site offers an original way to engage delegates and motivate them to build effective working relationships.

Insider Breaks With Insider Collection even your breaks are fulfilling experiences. From serving up a delicious lunch of provincial dishes for a taste of regional cuisine to spending some quality time with your Concierge team to get their best insider tips, a few minutes out of your busy schedule becomes a whole experience in itself.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

ENRICHING EXPERIENCES FOR OUR GUESTS AND OUR ENVIRONMENT We believe that a responsible meeting is not only what you experience in the meeting room but also knowing that your hotel respects the destination around it.

We’re proud to partner the leaders in geotourism, the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations. Our ambition is that guests enjoy enriching experiences that reveal what makes a place truly special – its heritage, culture and tradition – and the importance of protecting it.

At InterContinental we use a holistic approach to being a responsible business: to work from the grass roots up, recognising each individual hotel team as the experts best placed to use their local knowledge for developing community and environmental initiatives that meet the specific needs of the destination.

This Insider Collection gives delegates access to some of these unique experiences, and for those meetings that stay in the meeting room, you can be assured our hotel is working behind the scenes to protect what is special about the place for fellow travellers.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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VISIT THE FASHION HOUSE WHERE ‘MADE IN ITALY’ WAS BORN The ‘Sorelle Fontana’ Fashion House has been visited by the world’s most famous women including Princess Grace of Monaco, Margaret Truman, Jacqueline Kennedy, the Princesses Savoia and famous stars such as Linda Christian, Ava Gardner, Joan Collins, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Barbara Stanwyck and many more.

In the intimate atmosphere of this historic fashion house, you will have the opportunity to view wonderful vintage high fashion dresses, unique masterpieces of the Italian art and craft sector.

In addition you can see a photographic collection of models, events, actresses and stars and more than 2000 sketches. It is also possible to add a demonstration lesson from the fashion seminars organised by the Foundation delivered by experienced teachers.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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DISCOVER THE TREASURES OF ROME

Rome wasn’t built in a day and nor can all its secrets be discovered in one either. This personal lecture will give you the opportunity to intimately get to know the Campo Marzio District, where our hotel is located.

Campo Marzio District is one of the most beautiful of Rome’s 22 districts with its magical and unique places: from the Spanish Steps to Via Condotti and Piazza di Spagna with their exclusive boutiques; the elegant Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina to the neoclassical Piazza del Popolo; Pincio Gardens and their wonderful panoramic terrace to the ancient Ara Pacis with its modern museum designed by the American architect Richard Meier.

You can choose to have an in-house or an out-door lecture, after which Campo Marzio District will have no more secrets for you.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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LET YOURSELF BE CARRIED AWAY BY ITALIAN BEL CANTO This series of musical lectures with live performances by professional singers will introduce your delegates to the wonderful world of Italian Opera. You will be seduced by the elegance of the Bel Canto, learning to appreciate opera music more deeply and consciously, recognizing differences between the various composers, genres and periods.

In Opera you can find the same emotions that we experience in our daily life: jealousy, love, betrayal, friendship, duty, conflict.

By identifying ourselves with the characters and the situations they go through, we can recognize in them part of our own being. In that sense, opera can be a means to better get to know our true selves.

After a frenetic working day, delegates can forget problems and let the music relax body and mind.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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CLEAN UP ‘PINETA OF CASTEL FUSANO’

A day in the Pineta di Castel Fusano is a real corporate teambuilding event that is specifically designed to get close to nature and to promote environmental awareness. This activity takes place in the heart of Pineta di Castel Fusano Wildlife Reserve, a very ancient sanctuary covering 916 hectares, close to the mouth of the River Tiber and to the sea.

This unique area, also crossed by an ancient Roman street called Via Severana and built in 198 A.D. by the Emperor Septimius Severus, is rich in wonderful, old domestic pines and holm oaks, typical of Central Italy. The aim is to clean up this amazing place with your team members, learning the ecological characteristics, complexity and biodiversity of the Mediterranean forest and environments.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE REAL ITALIAN PASTA Despite what you may have been told, learning how to make pasta is really not that difficult and you will not believe how much better tasting fresh home made pasta is.

Our Executive Chef Umberto Vezzoli has a wine and food experience your delegates will not forget. Resourceful, creative and imaginative, he will inspire your group with his culinary wizardry. Mr Vezzoli will teach you the secrets of making pasta and then you will taste his delightful creations over lunch or during your break. Our Master Chef will also sprinkle his presentation with healthy portions of fascinating food and cooking history.

Once you learn how to make pasta, you will find nothing is better than the delicate flavour and texture of your own fresh pasta.

Unforgettable!

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

BE A GLADIATOR FOR A DAY

This original and unique experience will take you back in time, immersing you in the fascinating and mysterious world of Ancient Rome.

The Gladiators, charming warriors, will welcome you into their encampment and will demonstrate the fighting techniques used during the spectacular fights that took place in amphitheatres scattered all over the Roman Empire. Delegates will be dressed in a tunic and belt, like ancient Romans and will be given a lesson in how to be a real gladiator and to fight. This unique experience will give you a far deeper understanding of Roman history whilst feeling like a movie star in the attractive world of the Gladiators.

An unusual and interesting way to bond your team!

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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DO AS THE ROMANS DO: GET TO KNOW THE CITY ON A VESPA Who does not know the famous and funny Audrey Hepburn tour of Rome riding on the back of Gregory Peck’s motorcycle in the iconic movie, ‘Roman Holiday’? You will live this exciting and unique experience personally, thanks to this trip across the centuries with breathtaking views of the Eternal City that never fail to stun.

Crossing this unique city in the saddle of a vintage Vespa – the very embodiment of post-war Italy and a bike that is admired the world over – is an unforgettable experience. The tour passes by the most interesting and significant monuments that the Eternal City has to offer. A must–do interaction for anybody who wants to live the authentic Italian way of life.

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REAL ITALIAN COFFEE BREAK: TASTE THE ROMAn AROMA It would be hard to think of Italy without coffee, as it is the national drink. Coffee was not invented in Italy but coffee culture, as we know it did originate here.

In our constant effort to combine great guest experiences with genuine insights and enjoyment of local culture, our Chef has developed an Italian coffee break with a real touch of local tradition.

In Rome, coffee is an absolute must and with this experience you will learn how to make it like a professional and share your new skills with friends back home. Our expert coffee Chef will teach you the Art of Coffee Making and send you home with your very own Italian coffee machine.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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LEARN TO EAT WELL

The Mediterranean Diet presents a delicious, health-promoting way of eating and drinking. Regularly described as the ‘gold standard for healthy eating’, it is more than just a diet; it’s a whole way of life.

For this, when we think about Italy, authentic flavours, subtle perfumes, bright colours and delicate tastes come to mind. Our Mediterranean menu will meet all your delegates’ expectations and give them a broad gastronomic experience of Italian cuisine.

Our chef selects all his products from local farmers and producers who provide the highest quality standards to ensure a unique goal: your delegates’ satisfaction and pleasure.

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us

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THANK YOU

Contact us to learn more about the Rome Insider Collection and how we can help you create a truly memorable experience with authentic local flavour.

Whichever Insider Collection experience is right for you, you can be assured that it reflects the best principles of Responsible Business, a commitment demonstrated by our partnership with the National Geographic Center for Sustainable Destinations.

Email address: romha.sales@ihg.com

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InterContinental de la Ville Rome Via Sistina | 69 00187 | Italy Go to www.intercontinental.com/meetings or click here to contact us