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AT RESTAll 585 guest rooms and suites feature a fresh look, luxury pillow-top bedding, HDTVs, and new custom furniture, carpet-ing, and travertine tile. Suites offer a living area, kitchenette, and separate bedroom, and there are five penthouses for VIPs and a villa with large patio balcony for hospitality. All rooms include a microwave, refrigerator, coffee maker, and toaster. Group rates include guest room and meeting room Wi-Fi, self-parking, fitness center, tennis court use, and a waived resort fee.

AT PLAYA fully equipped fitness center, spa, and tennis courts are on site, while miles of soft white-sand beach become a playground for collaborative teambuilding challenges. Extreme watersports—like flying with a jet pack and paddleboarding—blend with more laid-back diversions, such as lounging in hammocks and beach cabanas. Five swimming pools are also available, including one reserved for adults. These options, in addition to an extensive children’s program, make TradeWinds an excellent choice for a post-meeting getaway. Golf, fishing, dolphin-watching excursions, pro sports, world-class museums, and shopping are all nearby.

AT THE TABLE The culinary chefs take pride in designing creative menus for exceptional banquets as well as the resort’s many diverse dining and entertainment venues. RumFish GrillSM, Tampa Bay’s newest destination restaurant, headlines the portfolio of individual dining offerings at TradeWinds. A massive aquarium encom-passes the entire wall of the 150-seat dining room, while indoor and outdoor bars feature live music nightly and a 14-foot televi-sion screen. Other resort options range from the inventive and artfully prepared cuisine at Palm Court Italian Grill to casual beach and sports bars and a lobby bar featuring Starbucks® coffee and cocktails.

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AT WORK Over 70,000 square feet of flexible function space includes 28 breakout rooms and a spacious indoor pre-convene colon-nade graced by towering palms. Lush tropical courtyards and beachfront terraces provide relaxing and refreshing venues for coffee breaks, lunch buffets, and sunset receptions for groups as large as 1,000 attendees. Additional amenities include an on-site audiovisual company, group reservations team, and transporta-tion services. The 24-acre resort is located on St. Pete Beach, consistently ranked as a top beach destination in the U.S., and easily accessible via interstate from both Tampa and St. Pete/Clearwater international airports.

ST. PETE BEACH, FLORIDA

TRADEWINDS ISLAND GRAND The largest beachfront meetings resort on Florida’s west coast, TradeWinds Island Grand boasts a sophisticated tropical ambiance and a seasoned support team offering exceptionally friendly and award-winning service.