A 2006 platinum choice award from Smart Meetings magazine confirmed the appeal of Hilton Los Cabos Beach & Golf Resort as a first-rate meeting destination at the tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula.

The AAA four-diamond property fronts a stretch of golden sand along the Sea of Cortéz. The beach makes a perfect setting for theme parties such as Pirate’s Night and Sailing Voyage.

Six terraces offer additional alfresco options, perfect foils to the third floor’s indoor meeting spaces. They include a business center with two boardrooms for up to 15 attendees each. Right across the hall, El Dorado Ballroom holds up to 680 guests seated theater style, while Las Montañas Ballroom holds up to 370.

A multilingual concierge staff stands ready to arrange tours, excursions, reservations, transportation, and recreation around the whole of Los Cabos.

Between sessions, participants often head straight to the beach, where they lounge in private palapas and indulge in massages at water’s edge. Attendees can also kayak or swim in the protected cove or infinity edge pool. Indoors, a state-of-the-art spa features treatments inspired by Ixchel, Mayan goddess of the moon. Golfers thrill to the choice of championship courses within minutes of the resort, including Cabo Real Golf Club, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

Following a day of work or play, attendees retire to the 309 newly remodeled rooms and 66 suites, where views of sea and sky line the private balconies and terraces. All have separate showers and oversized tubs, 30-inch flat-screen TVs with cable, and well-stocked minibars.

Interior designer Paul Duesing infused the accommodations with both comfort and character through textural accents, faux-painted walls, handhewn hardwoods, antiqued armoires, and handpainted sinks. The crowning glories, plush pillowtop beds draped in Egyptian-cotton linens, ensure supremely comfortable sleep for every guest. Room service delivers 24 hours, even to those whose business stretches well into the night.

Dining out centers on two ocean-view restaurants. Fenicia, the signature restaurant, specializes in European-style table service, piano accompaniment, and boldly flavored dishes from Italy, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Spain, and Morocco. La Hacienda offers a more casual alternative for meals throughout the day. After dinner, the Lobby Bar furnishes a perfect seaside setting for mingling over drinks while live entertainment serenades softly in the background.