A 2002 renovation of a 1926 San Francisco landmark resulted in the Omni San Francisco Hotel, one of the city’s premier meeting locations.

Housed in a former bank headquarters, the four-diamond hotel combines a Florentine Renaissance decor with a central location in the financial district at the foot of Nob Hill—close to the Ferry Building, Union Square, North Beach, and Chinatown—with a cable car stop just outside the door.

A corniced brick facade leads to the lobby, where Italian marble floors and Venetian-style Austrian crystal chandeliers set an elegant tone that continues in the 362 rooms and suites. Standard amenities include Egyptian cotton sheets, Chinese marble vanities, on-demand movies, and twice daily housekeeping.

Business guests benefit from over-sized work desks and ergonomic chairs in their rooms, T-1 and wireless Internet connection, and three dual-line speakerphones. A 24-hour business center provides computers, workstations, and photocopier, fax, and mail services.

The meeting space includes a 2,800- square-foot ballroom and a 12-person boardroom on the third floor and eight conference rooms on the second floor— all designed for flexibility and with built-in audiovisual equipment. Over-sized ergonomic seating ensures all-day comfort for groups of up to 150. For private dining overlooking the entire city, the conference-planning manager can arrange group bookings at San Francisco’s famed Carnelian Room across the street—and 52 stories up.

The conference-planning manager also takes care of such details as shipping and receiving from the loading dock, music programming, and booking the audiovisual and engineering teams for any technical installations or support required.

A recently introduced rewards program for groups contributes points toward accommodation, spa treatments, raffle prizes for delegates, or a donation to a charity of choice. Through Omni, groups seeking a team-building exercise that gives back to the community can even spend a day working on a local Habitat for Humanity housing project.

Guests between meetings, work, or sightseeing can unwind in the fitness center, request a Get Fit Kit for an in-room workout, or head to the nearby Harden Park golf course. Those with serious fitness on the agenda can even book a Get Fit Room that includes a treadmill.

Others with serious dining on the agenda can reserve a table at Bob’s Steak and Chophouse, the hotel’s DiRoNA Award–winning restaurant. At the adjoining bar, guests love to linger and watch the cable cars come and go through the bank of windows fronting California and Montgomery Streets.