Conference Table & Meeting Room Layouts

 

Meeting Room Layouts

Here's a helpful reference guide to the different kinds of meeting room types and layouts and the way the conference tables are arranged.

 

Theatre

 

Seats or chairs in rows facing a stage area, head table, or speaker (with no conference table)Hilton Conference Centre

 

UShape

 

A series of conference tables set in the shape of the letter U, with chairs around the outside.

 

 

Classroom

 

Rows of conference tables with chairs facing the front of a room (and usually a speaker), providing writing space for each person.

 

Boardroom

 

A rectangular or oval table set up with chairs around all sides and ends.

 

Hollow

 

Square conference tables arranged in a square (or rectangle), leaving the centre open. Chairs are placed around the outside of the tables.

Reception or Cocktail

 

Small, round cocktail/reception tables (usually 3876 centimetres in diameter) with or without chairs.

 

Banquet Rounds

 

A group of round tables, each seating 6 - 10 people, set to facilitate serving food, usually in a hexagonal or square pattern.