The Silicon Valley Conference Center is a day meeting facility that includes 12,000 square feet of conference space.   The technologically advanced and strategically located property is close to the San Jose International Airport and five miles north of downtown San Jose. It is easily accessible by the Valley Transportation Authority's airport shuttle and Light Rail.

Owned and originally developed by Novell, Inc., as an internal-use facility, the Silicon Valley Conference Center is now an open-market property, which includes 17 state-of-the-art meeting rooms seating up to 500 attendees theater-style.  The center offers complete conference support services.  Novell will continue as a client of the conference center.

The conference center features the most advanced meeting technology available.  This includes High-speed T1 and Wireless Internet Access, Ku, C Band and Direct TV Satellite Broadcast Reception, onsite audiovisual production, multi-point videoconferencing, Internet Webcasting, and more.  The center also offers sports courts for corporate teambuilding programs.

The Bon Appetit Management Company, located in Palo Alto, California, had a pre-existing role as manager for the overall food and beverage operations at the larger Novell campus.  Benchmark will partner with Bon Appetit to manage the onsite food and beverage program for the conference center and Benchmark will be responsible for the management and marketing of all conference center operations.

For more information on the Silicon Valley Conference Center, visit the property�s Web site at www.svconferencecenter.com.

Benchmark Hospitality, an international hospitality management company based in The Woodlands, Texas, operates luxury resorts, hotels, and conference centers throughout the United States, in Canada and Japan.