A large group of employees raising their hands together on the steps of a garden venue during an ICE India annual offsite in Hyderabad

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Corporate events in Hyderabad: conferences, offsites and awards nights

One of India's largest convention centres, with a main hall for about 5,000, a deep bench of business hotels and non-stop flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata. ICE India's delivery team in Hyderabad plans and runs conferences, offsites and awards nights, covering venues, travel, production and the event day.

Plan an event in Hyderabad
Getting there
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD), served non-stop from all the big metros
Best months
October to March; summers are hot and the monsoon is heavy
Suits
Conventions of several thousand to leadership meetings and heritage dinners
ICE India in Hyderabad
A delivery team on the ground, sales from Mumbai

Why companies choose Hyderabad

  • Reachable from every office

    Direct flights from the northern, western, eastern and southern metros mean a group assembled from many cities lands on the same day.

  • A convention centre at scale

    HICC and HITEX sit in the same business district, one built for conventions and one for exhibitions and trade shows.

  • Business hotels in depth

    Large ballrooms from the Taj, ITC, Marriott, Westin and Trident properties across the IT corridor and the older city.

  • Heritage on hand

    Charminar, Chowmahalla, the Qutb Shahi Tombs and palace lawns give a programme a place to be set in.

  • Food as an event format

    Hyderabadi dinners, tastings and qawwali evenings that feel local rather than catered.

  • A team on the ground

    Vendors, transfers and the event day are handled by ICE India's own staff in the city.

Hyderabad for corporate groups

Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana, on the Deccan Plateau by the Musi River. Glass office towers and malls stand a short drive from a city that is more than 400 years old, and that combination is what corporate programmes use: modern venues for the working day and a Nizami heritage backdrop for the evening.

For a company with offices across the country the city is also a fair meeting ground. A team spread across several cities can meet here without anyone travelling to a colleague's home turf, flights arrive from all directions, and the hotel market is large enough that a group of 100 or one of 3,000 can be placed without stretching the venue.

ICE India's Hyderabad team knows the IT corridor, the older city and the airport belt. Venue sourcing, flights, coach transfers, AV, production and entertainment sit in one plan, with a single point of contact, end to end.

ICE India is an event management company in Hyderabad, and the venues section below covers corporate meetings in hotel ballrooms and at HICC and HITEX. Delegates fly in from other cities, and ICE India's MICE travel agency handles the flights.

Where to hold an event in Hyderabad

Three areas cover nearly every programme. Each has its own hotels.

The lattice-fronted Cyber Towers building in HITEC City, Hyderabad

The convention district

HITEC City, Madhapur and Gachibowli

The IT corridor and the convention district. HICC with the Novotel, HITEX, the Westin, ITC Kohenur, Trident, Hyatt and Sheraton are all here, so delegates, exhibitors and sponsors stay within a few minutes of each other. Weekday traffic between the corridor and the older city is slow, which shapes the schedule.

Selected corporate venues in HITEC City, Madhapur and Gachibowli
HotelAreaRoomsEvent venuesLargest indoor venue (sq ft, theatre)
Novotel Hyderabad Convention CentreHITEC City, Madhapur28735 meeting rooms in the adjoining HICCHICC main hall: about 69,750 sq ft, about 5,000
ITC KohenurHITEC City2745Deccan Stateroom: 8,105 sq ft, 800
Trident HyderabadHITEC City3235Three ballrooms combined: about 8,000 sq ft, 750
The Westin Hyderabad MindspaceHITEC City42714Westin Ballroom: 5,234 sq ft, 440
Sheraton Hyderabad HotelNanakramguda3261, divisibleJade: 4,409 sq ft, 450
The Buddha statue standing on a rock in Hussain Sagar lake with the Hyderabad skyline behind
Charminar, the four-minaret monument at the heart of Hyderabad's Old City, under a blue sky

Established, central and heritage

Banjara Hills, the lake and the Old City

Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills are the established residential and dining quarter, home to Taj Krishna and Park Hyatt, good for senior meetings, boardroom formats and dinners where the hotel is part of the experience. Taj Falaknuma Palace stands above the Old City, and Charminar, Laad Bazaar and Chowmahalla Palace are the stops for a heritage day: ideal for a gala dinner or a half-day walk, less so for a plenary.

Tank Bund, Begumpet and Somajiguda
The central belt around Hussain Sagar. The Hyderabad Marriott and its 1,400-seat convention centre, ITC Kakatiya, Marigold, Vivanta and The Park sit here, close to Secunderabad station and Begumpet.
Selected corporate venues in Banjara Hills, the lake and the Old City
HotelAreaRoomsEvent venuesLargest indoor venue (sq ft, theatre)
Hyderabad Marriott Hotel & Convention CentreTank Bund29518Convention Centre: 10,651 sq ft, 1,400
The Park HyderabadSomajiguda263SeveralTrillion Ballroom: about 9,709 sq ft, 950
Taj KrishnaBanjara Hills2607Grand Ballroom: about 6,770 sq ft, 700
Park Hyatt HyderabadBanjara Hills25010Ballroom: about 6,460 sq ft, Not available
Marigold HotelBegumpetNot available6Peacock: 5,788 sq ft, 500 to 550
Taj Falaknuma PalaceFalaknuma608Durbar Hall: 120 theatre; Main Lawns outdoors: about 40,000 sq ft, 1,200
Vivanta Hyderabad BegumpetBegumpetNot available4Imperia: 4,653 sq ft, 350
ITC KakatiyaBegumpet188SeveralHyder Mahal: 4,564 sq ft, 350
Landscaped gardens at Ramoji Film City on the edge of Hyderabad

Outskirts

Airport belt and campuses

Novotel Hyderabad Airport at Shamshabad suits short, easy-to-reach meetings. Leonia at Shameerpet and Ramoji Film City on the outskirts offer very large campuses where a whole company can be housed and entertained in one place.

Selected corporate venues in Airport belt and campuses
HotelAreaRoomsEvent venuesLargest indoor venue (sq ft, theatre)
The Leonia Holistic DestinationShameerpet37933LICEC Convention Hall: 62,829 sq ft, 7,700
Novotel Hyderabad AirportShamshabad2908Ballroom: about 4,500 sq ft, 450
Ramoji Film City, Hotel SitaraRamoji Film CityAbout 1687Mayfair: 3,795 sq ft, Not available

Flights to Hyderabad from the main Indian cities

Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata fly direct to Hyderabad, so delegates land the same morning and the programme opens that day. ICE India assigns each flight to a coach, staggers departures and builds peak-hour traffic into day one.

Reaching Hyderabad
CityAirportNon-stop flightsRail and road
HyderabadRajiv Gandhi International (HYD) at Shamshabad, about 24 km south of the city. HITEC City is about 35 km and 40 to 55 minutes by road, Banjara Hills about 28 km, and Gachibowli and the Financial District 45 to 60 minutes at busy hours via the Outer Ring Road. Novotel Hyderabad Airport is on the doorstep. Non-stop to more than 90 destinations, including Dubai, Doha, Singapore, Bangkok, London and Frankfurt.Delhi about 2h 30m, Mumbai about 1h 30m, Bengaluru about 1h 30m, Chennai about 1h 30m, Kolkata about 2h 10m, Pune about 1h 20m, Ahmedabad about 1h 45m, plus Goa, Jaipur, Kochi, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Indore and Visakhapatnam.Main stations: Secunderabad, Hyderabad Deccan (Nampally) and Kacheguda. Vande Bharat links Secunderabad with Nagpur in about 7h 15m and Visakhapatnam in about 8h 30m, and Kacheguda with Bengaluru's Yesvantpur in about 8h 15m. Mumbai by train is about 14 hours. By road: Bengaluru about 570 km (9 to 11 hours), Chennai about 630 km (11 to 12 hours), Vijayawada about 270 km (about 5 hours). Within the city, groups move by coach; the Hyderabad Metro serves the Madhapur and HITEC City corridor.

Convention and exhibition centres

Two large centres sit in the same business district, one built for conventions and one for exhibitions and trade shows.

  • The arched hall of the Hyderabad International Convention Centre with visitors outside

    HITEC City, Madhapur

    Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC)

    A convention centre for several thousand delegates, with a pillar-free main hall that splits into six and the Novotel beside it for rooms.

    • Main hall: about 69,750 sq ft, about 5,000 theatre
    • 35 meeting rooms
    • Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre next door: 287 rooms
  • The tusk-shaped entrance monument at the HITEX Exhibition Centre in Hyderabad

    Madhapur

    HITEX Exhibition Centre

    The choice when the programme is an exhibition or trade show rather than a conference. It has no rooms, so delegates stay in nearby HITEC City hotels.

    • 4 halls and 12 meeting rooms
    • Hall 4: about 86,100 sq ft, 6,300 to 8,000

Where to hold it

Pick by headcount, format and how much of the old city belongs in the programme.

  • HITEC City and Madhapur

    The convention district: HICC, HITEX and the large business hotels for conferences, product launches and exhibitions.

    • Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre and HICC
    • HITEX Exhibition Centre
    • ITC Kohenur

  • Banjara Hills and the palaces

    Established luxury hotels and a palace for leadership meetings, boardrooms and gala dinners.

    • Taj Krishna
    • Park Hyatt Hyderabad
    • Taj Falaknuma Palace

  • Central Hyderabad and the outskirts

    A large convention hotel by Hussain Sagar, and two campuses where a whole company can be hosted in one place.

    • Hyderabad Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre
    • The Leonia Holistic Destination
    • Ramoji Film City

What groups do in Hyderabad

  • Old City heritage walks

    Charminar, Laad Bazaar and the pearl shops with a local guide, paced for mixed ages.

  • Palace and fort evenings

    Dinners in heritage courtyards and visits to Golconda Fort, Chowmahalla Palace and the Qutb Shahi Tombs.

  • Hyderabadi food trails

    Biryani, haleem and Irani chai tastings that work as a team activity as well as a meal.

  • Qawwali and classical evenings

    Live qawwali or Kuchipudi dance, so the entertainment belongs to the city.

  • Film-studio challenges

    Team games and a themed dinner at Ramoji Film City, on the city's outskirts.

  • Team-building challenges

    Build a car in the F1 Challenge, a raft or a junkyard sale, or play a drum-jam session.

When to go

October to March is the working season: dry, mild and open for lawn dinners and heritage walks, and the end of the financial year falls inside it. Summers are very hot and the monsoon is heavy, so programmes from June to September are planned indoors with a heritage evening moved to a covered courtyard. Hyderabad rarely feels seasonal for conferences, since the main venues are fully air-conditioned and under one roof.

Events ICE India has run in Hyderabad

  • Guests watching the programme at a Transasia launch evening

    Transasia Bio-Medicals

    The 2019 analyser launch reached Hyderabad on 13 April: 300 guests at the Marriott.

  • Award winners on stage at the IDBI Federal Life offsite in Hyderabad

    IDBI Federal Life Insurance

    An annual offsite for 150 and more employees at Novotel Hyderabad: business sessions, awards and a qawwali dinner.

Planning an event in Hyderabad: questions

Should we use a convention centre or a hotel ballroom?

HICC suits a convention with several thousand delegates, a main hall and breakouts, and the Novotel beside it holds the rooms. For plenaries of a few hundred with a stay attached, a hotel ballroom is simpler and cheaper to dress. HITEX is the choice when the programme is an exhibition or trade show, not a conference.

Where in Hyderabad can we host a gala dinner with some character?

Taj Falaknuma Palace has lawns for up to about 1,200 guests and is the palace choice. For a lighter version, ICE India adds Hyderabadi cuisine, lantern lighting and a qawwali or classical performance to a hotel lawn or courtyard, which reads as local without the palace booking.

Where do smaller teams of 50 to 100 stay?

A smaller group does not need a convention hotel. Business hotels in Banjara Hills and Begumpet offer a single ballroom and a few breakout rooms at a calmer pace, and resorts at Shameerpet suit teams that want a campus feel away from the city.

Who manages corporate events in Hyderabad end to end?

ICE India is a Mumbai-headquartered corporate event management and MICE company with a delivery team in Hyderabad. It handles venue contracting, flights and transfers, AV, entertainment, branding and the event day, all run by one team.

What does a corporate event in Hyderabad cost?

It depends on the venue, season, flights and format. For reference, ICE India's published bands put a one-night conference for 200 people at ₹35-70 lakh including stay on twin sharing, F&B and AV, before GST. ICE India quotes each Hyderabad programme after a short brief. See corporate MICE.

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