Desert Willow Conference Center — Local services in Phoenix

I attended a one day conference at this location. The location was newer or newly remodeled and very clean. The conference had a large number of attendees probably at the full capacity of the event center. But the staff was up for challenge. Ensuring that referehments stayed replenished and the facility stayed clean the entire time of the conference.

They have their own parking lot(that was free) that during the business day can have other businesses park in it, but parking was not a problem. I showed up 10 minutes early and I was able to still park a few rows from the door without too much of a walk.

Overall a great experience, much better than some of the downtown conference centers you visit that you can see the age in...

Desert Willow is an average conference center in a metro area that seriously lacks convening space. Therefore, the fact that it exists gives it two stars. Yet, there are a few amenities that make this a three star location: Parking is easy and free. If you have conference attendees that are older and may be uncomfortable going up and down stairs in a parking garage - this place is ideal. Clean and quiet. This site in a business park that is just south of the airport and far enough from everything. There aren’t a lot of distractions around. Friendly and helpful staff that are willing to assist. Unfortunately, it lacks character and could literally be anywhere in the U.S. which is a missed...

I serve on a board of a non-profit professional organization within the Phoenix area. We have used Desert Willow Conference Center for the last 4 years for our annual conference. It has met our needs including Fine Food and nice meeting room spaces. The biggest problem of Desert Willow is the size, we will soon outgrow the facility because they cannot handle over 450 people. The location seems a bit weird in the midst of a commercial industrial district, but it is fairly near the airport. For swallow local conference this is a fine option, cheaper than many hotels from...