Orlando convention centers and trade show venues

Our guides cover nine. The Orange County Convention Center on International Drive is the big public hall. The Hyatt Regency Orlando, the Hilton Orlando and the Rosen Centre, each bridged to it, run expos in their own ballrooms. Rosen Shingle Creek, the Orlando World Center Marriott and Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek run expos in large resort ballrooms. The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin has the Atlantic and Pacific exhibit halls, and Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee has the Florida Exhibition Hall.

From our Orange County Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Centre Hotel, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando World Center Marriott, Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin and Gaylord Palms guides

The Orange County Convention Center, with 2,053,820 sq ft of exhibit space: 1,103,538 sq ft in the West Building and 950,282 sq ft in the North/South Building. Ceilings run 30 to 40 ft in the West Building and 40 ft in North/South, and its 174 truck bays split 97 West and 77 North/South. A $560 million Grand Concourse expansion of the North/South Building, with a 100,000 sq ft ballroom, is due in 2029.

From our Orange County Convention Center guide

Florida is a right-to-work state, so no one has to join a union to work a show. Our OCCC, Hyatt Regency, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Centre, Swan and Dolphin and Signia guides confirm it, and our Rosen Shingle Creek, World Center Marriott and Gaylord Palms guides list those hotels as non-union. What the venues keep are exclusive services: OCCC electricians for house power, and in-house partners for rigging, power and internet at the hotels.

From our Orange County Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Centre Hotel, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando World Center Marriott and Gaylord Palms guides

Usually, yes. OCCC show kits let full-time employees of the exhibiting company install and dismantle the booth with their own hand tools, within each show's rules, and the OLC Accelerate 2026 kit at the Dolphin asked for proof of full-time employment. At the OCCC, connections to house power and aerial rigging are still done by the venue, and forklifts stay with the general contractor. Hired labor comes from the contractor or an approved EAC.

From our Orange County Convention Center and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin guides

Plan about $155 per hundredweight for crated freight at the OCCC, the Hyatt Regency, the Hilton Orlando, the Rosen Centre, the Swan and Dolphin and Signia Bonnet Creek, and about $160 in our Rosen Shingle Creek, World Center Marriott and Gaylord Palms guides. These are Purple planning rates, not published tariffs. On them, 1,500 lbs of crated freight comes to about $2,325 at the OCCC. Loose, late and special-handling freight costs more, and your contractor's show kit has the actual rate.

From our Orange County Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Centre Hotel, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando World Center Marriott and Gaylord Palms guides

The advance warehouse, in most cases. GES kits at the Hyatt Regency, the Dolphin and Signia used the GES warehouse at 7945 Mandarin Drive and gave direct deliveries fixed windows, with carriers checked in by 2 pm for same-day unloading. The Rosen Centre accepts no freight at all, so everything goes through the decorator. The resort hotels share their docks with banquets, so direct trucks may wait. At the OCCC, a direct shipment must go to the right building's dock.

From our Hyatt Regency Orlando, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando World Center Marriott and Gaylord Palms guides

November and the first half of the year are busiest at the OCCC. IAAPA Expo uses the North, South and West Buildings in November 2026, the PGA Show takes the West Concourse in January, Global Pet Expo comes in March, MRO Americas in April, NPE2027 in May and InfoComm in June. The Hyatt, the Hilton Orlando, the Rosen Centre, Signia and the Swan and Dolphin run conference expos through the same months, and Gartner brings Xpos to the Dolphin in May and October.

From our Orange County Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Centre Hotel, Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin guides

The Hyatt Regency Orlando has three walkway bridges to the OCCC's West and North/South concourses. Rosen Centre has a covered skywalk to the West Concourse, and the Hilton Orlando connects to the South Concourse by a covered bridge. Rosen Plaza is linked to the West Building by the Gary Sain Memorial Skybridge. The closest hotel depends on the building your show uses, so check it before you book the room block.

From our Orange County Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Hilton Orlando and Rosen Centre Hotel guides

Orlando International (MCO) is about 12 miles from the OCCC, 15 to 25 minutes by car. The hotels put it about 12 minutes from the Rosen Centre and 15 from the Hyatt Regency, and Cvent puts the Hilton Orlando 15 to 20 minutes away. Our guides put Rosen Shingle Creek about 15 minutes away, the Swan and Dolphin and the World Center Marriott about 20, Gaylord Palms about 25 and Signia Bonnet Creek 25 to 30. There is no rail link; use rideshare, taxi or Mears.

From our Orange County Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Orlando, Rosen Centre Hotel, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Shingle Creek, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando World Center Marriott, Gaylord Palms and Signia by Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek guides

The Hyatt Regency Orlando's five ballrooms run from 8,975 sq ft to the 54,638 sq ft Regency Ballroom, with ceilings from 14 ft to a listed 31 ft. Beside it, the Hilton Orlando's Orlando Ballroom lists 360 booths of 8 × 10 ft under 26 ft, and the Rosen Centre's Grand Ballroom 233 under 25 ft. The Swan and Dolphin's Pacific Hall is 49,920 sq ft with a 25 ft 8 in ceiling. Rosen Shingle Creek's Gatlin Ballroom is 95,000 sq ft and the World Center Marriott's Cypress Ballroom 105,000 sq ft, both carpeted, so plan carpet protection and hand-moved freight.

From our Hyatt Regency Orlando, Hilton Orlando, Rosen Centre Hotel, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Rosen Shingle Creek and Orlando World Center Marriott guides

The OCCC has 6,227 spaces, 1,450 at the West Building and 4,777 at North/South, but Grand Concourse work around North/South runs through 2029, so use the current map in your kit. At OLC Accelerate 2026 at the Dolphin, cars and vans could unload at the dock with two people and a 10-minute limit, and move-in lasted three hours. The Gartner IT Symposium sent drivers to a lot at Blizzard Beach with a shuttle.

From our Orange County Convention Center and Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin guides

It does if more than 300 sq ft of it is covered, or if it has a deck anyone stands on. Anything over the booth counts, including fabric, lattice or a canopy. Those booths need drawings reviewed by the OCCC and Orange County Fire Rescue and a fire watch on show days, unless an approved sprinkler system covers them. Every covered exhibit also needs a smoke detector and an extinguisher, at any size.

From our Orange County Convention Center guide