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While meeting and event planning in Columbus, an army town since 1908.
Columbus at a glance
Average hotel room cost
USD 83
Average meal cost
USD 46
Total hotels
43
Total rooms
3,891
Convention center space
200,000 sq. ft.
Highlights of Columbus
1. Highlight 1
Once Georgia's last frontier post, Columbus now serves as the state's third-largest city and home to centers for fine and performing arts, acclaimed museums, family-friendly activities and unrivaled recreation.
2. Highlight 2
The city's fall line location places it within the rolling hills of the Piedmont plateau and flat terrain of the coastal plain, providing a beautiful backdrop for the Columbus cityscape. Columbus serves as the home of the Fort Benning Army Installation, as well as corporate headquarters for AFLAC .
3. Highlight 3
Located in the heart of Uptown Columbus along the Chattahoochee RiverWalk, the science center houses the Challenger Learning Center, Omnisphere Theater and Mead Observatory, as well as seven flight simulators, all designed to allow visitors to interact with space science, physics and astronomy.
Perched along the banks of the Chattahoochee River and serving as a local landmark of the downtown area, the Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center offers a total of 182,000 square feet of usable floor space. The center is housed in the 1853-built historic Columbus Iron Works building, which today still displays the best of restored 19th-century craftsmanship from its brick walls, huge timbers and exposed ceilings. In the past, the building produced farming implements and mechanical gears used by local textile businesses, as well as Civil War firearms and machinery. Today, the Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center features a 22,000-square-foot ballroom and 55,000 square feet of exhibit space, as well as …