The Titanic Hotel, Belfast
Built to go the distance.
The story of the venue
This year’s Speaking Business Summit takes place at The Titanic Hotel, set within the former headquarters and Drawing Offices of Harland & Wolff, the shipbuilders behind the RMS Titanic. Three-storey ceilings, original architecture, over a century of history, this is the actual room where the ship was designed.
Why this building matters
Before it was a hotel, this was where ambitious ideas became real plans, sketch to blueprint, line by line, decision by decision. Drawing Office Two still carries that history today, its ceiling carefully preserved rather than reproduced.
Momentum starts with intent. This building is where the biggest ambitions of an age went from sketch to blueprint, and that's exactly the spirit I want this year to carry.
Just across the road sits Titanic Belfast, the city’s landmark museum, with SS Nomadic moored close by. We’re looking at building in an optional visit after the Summit, more details to follow closer to the date.
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Getting here
George Best Belfast City Airport is a short 5-10 minute drive from Titanic Hotel Belfast, with regular bus links and taxi or car hire available at the airport.
For full details please see www.belfastcityairport.com.
Belfast International Airport is a drive from Titanic Hotel Belfast, with a regular bus links and taxi or car hire available at the airport.
For full details please see www.belfastairport.com.
Dublin Airport is around 90 minutes drive from Titanic Hotel Belfast, with a regular bus service and car hire available from the airport, for full details please see www.dublinairport.com
- Belfast Grand Central Station is around a 5-minute walk from the hotel, if you’d rather skip a taxi.
- Titanic Quarter halt is the closest stop, a short walk from the hotel via footbridge.
- Approaching on the M1 or M2, follow signs for Belfast City Airport (M3), then the first exit for Titanic Quarter.
- On-site parking is available.
- Titanic Hotel Belfast is easily accessible by sea with ferry crossings from both Scotland and England. Travel by superfast ferries with journey times from just 2 hours 15 minutes. For departure times and pricing information please see www.stenaline.ie and www.poferries.com.
- From Scotland: Stena Line sail Cairnryan to Belfast in around 2 hours 15 minutes, with several sailings a day, useful for anyone driving down from Scotland or the north of England.
- From England: Stena Line also sail Liverpool to Belfast, around 8 hours, with an overnight option if you’d rather travel while you sleep.
- Both dock at the Stena Line terminal on West Bank Road, a short drive from the Titanic Hotel, similar distance to the city centre.
Staying here
You can stay right at the Summit, in the Titanic Hotel itself, or at one of a small number of nearby hotels offering delegate rates for SBS 2027.
Stay where the Summit happens. More details to follow.
Aloft by Marriott & Residence Inn by Marriott , Titanic Quarter.
Literally across the road from Titanic Hotel. Email address to follow.
Other hotels
Belfast is full of hotels that you may wish to wish to consider to suit every budget. Please be aware that we have not made arrangements with them so please check availability and rates with them and book directly.