We're not all business.

Nestled in the desirable Midtown Atlanta neighborhood, The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center provides the ideal environment for social events of all shapes and sizes – from small alumni gatherings and festive holiday parties to wedding ceremonies and receptions and bar/bat mitzvahs. Our grand ballroom, private dining rooms, courtyard and outdoor patio combine to create an elegant, yet comfortable, setting for any occasion.

Our professional and resourceful staff, led by Executive Chef Hermann Schatzer and Senior Catering Sales Manager Janice Chick, is uniquely qualified to customize all special event details.

Hermann Schatzer
Executive Chef

Hermann Schatzer's career began in 1983 with an apprenticeship at Austria's Hotel Astoria, located just a few steps away from where his mentor, Wolfgang Puck, also got his start in cooking. Three years later, Chef Schatzer graduated from the Culinary Institute in Innsbruck, Austria, and over the next six years held positions as Tournant Chef and Garden Manager Chef in prestigious five-star hotels throughout Austria and Switzerland. In 1990, he moved to the United States, quickly gaining valuable experience as a private chef in Palm Beach, Florida. He soon moved on to the Breakers, a beautiful, five-star, five-diamond resort where high quality and consistency standards are a must. In his seven-year tenure with the Breakers, he held the positions of Area Chef and Main Kitchen Chef, as well as Executive Chef at the property's country club.

In 2001, Chef Schatzer accepted the Executive Chef position at the Palm Beach Gardens Marriott, managed by Crestline Hotels and Resorts. In May 2003, he transferred to the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta, where he will continue to draw inspiration from a combination of diverse flavors, scents and textures in an effort to anticipate and satisfy every guest's expectations.

Janice Chick
Senior Catering Sales Manager

Janice’s career began in 1988 when she opened her wedding and social events planning service. Janice joined us with a 17 year history of planning and coordinating weddings and special events including 6 years in the hotel industry in Kansas City and Greater Atlanta area. She is a certified professional wedding consultant which provides her with, not only the expertise to plan and execute wedding receptions and ceremonies, but to do it with ease to form a strong bond with her clients.