Blue Ocean Facilities

What Blue Ocean Facilities does

Blue Ocean Facilities, LLC is a privately held creative off-site meeting space provider founded in 2006 by Gus Valen and headquartered at 10250 Alliance Road, Suite 200, in Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio. The company operates a single facility containing four uniquely themed meeting rooms — Moby Dick (up to 55 attendees), Shipyard (intimate maritime-themed), Nuns & Cans (flexible reconfigurable space for 30-32), and The Cove (3-4 person breakout room) — each intentionally designed with ocean/maritime aesthetics, natural light, and movable dry-erase whiteboards to stimulate creativity and break down hierarchical barriers in corporate meetings.

The company sells all-inclusive meeting room rentals on a per-booking basis, with full-day pricing ranging from $350 (The Cove) to $2,500 (Moby Dick for 41-55 attendees), and half-day pricing at 70% of full-day rates. Pricing bundles room, supplies, WiFi, AV equipment, beverages, snacks, parking, and a dedicated Room Coordinator. A no-commitment Blue Ocean Team Membership offers discounts for recurring corporate clients, and nonprofits receive a 20% discount. Catering is available as an add-on. The company reports serving 1,000+ businesses since 2008 and lists enterprise customers including Procter & Gamble, GE Aviation, Kroger, Fifth Third Bank, Huntington Bank, Johnson Controls, and Alkermes.

The go-to-market is direct-to-customer via website, phone (+1 513 842 6359), and email ([email protected]), with strong reliance on word-of-mouth referrals from satisfied enterprise clients. Marketing is supported by a content blog, email newsletter, and Instagram presence. The company is ISO-certified and received the 2020 Best of Cincinnati Award. It is a small operation (11-50 employees) with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and operates exclusively in the Cincinnati/Ohio market.

Name

Blue Ocean Facilities

Legal name

Blue Ocean Facilities, LLC

Website

https://blueoceanfacilities.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blue Ocean Facilities is a privately held Cincinnati-based meeting space rental company operating four uniquely themed, intentionally designed creative off-site meeting rooms (Moby Dick, Shipyard, Nuns & Cans, The Cove) for corporate teams seeking productive, distraction-free off-site collaboration environments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meeting Space Rental

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues (THAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Meeting space rental
• Creative offsite venues
• Conference room rental
• Corporate meeting facilities
• Team offsite spaces

Headquarters

HQ city

Cincinnati

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Meeting Room Rental: The primary revenue stream comes from renting out creative meeting spaces on a per-booking basis. Pricing is all-inclusive, covering room rental, supplies, WiFi, AV equipment, conferencing, printing, hot and cold beverages all day, snacks, and free parking. Catering is available as an optional add-on. Half-day rates are 70% of full-day pricing. Recurring customers can opt for Blue Ocean Team Membership for discounted rates.
2. Annual Memberships: Blue Ocean memberships provide unique annual benefits and discounts for customers with regular meeting space needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Blue Ocean Facilities operates a single-location creative offsite meeting venue in Blue Ash (Cincinnati), Ohio, offering four thematically designed meeting rooms (Moby Dick, Shipyard, Nuns & Cans, The Cove) for corporate teams of 4-55 attendees. Bookings are sold on an all-inclusive per-day basis that bundles the room, WiFi, AV, supplies, beverages, snacks, parking, and a dedicated room coordinator, with a Team Membership available for recurring customers.

Product overview

Blue Ocean Facilities is a creative offsite meeting space provider offering four uniquely designed meeting rooms: MOBY DICK (ocean-themed, up to 55 attendees), Shipyard (maritime-themed, smaller groups), Nuns & Cans (flexible/reconfigurable, 30-32 people), and The Cove (small meetings, 3-4 people). All room rentals are all-inclusive, covering supplies, WiFi, AV equipment, beverages, snacks, parking, and dedicated room coordinators. The company also offers a Team Membership program for businesses with recurring meeting needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Moby Dick Meeting Room Ocean-themed meeting room with bright colors, natural light, and creative decor designed to inspire productivity and break down hierarchies, accommodating up to 55 attendees and featuring themed elements such as a blue marlin fish, bell, and risk-taker button to enhance innovation. Targeted at corporate teams needing space for leadership workshops, strategy sessions, and large planning meetings.
• Shipyard Meeting Room Maritime-themed meeting room with the ambiance of a ship's captain's quarters, featuring whale oil lamps, brass candlesticks, an original ship mast, and antique furnishings. Designed for smaller groups seeking an intimate creative offsite setting for quarterly meetings, strategy and planning, and consumer research.
• Nuns & Cans Meeting Room Flexible meeting space with lightweight, state-of-the-art furniture on wheels that can be reconfigured quickly, featuring a light-filled environment with two large dry-erase idea walls and a 24' x 40' footprint accommodating 30-32 people, with a mural by a local artist.
• The Cove Meeting Room Small conference room ideal for 3-4 person team meetings, breakouts, private meetings, and private calls, providing a creative meeting space with superior service and food for a small group offsite experience.
• All-Inclusive Meeting Room Rental All-inclusive meeting space rental covering room rental, supplies, WiFi, AV equipment, conferencing/printing, hot and cold beverages all day, snacks, a dedicated meeting coordinator, and free parking. Full-day pricing covers up to 9 hours Monday-Friday with 30 minutes of access before and after, with half-day options at 70% of full-day rates and optional per-participant catering.
• Blue Ocean Team Membership No-commitment annual membership providing significant discounts and unique annual benefits for businesses with regular meeting space needs, designed for recurring bookings of any of the four meeting rooms.

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Curator VideominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership with Curator Video to bring video services to Blue Ocean clients. This partnership enhances the meeting experience by providing professional video production capabilities for corporate events and meetings held at the facility.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Convene: Operates premium meeting, conference, and event venues in major U.S. cities with full-service hospitality and catering — directly comparable to Blue Ocean's all-inclusive, coordinator-supported meeting-room model, though at much larger scale.
• NeueHouse: Creative workspace and event venue with curated interior design targeting creative and corporate teams; comparable in design-led positioning for off-site meetings and workshops.
• Industrious: Provides flexible office and meeting space with hospitality-grade service across multiple U.S. markets; overlaps with Blue Ocean in offering professionally designed, all-inclusive meeting rooms for enterprise teams.
• Spring Studios: Operates creative event and content studios designed for branded corporate experiences; shares Blue Ocean's emphasis on intentionally designed, experience-driven spaces for corporate clients.
• Peerspace: Online marketplace for booking unique meeting and event spaces by the hour; competes with Blue Ocean for the same corporate off-site demand but operates as a marketplace rather than a single venue.
• Davinci Meeting Rooms: Specializes in renting professional meeting rooms and virtual offices on a per-booking basis with all-inclusive amenities; competes directly with Blue Ocean's transactional, pay-per-meeting model.

Broad incumbents

• IWG / Regus: Global flexible-workspace giant (Regus, Spaces, HQ) offering meeting rooms as part of a broad portfolio; comparable in product category but vastly larger scale and a neutral, non-themed aesthetic.
• WeWork: Coworking and meeting-space provider with designed interiors and enterprise offerings; overlaps with Blue Ocean's design-led, all-inclusive philosophy, though at significantly broader scope.

Emerging players

• Offsite.com: Booking platform specializing in off-site meeting and team-retreat venues; comparable end-customer and use case, but operates as a marketplace aggregator rather than a venue operator.

Regional players

• The Brandery: Cincinnati-based innovation hub and coworking space that also hosts corporate meetings and events; regionally comparable venue operating in the same metro market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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