PLANNERS’ GUIDE 2016 YOUR BUSINESS EVENT. OUR MELBOURNE.

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WELCOME...... 5

MINISTER’S FOREWORD...... 7 The Melbourne Convention Bureau is a full service bureau with staff OUR TEAM...... 9 and representation in five countries and head office located in Melbourne. For further information and to access our services for bidding, planning HOW MCB CAN ASSIST YOU...... 10 and delivering a first-class business event in Melbourne, contact: OUR CITY...... 13 Why Meet in Melbourne?...... 15 Getting to Melbourne, an Accessible City...... 16 Key Information...... 21 General Enquiries () Explore our City...... 22 Arts & Culture...... 24 1300 555 857 Sporting Capital of Australia...... 28 A Shopper’s Paradise...... 32 An Epicurean Affair...... 36 Partnerships & Advertising Enquiries Knowledge City, Innovation Hub...... 40 (Australia) Calendar of Events...... 44 T (03) 9693 3337 Regional ...... 48 E [email protected] GROUP INCENTIVE ACTIVITIES...... 58

Head Office – Melbourne New York VENUES & ACCOMMODATION...... 71 T +61 3 9693 3333 Myriad Marketing E [email protected] T +1 212 206 7632 CONFERENCE & EVENT MANAGEMENT...... 137 E [email protected] ...... 147 London EVENT SUPPORT SERVICES T +44 (0) 20 7836 7766 Kuala Lumpur RESTAURANTS...... 163 E [email protected] T +6012 884 8388 TOURING & EVENT EXPERIENCES...... 173 E [email protected] Shanghai T +86 21 6010 3959 E [email protected] melbournecb.com.au

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Melbourne Convention Bureau has unrivaled experience in securing and delivering outstanding business events through a ‘Team Melbourne’ ethos, for Melbourne and Victoria.

4 5 Menu MINISTER’S FOREWORD

Melbourne is the world’s most liveable Whether it’s the stunning coastline along city five years running, and it’s not the Great Ocean Road, the magic of the hard to see why. We are a warm and mighty Murray River or the much-loved welcoming multicultural city, and Phillip Island penguins, it’s our diversity pride ourselves on the unforgettable that makes our regions high on the wish experience we offer our visitors. list of travellers worldwide.

We’re a world-renowned leader for We pride ourselves on our knack for the big business events and conferences, delivering business events and conferences a hub of knowledge and innovation, better than anyone. Melbourne has been and home to some of the world’s most named Australia’s leading meetings innovative scientists and researchers. and conference destination at the World Travel Awards, proving when it comes We boast the very best world-class to infrastructure, intellectual capital and venues, including sports stadiums, unique experiences, we simply do it so rooftops, laneways, racecourses and well. more. Melbourne is perfectly equipped to host every business event. There’s The Melbourne Planners’ Guide is a no setting quite like the Melbourne great advertisement of our city, and its Convention and Exhibition Centre. Our world-leading suppliers. It’s your easy- flagship venue includes a ‘Six Star Green to-use instrument to help plan and book Star’ environmental rating, state-of-the- a business event in Melbourne. art facilities and technology, and the finest food and wine. Our global reputation doesn’t happen by chance. We work hard to give our clients Just a short stroll from Melbourne’s and visitors the very best experience they central business district, the Melbourne won’t forget. Convention and Exhibition Centre allows delegates a chance to experience the This is your chance to experience for best of everything Melbourne has to yourself ‘our Melbourne’ by bringing your offer. They can see for themselves the next conference, incentive or corporate unique sights and sounds that make event to the friendliest city in the world. Victoria great, all while aboard an iconic Melbourne tram.

A visitor to Melbourne can marvel at the featured artwork on display at the National Gallery of Victoria, dine at a world-class Southbank eatery, or take JOHN EREN MP a tour of the great MCG. They’re all Minister for Tourism and Major Events distinctly Melbourne, and just a short stroll away.

Melbourne is the major events capital of Australia and the sporting capital of the world. From our quaint cobblestone laneways to our hidden bars and bustling coffee haunts, there’s an experience for everyone.

Further afield, our regions are treasured tourist hot spots that offer visitors from all over the world a trademark taste of the Australian way of life.

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With over 40 years’ experience, vision is to make Victoria one of the world’s Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) most successful international and national is an economic business development conference and incentive travel program organisation with its core function destinations. to secure international and national conferences, incentive travel programs Our ‘Team Melbourne’ ethos has enabled and other business events for the state us to deliver exceptional events for our of Victoria by working with associations, clients and delegates with lasting impacts, corporate organisations and event well beyond the event itself. planners from around the world.

We have developed a strong ‘Team Melbourne’ approach to securing and delivering outstanding business events for Melbourne and Victoria. One of the BestCities

A partnership between the Victorian Melbourne is a founding member Government, , of the BestCities Global Alliance, an Melbourne Convention and Exhibition international network of resources that Centre, and private enterprise that consists of convention bureaus, connecting includes over 250 industry partners, we the meeting planner to 11 premier meeting work collaboratively city-wide on each destinations – Berlin, Bogota, Cape bid we make, tailoring our approach for Town, Copenhagen, Dubai, Edinburgh, your business event to guarantee the Houston, Melbourne, Singapore, Tokyo best possible experience for delegates in and Vancouver. These cities are unified our incredible city, as well as deliver real by a commitment to deliver exceptional business outcomes for the organisation. standards and their performance is reviewed annually against a quality assured Based on our guiding values of integrity, convention bureau service charter certified collaboration, innovation, leadership, by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance. accountability and excellence, MCB’s

We are a full service bureau with staff and representation in five countries.

Head Office – Melbourne T +61 3 9693 3333 E [email protected]

London T +44 (0) 20 7836 7766 E [email protected]

Shanghai T +86 21 60103959 E [email protected]

New York – Myriad Marketing T +1 212 206 7632 E [email protected]

Kuala Lumpur T +6012 884 8388 E [email protected]

8 9 Menu For further information and to access MCB’s services for bidding, HOW MCB CAN ASSIST YOU planning and delivering a first-class business event in Melbourne: Call 1300 555 857 (Australia) or visit melbournecb.com.au

International and National Our team can assist incentive planners • Sourcing suppliers, including Association Conferences with: entertainers, catering and guest speakers As a knowledge city, Melbourne has • Accommodation and venue much to offer associations looking for a recommendations • Providing pre and post touring options. destination to hold their next conference. • Coordination of site inspections Victoria continues to excel in fields of Melbourne Meetings & health, medicine, science, engineering • Social programs, sample incentive and technology, and these achievements, itineraries and proposal preparation Events Services combined with our state-of-the-art Our Melbourne Meetings & Events Services infrastructure and accessibility, have • Sourcing of suppliers and contractors (MM&ES) is a free referral service that seen our city consistently recognised as and referral to inbound tour operators takes care of the hard work for meeting one of the world’s premier conference planners by sourcing quotes from the destinations for associations. • Promotional and marketing support city’s leading business events suppliers. Our team can assist with: • Support from state and local government It is a one-stop-shop for planners, • Identifying conference opportunities and our staff have in-depth knowledge • Customs and immigration procedures. of more than 250 leading venues, • Securing a local host to lead the bid accommodation suppliers, transport and financial underwrite the bid providers, catering and entertainment Convention Servicing specialists throughout Melbourne and • Liaising with government and industry regional Victoria. leaders and obtaining support We have a team that is dedicated to assisting associations with the logistics Our MM&ES team can provide assistance • Bid strategies, preparation of bid of holding a conference in Melbourne once with the following: documents and presentations the bid has been won. The team works alongside local hosts and conference • Obtaining venue, accommodation, • Preparing business cases, competitor organisers to develop delegate boosting entertainment, catering, theming analysis, preliminary budgets and and other marketing activities in the and event management quotes and risk analysis preceding years to maximise conference comparative analysis attendance in Melbourne. • Coordinating site inspections for • Coordinating the inspection of venues key decision makers Our team can assist associations with: • Introducing new meeting products and • Lobbying campaigns and strategies. • Promotional material and media services to the business events market.

• Delegate boosting activity To find out more, email the MM&ES team Corporate Meetings and at [email protected] Incentives • Sourcing professional conference organiser or destination management Melbourne has a portfolio of incentive company products that cater to all interests, cultures and requirements, and this means we can • Providing site inspection support create an engaging and inspiring incentive • Locating suitable venues and program for any group size that includes accommodation within Melbourne the city as well as our iconic regional areas. or regional Victoria For delegates, Melbourne provides a year- round calendar of events that nurtures any form of entertainment.

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Melbourne is well recognised as the world’s most liveable city and Australasia’s leading meetings and conference destination, making it a perfect location for business and leisure.

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Melbourne is a city of compelling contrasts and incomparable appeal, renowned for its famous laneways and world class shopping, to flagship international sporting events and state-of-the-art stadiums, a thriving arts and cultural scene, and diverse and innovative culinary experiences. A truly cosmopolitan city with the breathtaking sights and tastes of regional Victoria on our doorstep. It is no wonder we have been voted the World’s Most Liveable City for the fifth consecutive year.

With award-winning infrastructure and world-class knowledge networks, Melbourne boasts the highest concentration of conference facilities in Australia.

The city’s supreme business events infrastructure is unparalleled in the Asia– Pacific region, with Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) the premier venue for global and interstate delegates, named Australasia’s Leading Meetings and Conference Centre for four years running. The world’s first ‘Six Star Green Star’ environmentally-rated convention centre, it is the country’s largest convention and exhibition facility, boasting 30,000 square metres of pillar-less exhibition space.

Choosing our exceptional city is the first step in making your next conference or business event a success. Come learn and play in magical Melbourne.

15 Menu Getting to Melbourne, Melbourne’s straightforward visa requirements, 24/7 international airport and outstanding public transport make travelling for a conference or business event an Accessible City a very positive experience for delegates.

NORTH AMERICA EUROPE Delegates travelling from the USA DARWIN Delegates travelling from will transition through Los Angeles Europe will transition through for a direct flight to Melbourne or an an international hub such as alternate international hub such as Cairns Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dallas Fort Worth with direct flights Broome

Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok. to Australia. Townsville Port Hedland Hamilton Island Karratha Mackay Chengdu Delhi Dubai Shanghai Doha Hong Kong Los Angeles Alice Springs Guangzhou Abu Dhabi Sunshine Coast Bangkok Manila Ho Chi Minh Honolulu BRISBANE Kuala Lumpur Gold Coast Brunei Singapore Ballina Jakarta Coffs Harbour Denpasar Nadi Kalgoorlie Newcastle Port Vila Mildura SYDNEY Port Lincoln MELBOURNE Auckland CANBERRA Wellington ADELAIDE Wagga Wagga Christchurch Queenstown PERTH Albury Merimbula

Mount Gambier MELBOURNE OTHER REGIONS King Island Delegates travelling from South Africa Wynyard Devonport and South America will transit through an Launceston Australian hub to reach Melbourne. HOBART

ASIA MIDDLE EAST & INDIA NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC & NORTH AMERICA CAPITAL CITIES MAJOR CITIES

Melbourne Airport Major airlines that fly to Melbourne from service over 3,000 weekly flights to and a refund booth to claim the Goods overseas include: Qantas, Emirates, Air over 30 domestic destinations across and Services Tax (GST) on some goods. Whatever corner of the world you’re New Zealand, Cathay Pacific, Etihad, the country. Melbourne is also linked to travelling from, getting to Melbourne Qatar, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, major cities and centres by rail and major A Passenger Movement charge is easy. Located just 22 minutes from United Airlines and Virgin Australia. highways, as well as by ferry to Tasmania. (departure tax) of AU$55 is charged central Melbourne, our airport is the on leaving the country, but it is usually only major facility that is open 24-hours With the international and domestic At Melbourne Airport you will find incorporated in the airline ticket. nationally. 28 international airlines terminals all located under the same roof, baggage lockers in the international fly direct to Melbourne from over 32 connecting to a domestic flight is simple terminal, around-the-clock foreign destinations, 401 times a week, making and straightforward. Australia’s leading six exchange, restaurants and bars, Melbourne a truly accessible city. carriers – Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin Australia, information desks, major car rental Skywest, Regional Express and Tigerair, companies and for departing travellers,

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Airport to Hotel Transportation Taxis also operate out of Melbourne Airport 24 hours a day, seven days a Melbourne’s Skybus service takes week. A one-way trip to the city takes you express between Melbourne Airport 20 – 30 minutes subject to time of day (Tullamarine) and Southern Cross and costs approximately AU$45. Station, situated in the heart of the city, 24 hours a day, seven days a week including public holidays, with departures taking place every 10 minutes during the day. Additional buses depart more frequently during peak periods. The average trip time between Southern Cross Station and Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is just 20 minutes. At a low cost of AU$18 one-way, it makes it the cheapest airport to city transfer in Australia.

Customised ticketing options and charters are also available for corporate and conference groups, with a free SkyBus Hotel Transfer Service running between the city terminal and selected hotels in central Melbourne. For all your skybus.com.au business-to-business Public Transport Melbourne has one of the largest tram systems in the world, making travelling around the city easy. For added conferencing needs. convenience, all tram travel within the city centre is now free. Metropolitan tram and train services operate between 5am and midnight Monday to Thursday, with extra hours on Friday and Saturday nights. There are also over 300 bus routes across Melbourne, servicing cross-suburban travellers and connections to train stations.

A smartcard ticketing system called myki that was introduced by Public Transport Victoria covers travel on all of Melbourne’s trains, trams and buses.

www.ptv.vic.gov.au www.mymyki.com.au

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Travellers Cheques and Credit Cards Australia’s Electronic Travel Authority Translating and Interpreting Services (ETA) is an advanced and streamlined American Express and Travelex are travel authorisation system. If a visitor is Melbourne has many venues that are widely accepted in Melbourne and carrying a passport from a country that fully equipped with state-of-the-art Victoria and can be cashed at banks, also has ETA Business Access, it enables facilities for simultaneous interpreting. foreign exchange brokers, large hotels the visitor to obtain authority to enter We have experienced, internationally and restaurants, as well as for car rental. Australia at the same time they book their accredited interpreters in more than Passport ID is required when you cash travel. Travellers can apply for an ETA 100 languages, who can provide services travellers cheques and fees for changing online at eta.immi.gov.au to many international conferences. travellers cheques vary from bank to bank.

All major credit cards are widely Goods and Services Tax (GST) Travellers and access service accepted throughout Victoria. Some retailers in larger centres will also accept Australia has a Goods and Services Tax Travellers Aid Access Service is a JCB cards. Automated Teller Machines (GST) of 10% on most goods and services, Melbourne-based service offering friendly (ATMs) with around-the-clock access are including tourism services. International and professional support to assist people readily available throughout Melbourne airfares do not attract GST. All prices with special requirements and to those and Victoria. quoted will include the 10% GST, payable in emergency situations. Services are at the time of purchase. Departing provided free of charge and without travellers may be able to claim a refund appointment, referral or assessment. Visas for GST and WET (Wine Equalisation Tax) For more information visit paid on goods purchased in Australia, by travellersaid.org.au All travellers to Australia, other than visiting one of the Tourist Refund Scheme Australian and New Zealand citizens, are (TRS) facilities located at international required to obtain a visa. The Business airports and cruise-line terminals. To claim, Visitor Visa allows people attending a passport, international boarding pass, conferences and meetings in Australia to retailers tax invoice and the goods are all make a short visit for up to three months. required. Other conditions may apply.

Fast Facts About Victoria

• Located in the south-eastern corner of Australia, Victoria is Australia’s second-smallest state – roughly the size of the British Isles.

• The population of Victoria is 5.79 million.

• The capital city of the state of Victoria is Melbourne, which has a population of 4.4 million.

• Average temperatures in Melbourne range from 25˚C/78˚F in summer to 16˚C/58˚F in winter.

• Daylight savings will occur from 2 October 2016 to 2 April 2017.

• Melbourne’s Time Zone is Australian Eastern Standard Time – GMT plus 10 hours.

• The currency is the Australian Dollar.

• Currency exchanges are available at Melbourne Airport, banks and other locations throughout the city.

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A Safe & Green City

An internationally accredited ‘safe city’, Melbourne benefits from an intuitive grid layout and plentiful green spaces and scenic river trails that make navigating on foot, by car or public transport a pleasure. Located on the south bank of the , the stunning Royal Botanic Gardens is a tranquil oasis from the hustle and bustle of the city centre. It has 48 hectares of native and non-native landscapes and considered one of the best in the world. Don’t miss taking a traditional punt tour around the Ornamental Lake which provides a unique view of the gardens.

Across town, enjoy a slice of history at , a popular visitor destination famous for Cook’s Cottage – once home to the parents of British explorer, Captain James Cook. Encompassing 26 hectares on the southeastern edge of the city centre, grand corridors of English Elms are a charming feature of the Victorian era landscaped gardens.

A Walking City

The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre is conveniently located Free Trams within the City Centre within easy walking distance of the many Walk Melbourne venues and attractions of the city centre Recent upgrades to Melbourne’s first Walk Melbourne offers walking and Docklands precincts. class infrastructure include a free tram tours catering for everything from zone within the central business district, The City of Melbourne has published a coffee addicts to dumpling lovers, allowing easy travel between many key series of self-guided walks to guide your with a signature ‘Melbourne venue and accommodation options. In exploration of the city on foot including Experience’ walking tour which addition, a complimentary City Circle our famous city laneways. Expert guides has a little bit of everything to Tourist Tram runs the perimeter of also operate around the city and revel in entertain and educate. Melbourne’s city centre, offering an helping visitors uncover our cities many enjoyable sight-seeing experience with walkmelbourne.com.au hidden secrets. audio commentary.

22 23 Menu Home to over 100 galleries, from large and established to smaller independents and studios, Melbourne’s art scene is appealing Arts & Culture and eclectic, merging the traditional with more modern forms of expression, demonstrated by the world class street art that gives the city its unique flavour. Melbourne is a world-renowned hub for cultural activity, with The city comes alive all year round, with an array of live music, theatre, opera, dance and comedy performances on offer at a thriving arts scene that truly offers something for every taste. Melbourne’s many quality performance venues, from the iconic , to the Princess Theatre, Her Majesty’s and Regent Theatre.

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1. Enjoy the 3. An Artful 5. Laugh ‘Til You Cry Photo: Roberto Seba 1 Spotlight Education The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has had the city The largest and busiest performing The impressive National Gallery of in stitches for 30 years. Running arts centre in Australia, Arts Centre Victoria, established in 1861, should for over three weeks, it is one of the Melbourne attracts the cream of mark the start of any art lover’s three largest comedy festivals in the international and local talent. With tour of Melbourne. The St Kilda world, attracting the best and up-and- theatre, music, dance, comedy and Road location houses a permanent coming international and local comic opera, you’ll be dazzled by the collection of over 70,000 works from talent. Corporate hospitality packages offerings of this first rate performing Europe, Asia, America and Oceania, are a great way to reward delegates arts venue. Identifiable by its iconic as well as a stream of visiting with a good old fashioned belly laugh, spire, illuminating the sky after dark, exhibitions. The Ian Potter Centre, and include pre-drinks and canapés, Arts Centre Melbourne is within conveniently located at Federation a personal festival concierge, and easy strolling distance to some of Square, is the world’s first major post-show access to the official Melbourne’s best eateries, including public gallery exclusively housing Festival Club. Ludlow – a top spot for taking Australian art. Browse pieces from advantage of sweeping city views the colonial period to present day, comedyfestival.com.au and enjoying a post-show debrief. before exploring the cutting edge video art and multimedia exhibitions artscentremelbourne.com.au at the neighbouring ACMI – Australian Melbourne Street Centre for the Moving Image. 2. Explore Your Art Tours Literary Side The , located in the beautiful and next Melbourne Street Art Tours is 2 3 to the World Heritage Listed Royal the first and only of its kind in In the heart of the city, the State Exhibition Building, gives you the Australia run by street artists Library of Victoria is a local landmark opportunity to explore life in Victoria themselves. With exceptional and popular meeting point for through world-class exhibitions local knowledge, the guides 4 5 tourists and students. The stunning including ‘The Melbourne Story’. will treat you to some of 19th Century building boasts beautiful Melbourne’s hidden treasures heritage interiors, including the ngv.vic.gov.au in laneways and arcades. beloved La Trobe Reading Room, acmi.net.au You will be guaranteed to with its ornate domed ceiling. museumvictoria.com.au experience some of the most Home to two permanent exhibitions interesting street art and and a host of events and talks 4. It’s Showtime galleries in the world. throughout the year, the library Showcasing some of the world’s melbournestreettours.com houses over two million books leading theatre and musical in addition to pictures, maps, productions, the lavish Regent Theatre manuscripts, historical artworks and has held a special place in the heart of more. Free guided tours are available, Melburnians since it opened in 1929. with refreshments available at Treat your delegates to dinner and Mr Tulk, named after the first a show. Private dining options are Victorian librarian. available at the Regent and Princess slv.vic.gov.au Theatres for groups up to 90 guests, the ideal post-show treat.

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Sports lovers are truly in their element 12 months of the year, beginning with Grand Slam tennis at the Australian Open in Sporting Capital of Australia January, and culminating over spring with the Australian Football League finals and Melbourne Cup thoroughbred racing carnival, before the iconic Boxing Day cricket test match heats up the in December. Melbourne has a well-deserved reputation as the ‘sporting capital’ of Melbourne’s sporting venues are closely clustered together within the famed Sports & Entertainment Precinct, where you can Australia, and we parade our high–tech stadiums as proudly as any other catch the annual Australian Open at , check out soccer under the sculptural roof at AAMI Park, and cheer on major city landmarks. basketball players at Hisense Arena. The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Etihad Stadium are homes to Australian Rules Football (AFL), while Albert Park hosts Formula 1® racing for thrill seekers, and presents powerhouse music concerts outside the tennis season.

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1. Catch F1 fever 3. Have a Ball 5. Get Court Up 1 The roar of the Formula 1® Australian Situated in the Docklands, Etihad Summer in Melbourne means two Grand Prix reverberates through the Stadium is recognised as one of things: warm weather and tennis. For streets of Melbourne. Celebrating two the most technologically advanced an action-packed fortnight in January, decades in the picturesque Albert Park sporting and entertainment venues Melbourne & Olympic Parks is the precinct, the Formula 1® Australian in the world, boasting Roman scene of stunning Australian Open Grand Prix is the unequivocal highlight amphitheatre-style seating that brings tennis battles. of the local motor sporting calendar. sports and music lovers up close to the action. Its unique, fully retractable The first Grand Slam tennis event With low priced general admission roof allows football fanatics to cheer of the sporting year attracts a ‘who’s tickets through to five-star corporate on their team in comfort, no matter who’ of famous faces, as well as hospitality packages on offer, the the season. enthusiastic Aussie fans, dressed event is accessible to a large cross in their most patriotic ‘finery’. section of local, interstate and Witness the near religious fervour international F1® fans. of the weekend crowds during AFL There are various ticketing options season, snap up tickets to soccer and available for catching all the nail- grandprix.com.au rugby games, or enjoy world-class biting action. entertainment at this spectacular ausopen.com 2. Hit the Pitch stadium.

The iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground etihadstadium.com.au (MCG) that Melburnians fondly refer Host Your Event to as the ‘G’, is just a 10 minute walk 4. Hedge your Bets at the MCG from the city centre, has a seating 2 3 capacity of 100,000, and has a great Each year, on the first Tuesday in The ‘G is so much more than deal to do with Melbourne’s die-hard November, the equestrian inclined Australia’s biggest sporting sporting culture – it is the home trot along to Flemington Racecourse stadium. It has function and 4 5 of sport but also described as the for the ‘race that stops a nation’. dining spaces to suit any beating heart of the city. Equal parts sporting event and occasion, houses Australia’s social occasion, the Melbourne Cup largest collection of sporting The MCG guided tour that takes you is the highlight of the spring racing memorabilia at the National behind the scenes of the world’s season in Victoria, with invites to Sports Museum, and features most iconic sports stadium and the the star-studded Birdcage enclosure state of the art technological National Sports Museum, which hotly contested. capabilities that can enhance houses both Australian Cricket and your next event. From use of Football Halls of Fame, are both ‘not The field boasts horses from around the scoreboard to free WiFi, to be missed’ experiences when you the world, including Ireland, Japan digital screens and boundary visit Melbourne. and France, competing over 3200 fence, opportunities to impress metres for the largest prize pool in are endless. mcg.org.au Australian sport, and the dress styles nsm.org.au of racegoers set trends for the rest mcg.org.au of the year.

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30 31 Menu In the city, the ‘Paris end’ of Collins Street boasts the who’s who of international fashion houses, from Hermès to Hugo Boss and A Shopper’s Paradise Chanel, while the recent addition of the seven-level complex has cemented the city centre as Melbourne’s premier retail destination. Wander along Flinders Lane and through the city’s famed laneways to uncover your own shopping secrets, Melbourne’s reputation as Australia’s style capital is well deserved, and a or head further afield to the iconic Chapel Street for well-known Australian brands, or eclectic Fitzroy for a trendy, local vibe and individual finds. And with over 500 stores representing international luxury brands and the cream of Australian fashion, Chadstone source of great pride to its well-dressed residents. Home to an appealing mix – the Fashion Capital is a must visit shopping destination. of major luxury brands and local gems, whether you’re seeking something high-end and designer labelled, or avant-garde and unique, Melbourne is a shopper’s paradise.

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1. Find a Hidden Gem shuttle service from Federation 5. Explore the Malls Square delivers shoppers in style. 1 Flinders Lane is a ‘must walk’ Melbourne’s central hub boasts a destination filled with beautiful chadstone.com.au tempting array of malls. Home to boutiques and an array of eateries, 225 shops, Emporium Melbourne catering to all tastes and budgets. 3. Browse the Markets has become a luxurious destination for designer and high street fashion Not to be missed are the acclaimed From farm-fresh produce, to gourmet since a starry Baz Luhrmann-themed Christine boutique with its signature goodies, and locally made homewares opening in 2014. Connected to red door and impeccable edit of and gifts, Melbourne’s markets will Melbourne and David Jones via internationally-sourced accessories, delight. Stroll through the city to pedestrian bridges and tunnels, head and Green With Envy for highly the sprawling , here to shop international brands. covetable designer womenswear. a local icon for over a century. With For fast fashion and affordable quality produce and an eclectic lifestyle brands, the neighbouring The Craft Victoria gallery and shop offering, the ‘Queen Vic’ also runs Melbourne Central boasts 300-plus is ideal for one-off gifts, including a popular winter night market. retailers, while QV Melbourne is a limited-edition ceramics, glassware, fabulous laneway precinct of eclectic jewellery and objects d’art, while For stylish and unique gifts, shops, cafes and restaurants. Zomp is a shoe-lover’s paradise. homewares and fashion, alongside beautiful produce and quality dining, 2. Shop the Runway head to the stellar South Melbourne Market. Be sure to visit Claypots Be Part of the Join the fashionistas front row in Evening Star for exceptional seafood, Fashion Elite March, as style takes centre stage often dished up to the sounds of live at the Virgin Australia Melbourne jazz. With a deserved reputation as Gain access to the best in 2 3 Photo: Roberto Seba Fashion Festival. For one extra the ‘foodie’s market’, Prahran Market, the business and reinvent glamorous week, celebrities, style just off famous Chapel Street, is also your wardrobe with advice pundits and civilians alike flock to a feast for the senses. from Australia’s top stylists 4 5 the city to celebrate leading at Chadstone – the Fashion design talent in the country’s most qvm.com.au Capital. celebrated consumer fashion event. 4. Take a ‘Hidden’ Tour The stylists at Chadstone’s Expect to see emerging and Stylist Service have worked on established designers showcasing Melbourne’s best boutiques, an international scale and will their new-season wares, while beauty restaurants and bars aren’t always spend time with you to freshen workshops and industry seminars the easiest to find, but they are up your wardrobe, whether are also of offer. worth a little digging. Hidden Secrets it’s for work, play, or a special Tours are a great way to uncover the occasion. Open to anyone with a passing city’s more camouflaged gems, from interest in fashion, the festival offers foodie haunts, to fashionable finds chadstone.com.au a rare opportunity to get up close and treasure troves of locally-made and personal with the latest trends. souvenirs. On the Lanes and Arcades tour, visitors will uncover many of No trip to Melbourne is complete the hidden secrets of Melbourne’s without a visit to the Southern city centre, discovering everything Hemisphere’s largest shopping mall, from independent designers to quirky Chadstone – the Fashion Capital. cafes, street art and architecture. With over 500 stores representing international luxury brands and the hiddensecretstours.com cream of Australian design, a free

34 35 Menu From hip suburban cafes serving arguably Australia’s best cup of coffee, through to top-end fine dining restaurants and an array An Epicurean Affair of chic rooftop bars, there is an incredible depth to the city’s food and drink experiences, with accessible wine regions and farm gates right on its doorstep. Melbourne dines out on its reputation as a world-class gastronomic destination. New restaurants and bars are popping up with head-spinning frequency. Melbourne attracts culinary experts and food lovers from With a growing number of internationally acclaimed restaurants, our culinary around the world and its multiculturalism is what cements its reputation as a ‘must eat’ destination, Visitors can be assured of finding dynamism reflects our cultural diversity. food to every taste, be that taste traditional or adventurous. Eating out in the city is a treat for all seasons – from the little city lanes to the suburban streets, Melbourne’s restaurants, cafes, rooftop bars and supper clubs simply buzz from Monday to Sunday.

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1. Feast at a Festival 3. Taste the Traditional 5. Dine by the River 1 Whether you’re fine dining inclined, Enjoy an old-school dining experience In the heart of the city, a long awaited or your pocket and taste buds run under Renaissance style murals at project has come to fruition with to cheap and tasty Asian cuisine, Guy Grossi’s famed Italian fine-diner, the unveiling of the city hot-spot Melbourne’s food festivals will wet Grossi Florentino. Graze on salty, Arbory, Melbourne’s longest bar your appetite. air-dried capocollo at neighbouring and eatery. Spanning 150 metres sister venue, Ombra Salumi Bar, of prime real estate between the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival or venture over to Merchant Osteria heritage-listed Flinders Street Station kicks off the mouth-watering Veneta to experience a modern take and the Yarra River, the new venue proceedings in March, with over on the old school trattoria. For an boasts spectacular views across to 200 events celebrating the vibrant authentic, no-frills meal, Pellegrini’s Southbank. culinary culture of our city and Espresso Bar cannot be beaten. surrounds. Come November, it’s Pull up a red vinyl perch on the Across the way, spectacular river a veritable feast as the city’s best checkerboard floor and sip on your and city views can be enjoyed restaurants converge on Albert Park Italian-style coffee as you watch the alongside an outstanding ‘ocean to Lake to offer sample size serves of world go by on Bourke Street. plate’ experience at The Atlantic their most popular dishes at Taste at Crown, or paired with innovative of Melbourne. 4. Take a Culinary Japanese cuisine at Saké. Also riverside, Melbourne’s newest dining The signature Night Noodle Markets Journey precinct, South Wharf Promenade, is draw huge crowds to the picturesque perfectly positioned for a memorable Birrarung Marr with the tantalising From Europe and the Middle East progressive dinner with an array of aromas and flavours of Asia. to Asia and The Americas, embark restaurant choices in this part of on a culinary journey for the senses the city. 2 3 2. Sip the City without leaving Melbourne’s city centre. Indulge in Chinese cuisine Melbourne’s reputation for with a modern take at Spice Temple 4 5 exceptional coffee is second only to in the premium location along its renown for rooftop wining and ’s popular riverside dining. The Walk Melbourne ‘Coffee promenade. With a fun atmosphere Lovers’ tour provides fascinating to rival Oktoberfest, Munich Brauhaus commentary on Melbourne’s crop- Melbourne delivers a sophisticated to-cup story, while its ‘Rooftop dining scene with signature dishes Bars’ tour introduces visitors to including locally sourced suckling pig. the many hidden gems scattered For Spanish delicacies head over the through Melbourne’s labyrinthine Bohemian Bar and Restaurant and laneways. Both tours include pit- don’t miss Neil Perry’s regional Italian stops at handpicked venues to refuel favourites at Crown Melbourne’s on caffeine or refill your glass, while Rosetta Ristorante. And for a beer fans are catered to with Carlton complete Asian eating experience, Brewhouse’s tasting tour, and hidden Andrew McConnell’s Supernormal doors conceal some of the city’s reinvents classic dishes from the finest cocktail bars. Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong.

Whichever way you turn an intoxicating array of Melbourne flavours awaits you.

38 39 Menu Knowledge City, Innovation Hub

Melbourne leading the way in ‘world-first’ discoveries

• In 1949, Melburnian John Cade discovered that lithium could treat bipolar disorder. It was the first effective medication available to treat a mental illness. By 1985, his work had saved $17.5 billion in medical costs in the USA alone.

• Melbourne’s bionic ear pioneer, Graeme Clark, successfully implanted the world’s first multi-channel cochlear implant in 1978. Devices based on his work now have 70 per cent of the global market. His successors are developing better bionic ear technology, devices to calm an epileptic storm, and a bionic eye.

• Every visitor to Australia handles the nation’s plastic bank notes first released in Australia’s bicentenary year, 1988. The Melbourne chemists behind that invention are now redefining how plastics are made everywhere. Their techniques are employed in almost every university chemistry department, and the laboratories and factories of DuPont, Melbourne has hosted several of the world’s largest, most prestigious L’Oréal, IBM, 3M, Dulux and more than 60 other companies.

health related conferences, including the World Cancer Congress, • Australia’s banknote printing technology is now printing prototype 20th International AIDS Conference and World Congress of Cardiology, plastic solar cells being developed in Melbourne. putting Melbourne firmly on the global map for the successful delivery of international association conferences.

As Australia’s knowledge, research and innovation capital, Melbourne has the IQ and infrastructure to transform a group of people into a powerful collective, facilitating the exchange of transformative ideas, and fostering the development of innovations and initiatives with far-reaching implications.

With a culture of collaboration, Melbourne is consistently recognised for outstanding achievements in the fields of medicine, science, technology, engineering and education. Discoveries and inventions made in our city have had impacts globally, saving and improving lives, creating jobs, and offering new ways of seeing the world.

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According to the Economist Intelligence Eight of Victoria’s nine universities Unit, Australia has the most competitive have campuses within Melbourne’s information technology industry in the central business district, as well as a wide Melbourne and the Asia- Pacific region and Melbourne selection of vocational training colleges state of Victoria leads the nation, with 8,000 technology and regional campuses. boasts – Melbourne Brain Centre Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research companies generating $30 billion in – BIOMEDICAL PRECINCT – NORTHERN PRECINCT revenue. The strength of Melbourne’s academic community forms the backbone of • 180 biotechnology companies Melbourne was chosen as the technical the city’s wide pool of researchers, • 10 major medical research base and headquarters for the National and provides associations that hold institutes Broadband Network, the largest conferences in Melbourne with the telecommunications infrastructure rollout opportunity to meet with leaders • 10 internationally recognised in the world, which will enable high speed from these institutions, to engage teaching hospitals, with transfer of data and underpin the delivery in knowledge exchange, and pursue a robust biotechnology of research solutions. partnership opportunities that extend sector that attracts eminent beyond the life of the conference itself. researchers from around the Melbourne’s universities are dynamic, world. challenging and rewarding places to study, offering the full range of qualifications.

Australian Synchrotron – SOUTH EAST MELBOURNE INNOVATION PRECINCT

Melbourne’s Knowledge Key institutes include: 1 Biomedical Precinct • Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) Precincts • Australian Synchrotron (South • Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) East Melbourne Innovation Precinct) • Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) Northern Precinct Melbourne’s three knowledge precincts – the largest stand-alone piece of • Bio21 Institute bring together academic institutions, 3 scientific infrastructure in the Southern • Bionics Institute 2  South East Melbourne research and medical centres and Hemisphere and one of fewer than Biomedical Precinct • Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) industry to foster world-leading 40 facilities in the world 1 • Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) Innovation Precinct innovation. • CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering Parkville • Australian Synchroton • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of MELBOURNE • IBM Research Collaboratory for Life Sciences • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research The Biomedical Precinct (previously Medical Research (Northern Precinct) • Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) Organisation (CSIRO) City/Parkville Precinct), South East – the oldest medical research institute • Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research • Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication Melbourne Innovation Precinct, and in Australia, which celebrated its 2 • Melbourne Brain Centre South East Melbourne • Monash University the Northern Precinct boast some of the centenary in 2015 • Mental Health Research Institute Innovation Precinct • Small Technologies Cluster world’s leading research institutes. The • National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) Biomedical Precinct is without parallel • Melbourne Brain Centre (Biomedical • National ICT Australia: Victorian Research Laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere, recognised Precinct) – home to Australia’s largest • O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery 3 Northern Precinct for research excellence globally. brain research collaboration, and the • Orygen Youth Health Centre • Alfred Medical Research and Education Precinct (AMREP) largest brain research group in the • Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity • Centre for AgriBioscience (Agribio) Southern Hemisphere • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre • Centre for Technology Infusion • Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) • Health Innovations Research Institute – RMIT • St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research and • La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS) St Vincent’s Health • La Trobe University • Super Computer Initiative • Rio Tinto’s Research and Technology Centre • The Royal Children’s Hospital • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) Biotechnology • The Royal Melbourne Hospital Centre • The Royal Women’s Hospital •

42 43 Menu Melbourne Food Virgin Australia Melbourne Moomba Festival & Wine Festival Fashion Festival 11-14 March 2016 4-13 March 2016 7-13 March 2016 Held along the banks of the In a city of self-confessed Well-dressed at any time, Yarra over the Labour Day long gourmands, Melbourne Food Melbourne’s fashionable flock weekend, Moomba Festival is a & Wine Festival is an annual up the ante during the city’s celebration of our vibrant city. highlight. Last year saw over celebrated fashion festival. Melburnians and visitors come 240,000 people take to our Runway shows, celeb spottings, together to experience a host of laneways, restaurants, wineries seminars and workshops make events and family entertainment, and regional hubs to celebrate this glamorous consumer event from fireworks to the infamous Victoria on a plate. a fashion capital must-do. Birdman Rally.

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Melbourne International Formula 1® Grand Prix Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 17-20 March 2016 Comedy Festival 16-20 March 2016 23 March-17 April 2016 Witness breakneck speeds and The Melbourne International the roar of finely tuned engines, One of the three largest comedy Flower & Garden Show is a as the stars of international festivals in the world, Melbourne’s feast for the senses, showcasing racing test their mettle at the festival of fun is turning 30 in ® exquisite flowers and the very Formula 1 Grand Prix. Held at 2016. The mammoth program Calendar of Events latest in landscaping and outdoor the picturesque Albert Park, the of stand-up comedy, cabaret, living. The family-friendly outing excitement literally reverberates theatre, street performance, film March 2016 – February 2017 is considered the largest, most across Melbourne over four action and more, brings together the successful horticultural event packed days. very best local and international All year round, the atmosphere in Melbourne is electric, with a jam-packed in the Southern Hemisphere. performers for over three weeks grandprix.com.au of belly laughs. events calendar showcasing the multiple faces of our cosmopolitan city. Whether melbflowershow.com.au you’re playing host to the food and wine connoisseur, sports fanatic, culture buff comedyfestival.com.au or green thumb, our endless array of world-class events will inspire, delight and leave a lasting impression on your delegates.

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Melbourne International Melbourne International Melbourne Spring Australian Motorcycle Jazz Festival Film Festival Fashion Week Grand Prix 3-12 June 2016 28 July-14 August 2016 26 August-2 Sept 2016 21-23 October 2016

Held in the city’s best concert One of the world’s oldest Presented by the City of Melbourne, Photo: Roberto Seba The population of Phillip halls, arts venues, jazz clubs and film festivals, and Australia’s Melbourne Spring Fashion Week Island swells each October, as throughout the streets, Melbourne most celebrated, Melbourne showcases new and established motorcycle enthusiasts gather International Jazz Festival is an International Film Festival is a local designers, brands and retailers. Melbourne Festival to watch the Australian leg of the annual event that brings the city screen event like no other. MIFF A highlight of this style centric MotoGP™. The normally peaceful to life. Showcasing local and showcases the very best in current event is ‘Shop the City, Vogue 6-23 October 2016 island dials it up a notch as the international talents, the festival cinema from around the globe, as Fashion’s Night Out’. world’s motorcycle champions A key fixture of the Australian cultural calendar, Melbourne Festival shines the educates and entertains music well as tributes, retrospectives, go head to head. spotlight on talented performers in the fields of dance, theatre, music, visual lovers of all ages on the joys of and a host of engaging talks. thatsmelbourne.com.au/msfw arts, multimedia and more. A feast of creativity to enliven the senses. jazz. motogp.com.au miff.com.au festival.melbourne melbournejazz.com

Australian Football League Melbourne Fringe Festival Royal Melbourne Show Spring Racing Carnival Boxing Day Cricket Test Australian Open Tennis (AFL) Finals Series 15 Sept-2 October 2016 17-27 September 2016 October-5 Nov 2016 26 December 2016 16-29 January 2017 9 Sept-1 October 2016 A celebration of the independent A family favourite, the Royal Melbourne comes alive during the A highlight of the summer Summer in Melbourne sizzles Experience the true spirit of arts, Melbourne Fringe has been Melbourne Show is the perfect annual Spring Racing Carnival. sporting schedule, the Boxing Day with the first Grand Slam tennis Melbourne, as impassioned running for over three decades, opportunity to feast on gourmet Fashion is as much a focus as the Test draws thousands of cricket tournament on the international football fans fire up as the final and has evolved into one of the delights – from pop-up fine dining feats on the track. Witness the enthusiasts from home and away calendar. The biggest names in eight teams battle it out for the country’s largest multi-artform to fairy floss and hot dogs – as thrills and spills of world class to the iconic Melbourne Cricket the game take centre court at this Holy Grail of Australian Rules – festivals. Choose from over 400 well as visit the producers, pet horse racing. The jewel in the Ground. 2016 sees the home team hotly contested championship the Premiership Cup. The unique events showcasing more baby animals, and experience crown is the ‘race that stops the pitted against the West Indies. event held at Melbourne Park. Grand Final will be played at than 6000 truly unique artists and first rate entertainment, including nation’, the Melbourne Cup, held cricket.com.au ausopen.com the Melbourne Cricket Ground performers. fashion shows, live music and on the first Tuesday in November, (MCG) on 1 October in 2016. fireworks. a 3,200-metre thoroughbred melbournefringe.com.au horse race. afl.com.au royalshow.com.au racing.com/spring

46 47 Menu From the rugged natural beauty of the Great Ocean Road to the world class wineries of the Yarra Valley; the fascinating gold- Regional Victoria rush-era history of Ballarat and Bendigo to Phillip Island’s penguin colony; the gastronomic delights of Mornington Peninsula to Daylesford’s thriving arts scene and restorative mineral springs, the spectacular sights and tastes of regional Victoria await Victoria is a state blessed with diverse natural beauty, from our breathtaking your discovery. coastline and its charming towns, to our stunning rural landscapes and regions rich in history, all easily accessible from Melbourne. Opportunities for wildlife encounters, scenic walks or total indulgence are abound in every corner, beckoning you to choose your own adventure.

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1. Mornington Peninsula FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 1HR

From mushroom foraging walks in winter, to strawberry picking in summer, Mornington Peninsula is awash with local produce that is found in the region’s many outstanding restaurants. Enjoy a delicious traditional wood-fired pizza at the rustic “The Shed” restaurant at the Epicurean at Red Hill. Capture golfing indulgence to a ‘tee’ with a private helicopter transfer to some of Australia’s premier golf courses, including The Dunes and Sandhurst. 2. Yarra Valley FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 1HR

Less than one hour’s drive from Melbourne, the picturesque Yarra Valley is famous for its vineyards, rolling green hills and the pleasures of locally produced food and wine. Sample the delights of the Yarra Valley at Sir Paz Estate or Rochford Wines. Continue the indulgence with a spa treatment and an overnight stay at the luxurious Balgownie Estate. Drive, walk, wander or float through in a hot air balloon. 3. Daylesford & Macedon Ranges FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 1HR 20MINS The Daylesford and Macedon Ranges region is the state’s capital of 1 2 3 indulgence, offering spa retreats and natural springs, great cafés and fine dining, just over an hour from Melbourne. More than 80% of Australia’s naturally occurring mineral springs are found in the region. Visit the quaint township of Hepburn Springs and explore the stone farmhouse buildings, surrounded by a stunning garden, or the lovely lavender fields at Lavandula. 4. Goldfields FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 1HR 20MINS

When gold was discovered in Victoria over 150 years ago, it left a lasting legacy within the towns of Ballarat, Bendigo, Castlemaine and Maryborough. Re-live Australia’s gold rush days by panning for gold at Ballarat’s Sovereign Hill and explore the region’s beautiful architecture, grand public buildings, statues, fountains and exquisite gardens – all reminders of that rich bygone era. 5. Phillip Island FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 1HR 50MINS

Phillip Island is a popular destination for its nature and wildlife, as well as its international motor racing events. Experience the famous Penguin Parade, Australia’s most popular wildlife event, where every day at dusk a parade of little penguins emerges from the sea to make its way to burrows in the sand dunes. At Phillip Island Nature Parks, visitors can see wallabies, kangaroos, little penguins, seals and koalas in their natural habitat.

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6. Gippsland FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 2HRS 10MINS

Escape to the eastern corner of Victoria and be rewarded with natural landscapes of unparalleled beauty. Visit quaint seaside villages and alpine towns; fill up on farm-fresh produce; get active on the region’s lakes, rivers and mountain ranges; or simply relax on the pristine beaches. 7. Great Ocean Road FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 2HRS 40MINS

One of the world’s most scenic drives, the Great Ocean Road follows Victoria’s stunning southwestern coastline past the famous Twelve Apostles. From Torquay, south of Geelong, to Peterborough, east of Warrnambool, the 243-kilometre/150-mile road winds along cliff tops, moves under the canopies of lush rainforests and cruises down to the shoreline. For a unique experience, enlist Big Stick Adventures to create an action packed adventure or a high- end private beach dining experience. 8. Grampians FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 2HRS 50MINS

The Grampians region, with its expansive landscapes, has stunning national 6 7 8 and state parks, indigenous history and breathtaking scenery. The Grampians National Park features spectacular rocky outcrops, 200 bird species, Aboriginal heritage trails and Victoria’s largest collection of rock art. Experience its beauty by following one of the region’s 40 walking tracks. And combine nature and food with a delicious meal at the two-hatted Royal Mail Hotel. 9. Murray Region FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 3HRS

The world’s third longest navigable river, the Murray River forms the border between New South Wales and Victoria before heading south through South Australia to the ocean. The Murray River region is Victoria’s very own Australian outback, blessed with a mild Mediterranean climate and a range of outdoor activities to enjoy. The Murray region is the houseboat capital of Australia – get a crew together and explore the mighty Murray River in style and comfort. 10. Victoria’s High Country FROM MELBOURNE BY COACH: 3HRS

Head for the spectacular scenery and high altitude of Victoria’s high country. The region is renowned for its welcoming villages, long traditions of wine making, fine local produce, adventure and outdoor activities in the breathtaking alpine scenery. Take to the slopes for skiing in winter, or in the warmer months explore the mountains on horseback or mountain bike. 9 10

52 53 Menu Wild Ocean Summerland Wild Ocean/Summerland combined Cocktail 60 60 120 Banquet/Buffet 50 50 100 Theatre 60 60 120 U-shape 30 30 60 Classroom 40 40 80

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1. Mornington ECHUCA 9 Peninsula MURRAY REGION From Melbourne 2. Yarra Valley by Coach: 3hrs 3. Daylesford SHEPPARTON and Macedon ELMORE Ranges MILAWA 4. Goldfields

5. Phillip Island BENDIGO EUROA GOLDFIELDS VICTORIA’S From Melbourne by 4 6. Gippsland HIGH COUNTRY Coach: 1hr 20mins HEATHCOTE 10 From Melbourne 7. Great Ocean Road by Coach: 3hrs MANSFIELD GRAMPIANS 8. Grampians From Melbourne by 8 Coach: 2hrs 50mins MT BULLER DAYLESFORD YEA 9. Murray Region AND MACEDON RANGES 3 ARARAT From Melbourne by 10. Victoria’s Coach: 1hr 20mins MOUNT MACEDON YARRA VALLEY High Country From Melbourne by Coach: 1hr MARYSVILLE BALLARAT 2 MELBOURNE HEALESVILLE AIRPORT

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SALE GEELONG WARRAGUL MORNINGTON TRARALGON QUEENSCLIFF RED HILL 6 PORTSEA GREAT OCEAN ROAD TORQUAY SORRENTO 1 PHILLIP ISLAND From Melbourne by 7 From Melbourne by Coach: 2hrs 40mins Coach: 1hr 50mins GIPPSLAND 5 From Melbourne by SAN REMO Coach: 2hrs 10mins LORNE MORNINGTON PENINSULA From Melbourne by Coach: 1hr

56 57 Menu Melbourne & Regional Victoria Group Incentive Activities

ACTIVITY SIZE OF GROUP <50 51-250 251-500 501-800 801-1,500 >1,500 Both City and Regionally Based Big Stick Adventures Mountain Bike Tour ✓ Scenic Bike Ride ✓ Surfing ✓ Kayaking ✓ Horse Riding ✓ Uncorked Wine Tour ✓ ✓ Private Beach Day ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Helicopter Flights ✓ ✓ ✓ Unique Aircraft Flight ✓ ✓ Rally Car Driving ✓ ✓ Harley Davidson Rides ✓ Four Wheel Driving ✓ Bush Day Safari ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Fishing ✓ Big Movie (make your own movie) ✓

Heli Serv Helicopter scenic flights ✓ Helicopter day tours (departing CBD) ✓ Customised helicopter charter ✓

Melbourne Football Club Hands on footy – AFL training session ✓ ✓ Attend an AFL game at the MCG ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ (with or without private hospitality) AFL for beginners at the MCG ✓ ✓ Unique briefing session with coach, ✓ ✓ executive or player

Melbourne Private Tours Group Incentive Activities Team Circus Skills Challenge ✓ ✓ Formula 1 Simulator Challenge ✓ Deliver a program that rewards and inspires the team, in a city that is constantly Remote Controlled Racing Challenge ✓ ✓ delighting with its unique ‘Only in Melbourne’ immersive experiences. There Room Escape Team Challenge ✓ are a variety of activities available in the city and regional areas throughout Bubble Soccer Team Challenge ✓ ✓ Victoria to suit every group size, goal and budget. Sand Sculpting Team Challenge ✓ ✓ Create your Own TV Ad ✓ ✓ ✓

58 59 Menu ACTIVITY SIZE OF GROUP <50 51-250 251-500 501-800 801-1,500 >1,500 Melbourne Private Tours continued Tree Surfing Team Challenge ✓ ✓ Team Regatta Racing Challenge ✓ Team Culinary Challenge ✓ ✓ Food and Wine Sensory Challenge ✓ ✓ ✓ The World of Beer Challenge ✓ Pizza Making Challenge ✓ ✓ Cocktail Masterclass and Bar Tour ✓ Yarra Valley Picnic and Petanque Garden Party ✓ ✓ ✓ Assistant Winemaker Experience ✓ Indulgent Yarra River Cruise ✓ Super Yacht Cocktail Party (60pax maximum) ✓ ✓ Hot Air Ballooning and Barrel tasting ✓ Great Ocean Road Drive and Fly ✓ Day with a Sporting Legend ✓ ✓ Artist Led Tour of Melbourne ✓ Day with a Fashionista ✓

Mircoflite Helicopter scenic flights – ✓ 12 Apostles Flight, Wine Food Fly Tour

City Based Atlantic Group (experiences) The Den – Cocktails through the ages ✓ The Den – Whisky appreciation master class ✓ Mill & Bakery – Bread making class ✓ ✓ The Den/Ms Collins/Alumbra – Cocktail making class ✓ Personal experience with internationally ✓ ✓ renowned Donovan Cooke Central Pier Venues, Docklands – Culinary Challenge ✓ ✓ Sir Paz Estate – wine tasting and meet the winemaker ✓

Australian Grand Prix Private hospitality at the Grand Prix Private suites include: - Formula One Paddock Club - Chicane Pavilion - Pit Exit Skydeck Lounge ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - Pit Exit Trackside International - Corporate Platform Turn 15 - Corporate Platform Turns 3 & 4 Customised suites available upon request

60 61 Menu ACTIVITY SIZE OF GROUP <50 51-250 251-500 501-800 801-1,500 >1,500 Chadstone Shopping Centre Free Shopping Passport with exclusive offers ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ from over 100 retailers and food outlets Tour Bus Welcome Benefits: to include meet & greet service, dedicated pick-up and drop-off point close ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ to luxury mall entrance and reserved coach parking Free Transport from Melbourne CBD – Fed Square ✓ Shopping Experience Packages – Shop & Dine ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ (from October 2016)

Essendon Football Club PT & Football Skill Training Sessions ✓ Keynote guest speakers ✓ ✓ Tour of the venue ✓ Corporate team building activities ✓ Watch outdoor training sessions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Melbourne Cricket Ground MCG Guided Tour ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ AFL Football or Cricket Match ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ National Sports Museum Visitation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

In Harness Racing Interactive Racing – Race your mates ✓ Private Race ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Melbourne Star Observation Wheel Star Flight. 30 minute flight – max 20 pax per cabin ✓ ✓ ✓ Star Experience Package – Maximum Pax 14. ✓ ✓ Hosted Private cabins including F & B

Melbourne Zoo Canapes and drinks at an animal enclosure ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ with a keeper talk (after hours) Snake or reptile to your room ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Whole Zoo to yourself! (Sunset Zoo Do) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Half the Zoo to yourself! (Half Zoo Do) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Queen Victoria Market Hunt & Gather Food Tour ✓ Gift Buying Tour ✓ History Tour ✓

Something Aussie Group Shopping experience at the biggest ✓ ✓ ✓ Australiana Store in Australia Australian Food Tasting (abalone, manuka honey, ✓ ✓ ✓ macadamia nuts, nougat, dried fruit, etc.) Gift with Purchase ✓ ✓ ✓ Flexible opening hours to cater for groups ✓ ✓ ✓

62 63 Menu ACTIVITY SIZE OF GROUP <50 51-250 251-500 501-800 801-1,500 >1,500 Tennis Australia Hospitality suites at Australian Open ✓ ✓ ✓ Leadership Session ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Guest Speakers ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Tennis Clinic ✓

Victoria Racing Club Millinery Workshop ✓ Sponsor a Race ✓ ✓ ✓ Night at the Races ✓ ✓ ✓ Guided Walking Tours of Flemington Racecourse ✓ Breakfast at Sunrise at Flemington Racecourse ✓ ✓ Racecourse Lodge: stay overnight at Flemington Racecourse ✓ Hunt for the Cup ✓

Walking Tours of Melbourne Chocoholic Tours (can accommodate up to 6 tours at one time ✓ ✓ which would be a maximum of 200 people) Hidden Secrets Tours ✓ ✓ ✓ Walk Melbourne Tours ✓ ✓ Melbourne Street Art Tours ✓ ✓ Fitzroy Street Art Tour ✓ Street Art Workshop ✓ ✓

Regionally Based Bendigo Bendigo Talking Tram Tour ✓ ✓ Golden Dragon Museum Tour ✓ ✓ Central Deborah Gold Mine Tour ✓ ✓ Bendigo Pottery Classes ✓ Bendigo Joss House Temple Tour ✓ Bendigo Region Winery Tour ✓ BendigoGold – Gold prospecting ✓ Ironbark Horse Riding Centre ✓ The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion – ✓ ✓ ✓ largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere Food Fossicking Tour – discover local foodie treasures ✓ Ride the O’Keefe Rail trail on your bike all the way ✓ ✓ to Heathcote Bendigo Art Gallery – largest gallery in regional Australia guided ✓ tours Heritage Building Tours – choose from three ✓ of Bendigo’s architectural masterpieces Bendigo Blues Tram (seasonal) ✓ Wine Bank on View – local winery tastings ✓ Balgownie Estate winery lunch and tour ✓ Tooborac Hotel & Brewery – lunch and brewery tours ✓

64 65 Menu ACTIVITY SIZE OF GROUP <50 51-250 251-500 501-800 801-1,500 >1,500 Mildura Paddleboat Cruise Mundoo (Mildura) ✓ ✓ Sunraysia Cellar Door (Mildura) ✓ ✓ Mildura Brewery (Mildura) ✓ ✓ Mungo National Park ✓ ✓ 5 Star Houseboats – Up to 10 people, 5 dbl b/r with ensuite (5 ✓ Boats available) Kayak on Kings Billabong (incl. Team Building) ✓

Mornington Peninsula Peninsula Hot Springs ✓ Bay Fish N Trips ✓ Enchanted Adventure Garden and Tree Surfing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Bay Play Adventure Tours ✓ ✓ Horseback Winery Tours ✓ Local Winery Tours ✓ Gunnamatta Trail Rides ✓ Boneo Maze & Mini Golf ✓ ✓ Moonraker Dolphin Swims ✓ Crittenden Wine Centre – Wine Flights ✓ Elite Day Tours (bespoke luxury tours) ✓ MP Experience (food & wine) ✓

Oakridge Wines (Yarra Valley) Tour of Venue ✓ Wine Tasting ✓ Wine and Canape Masterclass ✓

Philip Island Nature Parks Exclusive event on Churchill Island ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Penguin Parade – General Viewing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Penguin Parade – Penguins Plus ✓ ✓ ✓ Penguin Parade – Underground Viewing ✓ ✓ Wildlife Conservation Activities ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Koala Conservation Centre ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Antarctic Journey at the Nobbies Centre ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Rochford Wines (Yarra Valley) Wine Blending ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Grape Stomping ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Segway tours ✓ ✓ Wine games ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Horse & carriage tours ✓ ✓ Winery Tour ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Wine Tastings ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Produce market ✓ ✓

66 67 Menu ACTIVITY SIZE OF GROUP <50 51-250 251-500 501-800 801-1,500 >1,500 Royal Mail Hotel (Dunkeld) Chef’s Kitchen Garden Harvest Tour ✓ Evening Nature & Wildlife Tour ✓ Wine Appreciation Class ✓

Sovereign Hill (Ballarat) Gold Panning ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Goldmine tour ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Winter Wonderlights – Christmas in July ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Costume Photo ✓ ✓

Werribee Open Range Zoo Pula Trail Walk (after hours) ✓ ✓ Canapes and drinks at an animal enclosure ✓ ✓ ✓ with a keeper talk (after hours) Private safari tour ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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Melbourne offers a great range of places to convene, network and sleep. Our unique event spaces leave planners spoilt for choice when organising business events.

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Conference, Hotels & Exhibition Venues – City/Fringe*

Name Phone Accom Meeting Banquet Class- Cocktail Theatre Star Page Map Rooms Rooms room Rating Ref* Accor – ibis Melbourne +61 3 9666 0000 250 3 240 100 350 300 3.5 84 1 Accor – Mercure Melbourne +61 3 9205 9999 164 5 200 140 300 260 4 82 2 Accor – Novotel Melbourne on Collins +61 3 9667 5800 380 9 230 210 450 400 4.5 82 3 Accor – Novotel Melbourne St Kilda +61 3 9525 5522 211 12 220 170 350 300 4.5 83 4 Accor – Pullman Melbourne Albert Park +61 3 8554 2801 378 31 1404 540 1600 1400 5 81 5 Accor – Pullman Melbourne on the Park +61 3 9419 2000 419 11 510 400 1000 850 4.5 83 6 Accor – Quay West Suites Melbourne +61 3 9693 6000 107 3 100 72 160 120 5 84 7 Accor – Sofitel Melbourne on Collins +61 3 9653 7774 363 12 600 362 1000 1000 5 84 8 Clarion Suites Gateway +61 3 9296 8888 120 3 70 40 100 60 4.5 98 9 Crown Events & Conferences +61 3 9292 6222 - 25 1500 1100 800 2500 - 87 10 Crown Metropol +61 3 9292 6211 658 4 80 28 170 90 5 88 11 Crown Promenade Melbourne +61 3 9292 6688 465 - - - - - 4.5 89 12 Crown Towers +61 3 9292 6868 481 - - - - - 5 90 13 Crowne Plaza Melbourne +61 3 9648 2777 385 7 90 90 180 140 4.5 97 14 DoubleTree by Hilton Melbourne +61 3 9654 6888 180 3 - 60 140 130 4 91 15 Grand Hyatt Melbourne +61 3 9653 4449 548 15 730 600 1500 1120 5 92 16 Hilton Melbourne South Wharf +61 3 9027 2000 396 5 150 110 200 220 5 93 17 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre +61 3 9235 8000 - 52 1500 912 1660 5540 - 94 18 Melbourne Marriott Hotel +61 3 9660 1178 185 6 120 100 250 175 5 98 19 PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport +61 3 8347 2130 276 16 190 120 300 250 4.5 97 20 Quality Hotel Batman's Hill on Collins +61 3 9614 6344 190 4 160 100 150 180 4 97 21 RACV City Club Conferences & Events 1300 139 059 136 11 400 228 550 500 4.5 95 22 Radisson on +61 3 9322 8000 184 4 90 54 200 130 4.5 97 23 Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne +61 3 9250 1813 340 10 170 168 350 317 4.5 98 24 Royce Hotel +61 3 9677 9900 100 13 180 126 300 220 5 95 25 Rydges Melbourne +61 3 9662 0511 363 11 200 174 550 300 4.5 96 26 The Langham, Melbourne +61 3 8696 8041 388 14 250 216 400 360 5 96 27 Vibe Savoy Hotel Melbourne +61 3 9622 8888 163 6 160 80 320 130 4.5 98 28 Victoria University Convention Centres +61 3 9919 1012 - 5 250 90 500 340 - 98 29

Conference, Hotels & Exhibition Venues – Regional**

Name Phone Accom Meeting Banquet Class- Cocktail Theatre Star Page Map Rooms Rooms room Rating Ref* Mansion Hotel & Day Spa at Werribee Park +61 3 9731 4000 91 9 140 96 300 220 5 100 1 RACV Cape Schanck Resort +61 3 5950 8029 84 2 220 110 - 250 4 100 2 RACV Healesville Country Club +61 3 5962 4899 80 14 280 156 300 300 4.5 100 3 RACV Inverloch Resort +61 3 5674 0000 46 6 250 150 320 320 4 100 4 RACV Torquay Resort +61 3 5261 1600 92 10 270 220 410 340 5 101 5 Royal Mail Hotel +61 3 5577 2241 41 - 140 - - - 4.5 101 6

* For locations see the city/fringe map on page 77. ** For locations see the regional map on page 76.

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Venues with a Difference – City/Fringe* Venues with a Difference – Regional**

Name Phone Accom Function Banquet Class- Cocktail Theatre Star Page Map Name Phone Accom Function Banquet Class- Cocktail Theatre Star Page Map Rooms Rooms room Rating Ref* Rooms Rooms room Rating Ref* 242 Conference Centre +61 3 8649 5295 - 5 - - - 203 - 126 30 Balgownie Estate +61 3 9730 0700 70 7 170 80 320 160 4.5 131 7 Alumbra +61 3 8623 9666 - 1 - - 750 - - 116 31 Kryal Castle +61 3 5334 8500 - 5 1500 - 5000 2500 - 132 8 Arts Centre Melbourne +61 3 9281 8350 - 10 350 100 750 2464 - 113 32 Rochford Wines +61 3 5957 3333 - 3 250 100 300 1000 - 132 9 Atlantic Group – Catering +61 3 8623 9600 ------110 33 Sir Paz +61 3 8623 9691 - - 60 - 120 - - 131 10 Atlantic Group – Central Pier Venues +61 3 8623 9611 - 6 1488 700 500 1500 - 108 34 Sovereign Hill Museum Association +61 3 5337 1100 - 8 180 - - 200 - 130 11 Atlantic Group – Crown venues – The Atlantic +61 3 9698 8888 - - 24 - 120 - - 106 35 and The Den Accommodation Only – City/Fringe* Atlantic Group – Mama Rumaan +61 3 8623 9690 - 1 60 - 200 - - 111 36 Name Phone Accom Function Banquet Class- Cocktail Theatre Star Page Map Atlantic Group – Mill & Bakery +61 3 8623 9693 ------112 37 Rooms Rooms room Rating Ref* Bobby McGee's +61 3 9662 0511 363 1 220 18 550 170 4.5 116 38 8Hotels – Pensione Hotel Melbourne +61 3 9621 3333 114 - - - - - 3.5 134 75 Captain Baxter +61 3 8534 8999 - - 65 - 80 - - 126 39 Aria Hotel Apartments +61 3 8102 3990 120 - - - - - 4 135 76 Cargo Hall +61 3 9682 8333 - 1 250 - 600 300 - 117 40 Aura on Flinders +61 3 8648 4178 95 - - - - - 4 134 77 Carlton BrewHouse +61 3 9420 6801 - 3 240 40 450 100 - 126 41 Docklands Private Collection of Apartments +61 3 9642 4220 ------4.5 135 78 Encore St Kilda Beach +61 3 9593 9033 - 3 336 - 2300 500 - 117 42 * For locations see the city/fringe map on page 77. EPICURE – Melbourne Cricket Ground +61 3 9284 2344 - 29 550 300 1200 760 - 114 43 ** For locations see the regional map on page 76. EPICURE – +61 3 9658 9779 - 10 700 - 1500 2000 - 118 44 EPICURE – ZINC at +61 3 9229 6300 - 2 520 - 1000 500 - 118 45 Etihad Stadium +61 3 8625 7663 - 15 5000 - 10000 1400 - 126 46 Eureka 89 Events & Dining +61 3 9693 8889 - 2 150 - 400 130 - 126 47 Events at Caulfield – Melbourne Racing Club +61 3 9257 7100 - 11 750 207 2500 1500 - 124 48 Fenix Events +61 3 9427 8500 - 4 240 64 400 350 - 127 49 Food & Desire – Aerial +61 3 8646 6000 - 1 468 160 900 312 - 127 50 Leonda By The Yarra +61 3 9819 1933 - 2 484 300 1000 700 - 127 51 Luna Park Melbourne +61 3 9525 5033 - 3 250 - 550 350 - 127 52 Melbourne & Olympic Parks +61 3 9286 1118 - 12 2000 750 2500 10000 - 115 53 Melbourne Events Group – Rivers Edge Events +61 3 8609 7272 - 2 250 - 650 300 - 119 54 Melbourne Events Group – The Park +61 3 8609 7272 - - 500 - 1000 600 - 119 55 Observation Wheel +61 3 8688 9688 - 3 250 300 1500 300 - 127 56 +61 3 9285 9440 - 2 300 - 500 300 - 124 57 Moonee Valley Racing Club +61 3 9373 2222 - 19 1100 - 5000 1400 4 120 58 Ms Collins +61 3 8614 2222 - - - - 300 - - 120 59 Museum Spaces – Immigration Museum +61 3 9270 5051 - 6 150 - 700 125 - 124 60 Museum Spaces – Melbourne Museum +61 3 9270 5051 - 15 700 - 2000 1000 - 124 61 Museum Spaces – Royal Exhibition Building +61 3 9270 5004 - 1 2200 3000 5000 3500 - 125 62 Museum Spaces – Scienceworks Museum +61 3 9270 5051 - 9 300 - 1000 250 - 125 63 Peter Rowland – Australian Centre for the +61 3 9825 0092 - 8 110 - 400 390 - 121 64 Moving Image Peter Rowland – National Gallery of Victoria +61 3 9825 0092 - 7 1000 - 2500 700 - 121 65 Plaza Ballroom +61 3 9299 9860 - 3 550 250 1200 800 - 128 66 Republica St Kilda Beach +61 3 8598 9055 - 2 120 - 900 - - 128 67 SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium +61 3 9923 5952 - 5 400 - 1500 - - 125 68 Showtime Events Centre +61 3 9682 1777 - - 280 140 1000 400 - 123 69 South Wharf Events +61 3 9682 7851 - - - - 1000 - - 123 70 SpACE@Collins +61 3 9939 3688 - 1 90 - 200 180 4.5 128 71 +61 3 8664 7327 - 13 220 - 520 250 - 128 72 The Wharf Hotel +61 3 8680 6000 - 5 80 - 300 - - 128 73 Werribee Open Range Zoo +61 3 9285 9440 - 4 800 - 1500 - - 125 74

* For locations see the city/fringe map on page 77.

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COBDEN ST ABBOTSFORD ST & Regional Victoria Accor – Pullman Melbourne Albert Park 5 MILLER ST RATHDOWNE ST Accor – Pullman Melbourne on the Park 6 CARLTON CARLTON LANGRIDGE ST CAPEL ST Accor – Quay West Suites 7 PEEL ST DERBY ST RAILWAY PL PRINCES ST Accor – Sofitel Melbourne On Collins 8 VICTORIA ST GARDENS Venues & Accommodation 1 CITY Clarion Suites Gateway 9 BATHS WILLIAM ST Crown Events & Conferences 10 QUEEN THERRY ST VICTORIA FITZROY ST Crown Metropol 11 MARKET BRUNSWICK ST NAPIER ST

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OAKLEIGH L BATMANS HILL DVE MELBOURNE I MELBOURNE EPICURE – Melbourne Town Hall 44 DOCKLANDS RAILWAY GOODSAURORA SHED LA NO2 N BRIGHTON 60 K CRICKET NO. 2 BERTH MEREDITH EPICURE – ZINC at Federation Square 45 VILLAGE ST 21 GROUND OLINDA WARBURTON D'ALBORA MARINAS VICTORIA HARBOUR PROMENADE 9 BOATHOUSE DRIVE Etihad Stadium 46 SHED 2 NO. 3 BERTH WATERVIEW WALK FLINDERS LANE 1 CLAYTON RIVERSIDE AV HAMER Eureka 89 Events & Dining 47 NO. 4 BERTH HALL SOUTHGATE NO. 5 BERTH 77 Events at Caulfield – Melbourne Racing Club 48 NO. 15 BERTH SHED 4 THE HUB SOUTHGATE AV MELBOURNE Fenix Events 49 VICTORIA 75 FLINDERS ST SANDRIDGE BRIDGE PARK SANDRINGHAM NO. 14 BERTH GREEN 7 Food & Desire – Aerial SALE 50 NORTH WHARF RD MELBOURNE SOUTHBANK PROMENADE 32 WARRAGUL MOORABBIN COLLINS ST AQUARIUM 53 GEELONG Leonda By The Yarra 51 AURORA LA ROD LAVER 68 RIVERSIDE QUAY 27 THE ARTS ARENA VILLAGE ST CENTRE TRARALGONLuna Park Melbourne 52 COOK ST EUREKA QUEEN VICTORIA MORNINGTON 13 SKYDECK 88 QUEENSCLIFF Melbourne & Olympic Parks 53 GEORGIANNA ST ST KILDA RD RED HILL 35 47 GARDENS 5 Melbourne Event Group – Rivers Edge Events 54 VICTORIA MORNINGTON OLD SCOTCH HISENSE PORTSEA YARRA'S SIDDELEY ST 65 PENINSULA Melbourne Event Group – The Park 55 FLINDERS STPOLICE CENTRE OVAL ARENA TORQUAY SORRENTO EDGE NO. 9 BERTH CROWN WORLD 14 Melbourne Star Observation Wheel 56 NO. 8 BERTH MISSION TO TRADE COMPLEX SOUTHBANKKAVANAGH BOULEVARD ST NGV SEAFARERS CENTRE ENTERTAINMENT Melbourne Zoo 57 SIDNEY MYER 2 54 KING'S MUSIC BOWL BATMAN AV SWAN ST LORNE CAPE 73 Moonee Valley Racing Club 58 10 QUEENS BRIDGE ST SAN REMO LORIMER ST POWER ST LEXUS SCHANCK FAWKNER ST IWAKI DOMAIN Ms Collins 59 12 AUDITORIUM DAME CENTRE PHILLIP MARINA YE YARRA RIVER ELIZABETH SOUTH WHARF CROWN MURDOCH ISLAND 4 Museum Spaces – Immigration Museum 60 CENTRE OLYMPIC PARK Regional Map BOUNDARY ST 18 ENTERTAINMENTCOMPLEX Museum Spaces – Melbourne Museum 61 70 69 MELBOURNE POLLY WOODSIDE CLARENDON ST WHITEMAN ST RECTANGULAR RIVER ESPLANADE Museum Spaces – Royal Exhibition Building 62 MARITIME MUSEUM STADIUM YARRA'S EDGE DFO 40 Museum Spaces – Scienceworks Museum 63 ROGERS ST 17 MOORE ST ALEXANDRA AV MAP 50 KINGS WAY BALSTON ST KAVANAGH ST REGIONAL BUSINESS NAME MELBOURNE HARTLEY ST GRANT ST Peter Rowland at ACMI 64 CONVENTION STURT ST REF CENTRE

Peter Rowland at NGV International 65 MELBOURNE CONFERENCE, HOTELS & EXHIBITION EXHIBITIONCENTRE 11 Plaza Ballroom 66 VENUES REGIONAL Republica 67 Mansion Hotel & Day Spa at Werribee Park 1 SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium 68 SOUTHBANK ACCA RACV Cape Schanck Resort 2 INGLES ST WESTGATE FREEWAY Showtime Events Centre 69 ANDERSON ST MONTAGUE ST NORMANBY RD CITY RD MALTHOUSE MORAY ST THEATRE RACV Healesville Country Club 3 GITTUS ST South Wharf Events 70 WELLS ST GOVERNMENT HOUSE RACV Inverloch Resort 4 SpACE@Collins 71 76

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78 79 Menu Accor – Pullman Melbourne Albert Park

65 Queens Road Location available in all conference venues and Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Overlooking picturesque Albert Park there is a dedicated Conference T +61 3 8554 2801 Lake, the refurbished Pullman & Concierge onsite offering personalised F +61 3 8554 2817 Mercure Melbourne Albert Park is the assistance to event organisers. W www.pullmanalbertpark.com.au ideal location for guests looking to E [email protected] Guest accommodation combine business with leisure. With Featuring 169 refurbished Pullman Meeting Capacity (max): 1600 close proximity to Melbourne’s central Total Meeting Rooms: 31 rooms and 209 Mercure rooms, business district, St Kilda Beach and NOTHING LESS Accommodation Rooms: 378 Pullman & Mercure Melbourne Albert NOTHING LESS Accommodation Capacity (max): 886 the vibrant Chapel Street shopping Park offers two tiers of accommodation Star Rating: (Self Rated) precinct, conference guests are able to to delegates. The Pullman Tower enjoy the diversity Melbourne has to presents 5-star accommodation whilst offer. the Mercure Rooms are of a 4-star NOTHING LESS Conference and event facilities standard. Guest rooms are stylish, One of Melbourne's largest and most spacious and many offer a view of comprehensive conference and events Albert Park Lake. venues, Pullman & Mercure Melbourne Guest facilities and services Albert Park is a purpose built 24-hour reception, in-room dining, convention centre with 31 versatile concierge, car parking for over 600 event spaces featuring natural light set cars, Windows Restaurant, Atrium Bar over 2600 square metres, making it the + Lounge, Espresso Bar and foreign ultimate venue for residential currency exchange. conferences, exhibitions, product launches, seminars and gala dinners. Leisure facilities Newly refurbished and fully-equipped Grand Ballroom gymnasium, an indoor heated The Grand Ballroom is a premier event swimming pool, spa and sauna. venue, boasting 6.2 metre high ceilings Jogging and cycling tracks adjacent to and 1070 square metres of pillarless the hotel, golf and driving range event space. Floor-to-ceiling windows nearby. offer an abundance of natural light and beautiful views over Albert Park Lake whilst the retractable walls provide flexibility for breakouts and exhibitions. - Space for 110 exhibition booths - Direct car and large display access - LED lighting with colour control

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Accor - Novotel Melbourne on Collins Accor - Pullman Melbourne on the Park

270 Collins Street Perfectly located in Melbourne's central boasting natural light. With individually 192 Wellington Parade Location gleaming with natural light. Our 11 Melbourne, Victoria 3000 business district, Novotel Melbourne tailored packages and an experienced East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 Located in inner-city East Melbourne distinctive function venues are fully T +61 3 9667 5800 on Collins is the ideal venue to host event and on-site AV team to T +61 3 9419 2000 this elegant hotel is set in the heart of customisable for a wide range of F +61 3 9650 1129 any event, from small meetings to large personally assist you, your event will F +61 3 9419 2001 the city's sporting precinct overlooking gatherings, from small executive W www.novotelmelbourne.com.au functions for up to 400 delegates. All run smoothly and your every need will W www.pullmanonthepark.com.au Fitzroy Gardens, and is only 25km from boardroom sessions to a sales E [email protected] Meeting Capacity (max): 400 function rooms are located on one floor be met with high standards. the airport. conference, product presentation or Total Meeting Rooms: 9 and come complete with a spacious Meeting Capacity (max): 1000 dinner banquet. With crisp service, Accommodation Rooms: 380 The hotel, with public transport located Total Meeting Rooms: 11 Accommodation facilities pre-function foyer and networking sophisticated ambience and state-of- Star Rating: at its doorstep, also offers 380 well Accommodation Rooms: 419 The hotel's upscale rooms and suites space. Accommodation Capacity (max): 840 the-art technology creates an Contact: Amy Gillman appointed guest rooms and suites, offer warm contemporary furnishings. Star Rating: (Self Rated) extraordinary setting for corporate E [email protected] Novotel Melbourne on Collins offers gymnasium, pool and spa, and Lane All accommodation features the full events in Melbourne's central business excellent modern conference and Restaurant & Bar. range of travel comforts, including district. event facilities with nine function rooms WIFI, flat screen tvs and spacious work including a large pillarless ballroom desks. To enjoy an added measure of Please note: The capacity chart below comfort and service, our Executive features our most popular setups, Room Sq(m) Banquet Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape Level accommodation access to the please enquire for the full event room Australia Ballroom 323 230 — 210 450 180 400 — Executive Lounge. detail. Australia Room 1+2+3 258 180 — 180 340 150 320 — Australia Room 2+3+4 233 150 — 150 300 120 280 — Conference and event facilities Australia Room 1+2 178 120 — 120 240 100 220 — The hotel's conference and events Australia Room 2+3 168 100 — 120 220 90 200 — floor is renowned for its large foyer Australia Room 3+4 145 90 — 90 200 80 180 — Australia Room 1 90 60 30 60 100 50 120 30 Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre Australia Room 2 88 50 30 60 100 40 100 30 Upper Foyer 490 3 — — 390 — — Australia Room 3 80 50 30 60 100 40 100 30 Ballroom 1 & 2 382 4.8 250 204 350 200 344 Australia Room 4 65 40 25 30 70 32 70 22 Ballroom 2 & 3 515 4.8 300 300 500 256 492 Collins Room 48 30 18 24 50 24 50 20 Grand Ballroom 1,2,3 707 4.8 510 400 1000 400 850 Elizabeth & Flinders 32 — 15 15 — — 25 15 Rooms Stradbroke/Huntingfield 162 3 120 90 120 80 160 Degraves & Swanston 25 — 12 — — — — 15 Huntingfield/Delacombe 185 3 140 90 160 104 160 Boardrooms Stradbroke/Huntingfield/De 277 3 200 135 250 144 240 Conference Foyer 164 — — — 120 — — — lacombe

82 83 Menu Accor - Sofitel Melbourne On Collins

25 Collins Street The hotel 100MB WIFI internet across the MELBOURNE, Victoria 3000 Located at the prestigious 'Paris end' meeting rooms provides high-speed T +61 3 9653 7774 of Collins Street, Sofitel Melbourne on internet capabilities. F +61 3 9653 7733 Collins is centrally located to Food & wine W www.sofitel-melbourne.com Melbourne's galleries, gardens, and the E [email protected] Sofitel Melbourne On Collins offers an city's finest attractions. Meeting Capacity (max): 1000 incredible food and wine experience. Total Meeting Rooms: 12 Luxurious accommodation Discover floor to ceiling views and Accommodation Rooms: 363 Discover a range of luxurious contemporary cuisine at No35, Accommodation Capacity (max): 726 accommodation options located from cosmopolitan cocktails at the Atrium Star Rating: (Self Rated) level 36 with breathtaking views over Bar On 35 or a High Tea experience at Melbourne. All rooms are elegantly Sofi's Lounge. appointed with contemporary Inspired by you, staged by us furnishings, marble bathrooms, Transform your meetings into an sumptuous Sofitel MyBeds and Inspired Meeting, Sofitel's meeting LED\LCD televisions. concept which translates your needs Conference & events for event perfection into functional One of Melbourne's leading integrated reality to ensure the ultimate "Art de conference hotels, offering a wide Recevoir". range of venues. Choose from a tiered Other hotel services auditorium for 362 delegates, The hotel ensures 24 hour services international plenaries for 1000 and when needed including reception, executive boardroom meetings room service and comprehensive overlooking Melbourne's finest views. business centre. Make use of the hotel Technical capabilities concierge, fitness centre, valet car All meeting rooms are equipped with parking, luggage storage, laundry and state of the art technical infrastructure more. supported by Audio Visual Dynamics.

Accor - ibis Melbourne Hotel and Apartments

15-21 Therry Street ibis Melbourne Hotel and Apartments is boast of Melbourne's unique character. Melbourne, Victoria 3000 conveniently located within walking With three versatile function spaces T +61 3 9666 0000 distance to the famous Queen Victoria and 250 accommodation rooms, ibis W www.ibismelbourne.com.au Markets, central shopping district and Melbourne Hotel and Apartments is the E [email protected] the Lygon Street restaurant precinct. perfect choice for your next business Star Rating: Conference rooms at ibis Melbourne or leisure event. have recently been refurbished and

Accor - Quay West Suites Melbourne

26 Southgate Avenue Set in cosmopolitan Southbank, a stroll restaurant and bar. Ideally located and Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria 3006 to Melbourne's CBD and adjacent to offering a stylish option for your next T +61 3 9693 6000 Melbourne’s arts precinct, is Quay conference, meeting or event. This W www.quaywestsuitesmelbourne.com.au West Suites Melbourne — self- venue caters for events up to 120 E [email protected] contained accommodation suites with delegates theatre-style. Restaurant and Star Rating: separate lounge and bedroom, bar with outdoor terrace is available for gymnasium, stunning lap pool, private events.

84 85 Menu Crown Events & Conferences

8 Whiteman Street Crown Melbourne offers an for some of Australia's most Southbank, Victoria 3006 unparalleled combination of the most prestigious events. accessible and central locations, T +61 3 9292 6222 Studio 3 is a dynamic and vibrant F +61 3 9292 8692 exceptional professional facilities and venue with four distinct areas of floor W www.crowneventsandconferences.com.au flexible on-site expertise for events and E [email protected] space including a private outdoor deck conferences of any scale. offering unrivalled views. Crown Melbourne is blessed with one The River Room has a capacity to seat of the world's best locations. The 240 guests and offers stunning views expansive Crown entertainment of the city skyline and Yarra River and precinct stretches across the has a private balcony. equivalent of two city blocks. Premium dining at Number 8, Koko or Silks offers an incredible experience and atmosphere. The nightlife in Crown's many bars and restaurants, the exciting atmosphere of Crown Casino, and shopping at its boutique and luxury designer stores are all literally on your doorstep.

Crown Conference Centre is a purpose-built facility, catering for residential conferences, meetings, seminars, product launches, exhibitions and events. The Centre allows for up to 840 delegates with two main plenary rooms, 16 breakout Crown Metropol Melbourne Crown Melbourne rooms, a dedicated exhibition space, exclusive group registration areas and four barista-style cafes. The Conference Hall is a pillarless space WELCOME TO THE UNFORGETTABLE AND with seating capacity for 840 delegates theatre-style or 400 delegates EXTRAORDINARY WORLD THAT IS CROWN classroom-style. The Promenade Room caters for up to 660 delegates Crown Melbourne is blessed with or ISIKA Day Spa. Crown Spa, is fine dining theatre-style or 330 delegates classroom-style. one of the world’s best locations. undeniably Australia’s most exclusive Crown Melbourne has a selection of The expansive Crown entertainment and sophisticated day spa whose Melbourne’s finest restaurants, bars The Palladium at Crown is Australia's premier ballroom, designed to impress precinct stretches across the equivalent treatments are sure to soothe and and nightclubs with expansive city and inspire and is the venue of choice of two city blocks. Perfectly located on invigorate mind, body and soul. ISIKA views and spectacular surrounds. the southern banks of the Yarra River Day Spa is a peaceful, private retreat Premium dining experiences include Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre in the heart of the city’s arts and leisure providing a haven for contemplation favourites Silks, Koko, No. 8 by John Palladium 2050 6.8 1500 1100 250 - 2500 precincts, Crown is in walking distance and discovery, designed to ensure Lawson, Nobu and Bistro Guillaume, Palladium A, B, C 656 6.8 440 300 800 - 700 Palladium C1 256 6.8 160 130 340 - 250 of Melbourne’s CBD, Federation guests enjoy the ultimate in relaxation whilst The Waiting Room, Club 23 Palladium C2 128 6.8 80 50 120 - 80 Square and sporting facilities. and rejuvenation. and Lumia are just a few of the Palladium C3 256 6.8 160 130 340 - 250 crown melbourne crown events bars located within the complex. River Room 468 5.8 270 150 500 - 500 luxury hotels and conferences Garden Room 1, 2, 3 64 5 40 20 40 - 50 entertainment Garden Room 2 & 3 128 5 80 40 80 - 110 Delegates can enhance their Crown Conference Centre is a purpose and leisure Studio 3 Main Floor 375 7.6 300 — 500 240 400 experience and stay at one of Crown’s built facility, catering for residential Studio 3 Bar 190 2.8 — — 190 - — Crown offers some of the best known Crown Conference Hall 609 5.5 420 414 - 336 840 award winning hotels. With a combined conferences, meetings, seminars, luxury labels in the world. Prada, CCH 1 296 5.5 180 180 - 144 330 total of over 1600 hotel rooms, Crown product launches, exhibitions and Burberry and Louis Vuitton are just CCH 2 157 5.5 90 90 - 72 170 Towers, Crown Metropol and Crown events. The Centre can accommodate CCH 3 157 5.5 90 90 - 72 170 some of the international designer CCH 1 & 2 453 5.5 270 270 - 216 570 Promenade offer complete privacy and up to 840 delegates with two main names that call Crown home. Crown’s CCH 2 & 3 313 5.5 180 180 - 144 330 luxury and an impeccable standard of plenary rooms, breakout rooms with an shopping precinct offers labels such Exhibition Hall 746 3.93 — — - - — guest service and attention to detail. abundance of natural light, exhibition as Mimco, Peter Alexander, Saba, Promenade Room 542 5.5 360 336 - 256 660 space and four barista style cafés. P1 291 5.5 160 156 - 128 338 Group arrivals can enjoy the Witchery and Nine West. In addition, P2 126 5.5 80 72 - 64 132 dedicated check in area, complete Crown can accommodate any event; The Palms plays host to a variety of P3 126 5.5 80 72 - 64 132 with group reception, bell desks from intimate cocktails for 10, to local and international entertainers P1 & P2 416 5.5 240 255 - 224 520 P2 & P3 251 5.5 140 138 - 112 286 including comedy shows, musical and private luggage storage. gala dinners for 1500 in venues of M1 to M16 76 2.7-3.6 40 63 - 16-64 134 Guests can also enjoy a variety of choice like the Palladium at Crown, concerts and theatre. M Room combinations 150 2.7-3.6 90 90 - 37-72 150 treatments from either Crown Spa River Room and Garden Room. crowneventsandconferences.com.au

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8 Whiteman Street Crown Metropol Melbourne redefines 8 Whiteman Street Crown Promenade Melbourne is a Southbank, Victoria 3006 contemporary luxury. Its cutting-edge Southbank, Victoria 3006 vibrant city rendezvous with stunning T +61 3 9292 6211 design blends seamlessly with T +61 3 9292 6688 views of the Yarra River. The award- F +61 3 9292 6455 unsurpassed comfort. Crown Metropol F +61 3 9292 6677 winning hotel provides attentive W www.crownhotels.com.au Melbourne has over 650 W www.crownhotels.com.au service, a relaxed atmosphere and E [email protected] E [email protected] accommodation rooms including modern styling in the heart of Total Meeting Rooms: 4 studio-style rooms, residential spa Accommodation Rooms: 465 Melbourne's Southbank entertainment Accommodation Rooms: 658 Star Rating: accommodation and loft-style suites. precinct. Star Rating: Crown Metropol Melbourne's business Recognised as one of Melbourne's zone features four meeting rooms that leading conference and meetings can each hold up to 50 guests in a hotels, Crown Promenade Melbourne theatre-style setting. It is ideal for offers a fully serviced Business Centre hosting meetings, presentations, with state-of-the-art equipment and intimate cocktails or private dinners. direct access to the Crown Conference There is also a dedicated business Centre. centre including internet stations, two Stylish, welcoming and thoroughly small meeting rooms for up to four modern, Crown Promenade Melbourne guests and a private boardroom for up offers 465 contemporary guest rooms to 12 guests. Larger conferences can ranging from Standard Rooms to be accommodated at the adjacent Suites. Featuring floor to ceiling Crown Conference Centre, catering for windows, the rooms have a calming up to 840 delegates. ambience with furnishings in natural Crown Metropol Melbourne's signature tones. Every room features original art restaurant, Mr Hive Kitchen & Bar by local artists. features a warm and rustic dining area, The Deck is Crown Promenade relaxed bar and lounge area. It serves a Melbourne's leisure and fitness facility. variety of world-class cocktails, Swim a few laps or relax in the 25 irresistible snacks, share platters and metre infinity swimming pool with views has its own dessert bar. In addition, of the city skyline. the exclusive 28 Skybar Lounge offers panoramic views of Melbourne's ever Mesh, a 280-seat restaurant offers changing skyline and an outdoor stylish and relaxed dining in beautiful terrace. This is the perfect setting for a surrounds. Tonic Bar, with its leather private event or function. seating, extensive wine and cocktail list, bar snacks, relaxed ambience and Sitting high above Melbourne, ISIKA an outdoor terrace make it a great day spa is a peaceful and private place to unwind. retreat. Providing a unique experience for small incentive groups, guests can For group arrivals, the easy coach also choose to stay in one of the ISIKA access is complemented by the hotel residential rooms, with a private lobby's dedicated check-in area staircase that leads to the spa. offering group reception, bell desks and a private luggage storage area.

88 89 Menu Crown Towers Melbourne DoubleTree by Hilton Melbourne - Flinders Street

8 Whiteman Street A spectacular Melbourne landmark, 270 Flinders Street Hotel at a glance the city. Like these eclectic city Southbank, Victoria 3006 Crown Towers is situated in the heart Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Located in the heart of Melbourne’s laneways, the executive chef has T +61 3 9292 6868 of Melbourne's central business district T +61 3 9654 6888 dynamic city centre and opposite created a diverse menu that F +61 3 9292 6299 and is synonymous with sophistication, F +61 3 9654 0368 iconic Flinders Street Station, this hotel incorporates local produce and playful W www.crownhotels.com.au elegance and luxury. The spectacular W www.hiltonmelbourne.com.au is within easy walking distance of flavours put together with both modern E [email protected] views from this riverside icon are Meeting Capacity (max): 140 Melbourne’s famous laneways, bars and time-honoured culinary Accommodation Rooms: 481 matched by its consummate service, Total Meeting Rooms: 3 and shopping and the vibrant arts and techniques. Star Rating: Accommodation Rooms: 180 signature restaurants and purpose-built entertainment district. Accommodation Capacity (max): 360 This smart-casual, intimate and design- business facilities. For an additional Star Rating: (Self Rated) A multi-million dollar refurbishment in savvy restaurant has leather-bound touch of indulgence and sophistication, Contact: Alison Gunn late 2014 has resulted in an upscale, booths that are perfect for groups of Crown Spa offers the ultimate in private E [email protected] contemporary and warm 180 bedroom friends, and views into the open pampering. hotel that includes destination kitchen that will entertain. Renowned as one of the finest hotels in restaurant Platform 270, 24-hour With its open kitchen and zoned dining the world, Crown Towers offers an rooms service and fitness centre, and areas the restaurant makes for a chic atmosphere of unmatched luxury and new features like the Sweet Dreams™ and unique private event space. sophisticated elegance. The opulent bed, WIFI, HDTVs and bespoke design surrounds and impeccable service touches inspired by its urban Flinders Bar combine to deliver an unforgettable Street location. Pull up a chair at the Platform 270's experience. lobby bar or take a seat by the Accomodation dramatic free-standing open fire and The sumptuous guest rooms and Unwind in the stylish and newly watch Flinders Street buzzing by. suites, some of the most spacious in refurbished guest rooms, equipped Choose a drink from the extensive Australia, provide every imaginable with contemporary amenities designed range of beers, wines, cocktails and amenity, including spectacular views of to help you relax and stay productive. soft drinks, or pick a bottle from one of the city of Port Phillip Bay. Lie back on the signature Sweet the vintages on display. Dreams® by DoubleTree bed while you Lavishly appointed, the rooms and browse channels on the HDTV. Work Meetings and events suites feature superior craftsmanship, at the desk space on a stylish Billiani The hotel has three modern and and the latest in-room technology. chair, and keep in touch with WIFI flexible meeting rooms and a chic The Crown Towers Villas are the access (fee applies). Enjoy the restaurant that make an ideal location epitome of world class spacious bathroom with walk-in for business and social events in the accommodation. Located on the shower, combed cotton terry towels heart of Melbourne’s central business uppermost floors, each has the and deluxe bath products to make you district. character of a penthouse residence, feel pampered. Other amenities include Two event rooms can accommodate accessible by three private express tea and coffee making facilities. up to 70 people each, or 140 when lifts, and attended by a service- Many rooms offer city views of the combined. The rooms have been oriented team of butlers, on call 24 central business district rooftops or recently renovated in a simple, flexible hours. buzzing Flinders Street. Skyline River style that includes dramatic carpeting Crystal Club offers guests an exclusive View rooms offer panoramic views over inspired by Melbourne's graffiti and private lounge with a dedicated Flinders Street Station to the Yarra laneways. The spaces have an private check-in service and concierge River, from the Melbourne Cricket integrated sound system, in-built data facilities. After checking in, guests can Ground in the east to South Wharf in projectors and retractable screens. The enjoy everything that Crystal Club the west. Interior rooms are third room, a boardroom, enjoys a 55" offers including complimentary contemporary and quiet with feature LCD TV. breakfast, afternoon tea and evening light boxes displaying vintage maps of All food is prepared by the hotel's chic canapés. central Melbourne. restaurant, which can also be booked Crown Spa, located within the Fitness centre for private events. Catering options luxurious Crown Towers, is undeniably Start your morning, or wind down after include breakfasts, light catering, Australia's most exclusive and a busy day in the 24-hour fitness cocktail events and sit-down dinners. sophisticated day spa with tranquil centre. Take in superb views over surrounds, relaxing décor and the Flinders Street Station as you enjoy a ultimate in private pampering suites. complete workout with a full range of the latest equipment. Crown Towers also features one of the largest indoor pools in the country, a Dining split-level gymnasium and two rooftop Named in tribute to its famous rebound-ace tennis courts. neighbour, Platform 270 is a very Melbourne style restaurant: influenced Discover Crown's world-renowned by the many and varied laneways of restaurants, including Rockpool Bar & Grill, Nobu and Bistro Guillaume, stylish bars, endless shopping, and the most Room Sq(m) Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape opulent spa and leisure facilities. DoubleTree 1 71 25 30 60 40 60 24 DoubleTree 2 71 25 30 60 40 60 24 DoubleTree 1 & 2 142 50 60 140 70 130 56 Boardroom 26 8 — — — — —

90 91 Menu Grand Hyatt Melbourne Hilton Melbourne South Wharf

123 Collins Street Grand Hyatt Melbourne’s ideal location of the hotel and provide access to the 2 Convention Centre Place Hotel at a glance choice for those visiting the city for an Melbourne, Victoria 3000 in the heart of Melbourne’s business exclusive Grand Club™ Lounge, MELBOURNE, Victoria 3006 Located on the Yarra River, in the exhibition, conference or event. The T +61 3 9653 4449 district along with the understated offering complimentary deluxe T +61 3 9027 2000 dynamic South Wharf Promenade hotel offers 396 oversized rooms from F +61 3 9653 4685 elegance of the event spaces and continental breakfast, all day F +61 3 9027 2001 precinct on the edge of Melbourne's 38 square metre Guest Rooms through W www.melbourne.grand.hyatt.com innovative menus makes the perfect refreshments, evening drinks with W www.hiltonmelbourne.com.au central business district, the hotel is a to 85 square metre Suites. All offer E [email protected] E [email protected] location for your next meeting. canapés and personal check-in and short 20 minute taxi ride from spectacular, uninterrupted views of the Total Meeting Rooms: 15 check-out services. It also provides Total Meeting Rooms: 5 Tullamarine Airport. South Wharf city centre, Yarra River or Port Phillip Accommodation Rooms: 548 Meeting and events Accommodation Rooms: 396 complimentary one hour boardroom Promenade is surrounded by thriving Bay, large bathrooms with separate Star Rating: The meeting and banquet facilities can Star Rating: (Self Rated) hire for meetings and wireless internet bars and a variety of shops, and is a walk in shower and baths, blackout be easily configured to accommodate access. short stroll across the connecting blinds, LCD TVs, i-pod connectivity a variety of different sized meetings or footbridge to the central business and more than enough space to work events. For board meetings, Restaurants and bars district, arts and sporting precincts. without distraction. conferences and banquets, the hotel’s Collins Kitchen: contemporary versatile function rooms welcome restaurant open Monday to Friday from As the only hotel with direct access to On-site meetings and events groups of 12 to 1,500. 6am until 10:30pm and 6:30am until Melbourne Convention and Exhibition The hotel also offers a market-leading 10:30pm on weekends, offering buffet Centre (MCEC), guests are able to event experience through a The function floor of Grand Hyatt breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner walk directly to MCEC's award-winning combination of location, design, food- Melbourne includes two tiered and all day dining. convention, conference and event quality and the trusted Hilton brand ballrooms; the pillarless Savoy and facilities from within the hotel. With promise that is unique amongst peers. Mayfair Ballroom as well as smaller Ru-co bar: open until late from 5pm on such easy direct access to MCEC's meeting spaces. This floor also hosts Monday to Thursday, and 4pm on Its location in the heart of South Wharf multi-functional Plenary, 52 meeting its premier event space, The Friday and Saturday. Promenade on the city’s fringe makes rooms and 30,000 square metres of Residence, featuring four individual it a leisurely stroll to the Docklands, Grand Club™ Lounge: open daily for pillarless exhibition space, Hilton rooms that can accommodate groups CBD and Southbank whilst easily Grand Club™ and suite guests from Melbourne South Wharf is the perfect from 10 guests to 410 guests. accessible by car or public transport. 6:30am until 10pm. hotel to choose. Accommodation Its stylish interiors have been cleverly Every stylish Guest Room and Suite The 548 luxurious guestrooms include designed to reflect its riverside location, within the hotel offers panoramic views custom-made beds facing floor-to- making the most of its spectacular of either Port Phillip Bay or the bustling ceiling windows, a marble bathroom perspective of the city with seamless city and features a flat screen LCD TV. with separate tub and shower and indoor/outdoor spaces that flood with For a little indulgence, choose a Egyptian cotton linens. natural light. All food comes from the stunning Executive Room for additional restaurant kitchen and receives great Each room features an LCD flat screen comfort and exclusive access to the attention to detail. A private pre- TV and a comfortable work area Executive Lounge, boasting an outdoor function area offers views into the comprising an L-shaped sofa, a round terrace that seems to 'float' over the semi-open kitchen. The technology is table and a leather upholstered Yarra River. modern, flexible, simple to use, and armchair. Wi-Fi and an iPod docking Relax with an in-room spa treatment or most importantly reliable. station complete all the modern re-energise with a workout in the trimmings. The hotel’s Woodside rooms and fitness centre before exploring terrace are its main meeting and events All premium suites, Grand Executive Melbourne's attractions and shopping. space, located on the ground floor suites, Grand King suites and Club Discover where the sea meets land at facing South Wharf Promenade. These rooms are located on the top five floors Dock 37 Bar and Kitchen, which offers rooms are complemented by two an upmarket yet relaxed dining smart boardrooms, which also enjoy experience for all occasions and Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Board Classroom Cocktail Theatre natural light. Bristol 1 43 3.3 20 — — 25 25 features seven-metre high ceilings and The Library 83 7.1/3 20 12 30 30 40 a unique suspended wine gantry. Wine Room 90 7.1/3 20 12 30 30 40 Accommodation Connaught 80 3.3 40 14 30 40 40 Offering easy and direct internal access Bristol 2 92 3.3 50 — — 40 40 to MCEC means the hotel is a natural Grosvenor 1 70 3.6 40 12 25 40 40 Grosvenor 2 59 3.6 40 12 25 40 40 Mayfair 2 106 3.2 50 20 50 75 80 Room Sq(m) Banquet Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Hollow Theatre U-shape Square Mayfair 3 100 3.2 50 20 50 75 80 Woodside 1 54 30 20 27 48 24 18 48 21 Bristol 1, 2 135 3.3 80 20 60 100 100 Woodside 2 67 40 20 36 60 36 24 60 24 Grosvenor 1,2 129 3.6 80 20 50 80 80 Woodside 3 94 60 36 45 75 48 30 80 30 The Verandah 153 7.1 80 16 48 150 110 Woodside 4 51 10 10 12 15 8 — 20 — Courtyard 210 7.4 60 — — 200 80 River Room 38 12 12 — — — — — — Savoy 2 191 6.5 130 30 80 200 180 Boardroom 24 8 8 — — — — — — Savoy 3 188 6.5 130 30 80 200 180 Woodside 1+2 122 70 39 54 90 56 42 110 42 the residence 643 7.1/3 160 — — 410 — Woodside 1+2+3 215 140 66 90 180 104 69 190 66 Verandah/Library/Wine 326 7.1/3 160 — 108 210 210 Room Woodside 1+2+3+4 266 150 72 110 200 135 75 220 78 Mayfair 1 348 4.7 / 3.7 220 40 220 250 300 Woodside 2+3 161 100 48 72 150 90 50 150 39 Savoy 1 520 7.5 320 — 300 500 500 Woodside 2+3+4 212 120 54 84 160 80 54 160 42 Mayfair Ballroom 554 4.7/3.2 320 — 320 450 500 Woodside 3+4 145 80 42 60 100 64 30 90 30 Savoy 1, 2, 3 820 6.5 620 — 500 1250 1000 Terrace 1 70 — — — 50 — — 50 — Savoy Ballroom 899 7.5/6.5 730 — 600 1500 1120 Terrace 2 70 — — — 50 — — 50 — The Boardroom 29 2.6 — 8 — — — Terrace 1+2 140 60 — — 100 — — 100 —

92 93 Menu RACV City Club Conferences & Events

501 Bourke Street Positioned in the heart of Melbourne's Eleven conference and banquet rooms Melbourne, Victoria 3000 central business district, with more including Level 17 featuring magnificent T 1300 139 059 than 100 years of tradition and views across Melbourne and Port F +61 3 9944 8299 experience the prestigious RACV City Phillip Bay from the outdoor terrace. W www.racv.com.au/venues Club has a reputation as one of the E [email protected] The Club Pavilion is a stunning finest clubs in the world. Meeting Capacity (max): 500 contemporary space on a garden roof Total Meeting Rooms: 11 General Facilities top setting including a show stopping Accommodation Rooms: 136 Six restaurants and bars, library, fitness crystal chandelier. 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TMelbourne,1300 139 Victoria 059 3000 centralthan 100 business years of district, tradition with and more Roomincludingviews across Level Melbourne 17Sq(m) featuring and Ht(m) magnificent Port Banquet Banquet Board Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape Dinner F +61 3 9235 8001 event - incredible spaces, leading TF 1300+61 3 139 9944 059 8299 thanexperience 100 years the prestigiousof tradition andRACV City viewsPhillip acrossBay from Melbourne the outdoor and terrace. Port Dance W www.mcec.com.au Throughout your MCEC experience technology, award-winning food and FW +61www.racv.com.au/venues 3 9944 8299 experienceClub has a reputationthe prestigious as one RACV of the City LevelPhillip 17 -Bay Function from the593 outdoor 5 terrace. 400 350 — 550 288 500 — E [email protected] you will be fully supported by a team of E [email protected] RoomThe Club Pavilion is a stunning the expertise to bring it all together. W www.racv.com.au/venues Clubfinest hasclubs a reputationin the world. as one of the experts in a range of fields including E [email protected] 1Thecontemporary Meeting Club Room Pavilion space is 80 a onstunning a 3.5garden 50roof — 18 70 4060 24 Meeting Capacity (max): 500 finest clubs in the world. MCEC’s multi-functional Plenary, 52 technology, catering, event planning, 2top Meeting setting Rooms including 158 a show 3.5 stopping 100 60 54 140 80 120 48 MeetingTotal Meeting Capacity Rooms: (max): 11 500 General Facilities contemporary space on a garden roof 3 Meeting Rooms 229 3.5 150 110 72 210 120 180 72 meeting rooms and 30,000 square customer service and more. TotalAccommodation Meeting Rooms: Rooms: 11 136 GeneralSix restaurants Facilities and bars, library, fitness topcrystal setting chandelier. including a show stopping Accommodation Capacity (max): 80 Club Pavilion 229 3 120 110 n/a 200 96 260 n/a metres of pillar-less exhibition space Accommodation Rooms: 136 Sixcentre, restaurants swimming and pool, bars, day library, spa, fitness crystal chandelier. Add to this Melbourne’s unique AccommodationStar Rating: Capacity (max): 80 PresidentsTechnical Room Facilities — 4 70 50 34 90 48 100 39 are just the beginning. MCEC has centre,billiards swimmingroom and pool,460 undercover day spa, character, a vibrant city with a relaxed Star Rating: TheatretteTechnicalExpert in-house Facilities technical— 3.25audio visual — — — — — 31 — hosted everything from meetings, billiardsparking spaces.room and 460 undercover atmosphere, and you’ll find yourself in WineExpertservices Cellar in-house can assist technical73 with sound, audio 2.4 visual — — — — — — — conventions and exhibitions to parking spaces. the perfect place to learn, share and Accommodation Facilities servicesprojection can and assist lighting with for sound, all types of concerts, trade shows and gala connect in one of the world’s most Accommodation136 premium accommodation Facilities rooms projectionevents. and lighting for all types of dinners. liveable cities. 136all feature premium wide accommodation screen TVs, broadband rooms events. Home to the largest kitchen in the allWIFI, feature spacious wide livingscreen area, TVs, room broadband service southern hemisphere, MCEC’s skilled WIFI,and access spacious to memberliving area, areas. room service kitchen team use the freshest seasonal and access to member areas. Conference and Event Facilities Conference and Event Facilities Room Sq(m) Banquet Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Banquet Board Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape Convention Centre Centre — — — — — — — — Dinner Plenary 1, 2 & 3 — — — — — — 5540 — Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet BanquetDance Board Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape Dinner Plenary 1 — — — — — — 1482 — Level 17 - Function 593 5 400Dance 350 — 550 288 500 — Room Plenary 2 — — — — — — 2468 — Level 17 - Function 593 5 400 350 — 550 288 500 — Room1 Meeting Room 80 3.5 50 — 18 70 40 60 24 Plenary 3 — — — — — — 1484 — 12 Meeting RoomRooms 158 80 3.5 100 50 —60 1854 140 70 4080 120 60 2448 Level 1 meeting rooms — — — — — — — — 23 Meeting Rooms 158229 3.5 100150 110 60 5472 140210 120 80 120180 4872 Small 101, 102, 111, — 30 18 27 56 — 60 — 112 3Club Meeting Pavilion Rooms 229 3.5 3 150120 110 n/a 72 210200 120 96 180260 n/a 72 Small 101 & 102 — 80 — 72 112 64 155 — ClubPresidents Pavilion Room 229 — 34 120 70 110 50 n/a 34 200 90 9648 260100 n/a 39 combined PresidentsTheatrette Room — 3.25 4 —70 —50 —34 —90 —48 100 31 —39 Small cantilevered 107, — 30 20 27 56 24 60 16 108 TheatretteWine Cellar —73 3.25 2.4 — — — — — —31 — Small 111 & 112 — 80 — 72 112 64 155 — Wine Cellar 73 2.4 — — — — — — — combined Medium 103, 104 — 60 36 63 108 48 130 36 Large 105, 106 — 120 42 96 180 96 240 51 Large 109, 110 — 120 42 96 188 240 240 51 Large 105 & 106 — 300 — 216 360 240 480 — Royce Hotel combined Large 109 & 110 — 300 — 216 376 240 480 — combined 379 St Kilda Road Location Technical facilities Level 2 meeting rooms — — — — — — — — Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Ideally located on St Kilda Road in Full range of audio visual and technical Small cantilevered 205, — 30 20 27 50 24 60 16 Melbourne city, next to the Royal assistance. 206 T +61 3 9677 9900 F +61 3 9677 9922 Botanic Gardens. Small cantilevered 214, — 30 20 27 42 24 60 16 Conference banquet facilities 215 W www.roycehotels.com.au Accommodation facilities Various sizes for up to 300 people. Melbourne Room 1, 2 — 720 — 456 830 576 1188 — E [email protected] Chic designer rooms, HSIA, WIFI, Melbourne Room 1 & 2 — 1500 — 912 1660 1200 2304 — Meeting Capacity (max): 220 Venue highlights combined voicemail, CD player, large work desk, Total Meeting Rooms: 13 - Some rooms have natural light Medium 207, 208, 209, — 60 30 63 80 48 120 36 Accommodation Rooms: 100 216, 217, 218 deluxe mini bar, 42” plasma, in-house Accommodation Capacity (max): 140 - Stunning 4.7m domed ceiling in movies, ironing, dry cleaning, in-room Large 203, 204, 210, — 120 42 96 160 96 240 51 Grand Ballroom 211, 212, 213, 219, 220 Star Rating: (Self Rated) safe, telephone, tea/coffee, bathrobe, Large 203 & 204 — 300 — 216 320 240 480 — - Pillarfree. HSIA & WLAN combined slippers. - Purpose built boardrooms Large 210 & 211 — 300 — 216 320 240 480 — - Luxury, comfort and first class events combined General facilities to be inspired by Large 212 & 213 — 300 — 216 320 240 480 — 24 hour reception/room service, valet combined - TAA Finalist Best Boutique Hotel & parking, secretarial services, gym bar, Large 219 & 220 — 300 — 216 320 240 480 — Best Restaurant 2015 combined award-winning restaurant, business Exhibition CentreCentre — — — — — — — — area. Exhibition Bays 30000 — — — — — — — Clarendon Auditorium — — — — — — 466 — Clarendon Room C — 40 18 27 60 32 60 24 Clarendon Room D — 60 30 45 80 48 90 30 Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape Clarendon Room E — 50 30 30 70 40 80 30 Ballroom 208 4.7 180 — 126 300 120 220 — Clarendon D & E — 80 — 60 160 56 136 — Packard 96 4.7 60 40 56 100 48 84 30 combined Bentley 56 4.7 30 25 28 50 24 48 22 Clarendon Room F — 20 18 24 — 18 42 15 Royce 56 4.7 30 20 21 60 24 40 16 Hospitality Suite 1-5 — 60 40 60 80 48 120 — (each) Packard Bentley 152 4.7 100 — 84 150 80 150 45 Clarendon Room A — 80 36 63 130 64 130 36 Royce Bentley 112 4.7 80 30 63 110 56 100 35 Clarendon Room B — 80 36 63 130 64 130 36 Minerva 39 3.2 20 16 — 20 — 25 — Clarendon A & B — 160 — 135 230 128 275 — Meeting Rooms 1,2,3 21 3.2 10 10 — 10 — 15 — combined OR 4 Clarendon Room — 80 — — 100 64 — — Dish Restaurant 143 2.37 100 — — 140 — — —

94 95 Menu Rydges Melbourne Crowne Plaza PARKROYAL Melbourne

186 Exhibition Street Superbly located in the heart of Accommodation facilities Melbourne Airport Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Melbourne, just minutes from the best Four and a half star accommodation Conveniently located on the banks of the PARKROYAL Melbourne Airport is the T +61 3 9662 0511 restaurants, bars, theatres and with 363 refurbished hotel rooms Yarra River, Crowne Plaza Melbourne is only hotel in Australia that connects F +61 3 9662 3479 sporting venues. including 70 suites - 12 of which are just a short walk from the centre of directly to an international airport via an W www.rydges.com/melbourne self-contained. All with individually E [email protected] Conference and event facilities Melbourne's CBD, sits opposite the undercover sky bridge. controlled heating and air conditioning, Rydges' dedicated conference level Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Meeting Capacity (max): 550 high speed wireless internet access. Relax in comfort and style in one of the Total Meeting Rooms: 11 comprises of 11 rooms catering for Centre and is close to the lively hotel's 276 rooms and suites Accommodation Rooms: 363 events, banquets and cocktail parties. Hotel facilities Southbank dining precinct. Easily Accommodation Capacity (max): 726 thoughtfully appointed for work and Featuring pillarless rooms with 24-hour reception with safety deposit accessible, it is perfectly situated for Star Rating: relaxation. Distinctively styled with abundant natural light. Flexible room boxes, Locanda Restaurant and 1-5 Spencer Street guests staying for business or attending Arrival Drive Melbourne, Victoria 3008 modern furnishings, you'll find all your configuration with full range of AV Private Dining and Deli, rooftop heated a convention Tullamarine, Victoria 3045 business and leisure needs catered for. T +61 3 9648 2777 equipment is available along with pool and complimentary health club T +61 3 8347 2130 F +61 3 9629 5624 The 385 stylish guest rooms offer Enjoy a variety of dining options with dedicated event staff. Rydges also has access. F +61 3 8336 2001 W www.melbourne. comfort and convenience with a range of W www.parkroyalhotels.com/ Cafè Airo, Bar Airo and Restaurant Airo Bobby McGee's, a uniquely themed crowneplaza.com Wireless internet accommodation options, many featuring melbourne readily available. event venue catering for up to 550 E [email protected] Proudly offering complimentary high stunning river views. Ergonomic work guests. Refer to the Bobby McGee Contact: Paul Green The dedicated Meeting and Events level speed wireless internet to all stations, pillow menus, high speed E events.prmla@parkroyalhotels. listing in Venues with a Difference. com offers 16 flexible event spaces with an conference and event guests. internet access and movies on-demand abundance of natural light and room to feature in all rooms making every stay Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Theatre U-shape accommodate up to 300 delegates with Oval productive and refreshing. ease. All rooms feature the latest in Mad Men 24 2.7 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 Overlooking the Yarra River, Clarendon audio-visual technology and Phantom 108 3.3 80 42 69 100 64 100 36 Street Grill offers buffet breakfast and a complimentary wireless internet access. 42nd Street 105 3.3 70 42 66 100 56 115 33 la carte dinner daily. Delegates can enjoy Chicago 97 3.3 70 36 54 100 56 100 30 The hotel also offers a range of leisure features including freshly squeezed Chorus Line 75 3.3 60 30 45 80 48 85 24 facilities including a heated indoor lap Carousel 93 3.3 80 36 63 100 64 100 30 juices and eggs cooked to order in the pool, spa, sauna and steam room. Broadway 264 3.3 200 72 174 350 160 300 50 light filled restaurant before crossing the Recharge after a long flight or gear up Foyers — — — — — 220 — — — river to the Melbourne Convention and for a busy day with 24 hour access. Bobby's 497 10 200 20 18 550 80 170 18 Exhibition Centre. Gilbert Suite 32 2.7 0 15 15 20 0 20 15

The Langham, Melbourne Quality Hotel Batman's Radisson on Flagstaff

1 Southgate Avenue Located on the banks of the Yarra WIFI. Guest rooms have access to Hill on Collins Gardens Southbank, Victoria 3006 River, The Langham Melbourne is at state-of-the-art technology including a Quality Hotel Batman's Hill on Collins is The Radisson on Flagstaff Gardens is a T +61 3 8696 8041 the centre of Southbank's arts and digital IPTV system, internet over TV opposite Southern Cross Station and highly rated 4.5 star hotel. Formerly the F +61 3 9690 5889 leisure precinct, a short stroll to the and Media Hub to connect devices via walking distance to the Melbourne Victorian Police Headquarters, it is a W www.melbourne.langhamhotels.com central business district and with easy Bluetooth. Complimentary use of iPads Convention and Exhibition Centre, memorable gateway into Melbourne's Meeting Capacity (max): 400 access to the airport. when in-house are available from Crown Casino and Entertainment vibrant CBD and neighbouring Flagstaff Total Meeting Rooms: 14 Concierge. Accommodation Rooms: 388 The Langham Melbourne's largest Aura on Flinderscomplex, Etihad Stadium and Docklands Gardens, the city's oldest park. Accommodation Capacity (max): 388 private venue, The Clarendon 388 rooms offering a range of precinct. Star Rating: Modern necessities such as the hotel's Ballroom, to the Alto Room on the 25th accommodation options from a Grand 380 William Street 707/534 Flinders Street Accommodation facilities Walkers' Paradise gymnasium,Our front desk a business operates centre, 24 hours, and free7 Contact: Kane Rose floor with a rooftop terrace, each of the Classic Room showcasing the elegant 623 Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 E [email protected] Melbourne, Victoria 3000 - 145 Premium Economy and Premiere Located across the river from WiFidays ensure a week you offering a comfortable small business stay, hotel's 11 function spaces provide Langham styling, Grand River rooms Melbourne, Victoria 3000 T +61 3 9322 8000 T +61 3 8648 4178 Rooms Southbank,+61 3 the 9322 Melbourne 8888 Convention whilecentre the services. 184 contemporary Many of our staff are natural light and a city backdrop for with city views and a selection of Club T +61 3 9614 6344 F W www.auraonflinders.com.au - 45 studio, one bedroom and two andW Exhibitionwww.radisson.com/melbourneau Centre and the Crown accommodationbilingual and ready rooms to assistprovide with you all with conference and corporate events. All Terrace rooms and Club Spa suites. F +61 3 9614 1189 AccommodationW www.batmanshill.com.au Rooms: 95 bedroom apartments with full kitchen Casino complex. Aura on Flinders is a yourview needsof the expansiveincluding booking city. taxis, rooms offer flexibility in layout and can Contact: Lina Bendroth AccommodationE [email protected] Capacity (max): 400 facilities. withinE [email protected] distance to Southern airport transfers, tours and restaurants. be split for breakout rooms. Your event Offering versatile facilities, our property is Star Rating: (Self Rated) Cross Station, Flinders Street Station, executive will be with you every step of Guest services anAura excellent on Flinders venue canfor meetingsalso provide and Contact: Cathryn Cooley Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Cricket the way to ensure your event is a 24-hour reception, 24-hour room speciallaundry events. services Featuring and longer three stay well- E [email protected] Ground, Docklands shopping precinct success. service, car parking, laundry, non- equippedreservations. rooms, free WiFi and a and Melbourne's premier theatres. smoking rooms, tour desk commitment of 'Yes I Can!' and Meeting All function rooms are connected to Restaurant and bar facilities Aura on Flinders has a selection of one Success Service. HQ’s restaurant and two bedroom apartments, both provides extensive catering options, as Room Sq(m) Board Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Rounds Theatre The Vault Cafe: contemporary a la carte standard and deluxe, featuring a variety well as private or group dining. Alto 184 52 99 200 96 140 156 cuisine, open for breakfast, lunch and of city and river views from their Swanston Rooms 260 36 63 250 64 80 100 dinner. The nearby free tram zone network balconies. When the sun goes down, Boardroom 68 14 — — — — — 5 Shillings Cocktail Bar: open daily 11am allows for effortless travel to the city Collins Boardroom 37 14 — — — — — the city lights are spectacular. till late centre, Docklands, laneway cafés, Little Collins Boardroom 19 6 — — — — — The interiors of our apartments have fashion boutiques and trendy bars, or Flinders 70 24 30 80 32 50 50 Founders Restaurant: open for breakfast struck a balance between functionality you can head out on foot for seasonal Yarra Rooms 115 40 48 100 32 70 80 and group lunch and dinners and simplicity and all apartments offer Ballroom 340 — 216 400 200 260 360 goods at Queen Victoria Market. free WIFI and access to a fully equipped gym.

96 All apartments are fully self-contained, 97 Menu including a full kitchen with fridge, microwave, toaster and tea/coffee making facilities. Extra features include dishwasher, hairdryer, TV and DVD and your own washing machine and dryer. Clarion Suites Gateway

1 William Street Clarion Suites Gateway is located on the Southbank and Southgate Melbourne, Victoria 3000 the banks of the Yarra River in precincts, Crown Entertainment T +61 3 9296 8888 Melbourne’s central business district Complex and Arts Centre Melbourne. W www.clarionsuitesgateway.com.au and the Melbourne Convention and Close to public transport and only a E [email protected] Exhibition Centre is only a seven short walk to Melbourne's renowned Conference, Hotels & Exhibition Star Rating: minute walk. Opposite the hotel, and a shopping precincts, sporting arenas short stroll across the bridge, you enter and Federation Square. Venues – Regional

Melbourne Marriott Hotel

Corner Lonsdale & Exhibition Street Discover serenity in the heart of the city events take advantage of our gorgeous Melbourne, Victoria 3000 at the Melbourne Marriott Hotel, one of event space (hosting up to 250 guests) T +61 3 9660 1178 travellers' favourite luxury Melbourne and staff of event managers and W www.melbournemarriott.com.au hotels. catering experts. E [email protected] Start in our spacious rooms, offering Star Rating: 36 square meters (and up) of restorative space. While those planning

Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne

328 Flinders Street Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne is 1104 square meters of meeting and Melbourne, Victoria 3000 located in the heart of the city, with conference facilities over two levels, T +61 3 9250 1813 340 accommodation rooms and within encompassing eleven conference and W www.tfehotels.com/brands/rendezvous- walking distance to the Melbourne meeting rooms which can hotels/rendezvous-hotel-melbourne/ E [email protected] Exhibition and Convention Centre — accommodate up to 330 delegates. it's the ideal choice for convention Star Rating: delegates. The hotel comprises of

Vibe Savoy Hotel Melbourne

630 Little Collins Street Vibe Savoy Hotel Melbourne is heritage-listed façade of this hotel there Melbourne, Victoria 3000 perfectly located in the central are six conference rooms which are T +61 3 9622 8888 business district and less than a five highly versatile and can accommodate W www.tfehotels.com/brand/vibe- minute walk from the Melbourne up to 130 delegates theatre-style or hotels/vibe-savoy-hotel-melbourne E [email protected] Exhibition and Convention Centre — 320 guests cocktail-style. it's the ideal choice for convention Star Rating: delegates. Behind the beautiful

Victoria University Convention Centres

Level 12, 300 Flinders Street City convention centre Melbourne, Victoria 3000 A short stroll from public transport, T +61 3 9919 1012 cafes, restaurants and W www.vu.edu.au/venues accommodation, our centre provides E [email protected] high-level catering and venue facilities with breathtaking views from our 12th floor balcony. 98 99 Menu Mansion Hotel & Day Spa at Werribee Park RACV Torquay Resort

POK Road Box 754 The versatility of the Mansion means team, ensures a personalised and 1 Great Ocean Road RACV Torquay Resort enjoys conference. 92 accommodation Werribee, Victoria 3030 catering for business is one of the seamless event. Without fuss, the team Torquay, Victoria 3228 spectacular ocean views at the rooms, 10 conference spaces, T +61 3 9731 4000 strengths of the business. From will take care of your business, so you T +61 3 5261 1600 gateway to one of the world's most restaurants, bars, day spa, fitness W www.lancemore.com.au executive retreats, to large meetings, can focus on getting the most out of W www.racv.com.au/venues stunning coastal drives. Just over an centre, golf course, tennis courts, E [email protected] E [email protected] car shows/launches or initiative driven your professional undertakings. hour by car from Melbourne and 40 swimming pool and spa. Star Rating: team retreats, their extensive Star Rating: minutes from , there's no experience with a dedicated planning more enviable setting for your

RACV Cape Schanck Resort Royal Mail Hotel

Trent Jones Drive Located on the Mornington Peninsula, style to 250 theatre style. 98 Parker Street Meet in the Grampians floor to ceiling glass providing Cape Schanck, Victoria 3939 the resort’s modern conference and Dunkeld, Victoria 3294 Specialising in high-end corporate sweeping views, a grand historic Please note, RACV Cape Schanck T +61 3 5950 8029 events facilities offer two large T +61 3 5577 2241 retreats, exceptional product launches homestead and a restored rustic Resort is currently redeveloping a new W www.racv.com.au conference rooms, a private function W www.royalmail.com.au or overnight conferencing set in nature woolshed. Awarded 'two hats' in the E [email protected] resort building. The current resort is E [email protected] space and four meeting or break out at its best. This unique destination Age Good Food Guide and 'Best Hotel fully operational during construction. Star Rating: rooms with an abundance of natural Star Rating: offers a range of meeting spaces such Wine List' by UK Fine Wine. The new resort opens in mid-2018. light. With capacity of 220 banquet as the new Mountain View Room with

RACV Healesville Country Club

122 Healesville-Kinglake Road The RACV Country Club provides the ideal location for your next Healesville, Victoria 3777 extensive choices for conferences, car corporate event. T + 61 3 5962 4899 launches, executive retreats, planning W www.racv.com.au/venues days and corporate golf days. Located E [email protected] only 50 minutes from the CBD set in Star Rating: the heart of the Yarra Valley, and a world away from city distractions, it is

RACV Inverloch Resort

70 Cape Paterson-Inverloch Road Set in the heart of Victoria’s A state-of-the-art purpose built Inverloch, Victoria 3996 spectacular South Gippsland coast conference and events centre featuring T +61 3 5674 0000 with sweeping views of Bass Strait, the stunning floor to ceiling glass windows W www.racv.com.au/venues magnificent eco-friendly and award offers an impressive light filled space. E [email protected] winning RACV Inverloch Resort delivers With a capacity of 250 banquet-style to Star Rating: the ultimate experience for you and 320 theatre-style. your delegates.

100 101 Menu Venues with a Difference – City/Fringe

103 Menu Atlantic Group is a premier venue, catering, VENUES RESTAURANTS & EATERIES BARS & CLUBS EXTERNAL CATERING and event management specialist who have Atlantic Group’s AU$40 million Over the past few years, Atlantic Atlantic Group continues to lead Atlantic Group embraces the true art of offering highly personalised, refurbishment of Central Pier, in Group have invested their culinary the way with its diversification imaginative and unexpected experiences in the location of your choice. redefined the Australian hospitality industry Melbourne’s Docklands, created the expertise in the creation of new into Melbourne’s thriving nightlife. The taste making team behind Atlantic Group can translate their hospitality across Melbourne’s landscape. perfect waterfront setting for four and exciting restaurants and Located in the heart of the city, on expertise and culinary style in any setting. premier event spaces in Peninsula, eateries throughout Melbourne’s Collins Street, is the charismatic and MAIÀ, Sumac and Sketch. Today CBD. Each one delighting with bold Ms Collins. This historic building As a result of the innovative and unique approach to off-site catering the they are home to over 1200 events the highest standard of food is both raw in its architecture with Atlantic Group are the preferred catering partners at Melbourne’s major per year with more than 1.5 million and service whilst maintaining hints of Melbourne splashed across events including the Melbourne Cup Carnival and Formula 1® Australian guests enjoying these stunning the unique characteristics that its grand interior. Known as the city’s Grand Prix. spaces annually. have made them so iconic to the busiest intersection where fashion, Melbourne food scene. food, music and art collide. Ideal for corporate events, conferences or exhibitions, the avant Whilst enjoying the city be sure to Alumbra, located on Central Pier, in garde spaces are unlike anything experience some of our restaurants Docklands, with its newly refurbished A premier venue, ever seen before. Atlantic Group and eateries including The Atlantic interior gives the sense of stepping catering, event will work with you to provide a restaurant and its newest sibling into the bustling streets of New York management & completely tailored experience, Fish & Chippery by The Atlantic City. Including an American inspired seamless from beginning to end, at Crown Entertainment Complex. menu, this waterfront bar has a great hospitality powerhouse unmatched by any other event Along Central Pier, Docklands you vibe and personality all of its own. with an industry leading service in Melbourne. will find a waterfront retreat, in the reputation and an charming Mill & Bakery perfect for And hidden beneath The Atlantic undeniable talent for Central Pier is situated close to a a coffee stop and a bite for lunch. restaurant at Crown Entertainment range of accommodation and is And further down Central Pier, Complex, is The Den. A sophisticated culinary excellence easily accessible by various modes Rumaan, offers an authentic Middle and ambient escape from the day, and innovation. of transport. Eastern flavour with a modern twist. this bar is true to the art of mixology and the ritual of the great cocktail.

World-class Venues, Restaurants, Bars and Beyond Melbourne Crown Entertainment Complex CBD Ms Collins • Crown Towers • The Atlantic restaurant • Crown Metropol • The Den • Crown Promenade • Fish & Chippery by The Atlantic

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CrownCrown Entertainment Entertainment Complex Complex 8 Whiteman8 Whiteman Street Street TheThe Atlantic Atlantic restaurant restaurant TheThe Den Den Southbank,Southbank, Victoria Victoria 3006 3006 An intimateAn intimate and nocturnal and nocturnal escape escape hidden hidden beneath beneath the restaurant, the restaurant, dedicated dedicated AvailableAvailable for private for private events, events, The Den The has Den the has capacity the capacity to hold to a holdmaximum a maximum of 120 of 120 ConvenientlyConveniently located located along thealong picturesque the picturesque riverwalk riverwalk promenade, promenade, The Atlantic The Atlantic T T+61 3 +61 9698 3 96988888 8888 to celebratingto celebrating the ritual the of ritual a great of a cocktailgreat cocktail and the and sheer the enjoymentsheer enjoyment of a of a guestsguests cocktail cocktail style or style a maximum or a maximum of 40 guests of 40 guests in The inCaptain’s The Captain’s Lair. We Lair. will We will restaurantrestaurant is inspired is inspired by the byfamous the famous New York New meat York packing meat packing district district and the and the W Wwww.theatlantic.com.au www.theatlantic.com.au sophisticatedsophisticated evening evening out. out. work withwork you with to youtailor to a tailor package a package to suit toyou suit and you your and event’s your event’s requirements. requirements. bustlingbustling fish marketsfish markets of years of goneyears by.gone The by. Atlantic The Atlantic experience experience is designed is designed as as E [email protected] [email protected] a feasta for feast all thefor allsenses the senses and can and be can enjoyed be enjoyed in many in differentmany different ways. ways. The DenThe has Den been has devised been devised for every for combinationevery combination of nightcap of nightcap and late and night late night CapacityCapacity Seated Seated CocktailCocktail rendezvous.rendezvous. An encyclopaedic An encyclopaedic wine list, wine luxurious list, luxurious interior, interior, top mixologists top mixologists and DJsand make DJs thismake venue this venueone of oneMelbourne’s of Melbourne’s most exclusive most exclusive bars. bars. Food PhilosophyFood Philosophy The DenThe Den - - 120 120

The AtlanticThe Atlantic restaurant restaurant offers aoffers series a seriesof menus of menus to provide to provide a true aocean true oceanto plate to plate experience.experience. Each day,Each internationally day, internationally renowned renowned chef, Donovan chef, Donovan Cooke Cooke and his and his team areteam inspired are inspired by the byfinest the finestquality qualityfish, uniquefish, uniqueoyster oystervarieties varieandties pristine and pristine shellfish.shellfish. This seafood This seafood harvest harvest is complemented is complemented by carefully by carefully sourced sourced produce produce from localfrom and local specialist and specialist suppliers. suppliers. As well As as well its broadas its broadrange rangeof seafood, of seafood, The The AtlanticAtlantic offers aoffers small a selectionsmall selection of export of exportquality quality steak, steak,dry aged dry and aged grain and fed, grain fed, as wellas as well rare as breed rare breedpork and pork free and range free rangeand organic and organic poultry. poultry.

Oyster Oyster Bar & BarGrill & Grill

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FishFish & Chippery & Chippery By TheBy The Atlantic Atlantic

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106 107 Menu 108 109 Menu Atlantic Group Catering Atlantic Group - Mama Rumaan

Shed 9, Central Pier, Bespoke catering galleries, penthouses, yachts and Central Pier, Meet Mama Rumaan, a fierce Arabic 161 Harbour Esplanade Atlantic Group embraces the true art of beyond. Atlantic Group has access to 161 Harbour Esplanade mama who has taken up residence on Docklands, Victoria 3008 offering highly personalised, several unique venues. Docklands, Victoria 3008 Central Pier, Docklands. Causing Rooftops- T +61 3 8623 9600 imaginative and unexpected T +61 3 8623 9690 disruption in the tranquil, waterfront F +61 3 8683 9623 experiences in the location of your - Art galleries W www.mamarumaan.com.au suburb, Mama Rumaan has rebelled E [email protected] W www.atlanticgroup.com.au choice. The taste making team behind Studios- against the norm with the creation of E [email protected] Atlantic Group can translate their - Penthouses her Middle-Eastern style canteen. Yachts- hospitality expertise and culinary style - Circus tents Bold, flavourful, authentic cuisine in any setting. - Warehouses overwhelms the menu. Inspired by As every event has a different story to - Heritage buildings recipes of the generations before her, tell, Atlantic Group prepares a specific Car parks- Mama Rumaan embraces the lessons proposal based on your brief. Whether of her ancestors whilst introducing new Atlantic Group is dedicated to finding a simple boardroom lunch in one of depths to these traditional mena some of the most innovative and Melbourne's hidden art galleries, or an flavours. unusual spaces to transform events extravagant gala dinner in one of the that require an ultimate out-of-the-box The ambience is warm, aromatic and many parklands surrounding experience. inviting and the food is designed to be Melbourne, we will work with you to shared as you would amongst family. create a seamless experience from And at Mama Rumaan’s you are beginning to end, unlike anyone has always amongst family. Passionate seen before. about cooking with fresh produce and Food philosophy fragrant spices, you will come hungry Innovation, flavour and attention to but in true mama style you will leave detail forms every part of Atlantic satisfied. Group's services, from the hand Mama Rumaan, she is not your crafted creation of each delectable stereotypical mama! Come and see for appetiser to the seamless execution of yourself. a banquet for 1,000 guests. With a strong focus on sustainability and in Food philosophy state-of-the-art kitchens built on site, The best food to share amongst family Atlantic Group consistently creates the and friends is that from a mama’s best tailored menus, global flavours, kitchen. Mama Rumaan has trained up and food experiences with seasonal a diverse group of talented chefs to and locally sourced produce. ensure each region of food is represented with Middle-Eastern Catering on the world stage authenticity. Devoted to cooking with Atlantic Group has firmly established a fresh produce, aromatic herbs and foothold in the corporate and major fragrant spices, in this mama’s kitchen events industry, successfully catering you will experience the taste and to the needs of the Victoria Racing diversity of the Middle-East. Club and their clients at the Melbourne Cup Carnival for the past five years Private dining with glowing reviews. This waterfront venue is perfect for those looking to experience the diverse In addition, Atlantic Group have been culinary offering of Melbourne whilst in revving up taste buds at the Formula a space that has a personality and 1® Australian Grand Prix in marquees character of its own. We can tailor a located course wide. The taste team menu and package for you based on behind the scenes continue to raise the your requirements with the inclusion of bar on the menus and offering to traditional entertainment and interactive ensure it not only matches but exceeds experiences. the expectations of the corporate clientele in attendance.

The delivery of fresh, creative and delicious menus combined with superb service has cemented the team’s contribution to these world class events in 2016 and beyond.

Creative spaces, unique places With the ability to deliver innovation and culinary excellence at any location you can think of, Atlantic Group offers an exciting range of unique venue options at some of Melbourne’s best kept secrets such at top wineries, art Room Sq(m) Banquet Cocktail Entire Venue — 60 200

110 111 Menu Atlantic Group - Mill & Bakery

Shed 9, Central Pier Mill & Bakery, a charming artisan bread master classes inspire passion and 161 Harbour Esplanade, house, is located on the stunning teach basic skills required for crafting Docklands, Victoria 3008 waterfront of Central Pier, Docklands. beautiful, rustic and authentic artisan Born from the progressive vision of breads and pastries. T +61 3 8623 9693 W www.millandbakery.com.au hospitality experts Atlantic Group, it E [email protected] delights residents, workers and visitors alike with delicious tastes of Europe daily.

Its interior, inspired by the European countryside and completed with an assortment of vintage knickknacks sourced from around Australia, creates a perfect setting.

This charming waterfront retreat takes great pride in its colourful display of assorted pastries, savoury lunch options and yummy sweets, complimented by superb coffee and a friendly welcome.

Interactive experiences The bakery creates its beautiful bread selection from scratch onsite and provides authentic artisan baking Atlantic Group - Mill & Bakery master classes for a range of corporate Arts Centre Melbourne Atlantic Group - Mill & Bakery and private groups. Shed 9, Central Pier Mill & Bakery, a charming artisan bread Millmaster & Bakery’s classes interactiveinspire passion baking and 100 St Kilda Road In the heart of Victoria's arts precinct, freshness and using the finest local Shed161 Harbour 9, Central Esplanade, Pier house,Mill & Bakery, is located a charming on the stunning artisan bread teachmaster basic classes skills inspire required passion for crafting and Melbourne, Victoria 3004 Arts Centre Melbourne brings style, seasonal produce. 161Docklands, Harbour Victoria Esplanade, 3008 waterfronthouse, is located of Central on thePier, stunning Docklands. beautiful,teach basic rustic skills and required authentic for craftingartisan sophistication and a point of difference T +61 3 9281 8350 Audio visual Docklands, Victoria 3008 Bornwaterfront from theof Central progressive Pier, Docklands.vision of breadsbeautiful, and rustic pastries. and authentic artisan W www.artscentremelbourne.com.au to your event that will impress your T +61 3 8623 9693 E [email protected] Arts Centre Melbourne proudly hospitalityBorn from expertsthe progressive Atlantic Group,vision of it breads and pastries. guests from the moment they walk TW +61www.millandbakery.com.au 3 8623 9693 specialises in audio visual and WE [email protected] delightshospitality residents, experts Atlanticworkers Group, and visitors it Meeting Capacity (max): 2464 through the doors. Located in the Total Meeting Rooms: 10 production services. State-of-the-art E [email protected] alikedelights with residents, delicious workerstastes of and Europe visitors central business district and only a equipment is available in all event daily.alike with delicious tastes of Europe stone's throw from the Yarra River, spaces with complimentary internet daily. Arts Centre Melbourne offers first class Its interior, inspired by the European access available upon request. The facilities for conference, meeting, countrysideIts interior, inspired and completed by the European with an technical team can work with you to wedding and social events. assortmentcountryside ofand vintage completed knickknacks with an ensure your requirements are delivered sourcedassortment from of aroundvintage Australia,knickknacks creates With ten function rooms and four beyond your expectations. theatres, Arts Centre Melbourne offers asourced perfect from setting. around Australia, creates Car park a perfect setting. extraordinary spaces to suit all This charming waterfront retreat takes Arts Centre Melbourne car park is occasions. Featuring dedicated pre- greatThis charming pride in its waterfront colourful retreatdisplay takes of open 24 hours a day, seven days a function areas and balconies, private assortedgreat pride pastries, in its colourful savoury display lunch of week and offers undercover parking for amenities, natural light and optionsassorted and pastries, yummy savoury sweets, lunch 850 vehicles. Wheelchair access is complimentary WIFI, each space, complimentedoptions and yummy by superb sweets, coffee and a available on all levels of the car park. designed by Academy Award-winner friendlycomplimented welcome. by superb coffee and a John Truscott, offers something unique Let us entertain you friendly welcome. Interactive experiences and memorable; whether it's beautiful The stars aren't only on stage. Arts InteractiveThe bakery creates experiences its beautiful bread views of the city or vibrant resin Centre Melbourne can recommend a Theselection bakery from creates scratch its beautifulonsite and bread masterpieces filled with marbles. large number of talented artists who will entertain and inspire your guests, selectionprovides authenticfrom scratch artisan onsite baking and Hightlights whether it's an intimate dinner or a gala providesmaster classes authentic for aartisan range baking of corporate - Extraordinary spaces, featuring event. masterand private classes groups. for a range of corporate spectacular views, private balconies and private groups. and vibrant masterpieces Mill & Bakery’s interactive baking - Complimentary WIFI Mill & Bakery’s interactive baking Set in Gardens, this - Moments from the central business summertime venue will impress your district, Flinders Street Station and guests when they are the star tram stops at the door attractions at a dinner or cocktail - Guided tours, including theatres, reception on stage. With seating for gallery and exhibition spaces more than 1,900 and room for a further - Onsite concierge and 24 hour 10,000 on the landscaped lawn, the security Sidney Myer Music Bowl is also ideal - Dedicated account managers for corporate family days and social focused on creating and beautifully events. executing your event and a culinary team with a passion for flavour, freshness and innovation

Food and wine Arts Centre Melbourne's culinary team has designed a range of spectacular menus that, like the best performing arts experiences will heighten your senses. Across the exciting mix of dining experiences you will find menus created with a passion for flavour,

Room Sq(m) Banquet Board Cocktail Cabaret Theatre The Pavilion 510 300 — 700 240 350 The Pavilion Foyer — 40 — 200 20 — Amcor Lounge 136 60 20 90 40 70 State Theatre Lounge 116 40 20 70 32 40 Hugh Williamson Room 45 — 20 50 — 25 Plaza Room 64 18 18 30 — 20 Members Lounge 170 60 20 100 60 60 BHP Lounge 33 10 — 20 — — Riverside Bar 200 — — 140 — 50 Truscott Lounge 29 10 — 20 — — Melbourne Room 61 20 — 40 — 40 State Theatre — — — 750 — 2085 Playhouse Theatre — — — 200 — 884 Fairfax Studio — — — 150 — 376 Hamer Hall — — — 200 — 2464 Atlantic Group – Peninsula Sidney Myer Music Bowl — 350 — 500 — 1922

112 113 Menu Epicure - Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Melbourne & Olympic Parks Melbourne & Olympic Parks Cnr Jolimont Terrace & Jolimont Street Ask any Victorian and they’ll be aware showcases the largest collection of Olympic Boulevard Australia's epicentre for sport, look past 'The Home of Indoor Sports' East Melbourne, Victoria 3002 of the Melbourne Cricket Ground’s sporting memorabilia in Australia. With OlympicMelbourne, Boulevard Victoria 3000 entertainmentAustralia's epicentre and events for sport, aslook the past choice 'The of Home space of for Indoor your Sports'event. reputation as the home of sport. the Game On interactive gallery Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Locatedentertainment just five minutes and events from as the choice of space for your event. T +61 3 9284 2344 T +61 3 9286 1118 Precinct highlights W www.mcg.org.au/epicure Established in 1853, less than 20 years encouraging guests to get involved TW +61www.mopt.com.au 3 9286 1118 Melbourne'sLocated just fivecentral minutes business from district, HomePrecinct to the highlights Australian Open, the E [email protected] after the founding of Melbourne, it is while surrounded by moments that WE [email protected] MelbourneMelbourne's & centralOlympic business Parks is district, home to E [email protected] MelbourneHome to the & AustralianOlympic Parks Open, precinct the Total Meeting Rooms: 29 steeped in a rich history and often have shaped Australia’s rich sporting Meeting Capacity (max): 15000 Australia'sMelbourne most& Olympic iconic Parks entertainment is home to hasMelbourne endless & possibilities Olympic Parks for your precinct next described as the beating heart of this traditions, the National Sports Museum MeetingTotal Meeting Capacity Rooms: (max): 12 15000 andAustralia's events most venues. iconic entertainment Total Meeting Rooms: 12 businesshas endless event possibilities or incentive for program.your next sports-mad city. It was the birthplace and MCG Tour are an unforgettable and events venues. Set against the magnificent backdrop Combinebusiness eventyour event or incentive with a behindprogram. the of Australian Rules football in 1858, component of this unique venue. ofSet the against city and the the magnificent Yarra River, backdrop the scenesCombine tour your of eventRod Laver with aArena behind with the Test Cricket in 1877 and One-Day Easy access precinctof the city comprises and the Yarra of Rod River, Laver the thescenes added tour benefit of Rod of Laver incorporating Arena with an International Cricket in 1971. 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EPICURE’s spectacularOlympic Parks arena. newest With and a retractable most River.venue's very own jetty on the Yarra Museum food philosophy resonates with lovers roofspectacular that opens arena. in less With then a retractable five River. Taking a guided MCG tour or visiting of the simple things in life: good food, minutesroof that andopens world in less class then architecture, five the National Sports Museum is a good wine, and great company. thisminutes venue and should world be class your architecture, venue of fantastic addition to any event. Guided EPICURE delivers all event elements, choicethis venue when should looking be foryour a WOWvenue factorof MCG tours take in the highlights of the ensuring that a conference at the MCG atchoice your whennext event. looking for a WOW factor stadium including the famous Long is truly unique and unmatchable. at your next event. 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The National Sports Museum dinnerWith space or 8500 to seat in theatre-style, up to 2000 fordon't dinner or 8500 in theatre-style, don't Room Sq(m) Banquet Cocktail Cabaret Theatre Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Banquet Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Exhibition Theatre Dinner Sq(m) Members Dining Room 900 550 1000 440 760 Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet BanquetDance Classroom Cocktail Cabaret Exhibition Theatre Dinner Sq(m) Pearcy Beames Bar — — 600 — — — —————————Dance Olympic Room 779 550 1200 400 600 —Margaret Court Arena 1180————————— — 650 590 — 1000 — — 5000 Betty Cuthbert Lounge 606 — 400 — — MargaretThe Melbourne Court Park Arena 11801800 — 6 1200 650 1000 590 750 — 18001000 940 — 1800 — 20005000 Function Centre AFL Dining Room 535 420 660 128 280 The Melbourne Park 1800 6 1200 1000 750 1800 940 1800 2000 National Sports Museum — 50 150 — 30 HisenseFunction Arena Centre 2760 — 2000 1700 — 2500 — 2400 8500 Jim Stynes Room 746 330 350 260 300 ParkHisense Room Arena 2760622 — 6 2000 360 1700 300 270 — 2500 600 250 — 2400 622 8500 600 Room 534 320 600 216 290 ParkSkyline Room Room622 590 6 360350 300480 270250 600590 250220 622590 600580 Tom Wills Room 174 110 200 88 72 SkylineRiver Room Room 590622 6 350360 480300 250270 590600 220250 590622 580600 Premiership Club Dining Room 420 280 520 136 264 RiverYarra RoomRoom 622445 4.8 6 360300 300250 270210 600400 250220 622445 600400 Stumps Tavern — — 180 — — YarraThe Vista Room 445930 4.8— 300500 250400 210 — 1500 400 220 — 445 — 400 — David Neitz Terrace — — 250 — — TheRod VistaLaver Arena 1490930 — 1250 500 1000 400 — 15001400 — — 10000 — Rod Laver Arena 1490 — 1250 1000 — 1400 — — 10000

114 115 Menu Alumbra Cargo Hall

Shed 9, Central Pier, Situated at the end of Central Pier’s Bad dog with frank, smoked cheddar, 39 South Wharf Promenade The Cargo Hall is one of Melbourne's Capacity 161 Harbour Esplanade historic runway and housed in a 1914 vodka and tomato relish on a charcoal South Wharf, Victoria 3006 most exciting and exclusive event - Sit down banquet: 250 Docklands, Victoria 3008 heritage-listed cargo shed, Alumbra is bun, and BBQ pulled chicken and slaw T +61 3 9682 8333 spaces. It's magnificent location on the - Cabaret: 160 - Theatre: 300 T +61 3 8623 9666 an authentic warehouse conversion. sliders on a brioche bun. W www.cargohall.com.au southern banks of the iconic Yarra W www.alumbra.com.au Recently refurbished this New York E [email protected] River, uninterrupted city views, with a - Cocktail: 600 Complimentary services E [email protected] inspired interior, complete with Meeting Capacity (max): 600 pillar-less flexible structure, offers a - Multi-zoned Martin audio sound Looking for a bigger space? Find your exposed brick walls, scaffolding space designed to impress. The system solution with South Wharf Events. installations, themed posters and unique floor plan features a suspended - DJ console in The Main Bar, The Catering projections gives the illusion of Event Space and The Moet Gold Loft stage and retains its heritage feel, The chefs will impress your guests with stepping into the bustling streets of - Two LED wall panels in The Event allowing you to mix an indoor and tailored menus designed to cater to all Manhattan. This alluring waterfront Space outdoor feel by incorporating the glass their needs and deliver items created cocktail venue is situated in the very - Four 50” plasma screens in The Main conservatory on the river's side, this from the most fresh local produce. Or heart of Melbourne’s Docklands Bar industrial chic venue is set to provide just simply let the chefs know your precinct. - Microphone that WOW factor. The mixture of raw materials and industrial heritage of this thoughts, they love thinking out of the Food philosophy building shines throughout the entire box. Top Hat chef Daniel Wilson (founder space when you look at the exposed and owner of Huxtable and Venue highlights beams, wide open spaces and Huxtaburger) brings his memories and - Architectural design warehouse feel. - Breathtaking views love of living in New York City to - Glassed riverside conservatory Alumbra with an innovative menu Location - Industrial feel showcasing his big city favourites like- Cargo Hall is perfectly located within a - Close location to the Melbourne walk from Spencer and Clarendon Convention and Exhibition Centre Streets, and is at the doorstep of the Room Sq(m) Cocktail - Flexible packages Event Space — 750 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition The Main Bar — 400 Centre and a range of hotels and The Event Space — 300 venues that will add to the experience The Terrace (outdoor) — 120 to your guests whether they are local, The Moet Gold Loft — 50 national or international visitors. The Super VIP Loft — 20

Bobby McGee's Encore St Kilda Beach

Level 1, 186 Exhibition Street Your event takes centre stage The venue 6 / 10-18 Jacka Boulevard Encore St Kilda Beach is Australia's Facilities and venue highlights Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Bobby McGee’s is an events venue Bobby's features three private entries, St Kilda, Victoria 3182 most inspiring events venue, a space - Onsite car parking 400+ T +61 3 9662 0511 that caters for all types of social and green rooms, amphitheatre styled T +61 3 9593 9033 dedicated to creating exceptional event - Capacities ranging from 50-700px W www.bobbymcgees.com.au corporate events. From impressionable dance floor with state of the state F +61 3 8534 8950 experiences. Situated just 15 minutes - Pillarless rooms with step free access W www.encorestkilda.com.au - Ample natural light Meeting Capacity (max): 550 product launches to themed cocktail lighting, and a sensational sound from Melbourne's central business E [email protected] Total Meeting Rooms: 1 parties with pizzazz, the versatility of system. With a 3am licence to party district within the , - Onsite AV/audio technical support Accommodation Rooms: 363 the venue is only limited by your the night away, alfresco smoking area Meeting Capacity (max): 350 the venue boasts uninterrupted views - Multiple operable walls/ flexible layout Accommodation Capacity (max): 726 Total Meeting Rooms: 3 imagination. With creative food and and optional chill out room. of St Kilda's foreshore and Port Phillip - Close to public transport Star Rating: - State of the art inbuilt audio visual beverage packages including themed Bay. Location - Floor to ceiling windows foodcarts and an impressive 3.6m This hidden gem is tucked away in the Each event area has been designed to - Multiple outdoor breakout areas donut wall, Bobby McGee’s ensures four and a half star Rydges Melbourne extend the interior spaces into alfresco - Close proximity to accommodation an experience to remember! in the heart of the central business entertaining areas. This space can be - Coach accessibility The venue lends itself to an array of district. used independently or combined - Onsite catering entertainment options including live together with Republica St Kilda Beach - Covered outdoor beachfront areas Venue highlights music, roving entertainment, DJs and and Captain Baxter to create a - Wireless internet Three entrance access points including event special effects. The creative and beachside event space for up to 2000 - Green and administration rooms a secret passage, cloak room, three professional events team at Bobby people. - Cloakroom facilities themed bars, state of the art lighting, McGee’s offer a tailored event - Recreational beach activities two cinematic projectors, six plasma experience to exceed your - Disabled facilities screens, DJ booth and sound system, expectations and imagination. What’s special effect options, 3.6m Donut more, Bobby McGee’s is the perfect Wall, customised foodcarts, after dinner party venue for functions Room Sq(m) Banquet Cocktail Cabaret Exhibition Theatre cloakroom, disabled facilities, Sq(m) held in the Rydges Melbourne event accommodation, car parking and full St Kilda Venues 2380 — 2300 — — — spaces. It's more than an events venue event support. Entire Venue 450 336 700 320 450 500 — it's an exclusive entertainment Bay View Room 266 130 300 160 — 250 venue with a difference! Garden Room 157 120 180 120 — 220 Bay Room 139 50 150 80 — 140 Promenade Room 128 50 120 80 — 140 Rooftop 690 — 300 — 600 —

116 117 Menu Epicure - Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne Events Group - Rivers Edge Events

Corner Swanston & Collins Streets For over 135 years, Melbourne Town receptions, exhibitions, corporate 18 - 38 Siddeley Street River's Edge Events is Melbourne's sight of the sunset during the long Melbourne, Victoria 3001 Hall has been at the heart of events launches, school concerts, Melbourne, Victoria 3005 premium central business district, summer nights. It boasts an T +61 3 9658 9779 which have shaped the city’s future conferences, meetings and cocktail T +61 3 8609 7272 waterfront venue. abundance of natural light through F +61 3 9654 1427 and celebrated our milestones. Here, parties. F +61 3 9699 2485 floor-to-ceiling glass expanses and the Perfectly perched along Melbourne’s W www.epicure.com.au Federation was debated, Nellie Melba W www.riversedgeevents.com.au tones of slate, charcoal, silver and E [email protected] The grand interiors echo with countless Yarra River, River’s Edge is located debuted and the Beatles greeted Total Meeting Rooms: 2 white provide a sophisticated and celebrations, gala occasions, festivals, Meeting Capacity (max): 2000 within walking distance of South Wharf, adoring fans. Contact: Melise Connelly minimalist approach to design. Total Meeting Rooms: 10 commemorations — the imprints of a MCEC, Crown, Crowne Plaza and E [email protected] Catering for events of up to 2,000 community life across generations. Southern Cross Station. With chef’s beautiful cuisine, a stylish people, Melbourne Town Hall offers a space and premium location, River’s A venue at the heart of the city requires From gala dinners, seminars, superb suite of function rooms and Edge is sure to impress your guests. vibrant catering and total event luncheons or lavish cocktail parties, spaces. Take in the majesty of the management. EPICURE delivers this by River’s Edge can host seating for up to Main Hall. Bask in the character and providing seasonal, fresh, sustainable 250 guests and standing room for 650. elegance of the Yarra and Regent catering using the best local produce Additionally, operable doors ensure the Rooms. Sip a cocktail while you look available. room can easily be configured to suit out over Swanston Street from the more intimate groups as small as 20 famous Portico Balcony. EPICURE’s food philosophy resonates guests. The room extends further with lovers of the simple things in life: Located in the heart of the central toward the river with two stunning good food, good wine, and great business district, Melbourne Town Hall Juliet balconies, perfect for cocktails company. is the showcase destination for the and canapés upon arrival. city’s cultural and civic life. It plays host The luxurious open space boasts to theatrical performances, weddings, exquisite sweeping views of the river and city surrounds, with an incredible Room Sq(m) Banquet Cocktail Cabaret Theatre Portico Room & Balcony — 40 120 24 40 Yarra Room — 90 150 64 120 Room Sq(m) Banquet Banquet Cocktail Cabaret Dinner Exhibition Rounds Theatre Round Dance Sq(m) Supper Room — 180 250 125 250 Round Swanston Hall — 200 350 140 300 Entire Venue 436 250 250 650 140 220 436 250 300 Main Hall — 700 1500 560 2000 East Edge 36 180 180 450 120 160 36 180 125 Melbourne Room — 30 50 — 30 West Edge 83 60 60 200 48 40 83 60 80

Epicure - ZINC at Federation Square MelbourneMelbourne EventsEvents GroupGroup -- TheThe ParkPark

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118 119 Menu Moonee Valley Racing Club Peter Rowland - Australian Centre for the Moving

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120 121 Menu Showtime Events Centre

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Museum Spaces - Museum Spaces - SEA LIFE Melbourne Werribee Open Range Immigration Museum Melbourne Museum Aquarium Zoo

A stately city oasis, Immigration Museum A contemporary architectural icon, Immerse yourself in an underwater world Werribee Open Range Zoo recreates the is located on Flinders Street in Melbourne Museum is located opposite of fine dining and style at Melbourne's look and feel of the African Savannah in Melbourne's heritage-listed Old Customs the Royal Exhibition Building, in the most unique function venue, right in the Melbourne, just 30 minutes’ drive from House building, overlooking the Yarra historic Carlton Gardens. heart of the central business district. the central business district. Developed River. From stunning heritage details to around the tranquil surrounds of the Our vast range of spaces—from light Home to thousands of aquatic animals, flexible, contemporary spaces—this Werribee River, it is home to some of filled atriums to leafy courtyards— including Melbourne’s Mega Croc, SEA grand Melbourne landmark can be a Africa’s most iconic animals. provide plenty of opportunity to let your LIFE Melbourne Aquarium provides the blank canvas for your ideas or the imagination take the lead. With eight perfect underwater backdrop, Differentiate your next event with an setting for an immersive experience. 11 Nicholson Street K Road main galleries and temporary exhibition guaranteed to make every occasion a unforgettable occasion at the Werribee Carlton, Victoria 3053 Corner King & Flinders Streets Werribee South, Victoria 3030 The historic building is anchored by a spaces, we're the largest museum in the splash. Open Range Zoo. Choose from the Melbourne, Victoria 3000 stately ceremonial staircase, leading up T +61 3 9270 5051 southern hemisphere. T +61 3 9285 9440 unique Slumber Dining Hut, overlooking F +61 3 9270 5013 SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium boasts W www.werribeezooevents.com.au T +61 3 9923 5952 the African Savannah. The perfect space to the marble floors of our Grand Foyer. W museumvictoria.com.au/museum From the soaring Main Foyer to the F +61 3 9923 5966 five spectacular spaces to choose from, Contact: Jane Crulci The Palazzo-style Long Room, with its spaces www.melbourneaquarium.com.au for small meetings and workshops. secluded North Terrace, we love W including the enchanting Fish Bowl, the E werribeezoofunctions@compass- 400 Flinders Street tall ceilings and Ionic columns, once Contact: Nicole Rawlings E functions@melbourneaquarium. group.com.au Alternatively, the larger Meerkat Room, transforming our spaces. While our com.au amazingly vibrant Coral Atoll, Antarctica, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 greeted jostling crowds of travellers E museumspaces@museum. with its own meerkat viewing window, is vic.go.au dedicated theatre, Treetops setting and and Upper Deck, featuring stunning arriving in Melbourne—you’re welcome ideal for evening-only corporate events. T +61 3 9270 5051 meeting hubs provide beautiful blank views across the Yarra River and F +61 3 9270 5013 to explore their stories as part of your The African Village offers the outdoor canvas, the Museum’s collections and Melbourne’s city skyline. W www.museumvictoria.com. event. Downstairs, the tranquil north- experience of dining in an authentic au/museumspaces galleries open up a number of interesting facing glass Atrium is a contemporary African hut. The large grassy surrounds Contact: Nicole Rawlings possibilities. Cocktails with a blue whale architectural addition overlooking one of are an inviting place for guests to relax E [email protected]. skeleton? Dinner beside a 25-metre-tall gov.au the city’s only remaining private or for corporate games and activities. forest? A presentation with Phar Lap? courtyards. We work with a fantastic We work with our exclusive catering Werribee Open Range Zoo also provides caterer, who can help create a bespoke partner, Restaurant Associates who will organisations with opportunities for team menu and drinks list, be it canapés or a consult directly with you to create an building, staff professional development sit-down degustation—they’ll collaborate innovative menu and deliver a and unique animal encounters. with you or your event team. memorable culinary experience.

124 125 Menu 242 Conference Centre Fenix Events (A Maple Event Group venue)

Level 1, 242 Exhibition Street The 242 Telstra Conference Centre is a The Centre provides a level of 680 Victoria Street Fenix Events is the corporate venue of Event spaces feature: Melbourne, Victoria 3000 leading conference facilities within experience and capability that is Richmond, Victoria 3121 choice for their strong focus on service - Private outdoor areas T +61 3 8649 5295 Melbourne. We provide quality event difficult to match, with a selection of T +61 3 9427 8500 and innovative approach to food. - Built-in AV E [email protected] space and facilities for all types of board rooms, conference rooms and W www.fenix.com.au Located on the Yarra River in - Seasonal menus and matching wines E [email protected] meetings, presentations and video theatrette. All with the best in-house Richmond, Fenix offers natural - Barista-served coffee conferences. Telstra supported AV and IT resources. surroundings only 10 minutes’ drive - Floor-to-ceiling river views from the central business district. Fenix accommodates 40-400 guests.

Captain Baxter St Kilda food&desire - Aerial

10/10-1A-1D, 1810-18 Jacka Jacka Blvd Blvd Captain Baxter is St Kilda's beachside Baths. The venue boasts uninterrupted 17 Dukes Walk 180 degree views With its entrance at ground level, St Kilda, Victoria 3182 cocktail bar and restaurant with views of St Kilda foreshore. South Wharf, Victoria 3006 Located in Melbourne's business and Aerial’s floating staircase ascends into T +61 3 8534 8999 Melbourne's best resort style deck. - On-site car parking 400+ T +61 3 8646 6000 leisure district South Wharf, Aerial is an a brilliant, soaring space with opulent W www.captainbaxter.com.au The venue caters to a broad range of - Disabled facilities W www.foodanddesire.com.au extraordinary venue that places you drapery, shimmering marble floors and E [email protected] E [email protected] events for any occasion and is situated - Close to public transport and your guests at one of the city's of course 180-degree views of just 15 minutes from Melbourne’s - Multiple outdoor breakout areas most remarkable urban focal points, Melbourne. CBD, within the iconic St Kilda Sea revealing the best the city has to offer.

Carlton BrewHouse Leonda By The Yarra

24 Thompson Road The Carlton BrewHouse is located in venue for your next corporate 2 Wallen Road A Maple Event Group venue - Two pillar-free spaces Abbotsford, Victoria 3067 Abbotsford, just 10 minutes from Christmas celebration, evening Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 Picturesquely nestled along the iconic - Accommodate 60 to 1,000 guests T +61 3 9420 6801 Melbourne’s CBD, and is a unique seminar, day conference, gala dinner, T +61 3 9819 1933 Yarra River, located only minutes from - Natural surrounds W www.carltonbrewhouse.com.au function venue, tourist attraction and product launch, awards presentation, W www.leondabytheyarra.com.au the CBD and with a solid reputation as - Ample car parking E [email protected] E [email protected] cafe-bar. wedding, birthday or engagement one of Melbourne’s most sought after - Complimentary WIFI celebration. venues, Leonda boasts an air of - Built-in screens and AV system Comprising of three adaptable event modern elegance for your next event. - Quality and diverse menus Etihad Stadiumspaces, the BrewHouse is the perfect

740 Bourke Street Situated on the city's doorstep, Etihad retractable roof in the Southern Docklands, Victoria 3008 Stadium is the most innovative and Hemisphere, allowing events to take T +61 3 8625 7663 outstanding function venue in place on the ground itself; proximity to W www.etihadstadium.com.au/ Melbourne, with 15 unique function the CBD; access to public transport; functions/function-venues Etihad StadiumE [email protected] spaces that can convert into 21 undercover car parking; state-of-the-Luna Park Melbourne Etihad Stadium breakout spaces. art technology; an array of catering options; and versatile function spaces. 740 Bourke Street Situated on the city's doorstep, Etihad Featuresretractable include: roof in thethe largestSouthern 18 Lower Esplanade Melbourne's most unique venue The function spaces command 740Docklands, Bourke VictoriaStreet 3008 StadiumSituated onis the the most city's innovative doorstep, and Etihad Hemisphere,retractable roof allowing in the Southernevents to take St Kilda, Victoria 3182 Located within the heart of the popular spectacular views of Port Phillip Bay, TDocklands,+61 3 8625 Victoria 7663 3008 outstandingStadium is the function most innovativevenue in and placeHemisphere, on the groundallowing itself; events proximity to take to T +61 3 9525 5033 St Kilda district and overlooking St palm trees and roller coasters and are TW +61www.etihadstadium.com.au/ 3 8625 7663 Melbourne,outstanding withfunction 15 unique venue functionin theplace CBD; on theaccess ground to publicitself; proximitytransport; to W www.lunaparkevents.melbourne Kilda Beach, Melbourne's iconic Luna the ideal setting to motivate your team, functions/function-venues E [email protected] W www.etihadstadium.com.au/ spacesMelbourne, that withcan convert15 unique into function 21 undercoverthe CBD; access car parking; to public state-of-the- transport; Park is an inspirational and unique build client relationships and deliver a E functions/[email protected] E [email protected] breakoutspaces that spaces. can convert into 21 artundercover technology; car anparking; array ofstate-of-the- catering location for any event. memorable corporate event, breakout spaces. options;art technology; and versatile an array function of catering spaces. conference or product launch. Features include: the largest options; and versatile function spaces. Features include: the largest

Eureka 89 Events & Dining Melbourne Star Observation Wheel

Level 89, , 7 Riverside Quay Situated on the top floor of Eureka for a standing event utilising the whole 101 Waterfront Way Melbourne Star, the Southern Its unique spaces cater for between 2 - Southbank, Victoria 3006 Tower, Eureka 89 Events & Dining is floor, Eureka 89 is available for your Docklands, Victoria 3008 Hemisphere’s only giant observation 1,500 people including the popular in- T +61 3 9693 8889 Melbourne's most spectacular event exclusive events. T +61 3 8688 9688 wheel is located in the Docklands. cabin dining Star Experience W www.eureka89.com.au space combining sleek design with W www.melbournestar.com packages. E [email protected] Degustation dining is also offered at E [email protected] The Melbourne Star is truly a venue glorious views spanning 360 degrees. Eureka 89 for 5 or 7 courses from with a difference. Catering for intimate gatherings of 20 Tuesday to Saturday. guests seated to 400 hundred guests

126 127 Menu Plaza Ballroom – A Marriner Group Venue

191 Collins Street The Plaza Ballroom is an award- spectacular and unique setting, unlike Melbourne, Victoria 3000 winning venue situated at the Regent any other venue in Melbourne. T +61 3 9299 9860 Theatre on Collins Street, in the heart With a flexible floorplan, the venue is a W www.plazaballroom.com.au of the Melbourne central business E [email protected] splendid choice for a wide range of sit district. Venues with a Difference – down or cocktail events and Exceptional catering and impeccable presentations. service is offered, all within a Regional

Republica St Kilda Beach

1A-1D/10-18 Jacka Boulevard Republica serves up laid-back dining within the iconic St Kilda Sea Baths, St Kilda, Victoria 3182 and drinks beachside 'for the people'. the venue boasts uninterrupted views T +61 3 8598 9055 The multi-purpose venue has a range of St Kilda foreshore. Features include: W www.republica.net.au of spaces and options for your next - On-site car parking 400+ E [email protected] event. - Close to public transport - Disabled facilities Situated just 15 minutes from - Multiple outdoor breakout areas Melbourne’s central business district,

SpACE@Collins

Level 1, 278 Collins Street SpACE@Collins, a contemporary art access, equipped with kitchenette. It is Melbourne, Victoria 3000 gallery, is Melbourne's latest gem for an ideal layout for both corporate and T +61 3 9939 3688 those who demand intimate, discreet, private events. W www.spaceatcollins.com.au luxurious and sophisticated E [email protected] experiences. The gallery is Star Rating: (Self Rated) approximately 46 metres in length and 325 square metres with pillar free

State Library Victoria

328 Swanston Street State Library Victoria is one of Library is the perfect place to host Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Melbourne’s most distinctive unforgettable experiences! T +61 3 8664 7327 landmarks. W www.slv.vic.gov.au/venue-hire E [email protected] With 13 different spaces, including magnificent 19th-century heritage galleries, spacious contemporary venues and conference centre, the

The Wharf Hotel

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Host small intimate meetings in the Captain’s Quarters or spread across

128 129 Menu Sovereign Hill Balgownie Estate

Bradshaw Street Escape the city to a truly unparalleled Cross’, the dramatic battle of the 1854 Melba Highway & Gulf Road In the heart of the Yarra Valley... both. A combination of incentive and Ballarat, Victoria 3350 conference and events venue Eureka Uprising (a legendary Australian Yarra Glen, Victoria 3775 team-building activities can be Balgownie Estate is located a leisurely T + 61 3 5337 1100 story). A two-course meal is also arranged for your group if required. Location T +61 3 9730 0700 one hour's drive or approximately 65 F +61 3 5331 1528 available onsite prior to the show. F +61 3 9730 0750 Located in the historic city of Ballarat, W www.sovereignhill.com.au W www.balgownieestate.com.au kilometres from Melbourne's central Sovereign Hill is an 80-minute drive Accommodation business district and the airport. Meeting Capacity (max): 200 Meeting Capacity (max): 300 from Melbourne and 70-minute drive Accommodation is available on site at Total Meeting Rooms: 8 Total Meeting Rooms: 7 A luxury resort boasting four and a half from Melbourne Airport. Comfort Inn Sovereign Hill. There are a Accommodation Rooms: 70 Contact: Garry Burns star accommodation, a purpose-built variety of room options including Accommodation Capacity (max): 133 E [email protected] Overview conference centre including executive recently refurbished Governor’s rooms Star Rating: Whether you’re planning for a retreat boardrooms, Rae's Restaurant, Bill's and Sovereign rooms Contact: Melanie Watson for 10, a team building activity for 100 wine & cocktail bar, cellar door, - all with complimentary WiFi and a full E [email protected] or an incentive program for 4,000 Natskin Spa Retreat and health club. hot breakfast. - consider it done. Balgownie's renowned one bedroom Parking Sovereign brings to life Australia’s spa suites offer guests the ultimate Ample free parking is available. 1850s Gold Rush where real gold flows indulgence including a separate in the creek and visitors will feel like bedroom with king size bed, large spa they’ve just stepped back in time. bathroom, kitchenette and dining table Winner of many Victorian and with a private balcony to sweep up the Australian tourism awards, Sovereign magnificent vista of the valley. Hill has twice been awarded Major Tourist Attraction in Australia. Two bedroom apartments offer two bedrooms, large kitchenette and two Highlights bathrooms. - A warm welcome awaits your group with costumed characters and The qualified event team at Balgownie ‘Wanted’ posters throughout Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa will Sovereign Hill with some of your personally tailor your meeting or delegate’s names function, big or small, be it strictly - Non-stop entertainment including live business, purely leisure, or a balance of goldfields music band, exciting street theatre, photographic opportunities, sweet making, candle making and gold pouring demonstrations - Fully guided underground gold mine tours - Specialty 1850s' style shopping Sir Paz Estate - Hands-on and interactive activities Only 45 minutes away from - Surround sound system such as gold panning, candle dipping 54 Parker Road Wandin East, Yarra Valley, Melbourne’s CBD, this unique and - WIFI connection and nine pin bowling Victoria 3139 - Outdoor heating - Unique team building activities captivating venue is sure to exceed all - Indoor heating and cooling (including including ‘Race Around the Hill’ T +61 3 8623 9691 of your expectations. Nestled away in www.atlanticgroup.com.au open fire place) - Victorian Goldrush-style function W the beautiful Yarra Valley, amongst the E [email protected] - Decorative wine barrels rooms with all the necessary modern sprawling vineyards, lays a precisely - Ample parking including disabled facilities landscaped space with picturesque parking - Have one of your delegates ‘arrested’ views and the flexibility to tailor an by a trooper, colonial style! event that fulfills all of your Please note: The below capacities are - Dinner packages with ‘Blood on the requirements. a guideline only. Larger events can be Southern Cross’, a nightly sound- accommodated. Please speak to us The Atlantic Group, exclusive caterer to and-light spectacular held nightly at about your requirements and let us Sovereign Hill this award winning winery, will work tailor the right package for you. - Narmbool rural homestead located with you to create a concept unlike just a short drive from Ballarat set on anything ever seen before. 2,000-hectare sustainable farmland offers function space and Food philosophy accommodation The underlying philosophy of Atlantic Catering Group is that delicious and imaginative Award-winning Delaware North food can be presented anywhere, Companies Australia is the sole anytime. Combining culinary excellence caterer, renowned for excellence in with an undeniably breathtaking venue quality dining and service with menus is sure to leave that lasting impression created from local produce. desired for your exclusive event.

Evening Show Complimentary services By night, Sovereign Hill presents its TV screen- spectacular, multi-million dollar sound- and-light show ‘Blood on the Southern Room Sq(m) Banquet Cocktail Entire Venue including alfresco area — 60 120

130 131 Menu Rochford Wines

Rochford Winery is the ultimate event destination in the heart of the Yarra Valley - offering world class facilities, awarding winning food & wine, and a team of experts waiting to make your Accommodation Only – next event a great one! Rochford Wines has a versatile City/Fringe indoor/outdoor function area that can cater for anything from intimate dinners 878-880 Maroondah Highway to incentive groups and large product Coldstream, Victoria 3770 launches and events. The large indoor T +61 3 5957 3333 spaces and expansive grounds are your F +61 3 5962 5319 W www.rochfordwines.com.au blank canvas to create the ideal event. Contact: Faye Hendricksen The restaurant itself is a large, light filled E [email protected] space perfect for a stand up or sit down affair for products launches, corporate presentations, team buildings activities with spectacular views. The outdoor exhibition space is also perfect for a large event or product launch. For a smaller guest list choose from one of Rochford’s private indoor rooms, the Pinot Gallery or Barrel Room, which are both uniquely decorated.

For incentive and team building activities choose from wine blending and other wine games; grape stomping; or ride the Segways for some fun.

Kryal Castle

121 Forbes Road Kryal Castle, Ballarat - A venue memorable and unique. Functions, Leigh Creek, Victoria 3352 like no other celebration dinners and team building T +61 3 5334 8500 Kryal Castle is a land of medieval activities can all be tailored to suit your W www.kryalcastle.com.au adventure and is Australia's only company's requirements. E [email protected] medieval theme park. This award winning attraction, located near Ballarat, offers events that are both

132 133 Menu 8Hotels - Pensione Hotel Melbourne Aria Hotel Apartments

16 Spencer Street Sleep tight and stay online with free Just moments to 285 City Road Melbourne is Aria’s inspiration, from route across town. They'll let you in on Melbourne, Victoria 3000 WIFI. - Crown Casino Southbank, Victoria 3006 the fresh vibrant spaces through to the all their favourites, so they can become - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition T +61 8102 3990 bespoke in-room touches and yours to discover, explore and T +61 3 9621 3333 Designed specifically for corporate and F +61 3 9621 1922 Centre W www.ariahotelapartments.com delightful service. remember. leisure travellers, the Pensione Hotel W www.8hotels.com - Etihad Stadium E [email protected] proudly displays the fresh signature Find the most delicious artisan E [email protected] - Free Star Rating: (Self Rated) pastries, the most authentic tapas, the Accommodation Rooms: 114 style prominent within the Pensione - Southern Cross Station Star Rating: (Self Rated) brand. Indulge in breathtakingly good best galleries and the quickest tram service, boutique interiors and Room categories convenient location as you make the - Shoebox double - Pensione Double most out of your trip to Melbourne. - Pensione Twin Pensione Hotel Melbourne boasts - Courtyard room double, twin and triple bedding options - Pensione Trio Docklands Private Collection of Apartments with: - Working desk 7/198 Harbour Esplanade Docklands Private Collection of distance to the central business Free WIFI- Docklands, Victoria 3008 Apartments, located in the heart of district, entertainment and sporting - In-room ironing facilities T +61 3 9642 4220 Melbourne’s Docklands, has a superb venues. A tram ride to the Melbourne General facilities W www.docklandsprivatecollection. selection of luxury self-contained Convention and Exhibition Centre, com.au accommodation with free WIFI at Australian Open tennis, Crown Casino, - Oliver's Cafe E [email protected] - Open for breakfast and light evening fantastic rates. Situated on the AAMI Park, MCG, International Star Rating: (Self Rated) meals, beverages available all day Docklands' waterfront, walking Comedy Festival and Grand Prix. - Rooftop sun deck - Valet laundry service - In-house laundry - True Thai massage - Discounted gym access - Car park access (not on site), $30 per night, must be booked prior to arrival.

Aura on Flinders

707/534 Flinders Street Walkers' Paradise Our front desk operates 24 hours, 7 Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Located across the river from days a week offering small business T +61 3 8648 4178 Southbank, the Melbourne Convention centre services. Many of our staff are W www.auraonflinders.com.au and Exhibition Centre and the Crown bilingual and ready to assist with all Accommodation Rooms: 95 Casino complex. Aura on Flinders is your needs including booking taxis, Accommodation Capacity (max): 400 within walking distance to Southern airport transfers, tours and restaurants. Star Rating: (Self Rated) Cross Station, Flinders Street Station, Aura on Flinders can also provide Contact: Cathryn Cooley Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Cricket laundry services and longer stay E [email protected] Ground, Docklands shopping precinct reservations. and Melbourne's premier theatres.

Aura on Flinders has a selection of one and two bedroom apartments, both standard and deluxe, featuring a variety of city and river views from their balconies. When the sun goes down, the city lights are spectacular.

The interiors of our apartments have struck a balance between functionality and simplicity and all apartments offer free WIFI and access to a fully equipped gym.

All apartments are fully self-contained, including a full kitchen with fridge, microwave, toaster and tea/coffee making facilities. Extra features include dishwasher, hairdryer, TV and DVD and your own washing machine and dryer.

134 135 Menu CONFERENCE & EVENT MANAGEMENT

Deliver a seamless and successful event by partnering with an industry specialist who will make the planning easy!

136 137 Menu Conference & Event Management Index

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139 Menu Arinex ICMS

91- 97 Islington Street Architects of inspiring by working in partnership with clients Suite 2, 191 Riversdale Road At ICMS, we are genuinely passionate developing, selling, marketing and Collingwood, Victoria 3066 experiences and providing them with a personalised Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 about the conferences we manage and organising global events and events on T +61 3 9417 0888 Arinex is a leading specialist in service. T +61 3 9810 2200 pride ourselves in providing a one-stop a global scale. We are particularly F +61 3 9417 0899 conferences, events, incentives and W www.icms.com.au solution to the management of any proud to have successfully managed W www.arinex.com.au Awards received in recognition destination management offering end- Contact: Sarah Markey-Hamm event. In choosing ICMS, your team one of the largest congresses in E [email protected] of service excellence to-end solutions, products and E [email protected] will benefit from seamless process, Australia to date hosting over 10,000 - Hall of Fame (2015 to 2018 and 2008 services for the successful integrity, a stable executive delegates. A significant part of our to 2011) for MEA National Meetings management and delivery of management team, our creative and success has been about our ability to and Events Management conferences and events. Organisation innovative flair and our substantiated quickly implement new systems to financial strength. keep ahead of evolving business Arinex offers specialist skills not only - MEA 2014/2015 State (VIC) practices in conference management. across PCO management, but also in Association or Government Meeting Over 45 years of experience and It is this continued investment in new the areas of registration and of the Year market expertise has led ICMS to the - MEA 2014/2015 National Education technology, matched with our team of accommodation, destination forefront of conference management Award highly skilled individuals that has made marketing, special events and both locally and internationally. As one - MEA 2014/2015 National Support ICMS the provider of choice for clients sponsorship and exhibition. of Australia’s leading professional Services Award for eOrganiser™ globally. Additionally, the in-house technology conference organisers, we know our - MEA 2013/14 National Meetings team offers a range of proprietary business best and pride ourselves on Here at ICMS it is our philosophy to Manager of the Year - Lorraine Di products with regard to abstract our keen understanding across the listen, learn and evaluate every client’s Vito, Arinex management, smart-phone medical, scientific, engineering, and event needs then use our expertise - MEA 2014 National Meetings & applications, delegate polling and Events Organisation scientific sectors. To date, ICMS has and networks to successfully deliver interactive conferencing to ensure all - MEA 2013 National Meetings & delivered over 750 events to more than event goals in an innovative, efficient clients are at the forefront of Events Organisation three million delegates; it is across and cost effective way. conference technology solutions. - Best PCO/Event Company Award - these events in which we have BT Publishing established our sound reputation for In addition to the Melbourne office, honesty, innovation and flexibility. Arinex has offices across Australia, comprising of experienced staff Our highly skilled management team dedicated to ensuring the best results has decades of experience in

EMG ICMS Australasia

Suite 2, Level 2, 554 Church Street EMG is a strategic, end-to-end events in-house team, venue selection, PO Box 5005 Established in 1966, ICMS Australasia “Over the 24 months that preceded the Richmond, Victoria 3121 agency. entertainment, menu development, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 (ICMSA) is set to celebrate its 50th conference, including all of the transport and logistics, lighting design, anniversary in 2016. ICMSA specialises planning, production and post- T +61 3 9427 9494 EMG has a proud reputation of over 20 T +61 3 9682 0500 F +61 3 9429 0664 audio visual/onscreen content and this F +61 3 9682 0344 in serving its clients professionally to conference stages, the professionalism years in the Australian events industry W www.emgevents.com.au is just the beginning. If you need it, we W www.icmsaust.com.au achieve agreed outcomes. ICMSA has and support provided by ICMS E [email protected] and is the only events company in E [email protected] can make it happen. We know the successfully managed award-winning Australasia was exceptional. I was Australia with internationally recognised people, have the reach and can create national and international conferences thoroughly impressed by how smoothly ISO Quality Assurance Accreditation. anything. for association, government and everything related to the conference We achieve your objective and corporate clients. ran; from website development and We are passionate, creative people, deliverables through innovation by abstract submissions to the details of who love events and the impact they ICMSA provides value for money developing and deploying unique and program books and menus, no detail have on “us”, humans. If you want that through the provision of best practice immersive event experiences for your was too small, no request to impact at your next event, then EMG is developed over 50 years of conference audience. outlandish. You provided a range of the events agency for you. management. It represents a new options, ideas, and strategies to Our journey is about collaboration and generation of professional conference EMG - we bring our world into yours. ensure that the conference was begins by getting to know you and management companies, combining financially viable and that all of those understanding your event. We ensure expertise and experience with who attended felt that it was money you have peace of mind and the innovation and creativity. well spent. I can’t recommend ICMS confidence in our ability to manage and ICMSA recognises that no two events Australasia highly enough—their design your event experience. are the same - with a focus on professionalism, exceptional We deliver events ranging from gala delivering a customised service not a organisational skills and wonderful dinners, awards nights, special events, standardised service. With a strong attitude were more than I could have conferences and product launches to network of key management hoped for.” incentive groups, DMC management, personnel, ICMSA offers continuity and Dr Patrick Baker, Chair, 9th registration and transfer and logistics. expertise, ensuring delivery of a International Conference on landmark event. Our services include strategic Dendrochronology, Melbourne, 13-17 development, creative concepts, event January 2014 branding and collateral design via our

140 141 Menu Waldron Smith Management ASN Events

119 Buckhurst Street Established in 1994, WALDRONSMITH Smith, Managing Director, and Gerard PO Box 200 ASN Events manages over 70 owned events outright it has the South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Management is an industry leading Halpin, General Manager/Director, will Balnarring, Victoria 3926 conferences, scientific meetings and knowledge and experience to deliver T +61 3 9645 6311 service provider that has a proven maintain a close association with you T +61 3 5983 2400 public events ranging in size from 100 risk minimisation, cost containment F +61 3 9645 6322 track record of working alongside local throughout the planning period of your W www.asnevents.net.au to 25,000 participants throughout and optimal revenue return. W www.waldronsmith.com.au E [email protected] organising committee’s and their conference. Australia and overseas. A key benefit Contact: Gerard Halpin national and international counterparts ASN Events bring is a focus on The personal commitment we make is E [email protected] ensuring all key stakeholders achieve responsible fiscal outcomes. Having embraced by our team and our outstanding results. WALDRONSMITH reputation of long term relationships Management is an award winning with our clients has been earned company that has achieved leading through our individual, personalised industry recognition and a positive and proactive approach, which is industry reputation for best practice. evident in each component of the Importantly, we are an Australian conference management process. AusEvents™ owned and operated PCO that offers From planning, negotiation and our clients a global knowledge base financial management, to execution, Suite 4, Level 4, 627 Chapel Street AusEvents™ is a professional stakeholders to successfully deliver and reach from our fully maintained reporting and fostering your South Yarra, Victoria 3141 conference organiser for life science conferences, conventions, summits, offices in Melbourne and Sydney. We stakeholder relationships, our expertise T +61 3 9828 1400 and technology events. The trade exhibitions, investment meetings annually manage a range of adds considerable value to our clients W www.ausbiotech.org AusEvents™ team have the and professional development courses E [email protected] international and national conferences moving forward. experience, connections and to the biotech and technology sectors. which on average include in excess of WALDRONSMITH Management - we engagement with industry, 15,000 delegates, 8000 abstract bring people together and your governments, universities and other submissions, 20,000 hotel room nights conference to life. and significant sponsorship and exhibition income.

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15012425 BEV_MCB_AD_DEC-2015.indd 1 10/12/2015 2:14 pm 151 Menu Harry the Hirer SkyBus

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156 157 Menu GAZi Event Photography ICON Entertainment

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ONCALL Interpreters & Translators Victorian Opera

Level 2, 150 Albert Road With more than 30 years of experience, interpreting equipment for an Horti Hall, 31 Victoria Street Victorian Opera presents distinctive Lucia di Lammermoor (12-21 April) and South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 ONCALL Interpreters & Translators is a international event; or your website Melbourne, Victoria 3000 and innovative opera and music theatre a spellbinding mix of circus and singing T +61 3 8807 2384 world leader in quality language translated to go global, ONCALL can T +61 3 9001 6400 which delights and inspires audiences. Laughter and Tears (13-18 August). W www.oncallinterpreters.com solutions. can help your organisation. W www.victorianopera.com.au E [email protected] E [email protected] In 2016 Victorian Opera presents a Whether you need an interpreter to new musical about food and secrets complete a negotiation; several teams Banquet of Secrets (1-5 March), a of simultaneous interpreters and haunting opera of star crossed-lovers

Saxton Speakers Bureau

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SDP Media

H75, 63-85 Turner Street Photo and Video consistently delivering excellence. Our Port Melbourne, Victoria 3207 SDP Media is a highly regarded one- broad and diverse team means we T +61 3 8645 6200 stop media services company with an always deliver the right solution and W www.sdpmedia.com.au intimate knowledge of Melbourne, its trusted professionals to suit your job, E [email protected] venues and surrounds. With over 20 all within budget and deadline. years experience in the industry, our Whatever your needs, we will tell your long-term success is due to great story in our great city.

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Seen as a ‘must-eat-there’ destination, Melbourne’s entrepreneurial chefs, progressive dining scene, quirky cafes and specialty bars guarantee a culinary experience like no other.

162 163 Menu Restaurants Index

Restaurants Name Phone Page Akachochin +61 3 9245 9900 167 Bangpop +61 3 9245 9800 167 BearBrass Eating & Drinking +61 3 9682 3799 167 Bohemian Bar & Restaurant +61 3 9682 0566 168 Builders Arms Hotel +61 3 9417 7700 168 Common Man +61 3 9696 3774 168 Cumulus Inc +61 3 9650 1445 168 Cumulus Up +61 3 9650 1445 168 Cutler & Co +61 3 9419 4888 169 Grossi Florentino +61 3 9662 1811 166 Hophaus Bavarian Bar & Grill +61 3 9682 5900 169 Locanda Private Dining and Deli +61 3 9635 1246 169 Ludlow Bar & Dining Room +61 3 9699 1676 169 Luxembourg Bar & Bistro +61 3 9525 4488 169 Marion +61 3 9419 6262 170 Meat Market +61 3 9008 8953 170 Merchant Osteria Veneta +61 3 9614 7688 170 Munich Brauhaus Melbourne +61 3 8687 1109 166 Ombra Salumi Bar +61 3 9639 1927 170 P.J.O’Brien’s Irish Pub +61 3 9686 5011 170 Plus 5 +61 3 9682 0091 171 Rockpool Bar & Grill +61 3 8648 1900 166 Rosetta Ristorante +61 3 8648 1999 167 Spice Temple +61 3 8679 1888 167 Supernormal +61 3 9650 8688 171 Turf Sports Bar & Grill +61 3 9670 1271 171 World Restaurant and Bar +61 3 9690 6999 171

165 Menu Munich Brauhaus Melbourne Rosetta Ristorante Spice Temple

45 South Wharf Promenade About Urban Purveyor Group be transported to a modern Munich, Rosetta is one of Melbourne's most Melbourne South Wharf, Victoria 3006 Urban Purveyor Group began as a whilst it is also adaptable to any theme sophisticated Italian restaurants located on Crown's popular riverside Spice Temple Melbourne is a modern T +61 3 8687 1109 single restaurant back in 1976. Thanks a client desires. Chinese restaurant located on Crown's W www.munichbrauhaus.com to a combination of great food and promenade. Neil Perry is the creative The food force behind a menu which comprises a popular riverside promenade at Meeting Capacity (max): 500 service, the group now boasts 20 While there is no doubting Munich is a Southbank. With a menu of unique and Total Meeting Rooms: 2 venues across three states, with plans range of traditional and regional recipes party destination to rival Oktoberfest, from his extensive travels throughout truly special dishes designed by Neil Contact: Verena Olesch to add more throughout 2016. Munich Brauhaus offers a serious nod Perry, the culinary focus here is regional E [email protected] Italy. At the heart of Rosetta’s kitchen is The venue to Melbourne's sophisticated dining a wood fire oven and char-grill for China and the different provinces of Munich Brauhaus is located at scene. It's signature dishes include creating simple but delicious Italian Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Melbourne's South Wharf, right next to locally sourced suckling pig. dishes. The seasonal pasta menu is all Guangxi and Xinjiang. the Melbourne Convention and Features traditionally handmade in-house daily. Spread over two levels, the dining room Exhibition Centre. It is a waterfront - Pillarless space is warm and dramatically lit to create venue with high truss ceilings, three With an extraordinary vista of - Inbuilt stage and audio visual both an intimate and relaxed bars, outdoor beer garden, mezzanine Crown Complex Melbourne’s skyline, Rosetta can seat - Outdoor and private dining Southbank, Victoria 3006 up to 100 guests in the main dining atmosphere with just a touch of the floors, inbuilt stage and audio-visual. - Preferred parking T +61 3 8648 1999 room with the heated alfresco terrace Crown Complex subtle influences of the exotic orient. Munich Brauhaus is an events go-to - Coach/water and boat access F +61 3 8648 1919 available for pre-drinks and canapes, Southbank, Victoria 3006 destination. Used as one large space - Close to hotels Within Spice Temple there are two W www.rockpool.com/ whilst overlooking the promenade and T +61 3 8679 1888 for 1,100 guests cocktail style, or - Vehicle access rosettamelbourne purpose built semi private dining rooms Yarra River. F +61 3 8648 1919 separated into six unique event zones, Contact: Venetia Hillary W www.rockpool.com/spicetemple to cater to smaller groups of between it's diverse and unique. The E [email protected] The elegant Rosetta Private Room, with melbourne 12-20 guests, plus additional event contemporary design allows guests to its modern Warhol-inspired mural of Da Contact: Venetia Hillary spaces that can accommodate groups Vinci’s The Last Supper, is one of the E [email protected] of between 35 to 100 guests exclusively. Room Sq(m) Ht(m) Banquet Cocktail Theatre city’s most exclusive locations for private Jager Bar 150 4.85 — 250 — dining occasions for groups of 12 to 24. Wunderbar 337 4.85 300 550 400 Ein Stein Private Dining Room 68 2.44 88 250 70 Mezzanine Dining Room 132 2.30 130 140 — Entire Venue 1000 4.85 490 1100 400 Uber Bar 60 2.21 35 60 —

Grossi Florentino Rockpool Bar & Grill Akachochin

Grossi Florentino Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne is one of 33 South Wharf Promenade Named after the red paper lanterns Your guests will be welcomed by the Grossi Florentino is one of the leading the city's best known and most Southbank, Victoria 3006 that hang outside Japanese Izakaya, fresh and bright feel of the venue and restaurants in Australia, conceptualized established restaurants. Located in the T +61 3 9245 9900 Akachochin is a modern Tokyo style be wowed by the skills of the chefs on by one of the world’s best chefs, Guy heart of Crown’s premium dining W www.akachochin.com.au eatery and bar. The menu brings the display behind the sushi bar. Grossi and his creative team. precinct, it combines an impressive E [email protected] quality, humility and elegance of dining room with a dramatic open Great care is taken when sourcing our Japanese dining along with some kitchen with a contemporary menu produce and each time we marry the old contemporary surprises. inspired by the great steakhouses of 80 Bourke Street with the new, our kitchen preserves the North America. Melbourne, Victoria 3000 integrity of these ingredients while T +61 3 9662 1811 remaining true to tradition. The private dining rooms and terrace BangPop F +61 3 9662 2518 area, with elegant interiors and superb W www.grossi.com.au The dedication to excellence and guest views over the Yarra River and city 35 South Wharf Promenade BangPop recreates the energy and even having to think about getting on a E [email protected] experience sets the venue apart. skyline, are some of Melbourne’s most South Wharf, Victoria 3006 excitement of Bangkok’s hawker plane. T +61 3 9245 9800 stands, presenting authentic tastes of Crown Complex impressive locations for private dining The vibrant and design award winning W www.bangpop.com.au Southbank, Victoria 3006 occasions, for group of 10 to 50 guests. Thailand. From the spice driven menu E [email protected] interiors will leave a long lasting to the frenetic buzz of the colourful T +61 3 8648 1900 memory with all your event guests. F +61 3 8648 1919 dining room, you are invited to enjoy a W www.rockpool.com truly immersive experience without Contact: Venetia Hillary [email protected] E BearBrass Eating & Drinking

Shop GR3A, Ground Level, Located on the banks of the Yarra enjoy a simple stylish environment, Southgate Restaurant & River at Southgate Restaurant and service and contemporary menu Shopping Precinct Shopping Precinct on Southbank with including pizzas, small plates & mains, Southbank, Victoria 3006 spectacular views over our beautiful great coffee and cocktails! BearBrass T +61 3 9682 3799 city of Melbourne. BearBrass offers a is open 8am every day until late serving W www.bearbrass.com.au social environment to suit all moods breakfast, lunch, dinner or just drinks! E [email protected] and occasions. Buzzy and informal,

166 167 Menu Bohemian Bar & Restaurant Cutler & Co

35 Dukes Walk Bohemian is a Spanish influenced modernity. Perfect for group lunches, 55-57 Gertrude Street Acclaimed Chef Andrew McConnell’s Exposed brickwork draws on the South Wharf, Victoria 3006 brasserie; a cross through the dinners or cocktail parties. Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 flagship two hat restaurant is a building’s industrial past, with visible T +61 3 9682 0566 threshold is to step into an experience T +61 3 9419 4888 reflection of his passion for exceptional portions of the old metalworks factory W www.thebohemian.com.au rich with nostalgic quality. It diligently W www.cutlerandco.com.au produce and offers a casual approach creating a dark, yet sophisticated E [email protected] E [email protected] remains true to Bohemia with full circle to fine dining, striking the perfect atmosphere. Private dining room: 32 considerations and its wall papered balance between elegance and seated. Exclusive restaurant: 96 seated veneer help create aesthetic of simplicity. / 120 cocktail.

Builders Arms Hotel Hophaus Bier Bar & Grill

211 Gertrude Street Built in 1853 and restored by - The Bowery Room; a flexible space Shop MR5, Southgate Arts Hophaus is a cosmopolitan reinvention both lunch and dinner throughout the Fitzroy, Victoria 3065 acclaimed chef Andrew McConnell in featuring open kitchen, natural light and Leisure Precinct of the great Bavarian Bier Halls. Where week you will find Hophaus is a unique Southbank, Victoria 3006 T +61 3 9417 7700 2012, Builders Arms Hotel is a and polished floorboards. Capacity: Munich meets Melbourne and old destination. Make your belly happy. We W www.buildersarmshotel.com.au landmark public house. 60 seated / 90 cocktail. T +61 3 9682 5900 meets new, Hophaus delivers a invite you. Open every day 11.30am til E [email protected] - The Private Dining Room; an intimate W www.hophaus.com.au charmingly familiar yet excitingly fresh late. The venue houses two distinct private E [email protected] space with views over leafy Gertrude bar and dining experience. With food dining areas with menus crafted to Street. Capacity: 18 seated. and bier tasting specials offered for highlight the best seasonal produce:

Common Man Locanda Private Dining and Deli

39 Dukes Walk A great, open space reflecting the four Common Man is perfect for group 186 Exhibition Street Ideally located in the heart of glass chandelier, this stylish space South Wharf, Victoria 3006 corners of Melbourne with a vertical lunches and dinners or cocktail parties Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Melbourne’s central business district, caters for intimate gatherings of six to T +61 3 9696 3774 garden, gas log fire place and bifolding up to 250 guests. The menu borrows T +61 3 9635 1246 Locanda Private Dining and Deli lavish celebrations up to 110. Locanda W www.thecommonman.com.au doors opening up to a river front from old school staples synonymous W www.locanda.com.au features two unique spaces that menus feature the best of Victorian and E [email protected] E [email protected] terrace and The Common Lawn open with Melbourne’s colourful culture. combine to host larger events. With Australian produce. air terrace. floor to ceiling wine cellars, an Italian marble share table and overhanging

Cumulus Inc. Ludlow Bar & Dining Room

45 Flinders Lane Housed in a historic turn of the century the opportunity to literally dine amongst 6 Riverside Quay Discover Ludlow Bar & Dining Room, a relax over lunch or dinner in the bar or Melbourne, Victoria 3000 rag trade building, Cumulus Inc. is the latest exhibition. Southbank, Victoria 3006 spectacular Southbank venue perfectly dining room in a comfortable, casual T +61 3 9650 1445 located amidst Melbourne’s famous art T +61 3 9699 1676 located on the banks of the Yarra. environment with great food, drinks The philosophy of the restaurant is W www.cumulusinc.com.au and fashion precinct. W www.ludlowbar.com.au Ludlow is a well established riverside and service. Open 11am until late every E [email protected] translated through seasonal shared E [email protected] destination with restaurant, cocktail day. Events are hosted in Arc One Gallery, a menus designed by acclaimed chef lounge and public bar. With amazing unique contemporary art space located Andrew McConnell. Capacity: 20-70 views from the terrace over the city, behind the restaurant, offering guests seated / 100 cocktail.

Cumulus Up. Luxembourg Bar & Bistro

Level 1, 45 Flinders Lane Located above iconic Cumulus Inc. on warm and elegant interior features Shop 2, 157 Fitzroy Street Offering the warmth of a European bar lunches to French inspired feasts. A Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Flinders Lane, Cumulus Up is a flexible parquet timber floors, feature lighting St Kilda, Victoria 3182 and bistro in the city’s southside, marble topped bar separates the open T +61 3 9650 1445 restaurant space ideal for private and open kitchen. Menus designed by T +61 3 9525 4488 Andrew McConnell’s Luxembourg kitchen from the dining room whilst the W www.cumulusinc.com.au/up breakfast & lunch events and offers an acclaimed chef Andrew McConnell W www.luxembourgbistro.com.au combines classic fare with head chef white-tiled walls and wooden E [email protected] E [email protected] exclusive feel for evening celebrations. feature seasonal Victorian produce. Chris Watson’s contemporary bentwood chairs create a timeless and experience. Menus are adapted to comfortable backdrop. European in atmosphere and flooded Capacity: 10-50 seated / 70 cocktail. each occasion, from short business by natural light during the day, the Capacity: 70 seated / 100 cocktail.

168 169 Menu TOURING & EVENT EXPERIENCES Menu 171 original wood floors and bi-folding original wood on to one of South doors opening riverfront terraces. Wharf’s largest revisited and some new favourites born. Through the restaurant and past the open kitchen, a spectacular circular staircase leads to an intimate private dining room, complete with audio- visual capabilities & karaoke. Capacity: 40 seated / 60 cocktail. steaks, pizzas, traditional pub menu, an extensive beer and wine offer, and pool tables. Open Monday to Friday 11.30am and weekends 1pm til late. Closed Sundays in summer. a space to suit your occasion. Exclusive dining spaces are available for groups of up to 90 guests and cocktail areas available for groups of 200 or less. Turf Bar is an elegant, sub-street level traditional pub that just happens to be the best place in Melbourne to watch live sport! With a welcoming atmosphere, three big screens, three private screening booths, advanced surround sound, quality chargrill Overlooking the banks of the Yarra River, World Restaurant & Bar boasts an eclectic mix of food, wine, music and culture. Look no further for your next event! Be it a social gathering with friends, cocktail party or group dinner, we have Heritage, modern and classic Heritage, modern at Plus 5 to create influences combine and tapas venue a stylish cocktail woodfired cuisine on the offering tasty banks of the Yarra River. dining The venue includes a private featuring room and main dining room Supernormal is an inspired interpretation of acclaimed chef Andrew McConnell’s favourite Asian eating experiences. The menu is influenced by the cuisine and restaurants of Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong, classic dishes are +61 3 9670 1271 www.turfbar.com.au [email protected] +61 3 9690 6999 www.worldrestaurantbar.com.au [email protected] +61 3 9682 0091 www.plus5bar.com.au [email protected] +61 3 9650 8688 www.supernormal.net.au [email protected] World Restaurant & Bar Plus 5 Bar Plus Supernormal & Grill Turf Sports Bar T W E 4/2 Riverside Quay Southbank, Victoria 3006 T W E 37 South Wharf Promenade 37 South Wharf Victoria 3006 South Wharf, T W E 180 Flinders Lane Melbourne, Victoria 3000 T W E 131 Queen Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Shop 4, Building 2 Riverside Quay Oyster Bar. Open every day from 11am offering lunch, dinner or just drinks, and live music every night. Small bite size snacks ‘cichetti’ being served can be used as antipasto before the meal accompanied at the bar with a traditional Venetian cocktail or be eaten plentifully as a meal itself. impressive wine selection, and an ever- impressive wine crafted by acclaimed changing menu McConnell, the offering is chef Andrew and remnant of the great approachable of the world. neighbourhood wine bars Capacity: 50 seated / 80 cocktail. Market Ideal for group bookings, Meat can be has three terraces and sections reserved or book the venue exclusively for up to 400 guests. Located in the heart of Southgate, P.J.O'Brien's is one of Melbourne's longest standing authentic Irish pubs and a favourite destinations for locals and visitors alike. Whether you are after a quiet Guinness, a comforting meal or maybe freshly shucked oysters from Inspiration for Merchant Osteria Veneta was drawn from the many seductive eating spaces in the northeast of Italy and 1950s' style American cocktail bars in spaces which are sexy, relaxed and moody. Ombra is based on the ideals of preservation and enjoyment. Inspired by the ‘Salumerie’ of Italy, Ombra focuses on delivering highest quality cured meats. This preservation refers to the produce as well as the preservation of lifestyle and culture. Boasting an industrial-style fit out with Boasting an industrial-style windows, white- large street front walls, brushed copper washed brick table tops, Marion finishes and marble space, offers a sophisticated private adaptable to a variety of occasions. and Featuring a comprehensive canopy From the striking candy striped overlooks to the giant long horn that the dining room, Meat Market is not your average steakhouse and is inspired by the fun and flavour of the Aussie lifestyle.

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Ombra Salumi Bar Merchant Osteria Veneta Merchant Osteria

Meat Market Marion T W E Shop G12-16, Ground Floor, Southgate Restaurant & Shopping Precinct Southbank, Victoria 3006 T 76 Bourke Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 W E T 495 Collins Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 W E T 53 South Wharf Promenade 3000 South Wharf, Victoria W E T W E 53 Gertrude Street, 53 Gertrude Lane & Corner of Deadman's Fitzroy, Gertrude Street Victoria 3065 170 TOURING & EVENT EXPERIENCES

There are an abundance of choices for delegates visiting on business when they want to include a city adventure or explore our beautiful regions of Victoria.

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Touring & Event Experiences Name Phone Page 2016 Australian Grand Prix Corporation +61 3 9258 7100 177 Best of Victoria +61 3 9928 0028 177 Big Stick Adventures 0401 748 090 177 Chadstone Shopping Centre +61 3 9936 1123 178 Chocoholics Tours +61 3 9650 0795 178 Cricket Australia +61 3 9653 9946 178 Essendon Football Club +61 3 8340 2073 178 Harlan Tours +61 3 9354 5025 178 Hidden Secrets Tours +61 3 9663 3358 179 Melbourne Cup Carnival +61 3 8378 0888 179 Melbourne Football Club +61 3 9652 1151 179 Melbourne Private Tours +61 3 9529 3212 179 Melbourne Street Tours +61 3 9328 5556 179 Phillip Island Nature Parks +61 3 5951 2867 176 Queen Victoria Market +61 3 9320 5822 180 Something Aussie +61 3 9329 8622 177 Tennis Australia +61 3 9914 4203 180 UGG Australian Made Since 1974 +61 3 9650 6737 180 Walk Melbourne Tours 0411 182 911 180

175 Menu Phillip Island Nature Parks

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The Penguin Parade Take a waddle on the wild side!

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The Nobbies Centre Perched on cliffs overlooking the wild waters of Bass Strait and boasting the latest technology at the new Antarctic Journey WWF Australia experience, The Nobbies Centre caters for groups up to 400pax.

Churchill Island Farm This unique private island of 57 hectares is open to you as a working farm. the island can cater for small intimate groups or larger groups up to 4000 people. Group activities can include traditional farming chores, milking cows, sheep shearing, whip cracking, working dogs and blacksmith demonstrations.

Koala Conservation Centre This attraction has Australia's highest eco-tourism ratings and is unlike a normal zoo, it allows you to get up close and personal with these Australian icons in their natural habitat. Corporate groups can take a behind the scene tours with a ranger and offers after hours exclusivity for your private koala spotlighting.

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