| VENUE REVIEWS
CENTRAL SYDNEY
Located on the edge of Sydney CBD and overlooking the bustling
Darling Harbour, Four Points by Sheraton Sydney is only a few minutes
walk from an exciting array of entertainment and activities at Harbourside,
Chinatown and Cockle Bay Wharf.
The Hotel has a wide range of meeting and function rooms, many
with natural light and harbour views. An ideal environment for both
large and small conferences, with state of the art facilities and
an excellent variety of dining options.
When I stayed there late last year I was very impressed with the
high standard of service and open friendly attitude of all the staff.
Overall a great venue when considering Sydney.
For more information call Sue Wall +613 9870 4611
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THE NEW
LOOK WATERMARK
A flexible and professional conference venue,
the Gold Coast’s Watermark Hotel as part of a recent major
refurbishment has upgraded its conference and meeting facilities.
Offering eight different venues and accommodating all styles and
sizes of meeting, with a variety of breakout rooms.
Centrally located in Surfers Paradise, just two minutes walk from
the beach, the Watermark is an ideal choice for any conference or
business meeting with its modern, well-equipped meeting rooms and
excellent facilities. Two poolside entertainment areas accommodate
120 to 200 people.
With theatre-style seating for up to 400 people, the larger meeting
rooms have state of the art in-house audiovisual equipment and three
phase power, while all eight meeting rooms boast natural light.
A fully equipped business centre and conference secretariat is also
available for conference guests.
For more information call Sue Currie +613 9870 4611
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are made from something they have deep inside of them - a desire,
a dream, a vision. They have last-minute stamina, they have
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BY THE SEA
For more than a century, guests have
crossed the Vue Grand’s threshold stepping into a world of
Victorian charm and elegance, displaying the splendour upon which
its reputation was built over a hundred years ago.
One of unhurried ease, elegance and opulence.
There are 32 guest rooms with an appealing mix
of accommodation. All offering facilities with traditional furnishings,
creating a distinctive olde world charm. As you would expect of
a ‘Grand’ Hotel there are rooms that cater for those
who want nothing but the best.
Such surroundings demand the very best in food and wine. Regularly
awarded Age Good Food Guide Chefs Hats for its cuisine, dining at
the Vue Grand is a grand occasion.
All this coupled with modern conference facilities that include
ergonomic chairs, audio visual equipment, data points and much more
make the Vue Grand the perfect place for that all important corporate
conference where everything has to be, well, perfect!
To find out more call Lou David +613 9870 4611
| YOUR
SAY
“ Those early stages of planning are a bit of a blurr
to me, being new to the task of conference coordinating, but
I am very grateful to you for your service and support. You
were extremely professional, helpful, patient and thorough
in your work- and I was most impressed that you took the time
to phone me after our conference, to ensure everything went
well.
THANK YOU, Sue ”
Lori Anderson - Gadens Lawyers
“ In the past, I have spent hours looking for suitable
conference venues - obtaining quotes and analysing the different
aspects each property had to offer. For my most recent conference,
I decided to try the services of Key Conference Solutions
in sourcing a suitable venue for me, and was extremely pleased
with the results, as they did all the legwork for me.
After providing me with suggestions (including a full summary
and costing for each venue), it was then very straightforward
for me in selecting my next conference venue - and at no charge
to our organisation for the entire service offered, you can't
get much better than that these days!”
Madeleine Wood - Executive PA
BP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
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| VENUES
AUSTRALIA-WIDE
Join the ranks of Australia's leading companies that are taking
advantage of the Australia -wide venue finding service Key
Conference Solutions offers. Hills Industries, Pasminco Ltd,
City of Boroondara, Guild Insurance, Toyota Motor Corporation,
Celtic Industries, Esanda, Simplot, AXA and Carter Holt Harvey
are companies who have chosen Key Conference Solutions to
source venues in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and
in fact venues Australia- wide for their business events.
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CONFERENCE
TIPS
Help is at hand
Your workload is building already, it’s only February and
you’ve got the task of organising the conference along with
everything else that needs to be done. Where to start? Achieving
the best result with the least amount of stress and time requires
working to a plan.
The key elements to your plan are:
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• Setting clear goals and objectives for the conference
• Venue selection
• Budgeting
• Managing the conference
• Review and feedback |
Much time is spent in setting the conference goals and objectives,
doing research on past experiences, venues used, verifying budgets
etc. Then the task of finding the right venue, with room for your
group, comparing costs etc can be very time consuming even for the
most experienced. All of which can be a challenging and in the end
an onerous time consuming responsibility.
You can save valuable time and money by using our free venue finding
service. Independent professional advice on conference venues right
across Australia from our experienced conference specialists here
at Key Conference Solutions.
The team at Key Conference Solutions can also help you with all
aspects of your conference from planning and venue selection, attendee
registration, to advice on facilitators, team building, entertainment
and travel requirements.
Take advantage of our free venue finding service by calling Sue
Wall +613 9870 4611
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on others without getting a few drops on yourself." |
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Meet Kevin Cahalane
Its my pleasure to introduce you to Kevin P Cahalane. I have
known and worked with Kevin for over 15 years and recommend
him to you in fields of sales, service, management, retail,
training and marketing.
As a highly successful and well respected trainer with over
30 years of hands on experience he has conducted workshops,
courses, seminars and programs for over 15,000 people involved
in field sales, customer service, telephone sales, sales management,
training and marketing.
He works closely with key decisionmakers in areas of planning,
business development and strategy implementation. He has documented
proof of adding millions of dollars to clients' bottomline
results.
He has published training programs and manuals which are
used by companies in industries such as Publishing, Manufacturing
and Distribution, Service, Finance, Retail, Hospitality, Automotive,
Technology and more.
Kevin is an accredited Training and Skills Development Professional
as well as a recognised keynote speaker who has presented
around Australia, in New Zealand and the United States of
America. His ideas are practical, effective, profitable and
can be implemented immediately for outstanding RESULTS.
You can contact Kevin at Sales & Service Momentum +613
9840 2966 or email
MOMENTUM - ‘Once you know the direction of
your goals, nothing can stop you’
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| FREE
BOOKLET "THE CONFERENCE ORGANISER’S GUIDE”
If you haven't already got
a copy of our comprehensive guide on the nuts and bolts of
planning a conference, you can get a free copy of our "Conference
Organiser’s Guide” which talks about how to organise
a successful conference.
Call us on +613 9870 4611. We'll
happily send you as many copies as you need to distribute
around your company with our compliments.
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| OUT
AND ABOUT
On a regular basis our team is out and about sampling
first hand conference and meeting venues throughout Australia.
This ongoing schedule of briefing sessions and venue inspections
ensures our product knowledge is extensive and current which
in turn allows us to offer you, our valued clients, a professional,
authorative and independent venue finding service.
Sue Currie spent some time in Tasmania visiting The Strahan
Village – Strahan on the west coast and the Country
Club Casino – Launceston.
In Melbourne we’ve recently enjoyed visits to Cope-Williams
Romsey, Sheraton Towers Southgate, Melbourne Town Hall and
Aitken Hill.
In Sydney in early December Jim Conway stayed at Four Points
by Sheraton Sydney, Peppers Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains
and The Sebel Pier One Sydney while Lou David recently stayed
at the Sir Stamford Double Bay.
To maintain our knowledge of innovations, upgrades and newcomers
on the venue scene Australia-wide, we regularly enjoy visits
from property personnel for venue updates and briefing sessions
which lately included Catherine Comino – Starwood Sydney
Hotels, Heidi Griggs- Stamford Hotels and Resorts, Robert
Bradley – The Bentinck, Richard Dinnage representing
– Auckland’s Carlton Hotel, Hotel Grand Chancellor
Hobart and the Watermark Hotel on the Gold Coast. Danielle
Wagemakers and Shenay Ramadam – Savoy Park Plaza dropped
in to see us in December.
Let us find the right venue for your conference call us NOW
+613 9870 4611 Our venue finding service is FREE.
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