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Central
Coast New South Wales
Citigate Sebel Waterfront Resort is beautifully
situated on the Central Coast of NSW. The resort offers delegates
a choice of 145 beautifully appointed apartment-style guest
rooms including studio, 1 and 2 bedroom, executive and luxury
loft apartments. All apartments are spacious, well appointed
and feature balconies or terraces.
Located right on the shores of scenic Tuggerah Lake , with
superb views of the surf beach and the lake, the resort is
the perfect waterside destination for meetings and conferences.
The resort has 6 meeting rooms catering for 8 to 290 guests
and features a heated swimming pool, spa and gymnasium.
Superbly situated in a fabulous region that offers an abundance
of recreational activities, including sailing, fishing, boating,
wildlife parks, pelican feeding, golf and tennis.
All just 90 minutes easy drive from Sydney.
To find out more call Lisa Moloney on +613 9870 4611
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Day Conference facility, Central Sydney Located within
Sydney's CBD, opposite the Queen Victoria Building, Mt Eliza
on York Street offers a dedicated corporate learning environment
specialising in conferencing.
The venue boasts a large meeting room and two syndicate
rooms, they can offer exclusive use of the venue, private
balcony and separate coffee lounge. All rooms are filled with
natural light and have impressive city skyline views.
The complete meeting packages include room hire, catering,
audiovisual equipment and your own dedicated conference co-coordinator
who will ensure the success of your meeting or event. A variety
of accommodation can be found nearby as needed.
Call Sue Wall +613 9870 4611 to find out all about day conference
and meeting venues available in Sydney.
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Waterlover's Paradise for meetings, a stone throw from Sydney
On the picturesque Pittwater is the award winning waterfront
hideaway Newport Mirage Resort specialising in conferencing
and meetings.
Situated on the tranquil shores of the Northern Beaches largest
waterway Pittwater and just 45 minutes north of Sydney's CBD,
this boutique resort offers magnificent views, great service
and a multitude of activities at your doorstep.
The dedicated conference team appreciate the importance of
helping you achieve success. They take great pleasure in helping
you tailor your conferencing activities to create memorable
experiences for your delegates.
Their comprehensive range of facilities include conference
rooms, 4-star accommodation, a fine dining restaurant and
bar with stunning views, waterside function area, pool, spa,
gym and more.
Call Pam Conway +613 9870 4611 for pricing and availability
at this great conference venue.
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“Thanks to the team at Key Conference Solutions for
helping us find the perfect venue for our Christmas
function. Your friendly team introduced us to new venues
and organised everything for us from site inspections,
to liasing with the venue and organising our special
requirements, to the actual booking. Nothing was a hassle!
The service that Key Conference Solutions provided was
very professional and saved us a lot of time. We will
definitely be using them to help us find our next "perfect"
venue.”
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| BREAKFAST
SERIES
Here at Key Conference Solutions we are offering a
series of promotional breakfasts focusing on different
destinations and activities available within Australia
and overseas. The first in the series is next Tuesday
7 October and will feature both Sydney and regional
NSW venues and conference activities. We have lots of
great prizes available to be given away. You can still
register your interest to attend this breakfast by email
to breakfast@conferencesolutions.com.au
or call Lisa Moloney on +613 9870 4611 no later
than Friday, 3 October 2003 .
Other promotional breakfasts are planned for early
in 2004 and if you have any suggestions or destinations
you would like to see offered please email jconway@conferencesolutions.com.au |
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CONFERENCE
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Debrief and Review
As an integral part of the conference or meeting planning
process is the need to find out what elements were successful
and what areas need improvement. The people to ask are your
conference presenters and of course the delegates. Remember,
rarely will you be able to please all your delegates, all
of the time and the feedback you receive will help you for
next time.
You have a choice of when to get the answers you need:
• at the event;
• after the event, by mail;
• after the event, by telephone;
• by group discussion or individual interview
How you go about getting feedback varies, some favour a pre-printed
questionnaire, which delegates complete as the event is in
progress. If you are researching speaker style and content
this is ok. You do need to be aware that an overall view of
the event will be impossible to gauge until the event is completed.
Distributing questionnaires to delegates as they leave the
conference is another option. Using this method, the replies
revieved may be more considered – the delegates will have
had time to think about the event in its entirety and be able
to make better overall judgements. The number of returned
questionnaires is likely to be quite low and so the results
may not be representative.
A better method is to follow up a statistically relevant
sample by telephone within a couple of days of the conference.
Say 25% of groups up to 100 and on a sliding scale about 10%
of groups over 500 or more. If anonymity is guaranteed you
will get a more honest view.
Remember the prime conference objective in assessing the
success or otherwise of your conference and keep the smaller
itchy issues in perspective.
The main outcome of conducting relevant and focused feedback
is to discover opportunities that will assist in improving
future events.
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Meet Lisa Moloney
Lisa recently joined the team here at Key Conference
Solutions as National Business Development Manager,
she was previously with Mt Eliza Business School and
most recently Mirvac's Sebel Lodge Yarra Valley .
Lisa has been involved with the MICE Industry for over
15 years. She has a great knowledge of hotels, resorts
and conference centres throughout Australia and overseas.
During her time with Mt Eliza Business School, Lisa
had the opportunity to travel to the USA on a study
tour of conference centres. This has expanded her knowledge
of conference centres and developed her networks of
industry professionals that attended from North America
, Europe and the UK . During 2000 Lisa also travelled
to the UK and visited a number of conference centres
and hotels throughout the UK .
Lisa offers knowledgeable advice on venues to meet
your individual conference demands! Her broad experience
and exposure to the industry will ensure professional
and unbiased recommendations to match your needs.
A proud and passionate but disappointed fan of the
Magpies, Lisa spends her spare time in the gym and at
her favourite getaway destination Philip Island with
family and friends - loves weekends away and dining
out (particularly lunch with the girls where she is
constantly asked to keep the noise down)!!
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| BEEN
IN TO SEE US
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 Justine Salame
Hamilton Island, Felicia Corso Epicure Catering, Paul
Salmon and Dino DiPierdomenico from work@play, Olivia
Webster- Griffiths Royce Hotel, Teresa Bricknell Novotel,
Mario Cugliandro Carlton Crest, Nicole Woolfe and Rachel
Smith Mirvac Hotels, Shane Harington-Hawes Hireimage,
Olivia Jackson Le Meridien at Rialto, Hilary Stone Laguna
Whitsundays, Michela L'Etang Grange Group, Tim O'Shea
Ramada Melbourne and Rhonda Norman Peppers.
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| OUT
AND ABOUT
On a regular basis our team members are 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 advice on conference and meeting venues.
Our team have been out and about and visited Rydges
North Melbourne, Rydges Carlton, Lancemore Hill, Werribee
Mansion, Ballarat Lodge, Plaza Ballroom, Chapter House,
The Westin Melbourne, Melbourne Town Hall, Sheraton
Towers Southgate, Cumberland Marysville, Stonelea Resort,
Clarion on Canterbury, The Como Melbourne and in Sydney
last week Dockside Cockle Bay, Four Seasons, The Wentworth,
The Westin along with a briefing from Donna Forbes on
the new Hilton Sydney due to open June 2004.
Let us find the right venue for your conference call
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