Venue:
The venue for Fourth International Conference on Mobile Business in 2005
is at the Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour Hotel.
Location:
The 12-storey Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour is located on the city side of Darling Harbour. Not only is it on the fringe of the CBD, but it is within walking distance to many of Sydney's best tourist attractions.
In a five- to ten-minute walk you could be at the Darling Harbour Harbourside complex, Sydney Aquarium, Powerhouse Museum, Chinatown, Cockle Bay Wharf or Sydney's newest waterfront dining precinct - King Street Wharf.
Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour boasts a versatile range of eight function rooms, which can accommodate for events such as boardroom meetings, seminars, conferences, product launches, presentations, wedding receptions, cocktail receptions, dinners and much more.
Darling Harbour is accessible by ferry, water taxi, light rail, bus, car or monorail. Therefore, within the one precinct, both registered delegates and accompanying family members will have easy access to the conference location as well as a multitude of activities, restaurants and attractions. Darling Harbour has the look and feel of a small village, welcoming all.
How to get to Crowne Plaza, Darling Harbour
Transport Options:
- Taxi - available at the front of each airport terminal (approx. 25minutes)
- Shuttle Bus - most shuttle bus services will stop around many hotels in the city (approx. 45 minutes)
- Train - Service available from the underground stations through to Town Hall (approx. 15 minutes)
- Limousine - 24 hours' notice is required to pre-book (approx. 25 minutes)
Crowne Plaza Darling Harbour is centrally located to all local transport including monorail, train, bus and ferry.
Host City Attractions:
The City of Sydney - An Amazing Place to Visit
(by City of Sydney: City Media Centre)
With its stunning harbour setting, unique attractions and cosmopolitan outdoor lifestyle, Sydney is an increasingly popular leisure destination. In 2002, readers of the prestigious United States publication, Conde Nast Traveler, rated Sydney the "World's Best City" for the seventh year out of the last eight. Having been asked to compare world cities according to their cultural enrichment, restaurants, ambience, energy and people friendliness they placed Sydney ahead of cities such as Rome, Florence and Paris.
Read more at the City of Sydney website
To find out what to see in Sydney, have a look at Citysearch's 'Highlights in Sydney' or check out Travelonline's 'Sydney Sights and Attractions'.
To see what to do around the conference site (Darling Harbour), visit Darling Harbour's 'What's On Today'.
To find out about our currency, seasons, or time zone see Discover Sydney's 'Sydney for International Visitors'
Check the current Sydney time and weather at Weather Underground.
The Place To be: Australia tops poll
(Sydney Morning Herald 02/02/04)
Readers of Lonely Planet travel guides have rated Australia as thier most desired destination. In an online survey of more than 20,000 people from 167 countries, Australia trumped the trendy South American hotsposts Chile and Brazil as the place most travellers wanted to visit next