Wednesday, November 19, 2014

How to find an affordable conference venue in Ipswich

Finding the right conference meeting venues can be a painstaking business and sometimes it is also a thankless task. The first problem you have to deal with is finding a location that suits everyone and then you need to select the best convention & conference venues at that location, which suits your needs best.

Luckily, you have selected Ipswich as your location, which is a wonderful area surrounded by beautiful bushland and countryside. The area also has good transportation links to the city, is easy enough to reach from the Gold Coast and is close enough to the airport to be convenient. 

So now that you have the location organised, you just need to sift through the available venues and pick one that ticks all the boxes. In Ipswich there are really two main locations – either in the town itself, which is quite busy or out in the beautiful countryside. Something to remember is that many of the venues do not offer accommodation, a factor that might be important to your guests.

So let’s take a look at some of the corporate meeting venues available in and around Ipswich:
 
Conference meeting venues that do not offer accommodation
Here we have the Ipswich RSL Club, Ipswich Golf Club, the PA Hotel and the Ipswich Turf Club. All of these are great places for corporate functions, but they do not offer accommodation. So if you pick any of these, your guests who want to stay overnight will have to be housed elsewhere, away from the main venue.

Convention & conference venues that do offer accommodation
There are three venues that offer conference facilities, as well as accommodation and these are: The Metro Hotel Ipswich, The Minden Retreat and Woodlands of Marburg. The Metro is a modern, busy hotel located in the middle of Ipswich CBD, so if you want to be very close to transport, then this is the choice for your next event.

Minden Retreat is for people who really want to become one with nature, being nestled amongst the gum trees and offering quite basic accommodation and facilities. The third is Woodlands of Marburg, which is the best pick of the lot as it is a fabulous historic mansion on 250 rolling areas that offers great accommodation and serves first class food.

So depending on your needs, you can find convention & conference venues in Ipswich that will suit your budget and your particular needs.