Venues we have walked through ourselves.
The venue's own published capacities, the date we were there, and an honest word about the events each room suits.
Sydney
Crown Towers Sydney390theatre340banquet349roomsOne ballroom at 390 theatre and two rooms that hold forty. A luxury building for senior audiences, not a conference venue.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour70theatre50banquetAllsuitesAn all suite hotel on East Circular Quay. Three bookable spaces, the largest seating 70. A meeting and dining hotel, not a conference hotel.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Hilton Sydney1,100theatre500banquet806sqmAn 806 sqm ballroom with six metre ceilings and 28 event spaces over four levels. One of the few Sydney hotels seating more than 1,000 in one room.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth800theatre500banquet436roomsA 629 sqm pillarless ballroom with a 5.3 metre ceiling that divides into three usable rooms, and 436 rooms above it after a 2024 refurbishment.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Capella Sydney300theatre240banquet192roomsA heritage ballroom of 537 sqm with 4.6 metre ceilings and daylight, long and narrow rather than square, a few steps from a 192 room hotel.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Royal Randwick Racecourse1,692theatre1,300banquet3,000cocktailA 2,222 sqm pavilion with 6.2 metre ceilings six kilometres from the CBD, with a 1,163 theatre ballroom above it. No accommodation on site.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
The EVE Hotel Sydney14boardroom102rooms1spaceA 102 room hotel at Redfern whose only event space is a rooftop boardroom for fourteen. Not a conference venue, and worth knowing before the inspection.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Melbourne
Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little Collins12boardroom179rooms10floors179 rooms over ten floors in the CBD with one boardroom for twelve. Indexed as an accommodation property, not a conference venue.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Hannah St Hotel Melbourne188rooms2conference rooms10levelsA 188 room design hotel at Southbank with two conference rooms and a level ten event space, and no published capacity for any of them.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Brisbane
The Westin Brisbane400theatre280banquet298roomsA 298 room CBD hotel with one 450 sqm ballroom that divides in two. Built for the residential conference that does not have to move.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
InterContinental Brisbane794ballroom sqm15spaces224terrace sqmThe former Hilton Brisbane, reflagged in July 2025. A 794 sqm ballroom and a level eight pool terrace. IHG publishes areas but no setup capacities.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Gold Coast
The Star Gold Coast2,300theatre1,200gala4,000sqmMore than 4,000 sqm of event space at Broadbeach with more than 1,000 rooms above it. The Star publishes the totals and no room by room chart.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Perth
Pullman Bunker Bay Resort140theatre100banquet150villasA 150 villa resort in the Margaret River region with a 144 sqm pillar free room. Built for the residential program where nobody leaves site.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
QT Perth170theatre120banquet184roomsA 184 room hotel on Murray Street with six conference rooms of its own. The Murray Room takes 170 theatre and divides into four.Inspected by CVBSAsk About This Venue
Hotel groups represented across our venue network, and the rooms we have walked inside them.
A group appears here once someone from CVBS has been inside one of its rooms, and the list grows the same way. Every hotel below links to what we found in it.
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Accor
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IHG Hotels & Resorts
- InterContinental BrisbaneBrisbane
- Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little CollinsMelbourne
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TFE Hotels
- The EVE Hotel SydneySydney
- Hannah St Hotel MelbourneMelbourne
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Capella Hotel Group
- Capella SydneySydney
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Crown Resorts
- Crown Towers SydneySydney
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EVT Hotels & Resorts
- QT PerthPerth
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Hilton
- Hilton SydneySydney
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Marriott International
- The Westin BrisbaneBrisbane
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The Star Entertainment Group
- The Star Gold CoastGold Coast
We are independent of every group listed here. CVBS is not a partner, agent or preferred supplier of any hotel group, and no group is favoured on a shortlist. These are simply the groups whose rooms we have been inside.
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Free to you
The venue pays our commission from its existing budget, at the same rate whether you book through us or direct. We are independent of every venue here and none is favoured.
The capacities are the venue's own
We read them off each venue's own published capacity chart, fact sheet or technical specification. Never a directory, and never estimated.
We have been in these rooms
Every venue here was walked by someone from CVBS on the date shown. What we publish is what we learned in the room.
We check the published numbers
Venues routinely publish figures that contradict each other across their own websites. We tell you which source we've used and where the numbers disagree.
Fit, not fault
We will tell you where a room stops being comfortable and who we would send you to instead. What we will not do is score a venue out of ten.