Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns
209 - 217 Abbott Street, Cairns, QLD Cairns
+61 7 4044 9000
Meetings & Events
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Located on level one are purpose built conference, meeting and function rooms, catering for a range of events from large conferences and day meets to cocktail parties and weddings. Catering for groups from 10 - 300, you can create formal settings, executive boardrooms to informal conferences, workshops and meetings.
The resort provides businesses with hotel & apartment style accommodation, restaurants & conference facilities in the heart of Australia's tropical north, with easy access to the Cairns foreshore and everything this vibrant city has to offer. Similarly, the Resort provides an idyllic setting amongst tropical gardens for social events such as weddings, parties, corporate banquets. Our dedicated conference and banquet team, with experience and professionalism, possess strengths in all of the key areas that will make your conference a success. With a ballroom, meeting rooms, breakout locations, a dedicated poolside conferencing area, a full business centre and superior technology and equipment - every need is catered for. Our banquets kitchen team will guarantee fast, efficient food service for all breaks. The versatility of our in-house restaurants ensures that we provide your guests with a genuine choice of dining venues. With our combination of hotel room accommodation and self-contained apartments to complement our facilities, Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns offers a complete Conference solution for your business. Affordable, high speed and secure Broadband Internet access (both wired & wireless) is available in all conference rooms. Multiple users can access a company's VPN or the Internet via an in-room connection.
Rydges Esplanade Resort Cairns Conference Facilities
- Three function rooms catering for up to 300 theatre style or 160 classroom style
- Rooms with an abundance of natural light
| Room/Space | Area | Ceiling Height |
Square Metres | Banquet Capacity | Cocktail Capacity | Classroom Capacity | Boadrroom Capacity | Theatre Capacity | U-Shape Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Banks Ballroom | 2.7mm | 238m2m2 | 220 | 350 | |||||
| The Crystal Twig Room | 2.4mm | 121m2m2 | 80 | 150 | |||||
| The Golden Palm Room | 2.4mm | 58m2m2 | 50 | 60 | |||||
| Banksia Room | 2.3mm | 116m2m2 | 50 | 150 | |||||
| Executive Boardroom | 2.6mm | 33m2m2 | 30 | 60 | |||||
| Coral Hedge Courtyard | - | -m | -m2 | 60 | 80 | ||||
| Poolside | - | -m | -m2 | 180 | 250 | ||||
| Lobby Bar | - | -m | -m2 | - | 50 | ||||
| Rah Rah's Bar & Terrace | - | 2.6mm | -m2 | 80 | 150 |


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