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Location Information (Melbourne)

Park Hyatt Melbourne
1 Parliament Square off Parliament Place
Melbourne Victoria 3002
Australia

Tel: +61 3 9224 1234
Fax: +61 3 9224 1215

The conference will be held at the Park Hyatt Melbourne, where Nielsen Norman Group has negotiated a discounted rate of AUD $270 per room, single-occupancy.

NN/g’s discounted room rate is available only through online registration, and includes 10% GST (goods and services tax). The rate will be honoured between 17 and 28 July, 2008, and is subject to availability. We recommend that you register as early as possible.

Event Location:

Park Hyatt Melbourne is conveniently situated in one of Melbourne's most historic areas, at the top of Collins Street and opposite St Patrick’s Cathedral. The Park Hyatt Melbourne hotel overlooks a district of Victorian architecture and is bordered by Melbourne's delightful Fitzroy Gardens. Just 13 miles from Melbourne Airport and convenient to the city's attractions, the hotel provides a warm ambience and exceptional levels of personalised service.

Park Hyatt Melbourne is located within close proximity to:

• Federation Square - Standing in the heart of central Melbourne and linking the city centre with the Yarra River, Federation Square fuses art, architecture, hospitality and promenading into a distinct and striking public space.
• The Southbank promenade along the Yarra River is one of Melbourne’s most popular dining precincts, with its riverside setting and fantastic views of the city skyline.  The promenade has a broad range of cafés and restaurants all the way from the Southgate complex to the Crown Casino–many with outdoor terraces and balconies where you can dine alfresco and watch street performers and passing pedestrians while taking in the stunning views of the cityscape as it lights up at night.

Click here for more information on Melbourne.

Travel:

Melbourne Airport is located approximately 25 kms from the Melbourne’s CBD on the Tullamarine Freeway - less than 25 minutes by car.  Taxi, shuttle bus and limousine services operate from the airport. 

Skybus Hotel Shuttle operates from the city 0600-2200 Monday to Friday and 0730-1830 Saturday and Sunday.  Adult one way tickets cost $15 / $24 return.  For more information Skybus can be contacted on (61 3) 9335 2811.  Visit www.skybus.com.au for more information.  A taxi ride from the airport to the city is approximately $45.

Meals:

NN/g will provide arrival coffee and tea, morning tea, a working lunch and afternoon.

Melbourne’s melting pot of cultures is reflected in its micro-cosmos of restaurants, cafes, bistros and bars. Fashionable, eclectic and eccentric – Melbourne’s dining spots offer a dizzying spread of the world’s great cuisines, serving meals from the substantial and classic to the truly exotic.

In the city, you can enjoy afternoon tea in the genteel surroundings of a nineteenth-century hotel, watch and be watched in buzzing laneway cafés and bars, or handpick a bottle of Yarra Valley chardonnay at the latest über-chic hangout. Head out a little further and explore one of Melbourne’s specialist eating destinations – Richmond for cheap and cheerful Vietnamese dishes, Carlton for Italian classics, Fitzroy for tantalising Spanish tapas.

To help you sort through the options, you can turn to numerous online dining guides, including:

• Melbournerestaurants.com.au
• deGroots provides suggestions for Melbourne‘best restaurants’

What to Do in Melbourne:

Discover alleys leading to opulent bars, exclusive restaurants hiding behind non-descript doors and boutiques in Melbourne’s hidden laneways. Come equipped with a giddy sense of adventure - you’ll need it if you're to get anywhere near the heart of the labyrinth. After all, it’s easy to lose yourself in Melbourne.

A good starting point is the Melbourne Tourism website.