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Located on Level 21, the Sheraton Club Lounge has traditionally provided a private oasis for leisure and business travellers to escape and relax high above Sydney's Hyde Park.
After beginning the $50 million renovations to the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre more than two years ago, the centre has just launched its Bayside Lounge area signalling the final phase of construction
Ton van Amerongen, the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre CEO, last Friday showcased the changes that the revamp brought. The Centre now reflects the most cutting edge technology, such as drop down screens, 150 flat-screen televisions, and automated window blinds, blended with its unique curved-room architecture.
Mr van Amerongen remarked on why the Centre needed a facelift, citing modernisation of facilities and the need to enhance the delegate experience as the main themes.
“There are many many centres around the world, and even when you’re in the convention centre, it’s very difficult to get a feel of where you are,” he said. “As a delegate, you really want to know where you are – so you have to create a sense of place.”
“So what we have endeavoured to do is to make Sydney the central point. So everything we’re doing at the Centre is Sydney-centric, it emphasises the location, the connection with the harbour, the waterfront, and the enormously bright sky – which is unique to Sydney.”
“And what we have done in the interior design is that we have drawn, among other things, one of our best kept secrets, and it is our art collection,” said Mr van Amerongen.
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Bayside Lounge interior |
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Bayside Longe bar |
The Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre displays 24 pieces of Australian contemporary art, one of the largest collections in the country, from pieces by Charles Blackman and John Firth-Smith, totem Storrier and Reinis Zusters.
Using the most of its location beside the harbour and the views of the Sydney skyline, the Centre has developed a new connection to the waterfront through the introduction of the Bayside Lounge.
The first of its kind in Australia, the Bayside Lounge is the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre’s new alfresco-dining area. A key component of the AUD50 million upgrades, it’s outside terrace area seats 76 and the inside dining area seats 66, or the Lounge can accommodate 250 people for cocktails.
Other sections of the Centre that have been completed are the Bayside Terrace and Bayside Rooms on level two, as well as a overhaul of the more private boardroom. All now have state-of-the-art technology, ceiling to floor windows that take advantage of the harbour views (and which can be blocked off with blackout blinds that close with a touch of a button), and have been slightly modified so that room configuration is more flexible.
“The Centre has a reputation for innovation and enjoys one of the best locations of any venue in the world, so we pride ourselves on offering delegates, organisers and visitors the ultimate Sydney experience,” said Mr Van Amerongen
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