Cliftons Melbourne 440 Collins Street
440 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Conference Centre
•Why you'll love Cliftons Melbourne 440 Collins Street
- Offering the latest model computers, fast internet and tailored setup.
- Located in the heart of Melbourne and proximity to all major attractions in the area.
- With catering options available for breakfast lunch or dinner.
Modern meeting and training venue in Melbourne CBD With modern training rooms, meeting rooms and flexible corporate event space, Cliftons Melbourne 440 Collins Street is a destination for business events. Take advantage of extensive IT solutions and the latest technologies, including large computer rooms and virtual training setups. The three large breakout areas mean your attendees can relax and dine in-house between sessions. About Cliftons Venues At Cliftons, we’re more than just venues for conferences, training, computer workshops and corporate events. We’re seasoned event delivery experts who create remarkable experiences through outstanding service, IT infrastructure and space flexibility. With twelve exceptional venues across the Asia Pacific (and superb affiliates everywhere else), we make global event delivery effortless.
Reviews for Cliftons Melbourne 440 Collins Street
Alex Russell
We held our recent conference at the Cliftons Melbourne venue. We're really happy with how it went, and lots of the attendees have mentioned that they'll do their events there too. It was a research conference, so lots of people giving talks and some with some special requirements (accessibility, videos, etc). The venue worked with us to make sure everything worked for everyone. We also recorded the talks for the future, and the venue helped with that too. The catering was generally pretty good, catering for a variety of dietary requirements - one dish was a bit of a miss, but there were plenty of other options and the food was otherwise pretty good. We hope they'll add another coffee machine or two, as there were some queues for this, but it wasn't a dealbreaker. The space is comfortable and isolation from other rooms worked well - sometimes you can hear others through the wall, but we didn't notice this. Bathrooms were clean. There was a breakout space for in between sessions. We had 120 people there, and it was just the right size for us. On one evening, we also had a networking event with drinks and canapes - the food was great, the drinks worked well, and the space was comfortable. Jordan was the venue manager and couldn't do enough for us. Super friendly, very happy to help solve problems, very responsive if something popped up. Our conference was on a pretty sensitive topic and we had some people there with lived experience, who at times had some difficult moments. I mentioned this to Jordan and he immediately helped set up a safe space if anyone needed a moment, which was a very caring and appropriate response. We're already looking towards our next conference next year. Fortunately, Cliftons has venues in other cities and we've already started getting quotes. Thanks for a great experience - everyone loved the venue.
Tulsi Thakar
Amazing place to hold events and examinations. Very professional environment. The staff is very friendly and supportive.
Luis Satch
Review of Cliftons Event Venue – Disappointing Experience During Databricks Event I attended a Databricks event at Cliftons on 8 October 2024, and I’m writing to express my deep disappointment and frustration with the experience. During the scheduled morning tea, our group encountered an incredibly unpleasant situation due to the behaviour of Cliftons staff. Another event was apparently running concurrently and required silence, but this is no excuse for staff to attempt to shush people in the catering area during morning tea time. The purpose of morning tea is to connect with others, and I was in conversation with new contacts when I was rudely interrupted. What made the situation even worse was the fact that the staff were yelling at us to be quiet, which was both offensive and inappropriate. This clearly signalled a lack of coordination and planning on Cliftons’ part. While there’s a small chance that those who attempted to silence us were not staff but attendees from the other event, I strongly believe it was Cliftons staff based on the way the situation played out. Regardless, the responsibility to manage multiple events and prevent conflict lies with the venue. If a client requires complete silence, they should be advised to book the entire space. Otherwise, such behaviour is unacceptable, especially when we were all being courteous. Some noise is expected and natural in a networking setting! At the end of the day, why do they think people attend face-to-face IT training in this era of remote work being the norm? It’s not because remote isn’t available—it’s for the networking opportunities! I expect Cliftons to investigate this incident and issue a formal apology. The experience was entirely unsatisfactory and reflects poorly on the venue’s ability to host concurrent events professionally.
Andrea Featherstone
They say they cater to dietary requirements, but they lump together gluten free, dairy free, vego and vegans all in one, so that if you’re coeliac you end up eating only gross vegan food (eg. Inedibly dried up gf sandwiches with margarine and capsicum). As if we don’t have enough restrictions already you have to remove dairy eggs and meat from us too. It’s lazy catering. Not even airplane food lumps together dietary requirements in one group anymore, I reckon Clifton’s can do better given how many people have dietary requirements these days. I had to BYO food for the two day training I attended here. As a previous review said, we were also hushed when talking in one of the public breakout spaces with couches because a public hearing was taking place in one of the rooms which required them to leave the door open. Shouldn’t be able to hire a room in a conference centre if you need absolute silence within a 50m radius
Prateek Gupta
We were here for our kid's ICAS exam and a guy from Cliftons was being rude to the parents who were present with their kids. I also highlighted this to the exam coordinators, they promised to pass my feedback to Cliftons.
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