Unique Meeting Experiences
Inspire your senses at Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley
The Hunter Valley is perfectly positioned to invoke the excitement of travel, making your event a true destination experience. Offering an escape without being remote, the Hunter Valley gives the mind space to open. Combined with a relaxing sense of place created by the surrounding landscape, the Hunter Valley’s renowned fine wines, gourmet food and hospitality make for a memorable delegate experience.
Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley has a range of unique outdoor event experiences that can be tailored to your needs. The vast expanse of our Resort makes dinner onsite ideal and convenient while still maintaining a sense of separation from the conference itself.
Unique Experiences – Burning of the Vines
Immerse yourself in a truly unique Hunter Valley tradition by embracing the ‘Burning of the Vines’ interactive team building experience. Celebrated in European vineyards since ancient times, the Burning of the Vines ritual celebrates the end of the current vintage grape harvest and pruning of the vines. The event lets your guests connect with the past and future by writing down the challenges of the past year, and their goals for the future. These scribes are attached to cuttings which are then incinerated in huge bonfires to symbolise rebirth and ignition of your goals.
Unique Spaces for your every need
Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley has a range of unique outdoor event experiences that can be tailored to your needs. Some experiences include:
Pergola
Located next to the resort pool, experience a vibrant social event, lunch or dinner underneath the open air pergola.
Poolside
Recline under tropical palms, sip cocktails and enjoy gourmet food with great conversation by the pool.
Tennis Court Cocktails
Sit in the umpire’s chair, help yourself to a drink from the team at the net bar and mingle amongst a buzzing cocktail event within the resort’s tennis courts.
Hunter Valley Golf 1st Tee and Wine Country Gazebo
A waterfront floating gazebo, plush grass, gourmet food and sunset views by the lake await for an event under the stars.
Lovedale Brewery
Special event experiences can be arranged with the Lovedale Brewery and its hand crafted produce available for your event.
Jade Estate Vineyard
The adjoining vineyard with mountain range views offers an expansive and unique space for cocktail parties and dinners with impact.
Catering equally to smaller scale events, Crowne Plaza Hunter Valley has the perfect solution regardless of your meeting or event size. Our Verdelho, Chardonnay and Shiraz rooms accommodate groups from 12 – 90 delegates, and can be configured in a variety of layouts. With views across the expansive Resort grounds and easy access to the hotel lobby and pre-function area they provide an ideal solution for smaller scale corporate meetings, boardroom discussions or breakout spaces for collaborative and creative thinking.