5 Reasons the Yarra Valley Should Be Your Next Conference Destination

Make the Yarra Valley the next place you hold your conference or event. The Yarra Valley is overflowing with generously sized and well-appointed function spaces, inviting accommodation options, inspired food and wine, incredible landscapes and a diverse range of activities and incentives to keep things interesting.

Best suited for medium-sized events to incentives, smaller meetings, workshops, corporate dining and team-building activities, the Yarra Ranges Region is full of options.

Yarra Valley Business Events website is your best starting point for planning your upcoming business event. It highlights high-quality, professional, and experienced venues, services, and suppliers who are ready to assist.

Our free Event Planner's Guide will help get you started.

You'll also find helpful checklists and resources to make planning easier.

Here are 5 reasons why the Yarra Valley should be your next conference destination:

1. Just one hour’s drive from Melbourne for an easy getaway

One hour’s drive from the city bustle, but a world away with picturesque landscapes across valleys and mountains. Always green, the Yarra Valley is a restful place where distractions are purely natural. Wildlife, open pastures, vineyards, bushwalks in the forest and never-ending green, every day of the year makes for a pleasant change from cityscapes. And fresh air accompanies every easy-to-access view of the valley.

2. Accommodation options for every size and type of conference

From super-luxe high-end incentives to small intimate groups in boutique accommodation to larger groups of up to 100 people for multi-night accommodation, there are plenty of options to choose from in the Yarra Valley. You'll find accommodation for all types of events and budgets.

3. One-stop facilities

photo: Peppers Marysville

No need to leave. Arrive, check-in and have every need met without needing to ask. Streamline your conference planning with a Yarra Valley destination conference venue. Many of our partners provide restful accommodation, in-house state-of-the-art conferencing facilities, dining options and a total conference experience that will be appreciated by your entire team – especially your organisers.

photo: Jayden Ong Wines


4. Direct access to premium produce and Hatted restaurants

When it’s time to set the bar for quality, Melbourne’s Yarra Valley food bowl is a great case study. With more than 90 wineries and distilleries to explore, artisanal makers and farmgates, and fresh produce in abundance there’s much to discover and savour.

The worth of a great team is priceless and that’s the luxe feel that permeates a dining or conference experience when you enjoy corporate dining in our region.

And it’s easy to move people with tour operators ready to put together tailor-made itineraries for you.

photo: RACV Healesville Country Club and Resort

5. Diversity of experiences

There is so much diversity in the one compact destination - from riding the rails of Puffing Billy to world-class art Galleries at Tarrawarra and seeing the incredible and socially responsible conservation work done at Healesville Sanctuary.

From golf courses to soft adventure experiences with Warburton Adventure Company or any of the incredible experiences on offer. There's so much to do for team bonding and rewarding your star performers.

photo: Warburton Adventure Company

Plan your next conference or itinerary here.