The Conference will be held at The Grand Hyatt, Melbourne Australia. The Grand Hyatt is in the heart of Melbourne's central business, shopping, theatre and restaurant district and is within walking distance of many of Melbourne 's tourist attractions, ideal for both business and leisure, the hotel is just 30 minutes drive from the Melbourne Airport.

Grand Hyatt Melbourne is located at:

123 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia 3000
Tel: +61 3 9657 1234
Fax: +61 3 9650 3491

Visit The Grand Hyatt, Melbourne Australia Centre website at melbourne.grand.hyatt.com

Parking
There is 24 hour car parking available for speakers and delegates at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. Parking is available at Wilson car park below the Grand Hyatt 24 hours a day for $42 per day during the week, and $11 flat rate per day on the weekend N.B. Prices subject to change

The conference hosts recommend using public transport as much as possible to reduce emissions and traffic congestion. Please note the following information:

Trains
Flinders Street Station is 450m (uphill), and Parliament Station is 650m (downhill). Both take less than 10 minutes to walk.

Tram
Trams run along Collins Street every few minutes. (Trams # 31, #42, #109, #112)

Bus
Buses #313 #315 #316 all run along Collins Street.

Integrated Transport Information
Please visit www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au for trip planning and more information on trams, trains and buses.

Taxis
There is a taxi rank at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne, please see the Concierge.

Green Venue

The Grand Hyatt is a participant in the program that is Greening Melbourne Hotels, “Savings in the City”. The program had the Hyatt among 15 Melbourne hotels achieve Waste Wise Certification in 2005.  This process resulted in a 15% reduction in waste going to landfill and a best practise standard in the hospitality industry of less than 9 litres of waste per guest per night. To achieve this, a recycling program is in place that incorporates paper, glass, cardboard and cooking oil.

To improve energy efficiency the Hyatt has converted all the back of house lighting to either fluorescent or dimmer switches. The same has been applied to 25% of meeting rooms and 30% of guest rooms so far.

When upgrading refrigeration and other appliances energy efficiency ratings will be factored in as a means to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

Water savings include providing guests the option to not have linens and towels washed every day and to monitor consumption and address surges and leaks promptly. Further water conservation measures are under review.

ICLEI-A/NZ is proud to be working with a venue taking such measures to improve their environmental performance.