READY TO HOST THE WORD as Australia’s most northern gateway to Asia, Darwin is strategically placed to excite, entice and amaze convention delegates from around the world. Darwin has not only a thriving business climate, but an enviable ‘people climate’ that is home to more than 50 different nationalities. Surrounded by one of Australia’s largest harbours, the award-winning Darwin Convention Centre features a tiered auditorium seating 1,500 delegates that divide equally to two spaces, seven meeting rooms for up to 700 delegates, 4,000sqm of exhibition space sub-divisible into three halls and extensive open foyer areas. A conference organisers dream, the Vibe Hotel Darwin Waterfront and Adina Apartment Hotel Darwin are within the Darwin Waterfront surrounded by al fresco restaurants, retail shopping, wavy lagoon, sandy beaches, seawall promendades, and cruise ship terminal. The precinct is linked to the city centre via a dedicated undercover walkway. Darwin is the gateway to the Northern Territory’s vast array of extraordinary natural wonders such as World Heritage-listed Kakadu, Nitmiluk and Litchfield National Parks.