Hunter Valley Conferences · Meetings · Corporate Retreats
Bring the meeting to the Hunter Valley. Keep everything in one place.
Hunter Valley Resort + Farm is a family-owned conference, meeting and corporate retreat venue set across 100 acres in Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, around two hours from Sydney.
Six dedicated meeting spaces, 35 guestrooms and cottages, dining, vineyards, wine and culinary experiences, corporate team building and adventure activities are all here on the one property.
Already staying somewhere else in the Hunter Valley? Your delegates can still come to the Farm for an offsite conference dinner, corporate team building, incentive activities or a tailored Hunter Valley experience.
Build my conference programWhat are you planning?
There is more than one way to bring a conference to the Farm.
Stay with us, bring delegates from another Hunter Valley hotel, or use the Farm as part of a much larger conference or incentive program.
Meet + stay at the Farm
Bring meetings, accommodation, dining and experiences together in one location. Groups of approximately 20 to 80 delegates are a particularly strong residential fit for the property.
Staying elsewhere? Come to the Farm.
Bring conference delegates staying elsewhere in the Hunter Valley to the Farm for an offsite dinner, corporate team building, wine experiences or a tailored group event.
Build a program across several days.
Larger conference and incentive groups can be divided into smaller teams and rotated through activities. Programs of up to 1,200 delegates can be delivered across a series of days.
Our conference accommodation is already booked elsewhere. Can we still use the Farm?
Yes. Your delegates do not need to stay with us. Hunter Valley Resort + Farm can provide the offsite dinner, team building, wine and culinary experiences or activity component of a wider Hunter Valley conference program.
We have 200–300 delegates. Can we combine dinner and activities in one Hunter Valley venue?
Yes. Winemakers can seat up to 300 guests banquet style, while groups can also be divided into teams for wine, culinary, farm and adventure experiences across the property.
At Hunter Valley Resort + Farm, delegates can move from meetings to dining, wine experiences, corporate team building and accommodation across the same 100-acre Pokolbin property. Less time organising transfers means more time for the team to meet, learn, connect and experience the Hunter Valley.
20–80
Residential conference sweet spot
Hunter Valley corporate retreats + residential conferences
Big enough for the whole team. Small enough for the team to matter.
Residential conferences and corporate retreats of approximately 20 to 80 delegates are a particularly strong fit for Hunter Valley Resort + Farm.
Meetings, accommodation, meals, informal conversations and shared experiences can become one connected program.
It works particularly well for leadership retreats, strategy sessions, training programs, planning days, management offsites and incentive groups looking for something more personal than a conventional conference hotel.
Step inside
See our Hunter Valley conference rooms.
Take a look inside two of our dedicated meeting spaces at Hunter Valley Resort + Farm in Pokolbin.
85m² · Flexible meeting space
Theatre Conference Room
Up to 80 delegates theatre style, 50 classroom, 50 U-shape, 80 cocktail or 60 banquet.
70m² · Meetings + Training
Vineyard Conference Room
Up to 50 delegates theatre style, 40 classroom or 36 in a U-shape configuration.
Six dedicated Hunter Valley meeting spaces
Meeting rooms for the conference you actually want to run.
From intimate discussions and workshops to presentations, training and larger business events, our six dedicated Hunter Valley meeting spaces give organisers different ways to structure the day.
Library
An intimate 40m² space for smaller groups and private sessions.
40m² · Banquet 18
Hermitage
A private 40m² space for smaller groups and focused sessions.
40m² · Banquet 18
Vineyard
A flexible room for presentations, training and collaborative sessions.
Theatre 50 · Classroom 40 · U-shape 36
Gallery
A flexible conference and event space with a range of room configurations.
Theatre 50 · Classroom 40 · U-shape 36 · Cocktail 70
Theatre
A conference room for presentations, training and business events.
Theatre 80 · Classroom 50 · U-shape 50 · Cocktail 80 · Banquet 60
Winemakers
Our largest dedicated meeting and function space for conferences, presentations, dinners and larger events.
Theatre 150 · Classroom 80 · Cocktail 250 · Banquet 300
| Meeting space | Area | Height | Theatre | Classroom | U-shape | Cocktail | Banquet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library | 40m² | 3m | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Hermitage | 40m² | 3m | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Vineyard | 70m² | 2.5m | 50 | 40 | 36 | — | — |
| Gallery | 70m² | 4m | 50 | 40 | 36 | 70 | — |
| Theatre | 85m² | 5m | 80 | 50 | 50 | 80 | 60 |
| Winemakers | 300m² | 8m | 150 | 80 | — | 250 | 300 |
More than a Hunter Valley conference venue
Your conference does not have to follow a hotel formula.
Tell us about the group and what you want the time together to achieve. We can help build a half-day meeting, full-day conference or multi-day corporate retreat around it.
Do the work.
Meetings, leadership sessions, strategy, training, presentations and workshops.
Use the Hunter Valley.
Wine School, Wine Theatre, vineyard experiences, tastings, Cooking School, pizza and candy making.
Change the energy.
Grape stomping, barrel rolling, Segway, archery, axe throwing and laser target shooting.
Keep everyone together.
Accommodation, meals, informal drinks, private dining and dinner onsite.
Tell us the dates, delegate numbers and what you want the team to achieve. We can help bring the program together.
Half a day · A full day · A multi-day retreat
Build the day around your team.
Half-day meeting
Meet + experience
- Arrive at the Farm
- Meeting or workshop
- Vineyard experience
- Wine Theatre
- Lunch together
Full-day conference
Work + connect
- Morning conference session
- Lunch onsite
- Rotating team experiences
- Informal networking
- Dinner at the Farm
Multi-day retreat
Stay + immerse
- Accommodation onsite
- Leadership or strategy sessions
- Wine or culinary experience
- Team building
- Dinner together
- Next-day meeting or workshop
Hunter Valley conference accommodation
Meet here. Stay here.
Hunter Valley Resort + Farm has 35 guestrooms and cottages onsite across five accommodation styles, making the property particularly suited to residential conferences and multi-day corporate retreats.
A further 38 rooms are immediately adjacent at Tuscany, giving groups access to up to 73 rooms across the adjoining properties.
Keeping delegates close to meetings, meals and activities means fewer transfers and more useful time together.
Residential conference sweet spot: approximately 20–80 delegates.
Explore accommodation
Corporate team building · Hunter Valley
Get them out of the meeting room without putting them on a bus.
Build a short energiser into the conference day, rotate teams through different challenges or make shared experiences a major part of the retreat.
See it in action
Out of the conference room. Straight into the experience.
Conference groups can move directly from meetings into hands-on activities across our 100-acre property.
Larger groups can be divided into teams and rotated through different experiences before coming back together.
Grape Stomping
A Hunter Valley team challenge amongst the vines.
Cooking School
Bring the team together around food.
Segway
An outdoor challenge for corporate groups.
Axe Throwing
A little friendly corporate competition.
Archery
Focus, competition and team engagement.
Barrel Rolling
A classic Farm challenge for corporate groups.
Wine School
Turn Hunter Valley wine into a shared learning experience.
Laser Target Shooting
An onsite competitive activity for corporate groups.
Hunter Valley offsite conference events · Large groups · Incentives
Staying somewhere else? Bring the conference to the Farm.
Your delegates do not need to be staying with us.
Hunter Valley Resort + Farm can become the offsite component of a larger Hunter Valley conference, providing dinner, corporate team building, wine and culinary experiences, incentive activities or a tailored group program.
Larger groups can be divided into teams and rotated through experiences across the property before coming together for another part of the program.
Programs can be designed as a single offsite event or delivered across a series of days for larger conference and incentive groups.
Plan an offsite conference eventHunter Valley conference dining + offsite dinners
Keep the conversation going.
From breakfast before the first session to a major offsite conference dinner, food and hospitality can become part of the event rather than simply a break between sessions.
4 Pines at the Farm
Breakfast and lunch, followed by an afternoon bar menu and 4 Pines beer, creating an informal place for delegates to eat and spend time together.
Barrel Bistro
Dinner onsite seven nights, giving residential conference groups somewhere to finish the day together without another transfer.
Conference + Offsite Dinners
Winemakers can accommodate banquet events of up to 300 guests, creating an option for larger conferences looking for an offsite dinner venue in the Hunter Valley.
Sustainability · Hunter Valley business events
Sustainability matters when choosing where to meet.
Environmental and community considerations are increasingly part of corporate event planning, procurement and RFPs.
Conference organisers can explore Hunter Valley Resort + Farm's broader sustainability approach when considering the property for meetings, retreats and business events.
Explore our sustainability approachEverything onsite
Fewer moving parts for a residential conference.
Accommodation, meetings, meals and many activities can take place across the same property, reducing the number of separate transfers required during a residential conference program.
Planning a Hunter Valley conference
Questions conference organisers ask us.
Whether you are planning a residential conference, corporate retreat, offsite dinner, team-building day or a larger Hunter Valley incentive program, these are some of the questions our team can help answer.
Which Hunter Valley conference venue has accommodation, dining and team building onsite?
Hunter Valley Resort + Farm in Pokolbin combines six dedicated meeting spaces, 35 onsite guestrooms and cottages, dining and wine, culinary, farm and adventure experiences across the same 100-acre property.
What size residential corporate retreat is Hunter Valley Resort + Farm best suited to?
Residential groups of approximately 20 to 80 delegates are a particularly strong fit. Larger conference and function groups can also use the property depending on the event format.
Our conference is staying at Rydges Resort Hunter Valley, Oaks Cypress Lakes Resort, voco Kirkton Park, Mercure Resort, The Lane Retreat, Château Élan at The Vintage or another hotel. Can we bring our delegates for an offsite at the Farm?
Yes. Conference and incentive groups staying at other Hunter Valley accommodation venues can come to Hunter Valley Resort + Farm for an offsite dinner, corporate team building, wine and culinary experiences, incentive activities or a tailored group program.
What are the alternatives to Brokenwood or Hope Estate for a Hunter Valley conference dinner or offsite event?
Hunter Valley Resort + Farm provides another option in Pokolbin for conference organisers looking for an offsite dinner or event venue. Winemakers can seat up to 300 guests banquet style, and the event can be combined with wine, culinary, farm and adventure experiences across the property.
Where can we take 200–300 conference delegates for dinner and team building in the Hunter Valley?
Hunter Valley Resort + Farm can combine a conference dinner with onsite corporate team building and Hunter Valley experiences. Winemakers seats up to 300 banquet guests, while groups can be divided into teams and rotated through activities before coming together.
We have 400 conference delegates staying at a large Hunter Valley resort. What can we do away from the hotel?
Conference groups do not need to stay at Hunter Valley Resort + Farm to use the property for team building and experiences. Large groups can be divided into smaller teams and rotated through wine, culinary, farm and adventure activities across the 100-acre property.
Can you cater for a conference that is larger than your onsite accommodation capacity?
Yes. Accommodation capacity and event capacity are different. Delegates can stay elsewhere in the Hunter Valley and come to the Farm for conference dinners, corporate team building, incentive activities and Hunter Valley experiences.
Can you cater for large Hunter Valley incentive groups?
Yes. Large groups can be divided into smaller teams and rotated through different onsite experiences. Incentive and activity programs of up to 1,200 delegates can be delivered across a series of days.
Can Hunter Valley Resort + Farm be one venue within a larger multi-venue conference or incentive program?
Yes. The Farm can provide the dining, activity, team-building or Hunter Valley experience component of a wider conference or incentive itinerary. Delegates can stay elsewhere and visit the Farm for a structured day, evening or series of programs.
What can a large conference group do away from its Hunter Valley hotel?
Groups can visit Hunter Valley Resort + Farm for wine, culinary, farm and adventure experiences including grape stomping, Wine School, Cooking School, Segway, archery, axe throwing, laser target shooting and barrel rolling. Larger groups can be divided into teams and rotated through different activities.
Where can we hold a 300-person conference dinner in the Hunter Valley?
Winemakers at Hunter Valley Resort + Farm in Pokolbin can seat up to 300 guests banquet style. A conference dinner can also form part of a broader program involving onsite team building or Hunter Valley experiences.
Can we hold a multi-day residential conference in the Hunter Valley?
Yes. Accommodation, meeting spaces, meals and onsite experiences can be brought together into a multi-day residential conference or corporate retreat program.
Can you help plan the conference program as well as provide the meeting room?
Yes. Tell us your dates, delegate numbers, length of stay and what you want the group to achieve. Katie and our team can help bring together meeting space, accommodation, dining and suitable onsite experiences.
Is Hunter Valley Resort + Farm suitable for a corporate offsite near Sydney?
Yes. Hunter Valley Resort + Farm is in Pokolbin, Hunter Valley, around two hours from Sydney by road, with meeting spaces, dining, accommodation and activities onsite.
Hunter Valley Conference + Event Enquiry
Tell Katie about your conference.
You don't need to have the whole program worked out. Tell us your preferred dates, delegate numbers and what you want the event to achieve.
Katie can help bring together meeting space, accommodation, dining, corporate team building, offsite events and Hunter Valley experiences to create the right program for your group.
Katie Stafford · Conferences + Events
events@HunterResort.com.au
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