The William Inglis Hotel hosts conferences, gala dinners, exhibitions and weddings, from a small meeting in a boardroom to 1,000 people in The Sales Arena. The hotel is part of the MGallery collection by Accor and stands at Warwick Farm, in southwest Sydney, beside the racecourse and the Riverside Stables.
Seminars and company events
The Sales Arena is the main room: a large venue for conferences, product launches and galas that takes up to 1,000 people, in theater, classroom and other layouts, with a built-in stage, lighting, rigging and TV screens. Nine Gallery Suites on the mezzanine look down over the arena and serve as breakout rooms or small meeting rooms. The Grand Armee Meeting Room on level 1 has AV equipment, Wi-Fi and air conditioning for smaller meetings and training sessions. The Private Pavilions are air-conditioned, have Wi-Fi and open through glass sliding doors onto the parade ring and the Riverside Stables. The hotel sells conference, social and group packages and publishes a conference and events kit.
Weddings and receptions
Four venues are offered for weddings. The Rose Pavilion, in the Riverside Stables garden, has a built-in gazebo with in-house speakers for ceremonies. The Garden Pavilion overlooks Warwick Farm Racecourse and the stables grounds, with floor-to-ceiling bi-fold glass doors onto the gardens. The Big Barn, also in the Riverside Stables garden, seats 250 guests in a rustic setting. For large weddings, The Sales Arena seats up to 550 guests, with its stage and lighting already in place.
Rooms and capacities
The Sales Arena takes up to 1,000 people for a conference and 550 seated for a wedding. The Big Barn seats 250. Riverside Stables is an outdoor area for more than 150 people, used for exhibitions and displays. The Gallery Suites, Private Pavilions, Garden Pavilion, Rose Pavilion and Grand Armee Meeting Room have no published capacity, so ask for the events kit with your request.
Accommodation
Delegates and wedding guests can stay in the hotel's rooms and suites, which makes residential conferences and two-day programs simple to organize on one site. The site does not give a room count.
Catering
The hotel has its own restaurant and bar, including The Newmarket Room. Event packages are sold by the hotel, so ask the events team about menus for each format, from conference breaks to a seated wedding dinner.
History and setting
The hotel takes its name from William Inglis, the bloodstock auction house founded in Sydney in the 19th century, whose thoroughbred sales take place on the same site. The venue keeps a rural feel, with stables, a parade ring, gardens and views over the racecourse, unusual for a conference hotel within the Sydney metropolitan area.
Getting there
The address is 155 Governor Macquarie Drive, Warwick Farm NSW 2170. Warwick Farm station is a 10-minute walk away. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport is about 30 minutes by car, and the Sydney CBD about 40 minutes.
