There are many conference
facilities in Johannesburg, however there are 4 main
buildings associated with business and conferencing.
Sandton
Convention Centre
Sandton Convention Centre, as a part of Tsogo Sun,
upholds an image as South Africa’s premier indoor venue for
live events.
Located at the heart of Sandton Central, the Sandton Convention
Centre is close to all the significant financial and industrial
concerns in South Africa. The now 5 year old center, boasts the
latest state of the art facilities with in house
technology partners presenting infra red simultaneous translation
systems, ISDN, asynchronous digital subscriber lines (ADSL) and
wireless Internet broadband connectivity (Wi-Fi) as well as satellite
broadcasting and conferencing facilities.
Every 9 square metres of floor space
within Sandton Convention Centre is able to support at least 8 voice
and 4 data points.
The conference centre has many other impressive facilities to offer,
as well as Isikhonyane Cleaning services, Siemens
provide the telecommunications services:
Multiple video conferencing facilities
Web Hosting
Secure and high speed environment
Installation of private virtual local area network
Temporary and permanent Internet café capabilities
Extensive Internet connectivity
Video Streaming
Email browsing
ISDN and Diginet Lines
Internet connectivity and Internet cafe's throughout the centre
Video Conferencing
Mobile and desk telephones with speaker facility
Full data and voice communications facilities
Address: Maude Street, Sandown, PO Box 782 553, Sandton, 2146
Telephone: 011 779 0000
Facsimile: 011 779 0001
Email address: info@saconvention.co.za
Website address: www.saconvention.co.za
Gallagher Estate
Gallagher Estate offers conference facilities in the country, between
Johannesburg and Pretoria, and is perfect for hosting delegates
from both cities. It can be reached from numerous different roads
and major highways, and is accessible to airports.
Gallagher Estate can host up to 8,000 convention delegates.
Among the major venues is the ballroom, which can accommodate 500
people for a dinner dance, the auditorium, which provides raked
seating for up to 414 people, or 1,500 people for a seated convention.
There are many impressive facilities to offer, and further facilities
can be offered on request :
Staging
Lighting
Sound
Audiovisual equipment
Facsimile facilities
Internet access
Photocopying
PC Usage
Address: 19 Richards drive, Midrand, Johannessburg, Gauteng, South
Africa
Telephone: + 27 11 266 3000
Facsimile: + 27 11 266 3205
Email address: gallagher@gallagher.co.za
Website address: www.gallagher.co.za
The Coca-Cola dome
The Coca - Cola dome is Southern Africa's most ultimate multi purpose
indoor entertainment arena. The dome can host a variety
of different events from consumer and trade exhibitions
to corporate banquets and launches to large conventions, to international
and local concerts, as well as indoor sporting events.
The 3 Midrand conference rooms can be sized to
cater for small or large groups of delegates, and are 15 square
metres, 11 square metres and 2 square metres. Maximum capacity for
U shape or school room arrangement is 45 persons. The cinema seating
capacity can accommodate from 50 to 100 persons.
The Coca - Cola dome has several standard facilities to offer:
VCR
Monitor
35 mm slide
Overhead projectors
Flex - rails
White boards
Screens
Portable flip charts
Blackout curtains
Individual airconditoning
Infra red pointers, tape decks, lecterns and microphones can also
be supplied on request.
Address: Corner Olievenhout Avenue and Northumberland Road, North
Riding
PO Box 540, North Riding, 2162
Telephone: 011 794 5800
Facsimile: 011 794 5808
Email address: info@coca-coladome.co.za
Website address: www.coca-coladome.co.za
Expo Centre, Nasrec
The Expo Centre is situated south west of Johannesburg, near the
Gold Reef City Casino, the Apartheid Museum and Soweto.
The huge exhibition facilities offer 42,000 square
metres of space. Additionally, the centre is fairly self sufficient,
with its own banks, post office, telecommunication services and
secure parking for up to 25,000 vehicles.
The centre hosts numerous huge events annually, including the largest
consumer exhibition in the southern hemisphere, the Rand Show.
The Conference facilities can accommodate 10 to
1,000 delegates.
There are several facilities to offer, and further facilities can
be offered on request :
Lighting equipment
Satellite / video conferencing
Sound equipment
Simultaneous translation
Breakaway rooms
Registration and refreshment areas
Catering
Audio Visual equipment
Technical equipment
Please note that some of these facilities are not standard therefore
extra charges are made.
Address: Private Bag X07, Bertsham, 2013
Telephone: 011 494 1920/5616
Facsimile: 011 494 1005
Email address: info@expocentre.co.za
Website address: www.expocentre.co.za
For further details on these venues please visit
the individual website's provided. |
