Rydges Southbank Townsville
Sitting in the heart of Townsville on Palmer Street, Rydges Southbank Townsville offers business and leisure travellers alike a premium location in the Central Business District close to the Townsville Entertainment & Convention centre, shopping, dining and entertainment. The hotel provides a full range of facilities.
Our Southbank Convention Centre located next to Rydges Southbank Townsville is ideal for hosting weddings, receptions and banquets, in addition to business meetings, conferences and conventions. Have complete confidence in your next event with flexible spaces and modern equipment, all in a stylish setting. Three indoor purpose built conference rooms can be opened to create one large space known as The Grand Ballroom, capable of seating up to 350 in a banquet style seating or 500 theatre style. The convention centre also offers a secretariat or organiser retreat room, perfect organisers looking after large events.
Enjoy pre or post event drinks in the grand foyer of the Convention Centre overlooking Palmer Street. With lots of natural light, high ceilings, a purpose built bar & terrace area this space is the place to be.
Or for something different, mingle with the stars as your ceiling in the poolside garden. A board room and an additional separate conference room are also available at the hotel, giving you options aplenty for your next event. Your needs can be met from executive board meetings of 7 people up to conferences of 500 and cocktail parties of 700 with free wifi throughout the venue.
Comfortable accommodation with our luxurious Rydges Dream Beds along with a resort style pool and spa, FREE wifi and on site car parking are enhanced by friendly staff, exceptional service and keen attention to detail. In room facilities include 24 hour reception, mini bars, tea and coffee making facilities, iron and ironing board and room service. This hotel is the perfect gateway to Magnetic Island and the Great Barrier Reef and only a short stroll to all the key attractions of Townsville.
Room Details
| Room | Area(m2) | Cocktail | Theatre | Banquet | Cabaret | Classroom | U-Shape | Boardroom | Floorplan |
| Grand Ballroom | 430 | 400 | 500 | 350 | 280 | 216 | Download | ||
| Grand Foyer | 0 | 300 | 0 | 100 | Download | ||||
| Kingston | 130 | 80 | 80 | 70 | 56 | 45 | 27 | 30 | Download |
| Palmer Boardroom | 16 | 8 | 8 | Download | |||||
| Poolside Boardroom | 20 | 12 | 12 | Download | |||||
| Portside | 90 | 60 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 24 | Download |
| Raffles & Kingston | 300 | 180 | 240 | 230 | 180 | 145 | 50 | Download | |
| Raffles | 169 | 100 | 150 | 100 | 96 | 100 | 35 | 35 | Download |
| Raffles Balcony | 30 | ||||||||
| Savoy & Kingston | 260 | 150 | 140 | 140 | 96 | 80 | 50 | Download | |
| Savoy | 100 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 36 | 21 | 20 | Download |
| Savoy Balcony | 30 |
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In the spirit of reconciliation, Townsville Enterprise and Townsville North Queensland acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout our region and Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Townsville Enterprise a not-for-profit organisation and is the official Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) and economic development body of the Townsville North Queensland region, extending from the Burdekin to the Hinchinbrook, west to Charters Towers, and including the central section of the Great Barrier Reef and its island communities of Magnetic Island and the Palm Island group.
