Novotel Geelong
Highlights
- Savour breathtaking bay views from private balconies in 109 well-appointed guest rooms at Novotel Geelong.
- Unwind in the indoor pool or steam room, enhancing your relaxation during your stay.
- Host seamless events in six flexible function spaces, perfect for business or special occasions.
- Explore nearby attractions, restaurants, and shopping, all within a short drive from Avalon Airport.
Novotel Geelong is the city’s premier hotel and conference venue, located in the heart of the waterfront with breathtaking views across the bay.
Offering the best for business and leisure travellers, Novotel Geelong features 109 guest rooms with balconies, six flexible function spaces. restaurant and bar, complimentary Wi-Fi, indoor pool, steam room and fitness centre.
Close to popular attractions, restaurants and shopping, all just 20 minutes from Avalon Airport and 60 minutes from Melbourne.
Whether it’s a meeting, conference, exhibition, dinner, wedding or accommodation, Novotel Geelong has everything you need all in the one venue.
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Accreditations
- Assisted Walking Qualified
- Independent Wheelchair User Qualified
- The Accessible Group Pty Ltd
Features
Activities
Available experiences
Guest Rooms
The guest rooms have private balconies, a working desk, small sitting area, 32 inch television with cable channels, in-room movies options (fee applies), mini bar (fee applies), in-room coffee and tea and a bathroom with joint shower and bath.
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
Vision
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss.
- Raised tactile buttons in lifts are available.
- Handrails on all stairways
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A doorbell or intercom at an accessible height and display a contact number (accessible height is 900mm-1100 mm)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- Step free access to the conference or function room
- Lifts with enough space for people using a mobility aid to enter and turn around to use the lift buttons. Buttons are at accessible height.
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Portable ramps.
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- Valet parking.
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- A lever handle on the door (easier to use).
- Enough space for a wheelchair to move around three sides of a double king sized bed (A pathway of 1200mm minimum width is required for wheelchair access).
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- A shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- A handheld shower hose (should be at least 1500mm long).
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
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