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Motel
Nomad

event
spaces

Function Room
70 seated
150 standing

Conference
Room
18 seated
25 standing

Poolside Patio
40 seated
100 standing

Going nomad Nomad, as the team’s Cultural Engineer
Carli Willis explains. “A good example
INNOVATORS of what we can offer for functions and
Motel Nomad is an events was a recent conference for art
centres held here,” she told Tropic.
imaginative and evolving “People flew in from all over Australia
nexus of accommodation, for it. When our guests travel long
food, events and drinks. distances like some of those at this
conference, they love the convenience
Across the spectrum of tourism, food of the motel-style roadside manner,
and hospitality, Cairns is home to and ease of driving right into our free
more innovators and culture changers parking. It is welcoming and they are
than just about any regional city in at ease when they arrive. We placed a
Australia. From the rise of coffee
roasteries and small bars through to clever creative touches”. Centrally and
unique dive and visitor experiences, conveniently situated on Mulgrave Rd,
our city is constantly pushing the Motel Nomad is a 54-room collection Our Motel Nomad team love to
envelope of what a city of 165,000 of rooms and apartments servicing a travel, eat, drink and explore.
people is expected to deliver. Motel range of guests, from corporate clients
Nomad is a leader in this rebellion, to creative types, from travellers We are nomadic individuals, so
with a unique sensibility around food, to explorers. While Motel Nomad’s our ideas are a sensory fusion of
drinks, events and accommodation. boutique accommodation is central our experiences, contextualised
Changing perceptions of what a to its operations, the Westcourt site to our environment.
traditional roadside motel can has a lot more to offer. The site has
be, Motel Nomad is many things just welcomed new bar Laneway
intertwined into an original, Green, which sits alongside Yankee D’s
cohesive whole. Indeed, guests are Bar’N’Q to the side of the hotel. big welcome sign on our motel sign
often surprised by the team’s ability for them upon arrival. This instantly
to artfully bring together the old UNIQUE EVENT SPACES created a buzz of excitement within
“personal touch” and “homely feels” Functions and events are also a the group - they were ready to take on
of a family business with the type key growth area for the hotel, with the week of conferences. This group
of professionalism and attention to increasing bookings for a range of was 40 people in-house and up to 10
detail you would expect from a five- clients. Corporate conferences, team visitors locally, and they held training
star hotel. As the Motel Nomad team meetings and birthday parties are just sessions all day long. Our catering
puts it: “We blow their minds with our some of the events being held at Motel received rave reviews – I think it makes

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