Adelaide Business Tips

(Adelaide, South Australia - SA, Australia)



Adelaide Business TipsAdelaide's compact Central Business District (CBD) covers almost exactly one square mile and is dominated by many historic, Victorian Adelaide buildings and landmarks, such as the striking Parliament House building, the State Library, Ayers house and Adelaide's South Australian Museum. The Central Business District (CBD) is also home to many magnificent skyscrapers, office blocks and striking examples of modern architecture.

One of Australia's more prominent financial and commercial cities, central Adelaide contains a number of large corporations, international companies and popular entertainment complexes, including the SkyCity Adelaide Casino, which is situated along the North Terrace in the Central Business District (CBD). As the growth of Adelaide continues, several companies have started moving away from Adelaide's Central Business District (CBD), into the suburbs of Adelaide, where business overheads are cheaper. The Adelaide Central Business District (CBD) is beginning to restructure itself, filling a more specific role in finance, business, tourism and entertainment.


As the evening begins to approach, many of the offices and buildings in the Adelaide Central Business District (CBD) begin to close and the nightlife begins. Adelaide's Central Business District (CBD) has an exciting nightlife, with some of the most popular wine bars and lively nightspots in the whole of Adelaide.

Home to an excellent travel network, including ports, harbours and Adelaide Airport - the fourth largest domestic airport and the sixth largest international airport in Australia, Adelaide is an important transport hub. With good connections throughout South Australia, which contribute greatly to Adelaide's wealth and popularity, the city of Adelaide has many outstanding business facilities. These meeting rooms and exceptional conference facilities are concentrated in central Adelaide and feature state-of-the art video communication technology.

Adelaide Business Tips

Adelaide Convention Centre

Address: North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia (SA), 5000, Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 8212 4099
The Adelaide Convention Centre, in the city centre, is a superb conference venue, with world-class facilities. Featuring two large halls, which can easily hold more than 3,000 delegates in various arrangements, the Adelaide Convention Centre also has numerous meeting rooms, state-of-the-art technology, car parking areas and friendly staff, who are happy to assist with organising events. The Adelaide Convention Centre regularly features some of Australia's largest and most prestigious conferences and conventions.
Open hours: daily - hours vary

Some of Adelaide's most successful businesses include manufacturing, with numerous large warehouses situated on the outskirts of Adelaide. A combination of tourism and leisure, retail and shopping, hospitality and the vast campus of Adelaide University, all contribute to Adelaide's thriving economy. As a result, Adelaide has a superb selection of world-class shopping centres, centred around Rundle Mall. The particularly buoyant hotel industry in Adelaide also reflects the high number of tourists travelling to Adelaide and central Adelaide features all kinds of hotels and accommodation options, ranging from budget lodging in Adelaide hostels to sumptuous five-star, luxury hotels.

Business Hours and General Etiquette

Offices and businesses in Adelaide and South Australia are generally open on weekdays between 09:00 and 17:30, and most banks in Adelaide open between 09:30 and 16:30 from Monday to Thursday, staying open until around 17:00 on Friday. Adelaide's largest banking branches also have extended opening hours, usually from 08:00 to 18:00 during the week.

There are many ATM cashpoint machines located all around the city of Adelaide, proving one of the most useful and convenient ways to exchange currency. Shops, restaurants and hotels in Adelaide happily accept major credit cards, such as American Express, MasterCard and Visa.

Currency

Currency in Adelaide and Australia as a whole is decimal, with the Australian dollar as the basic unit of currency. One Australian dollar has 100 cents and the notes come in $100, $50, $20, $10 and $5 denominations. Coins come in 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, $1 and $2 amounts and transactions involving 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 cents are either rounded up or down to the nearest multiple of 5 cents.

Greeting Someone

A firm handshake is the usual customary greeting in Adelaide, South Australia and generally throughout Australia. It is also generally acceptable to use first name terms when addressing new acquaintances in Adelaide and most businessmen and women in the Adelaide area are usually very friendly and extremely polite.

Smoking

Restaurants and cafés in Adelaide now have a particularly strict 'no smoking' policy, although some may cater for smokers in different places, such as outside seating areas. Adelaide's offices and businesses are all 'non-smoking' and many locals in Adelaide are strongly opposed to smoking, so it is always sensible to check with those nearby before you start smoking in Adelaide.