Plan Your Experience
Canberra hotels for the Festival
The Festival runs from Thursday 22 October to Sunday 25 October 2026, across The Vault, the Dairy Precinct and Gandel Hall at the National Gallery. Canberra is busy in October and the rooms closest to the venues go first. If you are planning to attend and have not yet secured a hotel reservation, you can search live availability through our trusted accommodation partner, aRes Travel.
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- Thirty Canberra hotels in one place, sorted by distance from the National Gallery
- Rooms from $93 a night, with options within a short walk of the conference venue from $151
- Rates are room only and subject to availability. Distances on the booking site are shown in miles
Little National Hotel, Barton
BDAA holds a rate at Little National, a 15 minute walk from Gandel Hall at the National Gallery. The link below applies the Festival rate automatically, so there is no code to enter. If you would rather book on the hotel’s own website, select your dates, click Book Now, open the "Special Codes or Rates" dropdown, change it from Promo Code to Group Code, and enter BDAA201026. The code will not work if it is entered as a promo code.
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- $200 a night, below the public rate for the same nights
- Free cancellation up to 14 days before arrival
- Walking distance to the National Gallery, and close to Kingston and Manuka for dinner
QT Canberra, City Centre
QT Canberra is on London Circuit in the city centre, a short drive from Gandel Hall at the National Gallery. BDAA delegates have a discount code for stays between Tuesday 20 October and Sunday 25 October 2026. To book, visit qthotels.com, select QT Canberra, enter your dates and number of guests and click GO. Click "I have a code", enter 2610BDAACO in the BLOCK CODE field, and click UPDATE. Your rate will appear on the rates screen.
- You can also book by phone on +61 2 6267 6244 or by email at reservations_qtcanberra@evt.com, quoting the code 2610BDAACO
- Rooms are subject to availability and are not held. Bookings must be confirmed by Thursday 8 October 2026
- Free cancellation until 2:00pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) the day before arrival
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