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Company Retreat Planning 101: 8 Elements for a Great One

Smart Meetings

Corporate retreats have long represented occasions for staff members to gather in relaxed settings to conduct work duties. 7 Company Retreat Steps. Here are the main items to budget for: Transportation costs (Flight, train, drive, ground transit to the hotel). The new trend with retreats is a 50/30/20 formula.

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Retreat to the Great Smokey Mountains

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The tribe actually maintains their own training system,” Pegg said. Read More: Gaming Properties: Coming Out Winners The post Retreat to the Great Smokey Mountains appeared first on Smart Meetings. of meeting and convention space.

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Sign of the Times? GE Sells its Famed Training Facility

MeetingsNet

A private group of investors has purchased Crotonville, General Electric’s management-training facility for nearly 70 years, for $22 million and will operate the suburban New York venue as a conference center—which means that business groups can meet in the same spaces that legendary GE CEO Jack Welch educated his management teams.

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The Event-changing Magic of a Thoughtful Post-con

Smart Meetings

Founder Ilchi Lee, a Tao instructor and author of “ The Call of Sedona: Journey Of the Heart , ” in addition to 40 other titles, discovered the property in 1997 after the previous retreat center went into foreclosure and brought it back to life as a wellness destination.

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Summer 2024 Travel Trends with Meaning

Smart Meetings

This summer is looking at experiential travel—whether that be a relaxing health and wellness retreat, a culturally rich destination or an environmentally conscious and responsible gathering, summer 2024 trends are geared towards progressive practices.

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Success Story: An Incentive-style Executive Retreat, Sonoma Valley, California

Blue Spark Event Design

The Client’s Objective: Utilize a professional creative event agency to produce an incentive-style executive retreat offering multiple days of leadership training, bonding opportunities, and local and exclusive experiences in the selected destination. Client Praise: This executive retreat was truly a great success!

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Lake Nona Wave Hotel Wants to Turn Your Group into Superhumans

Smart Meetings

Limitless Minds offers training through “neutral mindset training,” which is “a high-performance strategy that emphasizes judgment-free thinking, especially in pressure situations.

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