When planning an offsite, choosing the right hotel in the right location is crucial to ensuring a successful and memorable team retreat. The hotel you select not only provides a place to stay but also sets the tone for your entire guest experience. Your hotel is the stage upon which your offsite is set, so you’ll want to make it great.

As you plan your next offsite, consider it through the lens of the new hire experience. If your newest hires are meeting colleagues for the first time, how will you ensure they feel welcome? Immersed in the culture? Not overwhelmed?

Planning a team offsite can be a multi-month project which includes budgeting, choosing a destination and venue, planning activities and an interactive agenda, and communication.

Ensuring your team offsite is impactful, fun, and fresh begins with a well-formatted agenda, with the right balance of collaboration and downtime. Your agenda is meant to enhance your team experience so that all those involved find value in taking the time away from their day-to-day.

Planning an international retreat for a large gathering can be intimidating. And for good reason. International retreats take us to unknown places, with different cultures, foods, and ways of doing things. Plus, they tend to be more logistically complicated. But international retreats also give way to some of the most exciting and remarkable trips you can give to your employees.

Icebreakers will set the stage and tone for the rest of the event.. Those moments where colleagues are guided to conversation topics that help them open up about who they are and how they feel.