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CRISIS-BEATING MOTIVATIONAL EXPERIENCES |
In difficult times like these we all need to be motivated. There's been restructuring, re-engineering and new teams are having to be built and kept motivated all the time. And of course we all still need some fun, humour and good news with which to fight against the current crisis...
So BBT Online invited 6 of our favourite close-by destinations to come up with crisis beating ideas for teambuilding & motivation in smaller groups.
What do they have in common?
They'll all inspiring, original and relevant. They illustrate how such motivational experiences, creative incentives and teambuilding are a vital ingredient to corporate survival and recovery in 2009-10.
They're all easily accessible and most are close-by. They're all good value and prove that motivation is not to be confused with luxury.
Cruising Flanders ...the Italian way
...By Vespa... With Vespatrips, a company which has been organising teambuilding & incentive events since 2000. Their highly successful Vespatrips programme in Italy has now arrived in Belgium.
Vespatrips has a fleet of 150 (50cc & 125cc) Vespas with which they can organise tailor-made Belgium events. There are also standard programmes - The Tour of Flanders, Gastronomic trips, the Belgian Coast with Bruges & Damme.
Vespatrips can be combined with other team building activities such as a flight in a balloon or helicopter, a product presentation, party time (a gig or party DJ), bowling, golf, ...The trips are a nice mix of nature, the excitement of driving a Vespa, gastronomy and culture. All you need is a car driving license.
Find out more. www.vespatrips.be
For more crisis-beating ideas in Flanders:
The CUBE in green Wallonia
A lift takes you down into the bowels of the earth. You pass through the machine room to the laboratory, dormitory, shooting training area and control room where there’s everything to play for!
As you have no doubt understood, this is not an ordinary event! Dolce La Hulpe Brussels Hotel lets you into its deepest secrets: this underground command centre with its chemistry & technology laboratories, known as The Cube after its layout.
Designed as a survival exercise, this event is certainly not an opportunity to put your feet up. Once you have entered The Cube, the doors are locked and the alarm set. You're prisoners inside and have 2 hours to work out how to escape! A race against time to avoid the bacteriological threat and escape from this labyrinth of underground corridors... an exciting challenge!
BBT Online & some 40 readers Tried & Tested The Cube on 9 March. After this challenge to the mind, the body & spirit were then looked after with a superb massage in Dolce's new 5 Mondes Spa, and short introductions to the arts of yoga & tai chi, in rotation in small groups of 15.
www.annapurnaconsult.be - Contact info@annapurna-consult.be
For more crisis-beating ideas in Wallonia www.meetingpointbelgium.be
Yet another Brussels secret ...
Organise your own tasting of Portuguese wines at The Sol Ar, a vaulted Flemish red-brick cellar behind an elegant bourgeois Belgian façade on the Avenue Brugmann. The Sol Ar is cosy, warm, intimate and promotes the very best of Portugal.
Then have a private dinner in the same place for up to 20 or go upstairs and cook it yourself in a fully equipped modern Portuguese kitchen, set up for cookery classes for up to 14 active participants or 40 diners...And classes like this have proved a real winner for teambuilding.
You can also combine a meeting in one of the elegant upstairs rooms for a small meet’incentive. There’s lots of daylight, a lovely view over 
the gardens and a terrace which can be used in summer. Decor is a mixture of antiques and trendy design. Great value for money.
Every Friday night is Portuguese wine tasting night, open to everyone under the watchful eye of food & wine expert, Eric Boschman.
Tried & tested by BBT Online.
www.thesolar.pt - Contact jrodeia@thesolar.pt
For more crisis-beating ideas in Brussels www.brusselsinternational.be
From Swiss palm trees to eternal Swiss Snow!
What an adventure! From the palm tree lined Montreux lakeside, it takes less than an hour to reach the snow on the Glacier 3000. Astonish your group with one of the world's most spectacular views from 3000m above sea level.
Get your team working together by letting them build their own igloo to spend an unforgettable night. Enjoy a ride on the dog sledge and discover the particular friendship between huskies and the human being, based on team spirit and trust.
Montreux with its stunning views of Lake and mountains is just 1 hour from accessible Geneva by clock-work Swiss Railways. Also Europe's jazz capital, Montreux has been 'Tried & Tested by BBT Online' and means real motivation & teambuilding.
For more crisis-beating ideas in Switzerland www.MySwitzerland.com/meetings
Managers at sea turn into Dutch Helmsmen & women
Challenge Team Sailing has created a number of serious, and at the same time entertaining, teambuilding programmes at sea. BBT Online has chose SailGame for a minimum group of 12. It's a sailing competition with an eye on the competition.
You win sailing points in the course of the day, taking into account your team performance against the wind and the currents. The name of the game is teamwork from planning your route, putting up the sails...until you arrive back in harbour. You do get a nautical lunch break on board.
www.challengeteamsailing.nl - info@challengeteamsailing.nl
For more crisis-beating ideas in Holland www.holland.com/meetings/en/
Saint-Tropez, an exotic stage for French detective work
This 'Police Rally' around Saint-Tropez is all about teamwork, with the help of a road book containing mysteries to be solved and questions about history. You discover special places and overcome a series of challenge...far from the madding world of business.
You create a team painting with a local artist; you take 10 photos on a specific theme; you do a blind tasting of local specialities and even make a team sculpture. Then it's time for a traditional game of 'pétanque' on the Place des Lices, accompanied by a well-earned 'Pastissade' aperitif.
Saint-Trop, a small village at the end of a big bay, is mythical and known the world over. How come? It's a crossroads for the arts & artists, the media and the entertainment industry, and it's a place that certainly knows how to throw a party...Outside July and August is the time to discover its quieter side.
www.ot-saint-tropez.com or www.terre-events.com
Contact Saint-Tropez Tourism lgrosso@ot-saint-tropez.com or Terre Events w.roucher@terre-events.com
For more crisis-beating ideas in France www.franceguide.com
