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I'm trying to persuade my boss to hold our team meeting in Feb at a European ski resort, can anyone recommend an area with a hotel suitable for 20 people, would therefore need a decent sized conference rooms.
Other musts:
Close to international airport, will have people from Brazil, US and possibly Oz flying in, so will want shortish transfers by taxi.
Needs internet access
Needs to be reasonably priced and finally,
have plenty for non skiers to do.
Cheers,
greg
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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well to hit your international market, surely the obvious place to look for an airport is geneva...and then there's the obvious resorts near there.
I know that medics and lawyers tend to be the ones that have conferences in ski reorts, unfortunately our budget doesn't stretch that far. A quick google on "corporate skiing" throws up a number of links but I don't have any experience of one being better than the other - so hopefully you'll get a recommendation from another snowhead.
you should perhaps read this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Downhill-Slide-Corporate-Industry-Environment/dp/1578051029?tag=amz07b-21
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kitenski, you're not asking for much then! I'm assuming this will be mid week? Forget February if you want that many rooms over a week-end. Davos might be a good bet as there's tons of beds and they're used to conferences. Garmisch is another that might fit the bill. What do you mean by "reasonably priced" - I've never found conference + skiing = reasonable.
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 yes it will be midweek,
I've no idea how much these things cost in Europe, in the UK "reasonable" for a conference package of D, B&B inc conf hire for 20 odd people would be £120ish pppn
Regards,
Greg
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Davos is the classic conference resort
However, if you are serious about a 'shortish transfer by taxi' then I would say Innsbruck.
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| kitenski wrote: |
| I've no idea how much these things cost in Europe, in the UK "reasonable" for a conference package of D, B&B inc conf hire for 20 odd people would be £120ish pppn |
This is of no help to you, but where do you go in UK? We have a n annual meeting for 15 odd (some very odd) people, and it costs vastly more than that, probably 3 or 4 times.
Good luck with the conference on the piste; I'll be interested to see what comes up, as I might try it on!
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we did one at the Hilton Milton Keynes that was about that cost, wasn't the best hotel in the world though!!
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I once went to a conference in Flims / Laax - which, if memory serves, is about an hour and a half by train from Zurich. The conference room had a panoramic window overlooking the slopes. It's amazing the effect that this had on "managing" the length of presentations 
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kitenski,
If you are trying for mid Feb I would look for a resort with a large weekend trade as other places may be pricey and already booking up. If your hoping to have the seminar part of the day and skiing the rest of the day you need a hotel reasonalby close to the slopes which agian may book up. If you are going to have the seminar during the day and hope to get a weekends skiing at either end you may find more reasonable priced accommodation a bit further from the ski slopes. I would agree with David Murdoch, that for intercontinental flights Zurich is the best bet by quite a way.
I have never been to Engleberg or Interlaken but the former is I believe non skier friendly and has a weekend trade and the latter would be OK for access to the slopes at either end of the conference.
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