Holding an event on a cruise ship is a fabulous way to reward or incentivise staff or customers and with the amount of personal attention and luxury offered, everyone is made to feel like a VIP for the entire time they are on board. This is what makes cruising so special, it is all-inclusive with everything you need all in one beautiful venue and a sailing adventure is a terrific way of generating a sense of team spirit within your company.
A cruise programme offers far more all-inclusive elements than you could organise on land, with the added element of travel and exploration that will make the trip so memorable. Embarking on a cruise is an exhilarating, motivating and refreshing experience, and the atmosphere on board makes business and special interest group activities a pleasure.
Whatever the extent or modernity of the facilities, the real selling point of a cruise will always be its itinerary – the notion that a group can retire to sleep overlooking St Tropez and wake up to breakfast in Portofino. A cruise can take groups to places inaccessible by any other means, such as Antarctica or the North Cape – or lay claim to a quieter Caribbean island than those “on the beaten track”.
For those organisations with limited time or budget, there are short ex-UK cruises to attractive ports such as St Malo, Honfleur or the Channel Islands readily available.