Team Travel Strategies Evolve as Offices Remain Closed
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Travel firms are gearing up for a busy year booking company retreats and off-sites, because team meetings are moving on from U-shaped tables and an overhead projector to ranches, sites in the woods and beyond.
Salesforce’s upcoming “Trailblazer Ranch” represents the beginning of a new trend that will see some companies build their own retreats to host offsite meetings for their employees, according to the world’s biggest corporate travel agency.
American Express Global Business Travel’s meeting division is in talks with some of its larger customers about round-the-calendar management of such facilities, while specialist group booking platforms are reporting an uptick in demand.
So-called “team travel” is becoming a major priority as organizations keep their offices closed.
Salesforce first touted the idea of a ranch for team-building last year, but has now confirmed it will use an established 75-acre site run by educational non-profit 1440 Multiversity in Scotts Valley, California, on an interim basis. It will develop employee engagement programs, and start onboarding, training, skills building and talent development from March. More “Trailbl
