Head outdoors after meetings to enjoy the island – from golf to beachside fireworks displays (from US$840 for three minutes).
TEAMBUILDING ACTIVITIES
Focus Adventures operates on-site activity centres at both
Bintan Lagoon Resort and
Nirwana Gardens, the latter of which includes an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) track, jet skis, elephant trekking, beachside raftbuilding, elements course and the soaring
Team Challenge Hourglass. Visa, Procter & Gamble and Triumph have all held customised programmes here.
The site’s proximity to the Resort Centre means groups can take over a whole area of the property without interruption. The general manager of SingTel arrived at the venue by flying fox to deliver a memorable welcome address to 600 employees during the company’s three-day conference in May.
Banyan Tree also offers teambuilding programmes for groups of up to 70 people. Mix-and-match a programme from 11 ground activities and 14 elements activities each lasting from 20 to 50 minutes. Packages start at US$30 per person for quarter-day sessions, US$60 for half-day and US$90 for a full day. This includes all equipment, facilitators, digital photographs on CD-ROM, hats and mineral water.
Club Med offers teambuilding activities run by the staff at its on-site facilities also. Practise sky-high trapeze moves, hold a soccer game on the Coconut Lawn or get active on the water. The hotel's new all-villa spa opens this month.
GOLF COURSES
In addition to the on-property courses at Bintan Lagoon Resort and the Banyan Tree and Angsana complex, there is the worldclass
Ria Bintan. The club offers a beautiful oceanfront 18-hole course and 9-hole forest course both designed by Gary Player.
It is a popular choice for corporate golf days of up to 150 delegates. Weekday packages from Singapore are US$125 per person and include return ferry transfers, golf equipment handling from ferry to fairway, twin-share caddy and golf buggy. There is also a small spa offering massage and reflexology, function room seating 50 delegates, restaurant for 150 and a halfway house at the ninth hole. A 31-room lodge will open in October.