The Alps. The snow.
And all the reblochon you can eat.
Client Hetic 3
Event type Incentive trip
Participants 60
Date 12 to 13 Dec 2024
Off to Le Grand-Bornand for a seminar that smelt of the mountains, snowshoes, Savoyard farms, Secret Santa and mulled wine. The kind of trip people are still talking about long after the snow has melted.
The challenge
Take teams to the mountains for a seminar that is as much a genuine experience of the region as a moment of professional cohesion.
The mountains in winter are a powerful promise. Pure air, silence, the peaks: a setting that immediately changes the relationship between colleagues.
But the promise of a place isn’t enough
You still have to build a programme that makes the most of it, one that leaves room to breathe without leaving gaps, and creates the moments teams remember long after they’ve come back down to the valley.
Our mission
Find the right hotel for exclusive hire in Le Grand-Bornand, design a programme that roots the stay in its region and create a natural progression from the plenary session to the Secret Santa, via snow and cheese.
There are places where
What have we built? Our 5 Culture Makers Moments
Exclusive hire of a hotel in the village of Le Grand-Bornand
A hotel hired in its entirety in the heart of the village, so the group experiences the stay as a shared home, not as customers in a hotel corridor. The intimacy of a private venue changes everything: people bump into each other, settle in, make it their own. The village as the setting, the hotel as headquarters.
Plenary session
The work session, scheduled up front so that everything that follows is fully experienced as a well-earned reward. A plenary in a mountain setting that reminds you, even during the slides, that you’re somewhere else. And that this somewhere else has a good reason to exist.
Bring-and-share aperitif with local produce
Everyone brings something, everyone shares; the bring-and-share as the first gesture of collective conviviality. Local produce selected to root the aperitif in its Savoyard terroir. The informal moment when teams really start to relax, mingle, and exist together outside the professional setting.
Snowshoe hike, farm visit & reblochon tasting
Fresh air, shared effort, views of the peaks, and at the end of the trail, a Savoyard farm and reblochon. The perfect programme for teams that need to reconnect around something simple, genuine and grounded. The mountains as a natural team-building ground, with no facilitator, no stopwatch, just snow and cheese.
Secret Santa, party night, mulled wine & photo shoot
The evening that ties it all together. Secret Santa to create surprise and warmth between colleagues. A carefully crafted atmosphere, mulled wine, music and a photo shoot so everyone leaves with a trace of the moment. The evening as the trip’s final gift.
Behind the scenes
Finding the exclusive-hire hotel in Le Grand-Bornand: the search that makes all the difference!
A hotel available for exclusive hire in an Alpine village, with the accommodation, dining and meeting-space capacity required, and the character that justifies the journey. You find it with time, local contacts, and the eye of someone who knows the difference between a mountain hotel and a hotel in the mountains.
The bring-and-share as the first group ritual
Organising a bring-and-share with local produce doesn’t mean leaving participants to fend for themselves. It means framing the format, selecting complementary local products, and creating the context that makes the moment naturally convivial. The detail that turns a concept into a successful experience.
The snowshoe hike as a catalyst for bonds
Two hours of snowshoeing with your colleagues creates bonds that six months of meetings never will. You walk at the same pace, help each other through the tricky sections, arrive at the farm together and share the cheese with people you no longer see the way you do at the office. The region as a team-building tool.
Secret Santa as a closing ritual
A well-organised Secret Santa is a moment of collective warmth in an intense programme. It creates surprise, mutual attention, sometimes emotion, and it says something important about the company’s culture: we look after each other, even in the small things. The photo shoot captures that moment so it lasts long after everyone is back home.
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