Teambuilding serves multiple purposes for meeting groups, one being that it gives both management and team members a chance to see their co-workers in a new light and taking on a different role—one in which they might excel. Here are some ideas to get those new perspectives underway.
Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa
Set just 20 minutes from downtown San Antonio in the Texas Hill Country, Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa provides immersive experiences in partnership with Goen South DMC, which specializes in Texas meetings and events and helps the resort’s team curate one-of-a-kind teambuilding activities personalized to each group’s preferences. In this Olympic year, take a look at the Rodeo Olympics program, including everything from team-roping where participants use a lasso and a life-size calf replica to learn basic roping and rodeo skills, to armadillo races allowing groups to see one of Texas’ most unique animals up close.
Other Texas-themed teambuilding activities include Leather-Stamping sessions featuring your clients’ company logos; Cowby Hat Fittings, great for welcome receptions; Traditional Texas BBQ; and Country Line Dancing classes. But when duty calls, the resort offers more than 100,000 square-feet of flexible and recently renovated meeting space.
Grande Lakes Orlando
Blend the thrill of a helicopter ride with the excitement of exploring the cosmos with Grande Lakes Orlando, the sprawling 500-acre resort nestled in the headwaters of the Florida Everglades. Home to two premier hotels, The Ritz-Carlton Orlando and JW Marriott Orlando, groups of at least four are invited to embark on an exclusive journey with the new Kennedy Space Center Helicopter Tour. This one-day expedition starts aboard a state-of-the-art EC-130 helicopter right on property, whisking adventurers to the iconic Kennedy Space Center, due east of Orlando on Florida’s Space Coast. With each experience customized to guests’ preferences, the offer includes:
- Exhilarating in-sky helicopter ride
- Private tour of NASA facilities and the Kennedy Space Center Visitors’ Complex
- Shuttle Launch Experience
- A farewell champagne toast with panoramic views of the Indian River and Kennedy Space Center
Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards, Napa
One of the last original owner/farmer/winemaker-owned wineries in Napa—where the owner still does the winemaking and farming—Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyard is set in a beautiful area at the base of Howell Mountain. The winery has been awarded 
Best Hidden Gem and Best Estate Winery Tasting Room several times, and has consistently produced high-quality wines over a 42-year history. With a nearly 100 percent direct-to-consumer business model, they specialize in giving guests and groups an educational and fun experience, whether a tasting, club event or private event booking.
The winery works with meeting planners to accommodate groups of all sizes for private functions and tastings, with customizing available depending on the number of guests and time of year. Creative event spaces include a large working cave for cocktail parties and tastings, as well as outdoor areas for luncheons and dinners and the winery building itself.
Knuckleball Comedy, Chicago
You’ve heard people say, “everybody’s a comedian,” although it’s usually meant ironically. But it turns out being funny can be learned, and anyone meeting in Chicago can flex their comedic chops with Knuckleball Comedy, which has brought laughter to more than 20,000 attendees through fun and interactive teambuilding and professional development workshops. In between the laughter, though, is the serious work of building a team that leads more effectively, communicates more efficiently and gets better at creative problem solving, all while sharing humor and creating new friendships.
Knuckleball brings the laughter to your location and has tallied more than 350 corporate events and 200 companies among its clients.
You May Also Be Interested In…
Group Activities Come Out After Dark at These Hotels
