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Opposite: Hilton Maldives Iru Fushi “Ours will have a natural river rock trail winding through the treatment rooms to an outdoor, covered relaxation area,” says James Moss, director of sales/marketing. “We’re a smaller property with all the same amenities offered by larger luxury properties: 25,000 sf of meeting and event space, pool, spa and five restaurants. But when you enter our lobby and gaze out the 2-story picture window to the private lake, you forget you’re just minutes from Walt Disney World’s gates.” SUSTY SAILING IN SAN FRANCISCO Founder of the OCSC Sailing School in Berkeley, Anthony Sandberg has been taking groups sailing around the Bay Area for 32 years. His 6-acre sailing compound is a nautical nexus of world class sailboats and a community center welcoming everyone with shared values for the sea and the community itself. Sandberg and his team of 45 professional skippers specialize in corporate teambuilding that combines collaboration, communication and having a blast while sailing. “We work with companies like Facebook, Google, Intel and Apple,” says Sandberg. They’re constantly adding employees, especially Google.... And so what Google does, they throw these people together and say create this great thing, and they don’t even know each other. So I need to pull them together and get them to communicate.” Using racing sailboats, OCSC pairs 4-6 member teams with a professional skipper and corporate communication facilitator—an expert in group dynamics. “So they’re working in small tight teams with a sense of immediacy and purpose,” explains Sandberg. “People are having to talk to each other; what they do really matters; the person at the wheel cannot reach out and just do it for the other person. In fact, they don’t even know what to do. They have to ask for help.” A socially conscious company, OCSC donates 5% of gross profits to sustainability programs around the world, from stopping shark finning to saving dolphins in Japan. “We’re aware as we can be,” says Sandberg. “I mean, the LP’s Bar Where Visionaries Meet... Travelers and traders of east and west have been meeting in Macau since the 16th century-when Portuguese explorers developed the region as a major gateway to China and a crossroad for cultures, cuisines and commerce. Today, nowhere in Asia has there been so many investments in accommodations, venues, entertainment and attractions as Macau. Come book your next meeting so you can experience the hospitality of Macau. Macau is easily accessed from the US with connecting convenient via Hong Kong, less than an hour away with speedy ferry connections operating 24 hours a day. Contact us to learn how to save on your next MICE event. www.macautourism.gov.mo or call 866-OK-MACAU prevueonline.net | 37 http://www.macautourism.gov.mo

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Prevue September/October 2011

Back Bay, Boston
Manchester
Meliá Hotels & Resorts
San Francisco/Denver/Cleveland
HSMAI + Soles4Souls
IRF/MGM Resorts, Las Vegas
Daytona Beach
Sustainability: The Next Big Thing
Central America
India
Sweden
Barcelo Resorts/Samana, DR
Portland

Prevue September/October 2011