The Great Canadian Race Team Building

Ideal for Sales Rallies, Corporate Events,
Executive Retreats & Luxury Team Building

Available in Ontario (Toronto, Niagara-on-the-Lake, York Region, Elora, Barrie)
Quebec ( Montreal, Mont Tremblant)

The Great Canadian Race is inspired by the popular CBS TV show. It is available as:

• a facilitated business team building simulations
• a stand alone event for team recreation
• to kick off your executive retreats, sales rallies, executive team building sessions, corporate events, and sales incentive trips.

Each and every race is customized to fit your budget and time parametres. While we have pulled this event together on very short notice, it involves a lot of logistics. For optimal results, we HIGHLY recommend at least a month for event planning and logistics. We also recommend a full day if you require debriefing and business applications after the race and at least half a day if your team building is strictly recreational.

Nobody gets eliminated!!

This programme is available only in Canada. Click here for a version available worldwide. For other programmes available in Canada, please see "Canada Team Building" and "International Team Building" (on the side menu).

Outline

• Pleased Participants
• Facilitated Business Team Building Option
• Programme Highlights

• Transportation Upgrades
• More Pleased Participants
• More Luxury Options
• Sample Luxury Itinerary
• International Races

Partial Client
List

• Holt Renfrew
  (2 years in a row)
• Rogers Communication (Fido)
• Grant Thornton

• Xerox Canada
• ATI Technologies
• Dial Corporation

Pleased Participants

"Great selection of contests, right combination of competition and fun. This event provided a great opportunity for teambuilding in a fun and semi-completive environment. It is very professionally organized."

Mark Wakefield, Vice President, Xerox Canada

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For Serious Inquiries Only

We would be pleased to handle your inquiry, check availability of dates and venues and send a proposal if:

• you are looking for business team building with a facilitator & not just recreation
• a budget has been allocated
• you have an approximate idea of how many people will be attending
• you are definitely ready to select and book a service provider within 5 - 10 business days of receiving our quote

We will get back to you with a quote within 48 hours to 5 business days of receiving your request.

We require a $500 retainer before detailed, customized agendas are developed and any hotels or other venues are contacted on your behalf. [Why?] This will be deducted from your fees if you book your session with us.

If you aren't in a position to select a service provider and book your retreat, team building session or event within 5 - 10 business days of receiving our quote, we invite you to explore our website. You will find information about our services and pricing on our website. When you are in a position to make a decision and select a service provider, please contact us.

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Business Team Building Simulation

When we offer The Great Canadian Race as a business team building simulation, we add the following elements to the recreational components:

• Pre-briefing to tie the race theme to your business issues, challenges and opportunities
• Checkpoints with reconnaissance missions to discover more about your industry and market
• Virtual checkpoints to give you an opportunity to confer with your counterparts in other countries. Through a structured process your team will be able to share and gather information about industry trends and developments and emerging technology in other parts of the world
• Mini-presentations
• Debriefing

A number of our clients have ended their race with a cooking team building or gourmet dining events. With this option, you have the option of including an interactive keynote over dessert to tie the day's activities together.

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Highlights

Available:

Group Size:

Time Required:

Locations:

All Year

8 - 100+ (Optimal = 12 - 80)

Minimum = 1/2 Day

Available Only in Canada

Skills/Competencies:

Pricing:

Strictly for fun

Moderate itineraries excluding transporation start at $125 per person plus GST, based on a group size of 100.

Luxury itineraries start at $675 per person plus GST, based on a group size of 20. (We have organized sessions up to $4000 per person)

Sample Luxury Itinerary

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Transportation Upgrades

We can add many upscale elements
to this team building event including:

• Rickshaws
• hot air balloons
• ziplines
• and much more

Other Luxury Options

We can incorporate a number of other elements into your race including:

• canoeing in voyageur canoes
• dragon boats
• polo
• games on horseback
• rappelling
• hot air ballooning
• treetop walking (Collingwood, Barrie)

More Pleased Participants

"This was a terrific team building event, surpassed my expectations and provided an entirely new experience"

Ian Lum You, Vice-President, Sales, Dial Corporation

“Great fun, good exercise and challenging activity”

George Abate, Vice President, Chief Accountant, Xerox Canada

Just for Fun Race

Minimum 3 1/2 hours *

• 1:00 Instructions for Race
• 1:30 Move to Area 1
• 1:45 Explore Area 1
• 2:15 Move to Area 2
• 2:30 Explore Area 2
• 2:45 Move to Area 3
• 3:00 Explore Area 3
• 3:30 Move to Final Checkpoint
• 3:45 Buffer
• 4:00 Check-in & Appetizer
• 4:30 Dinner or Cooking Event Add-on

Race & Facilitation

Minimum 5 hours *

• 12:30 Presentation
• 1:30 Instructions for Race
• 2:00 Move to Area 1
• 2:15 Explore Area 1
• 2:45 Move to Area 2
• 3:00 Explore Area 2
• 3:30 Move to Final Checkpoint
• 3:45 Buffer
• 4:00 Check-in & Snack
• 4:30 Debriefing Preparation
• 5:00 Debriefing
• 5:30 Dinner or Cooking Event Add-on

* = No Exceptions

Great Canadian Race: Sample Luxury Itinerary

Our Luxury Team Building Event for Holt Renfrew: Executive Team

In just 2 weeks, we designed a fully customized race to kick off the executive retreat for Toronto's upscale retailer Holt Renfrew. This luxury team building experience included:

• Gourmet Breakfast
• Helicopter lands and whisks CEO off to Secret Location for Conference
• Teams briefed and given backpacks, their first clue and a map of downtown Toronto
• Limousine Transportation to the Start of the Race
• An urban safari following clues shopping, taking photos and cooking in Toronto's Chinatown/ Kensington Market
• Transportation to Queen's Quay by Rickshaw
• Powerboat across Lake Ontario to the Toronto Islands
• Cycling to Hanlan's Point

• Helicopters to Elora
• Teams given compasses and maps of Elora
• Zipline Across Elora Gorge
• Orienteering with clues and compasses down in the Elora Gorge
• Luxury transportation to Alton by:
  1. Lincoln executive L Series Sedan
  2. Mercedes S 500 class Sedan
  3. Luxury Diplomat SUV
• Horseback Riding to Upscale Resort
• Champagne Welcome & Exquisite gourmet lunch buffet at the end of the race

Our rain plan (which we fortunately did not have to implement) included transportation by Hummer for CEO (booked and on standby), cycling to The Distillery and luxury transportation via stretch limo (on standby) to Elora.

Please note, since we offered this event, regulations in Ontario have changed due to a landmark court case. All transportation for 3rd parties must be booked through a TICO travel agency.

International Race Locations for Corporate Events

We can offer this unique corporate event in Canada or create an International Amazing Race at one or more destinations outside Canada through our network of alliances in Jamaica, Singapore, Dubai, Oman, Egypt, Thailand, and Malaysia.