Destination Profiles

by Executive Oasis International
A Toronto Based Management Consulting Firm

Escorted Luxury Retreats

Ideal for Executives, Clients & Sales Teams of 10 to 75 Participants

Featured Destinations: Canada, Jamaica,
Eastern Caribbean, Dubai, Oman, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy

• Need to stay close to home yet still give your team the essence of a foreign travel experience?
• Want to avoid media criticism by giving back to the community and beefing up the business content of your incentives in a way that is still fun and enjoyable?
• Searching for "out of the ordinary" incentives to give your executive and sales teams a well deserved reward despite the grueling economic climate?
• Seeking unique destinations and experiences to dazzle your best clients and show appreciation for their business?

Since 1996, we have had the privilege of offering executive retreats and team building simulations at exotic locations around the world. At every destination, we have discovered a sparkling collection of enchanting hideaways, exclusive villas, luxury suites, upscale resorts, and unique attractions. It is now our pleasure to share our favourite destinations with you to meet your team building needs.

We'll ensure that you impress your executives, sales team, and clients by planning, organizing and conducting engaging team building retreats and corporate events in absolutely exquisite locations.

We specialize in luxury 5 - 7 star itineraries at affordable prices.

Itinerary

• Our Personalized Approach
• Cultural Experiences
• Giving Back to the Community
• Discover New Products & Services in Foreign Markets
• One Stop Shopping

• What we Offer
• What we Don't Offer
• Unique Activities
• Featured Destinations
• Destination Profiles
• White Papers & Articles

Our Approach

Our Personalized Approach ....

Our personal touch combines our firsthand experience of each destination with our creative approach. What is unique about our approach is that we only offer what we have experienced. We have visited each and every one of these destinations. We have also extensively toured each of the properties that we recommend. In many cases, we have stayed at these hotels and resorts. This personalized approach is a perfect fit for small companies, clients, and executive and sales teams of 75 or less.

Experience the Local Culture

Vivid & Memorable Cultural Experiences....

Why travel half way across the world to lie on the beach and sit at the bar? You may as well stay close to home at a fraction of the cost.

Give your team an opportunity to move beyond just a stay at another upscale beach hotel. Not only will your team be pampered, they will also be challenged. Our itineraries combine recommendations for stays at the finest luxury hotels and resorts that each destination has to offer with an experience of the local culture and the traditional lifestyle of the people. Learn about the history of the country. Discover what is truly unique about each destination. This experience will help your team develop a better sense of the needs of their international clients and multi-cultural markets back home.

Spend the night in a Bedouin style camp in Dubai. Go on a jungle safari in Malaysia. Have lunch with a family in their mountain village in Oman. Visit the Maroons in Jamaica.

Give Back to the Community

Give Your Team a Truly Rewarding Experience
by Giving Back to the Community

Companies have recently been criticized in the media for takng employees on luxury incentives in a tough economy. This type of thinking is short sighted.

If your company is doing well, your team deserves to be rewarded for its efforts. They've earned it. However, why not take things a step further and give them a truly rewarding experience with an opportunity to give back to the community. Our clients have raised funds for the National Kidney Foundation in Malaysia, a mountain village in Oman, a Hispanic social worker with medical needs in Kansas, a women's shelter in Kansas, the Save the Train fund in Oklahoma.

How can one expect the economy to recover if eveyone cuts back on spending? The result of this line of thinking has been hotels and resorts forced into bankruptcy and thousands of lay-offs within the business travel sector. Do your part by giving back to the community, rewarding your team and helping the economy.

Your team can assemble toy hampers in Toronto, cook for a shelter in Canada, provide a meal and share it with a mountain village in Oman, assemble and provide uniforms, books, computers, and school supplies for children in Jamaica, raise funds for a local charity at any destination through one of our powerful simulations.

Give Your Team a Jump on the Competition

Introduce Your Team to New Products,
Services and Business Practices

In a recent blog, our owner shared how she was introduced to the following products and services long before they were introduced in North America

• Jumbotron screens on top of high rises (Singapore & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Cellular telephone advertising targeted at teenagers (Malaysia)
• Internet Cafes (Singapore)

• Tiny cell phones in a range of colours (Malaysia)
• Video games on cell phones (Tokyo)
• Manicure parlours and Salons (Malaysia)
• USB drives (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

With careful planning and a bit of creativity, you can give your team the same opportunity to discover new products, services, and business practices that are relevant to your industry. The best news is that you can STILL have fun while doing it.

Incorporate challenges into an urban safari, corporate scavenger hung or Amazing Race to help your team discover new opportunities to generate revenue, years ahead of the competition.

One Stop Shopping

One Stop Shopping .....

We will pull together your full itinerary including team building simulations, business facilitation, recreational activities, transfers, tours, excursions, meeting logistics, lavish themed dinners, award ceremonies, and special events for your trip. Your company can book these directly or through a TICO registered travel agent.

What we Offer

A Full Service, Luxury Boutique

We are a full service boutique specializing in executive retreats, team building and in select featured, luxury destinations. We offer a full range of team building programmes that bundle recreation with business facilitation. Some companies use us strictly for team building and executive retreats.

Luxury is finally affordable.

We would be pleased to introduce you to unique venues, hotels, and resorts where you will be pampered including a Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, in a villa in Italy, at a castle hotel in the USA, and at a hotel styled after a traditional Iban longhouse in Malaysian Borneo. If you contact us at least 2 months before departure, we can check availability get a proposal sent to you directly from the properties we highly recommend.

What we Don't Offer

Executive Oasis International is NOT a travel agency.
We a boutique offering FULL escorted services.

Please note, if you don't require business facilitation, recreation, tours, or excursions and ALL you require is airfare, meeting space, hotel, and transfers, it is best to contact your local travel agent.

We regret that we no longer accept requests for quote from 3rd party planners or travel agents. We would be pleased to have you handle the travel arrangements and accept a referral to work directly with the client for team building, meeting and event venues, corporate events, and galas.

Unique Activites

If you're looking for unique sales incentive trips, consider one or more of the following activities that we can offer at a number of destinations:

• Rafting
• River Tubing
• Canopy Walks
• Orienteering
• Dhow Cruises
• Raft Building
• Desert Safaris
• Mountaineering
• Treasure Hunts
• GPS Geocaching
• Treetop Walking
• Mountain Climbing
• Hot air ballooning
• Camping

• Ziplines
• Abseiling
• Rappelling
• Dog Sledding
• Snow Shoeing
• Ice Climbing
• Rock Climbing
• Jungle Trekking
• Wilderness Tours
• Tandem Sky Diving
• Equestrian events
• Polo events and Clinics
• Horse Riding Including Beach Rides

About our Destination Profiles

Our comprehensive Destination Profiles highlight the facilities and experiences our featured destinations can offer for your team.

Featured Destinations: Canada (Toronto, Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario, Montreal Quebec), Jamaica, Singapore, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, and Malaysia.

We provide a flavour of each destination based on our personal experience. We also provide suggestions about how to get to each destination and share our favourite picks for accommodation, entertainment, activities, and excursions.

Other destinations available:

• Costa Rica: Canyoning, Ziplines, Horse Riding, Abseiling

• Nicaragua: Beach Team Building

• Dominica: Canyoning, Abseiling

• Egypt: Desert Survival, Camel Safaris, Beach Team Building, Cruises, Historical Tours

• New Zealand Wilderness Survival

Full descriptions soon to follow. In the meantime, please contact us for details.

We regret that we can no longer accept requests for quote from 3rd party planners and travel agents unless the prospective client is also copied on these requests. We will need confirmation from the client that they are aware that we are involved in the process and willing to consider our submissions.

Using Our Destination Profiles

For travel TO a particular destination, please click on the link on the side menu. For example, for travel to Toronto or other parts of Canada, click on the following link under Destination Profiles:

Canada

on the side menu as you navigate the site or in the table below or. For travel to Dubai, click on:

Dubai .

For weather forecasts & other helpful information about each destination, click on the digital time clocks in any of our destination guides.