Celebrating 20 Years in Business

Sintra, Portugal

The Event

  • A company celebrating their 20th year in business.
  • A CEO wishing to share the anniversary with her global team.

The Challenge

  • Squeeze 20 years of success into a 4-day celebration and still properly honoring the accomplishment.
  • Keep the event within budget.

The Highlights

  • Creating an agenda and experience that turned into a trip of a lifetime.
  • Working with local partners and leveraging strong hotel relationships to build the trip that fit within the CEO’s budget.
  • Crafting memorable experiences such as:
    • A choice of individual activities — trips to the beach, cooking classes, shopping, golfing, boating adventures, and more.
    • A company scavenger hunt through the beatific Portuguese countryside; each team assigned to a unique car and driver; finishing together at a local winery for a private picnic celebration.
    • Our corporate social responsibility effort of refurbishing a local orphanage as well as presenting them with a donation and needed supplies brought by attendees from their home countries.
    • A final celebration in a famous castle complete with a red carpet, trumpet players, tours of the amazing grounds, and a fabulous sit-down dinner to top the week-long celebration.

How do you honor 20 years in four days? On a budget?