Tropical vs Vineyard
Two ways to run a company offsite, side by side — group size, budget, where each concentrates, and the estates worth booking.
Plan a RetreatTropical
Palm-and-reef estates — warm water, jungle, and reset energy.
- Venues
- 42 exclusive-buyout estates
- Typical group
- 20–500 guests
- Indicative budget
- $700–$1,400 pp/night
- Concentrated in
- Caribbean & Latin America · Southeast Asia · Hawaii
- Best for
- celebration, leadership, team building
Vineyard
Estate wine country — long tables, tastings, and golden light.
- Venues
- 21 exclusive-buyout estates
- Typical group
- 10–400 guests
- Indicative budget
- $650–$1,300 pp/night
- Concentrated in
- Mediterranean Europe · Western United States · Caribbean & Latin America
- Best for
- celebration, strategy, leadership
Casa de Campo Resort & Villas
A 7,000-acre private estate that has hosted heads of state and Fortune 100 incentive groups for 50 years — the rare Caribbean property where the signature experience is built in: a championship polo program, a 245-station shooting course (the best year-round in the Caribbean), Pete Dye's Teeth of the Dog golf, a deep-water marina for billfish, and an Altos de Chavón replica Mediterranean village for the closing-night gala. You take villas and hotel inventory together, so a single group owns its own corner of the resort.
Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
A full-buyout-capable oceanfront resort in Wailea with 40,000+ sq ft of event space across 19 indoor/outdoor venues and reception capacity to 750. Entire-property takeovers give a company total privacy on the Wailea coast — the Hawaii hero that scales to a 300–500 plenary while still feeling like a private island compound.
Six Senses Uluwatu
A 103-key clifftop resort on the limestone headland of Uluwatu, with most rooms facing the Indian Ocean swell and the temple at Pura Luhur on the horizon. The Aarunya ballroom and private lawn step straight onto the cliff edge, and the whole property absorbs a full-company gathering without ever feeling like a convention hotel. The sunset surf break below is one of the most famous in the world.
Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center
A 1928 landmark tower in downtown Walla Walla, the base camp for one of America's fastest-rising wine regions. 133 rooms, a full conference center and four tasting rooms in the building itself, with more than 120 wineries within a short drive.
Novotel Barossa Valley Resort
A 140-room resort set among vines in the heart of the Barossa, one of Australia's great wine regions. Nine purpose-built event venues seat up to 250 theater or 180 banquet, with balconies over the vineyards and Shiraz cellars minutes in every direction.
Castello di Casole
A 4,200-acre restored 10th-century castle estate near Siena, surrounded by its own vineyards, olive groves, and cypress-lined roads made for driving.