Lake Retreats
36 lake residences, chosen for whole-property use. The kind of week people still describe to whoever didn’t come.
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The Coeur d'Alene Resort
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A 338-room lakefront resort on Lake Coeur d'Alene with the scale most lake venues can't touch: 32,000+ sq ft of meeting space, a Hagadone Event Center seating 800 indoor/outdoor, and a Lakeview Terrace for 500. It is the rare lake basecamp that can buy out for a true several-hundred-strong company and still feel like a resort, not a convention center — anchored by the world's only floating golf green.
JW Marriott The Rosseau Muskoka Resort & Spa
Minett, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario
Set on a granite bluff above Lake Rosseau in Ontario's cottage country, this 221-room JW Marriott pairs ~26,000 sq ft of event space with a private waterfront, marina, and an infinity pool over the lake. It is the polished North American lake retreat: close enough to Toronto for a continental kickoff, remote enough to feel like a true off-site.
Edgewood Tahoe Resort
Stateline, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Tahoe's only true lakefront golf resort — 154 alpine-luxe rooms plus 14 villa suites directly on the shore of the bluest alpine lake in North America. With the 2027 Stillwater Grand Ballroom expansion it crosses into mid-size retreat territory, pairing a championship lakeside course (home of the American Century celebrity tournament) with a private beach.
Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
A 1,300-acre Lake Geneva resort with the largest meeting footprint on this list — 62,000 sq ft of event space for 10 to 1,500 — plus 387 main-lodge rooms and 225 suites at the adjacent Timber Ridge. The most operationally bulletproof choice for a genuine 300–500-person U.S. retreat within 90 minutes of Chicago, with two golf courses, a ski hill, and the lake resort town next door.
Grand Hotel Tremezzo
Lake Como, Lombardy
Belle-époque icon facing Bellagio with a floating lake pool and 150-seat reception room — a smaller-group flagship near-buyout for leadership offsites.
Lake Como EDITION
Lake Como, Lombardy
New 148-room luxury property on the western shore — a full near-buyout for a mid-size company on the most iconic lake in the world.
Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées
Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont
Grand historic lakefront hotel with 15 meeting rooms facing the Borromean Islands, with ferries to private-island galas.
Lefay Resort & SPA Lago di Garda
Gargnano, Lake Garda, Lombardy
Eco-luxury wellness estate above Garda with floor-to-ceiling lake-view meeting rooms — leadership and wellness retreats.
Beau-Rivage Palace
Lausanne, Lake Geneva, Vaud
Lakefront palace hotel with grand ballrooms ~50 min from Geneva airport — a polished European kickoff.
Rosewood Schloss Fuschl
Fuschlsee, Salzburg
Lakeside castle resort with vintage-car rallies and a private beach, 30 min from Salzburg — a castle-meets-lake leadership offsite.
Im Weissen Rössl, St. Wolfgang (Wolfgangsee)
Wolfgangsee, Salzkammergut
Postcard Austrian lake village with a steamer fleet and lakeside dining — a classic alpine-lake team retreat.
Bachmair Weissach (Tegernsee)
Tegernsee, Bavaria
Bavarian lake resort 1 hr from Munich with spa, lake club, and regatta sailing — a drive-to German offsite.
Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa
Windermere, Lake District, England
Largest lakeside conference hotel on Windermere with its own watersports marina — sailing and paddle fleets for team days.
Armathwaite Hall Hotel & Spa
Bassenthwaite Lake, Lake District, England
Country-house estate between lake and Skiddaw fells — a private-estate near-buyout for a leadership group with outdoor pursuits onsite.
The Lodge at Ashford Castle / Lough Corrib estates
Cong, Co. Mayo
Castle-and-lough estate with falconry and boating on Lough Corrib — a high-end Irish lake retreat pairing castle and lake settings.
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe
Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
North-shore lakefront resort with a private beach, marina, 34,000 sq ft of event space and a ballroom to 450 — a scale Tahoe alternative to Edgewood.
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe
Truckee/Northstar, California
Mid-mountain luxury near Tahoe's north shore with ski-in / lake-day flexibility and a polished boardroom culture — a leadership offsite.
Whiteface Lodge
Lake Placid, New York
Adirondack great-camp lodge by Mirror and Placid lakes with Olympic-village adventure — an all-suite buyout for a leadership group.
Grand Traverse Resort
Traverse City, Lake Michigan, Michigan
Bay-front Michigan resort with golf and big convention capacity — an affordable large-group Great Lakes option.
Sparkling Hill Resort
Okanagan Lake, Vernon, BC
Crystal-studded wellness resort above Okanagan Lake with 10,000 sq ft of meeting space, adults-only — leadership and wellness retreats.
Delta Grand Okanagan Resort
Kelowna, Okanagan Lake, BC
Lakefront resort and marina in wine country with large convention capacity — a value large-group BC option with sailing and wine experiences.
Fairmont Le Château Montebello
Montebello, Quebec (Ottawa River)
World's largest log structure on the water between Ottawa and Montreal, with a marina and outdoor pursuits — a bilingual large-group retreat.
Rees Hotel & Lakeside Apartments
Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown
Directly on Lake Wakatipu with a private jetty — a smaller-group lakefront Queenstown retreat with boating and fine dining.
Holiday Club Saariselkä / Lapland lakeside lodges
Finnish Lapland
Lakeside Lapland resort cluster near Urho Kekkonen NP with northern-lights, ice activities and summer lake days — a distinctive Nordic winter-or-summer lake offsite.
Union Øye / Norwegian fjord-lake lodges
Geiranger area, Western Norway
Fjord-and-lake estates with dramatic water — smaller-group leadership retreats with hiking and boating (fjord reads near lake/coastal).
Lake Argyle / Australian lake resorts
Victoria / NT
Australian lakeside resort estates with watersports and big-sky settings — a regional large-group option for AU/APAC companies.
Schloss Fuschl
Fuschlsee, near Salzburg
A 15th-c. lakeside hunting castle near Salzburg, recently reborn as a Rosewood — lake + culture basecamp.
Queenstown Rees / Eichardt's cluster
Queenstown, Otago
Lake Wakatipu adventure base; jet-boat, heli-wine, bungee — scales via hotel cluster.
Villa d'Este
Cernobbio, Lake Como
A 16th-century Renaissance villa on the western shore of Lake Como, home to the Ambrosetti economic forum and the Concorso d'Eleganza since the 1920s. 151 rooms across the Cardinal's Building and Queen's Pavilion plus four private villas, with formal gardens running down to a lakefront that hosts an entire company under one flag.
Passalacqua
Moltrasio, Lake Como
An 18th-century villa above Moltrasio with 24 suites across the main house, the former stables and a lakeside villa. Small enough to take entirely, it gives a leadership group the whole estate — terraced gardens, a hanging pool and a private stretch of Como shoreline.
The Abbey Resort
Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin
The only full-service resort on the shore of Wisconsin's Lake Geneva, with 334 rooms and 40,000 sq ft of flexible meeting space. A marina, spa and lakefront grounds make it a Midwest workhorse for large all-hands within a two-hour drive of Chicago and Milwaukee.
Lake Placid Lodge
Lake Placid, Adirondacks, New York
A Relais & Chateaux Adirondack Great Camp on Lake Placid's shore, with 30 accommodations across the main lodge, lakeside cabins and cottages. Handcrafted rustic interiors, fireplaces in every room and a private waterfront make it an intimate lodge buyout for a leadership offsite.
Grand Hotel Toplice
Bled, Upper Carniola
An 1854 grande dame directly on Lake Bled, with 87 rooms, its own thermal indoor pool fed from a lake spring and five conference halls. Postcard views of the island church and castle, with the Julian Alps at the back door for cycling and hiking.
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta
A 539-room chateau on the turquoise shore of Lake Louise inside Banff National Park, with 36,000 sq ft of meeting space across 22 rooms handling 20 to 850 people. Canoeing on the glacial lake, hiking the Rockies and one of the most photographed views in Canada from the ballroom windows.
Every residence below in full detail — capacity, region, and what makes it worth the buyout.
- Grand HotelMackinac Island, Lake Huron, MichiganUnited States · 50–400 guests
Iconic car-free island resort on the Great Lakes with vast porches and ballrooms — a distinctive large-group Americana retreat.
- The Sagamore ResortBolton Landing, NY (Lake George / Adirondacks)USA · 100–500 guests
A private 70-acre island resort on Lake George with 52,000 sq ft of function space and a ballroom to 1,000 — a rare Northeast big-plenary lake campus.