Tropical Retreats
42 tropical residences, chosen for whole-property use. The kind of week people still describe to whoever didn’t come.
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Casa de Campo Resort & Villas
La Romana, Southeast Coast
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 & Residences Los Cabos at Costa Palmas
East Cape (La Ribera), Baja California Sur
Set on 1,500 acres of Baja's calmer, swimmable East Cape, Costa Palmas pairs the only private marina in Los Cabos with the Sea of Cortez — Jacques Cousteau's 'world's aquarium,' home to over 900 fish species and a genuine billfish fishery (marlin, dorado, tuna). A group runs a closing-night beach gala on three kilometers of swimmable sand, takes a private fleet out for a billfish heat, and never touches the rowdier Cabo San Lucas strip.
Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
Kona Coast (Ka'ūpūlehu), Big Island
Built on a black-lava Kona coastline, Hualalai is the rare US-soil tropical buyout that needs no passport for a domestic exec team — 243 low-rise rooms, seven pools including the spring-fed King's Pond aquarium swimmable with rays and tropical fish, a Jack Nicklaus course, and a Pacific big-game fishery (Kona is the marlin capital) a short run offshore. Reachable with one connection from the West Coast.
Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
Punta Mita (Bahía de Banderas), Riviera Nayarit
On a private 1,500-acre peninsula north of Puerto Vallarta, Punta Mita gives a group two Jack Nicklaus courses (including the famous Tail of the Whale island green), 35,500 sq ft of indoor-outdoor event space, the Toki Ballroom seating 300 banquet-style, and Pacific waters that hold marlin, sailfish and seasonal whales. The closing dinner is on an ocean-facing lawn; the signature day is a billfish heat or a regatta in Banderas Bay.
Six Senses Uluwatu
Uluwatu, Bukit Peninsula, Bali
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.
Park Hyatt Cabo del Sol
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur
New (2024) Park Hyatt with ~34,500 sq ft of event space, golf and Sea of Cortez fishing; cleaner-design alternative to the FS Costa Palmas hero.
Hacienda del Mar Los Cabos
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur
All-inclusive with a genuine 1,000-seat Hacienda Ballroom — fits the biggest budget-sensitive groups; hurricane caveat Jul–Sep.
Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos
Los Cabos, Baja California Sur
Large all-inclusive convention-grade resort (Baja ballroom to 1,055 theater, 5 breakouts); value play for 200–400 with built-in F&B.
St. Regis Punta Mita
Riviera Nayarit
Sister-peninsula to the FS hero with butler service, billfish and yacht excursions; second Punta Mita anchor (9 event venues).
Secrets/Dreams Bahía Mita (Hyatt)
Riviera Nayarit
Surf-and-spa all-inclusive with a 12,711 sq ft convention center + ocean-terrace breakouts on the same peninsula; mid-budget large group.
UNICO 20°87° Riviera Maya
Riviera Maya (Costa Mujeres)
Design-forward adults-only all-inclusive on the Caribbean side with cenote/reef excursions; Caribbean-coast alternative to the Pacific heroes.
Excellence Riviera Cancun
Riviera Maya
Large adults-only all-inclusive with dedicated meetings & events facilities; budget-friendly for big Caribbean-side groups.
Grand Velas Riviera Maya
Riviera Maya
AAA Five-Diamond all-inclusive with 90,000+ sq ft event space — one of the largest M&E footprints in the region; premium Caribbean coast.
Grace Bay Club
Providenciales
Grace Bay's flagship for hand-crafted incentive groups; catamaran-to-private-cay signature day (beach, pool, uninhabited-cay venues).
The Palms Turks & Caicos
Providenciales
Polished Grace Bay resort (Messel Ballroom to 100, croquet-lawn events) for sub-150 leadership groups; pairs with regatta/dive.
The Ritz-Carlton, Turks & Caicos
Providenciales
The big-group anchor on Grace Bay — largest event space on the strip; ballroom + beach for 200+ on the Caribbean's best beach.
Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort
Val des Pitons
Between the Pitons — the most cinematic backdrop in the Caribbean (100+ rainforest acres, Sunset Deck to 100); intimate leadership/celebration; rainforest + reef.
Sandals Grande St. Lucian (full buyout)
Pigeon Island
All-inclusive full-resort buyout play; sailing, dive and Pigeon Island fort; budget-conscious large groups.
Black Urchin (resort buyout)
Grand Cayman
True single-property buyout for ~50–88 — the group owns the whole boutique oceanfront resort; dive-and-yacht signature.
The Rosewood Little Dix Bay (buyout)
Virgin Gorda
Iconic Laurance Rockefeller bay with a formal buyout program; sailing the BVI is the signature; storm caveat Aug–Oct.
Anantara Mai Khao Phuket Villas
Phuket
"Real White Lotus" property; beach buyout, Andaman Room (100), Thai cultural + watersports menu.
Phulay Bay, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve
Krabi
Andaman-coast reserve; longtail-boat island-hopping, rock climbing, Thai immersion.
Six Senses Yao Noi
Phang Nga Bay
Limestone-karst bay; Hong-island kayaking, dive, dramatic plenary lawns.
Four Seasons Koh Samui
Koh Samui
Hillside private-pool villas over the Gulf; beach club, Thai-boxing nights, regatta-adjacent.
The Datai Langkawi
Langkawi
Ancient-rainforest beachfront; nature immersion, golf, dive — strong full-property MICE record.
Six Senses Con Dao
Con Dao
Remote marine-park island off Vietnam; turtle conservation, dive, true seclusion.
Banyan Tree / Laguna Phuket complex
Phuket
The one SE-Asia property that genuinely handles 500 in one place via the Laguna integrated resort cluster.
Halekulani Okinawa
Okinawa
Subtropical Japan; beach, dive, larger conference capacity than mainland ryokan options.
Taj Exotica / W Goa cluster
Goa
Goan beach offsite; watersports, Portuguese-heritage immersion, lively celebration energy.
Sensei Lānaʻi, A Four Seasons Resort
Lanai, HI
A wellness-led Lanai resort with near-island exclusivity and Nobu dining — a full-buyout option for elite leadership groups.
Four Seasons Resort Hualālai
Big Island, HI (Kona/Kohala)
A Five-Star Kona-coast resort, full-buyout-capable, with lava-rock golf and ocean programming on the Big Island.
Grand Hyatt Kauai
Poipu, Kauai, HI
A 50-acre oceanfront Poipu resort with 65,000+ sq ft of meeting space — a big-group Garden-Isle plenary venue.
Rosewood Mayakoba
Playa del Carmen, Riviera Maya
A 129-suite resort woven into freshwater lagoons and mangrove jungle behind a Caribbean beach in Mayakoba, reached by boat through the canals. Overwater suites, a beach club, and lagoon-side event lawns make it a jungle-and-reef offsite that still lands large groups.
Andaz Costa Rica Resort at Peninsula Papagayo
Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste
A 153-room Hyatt resort set in tropical dry forest above two beaches on the Papagayo Peninsula, with a marina, a large ballroom, and forest-and-bay event decks. The scale and conference infrastructure make it one of Central America's more capable large-group tropical offsites.
Amanpuri
Pansea Beach, Phuket
The first Aman, set in a coconut grove on a private headland above Pansea Beach, with 40 pavilions and 44 multi-bedroom villas across 24 hectares. A group can take the pavilions and villas together for an exclusive tropical retreat with its own beach and fleet.
Nihi Sumba
Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara
A remote 27-villa resort spread along a wild surf beach and jungle bluff on Sumba island, famous for the Occy's Left wave and horseback rides in the shallows. A full buyout gives a company the beach, the jungle spa, and the whole estate far off the grid.
Laucala Island
Laucala Island, Northern Fiji
A privately owned 3,500-acre island in northern Fiji with just 25 freestanding villas, a working farm, reef, and its own airstrip and dive center. A full-island buyout hands a company the reef, the golf course, and the whole island's staff for a fully self-contained retreat.
COMO Parrot Cay
Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos
A private-island resort of around 65 rooms, suites, beach houses, and villas on a 1,000-acre cay with a mile-long beach, reached only by boat from Providenciales. The mix of rooms and multi-bedroom villas lets a company pod its teams while sharing one long Caribbean beach.
Fregate Island Private
Fregate Island, Inner Seychelles
A private granite-and-jungle island in the inner Seychelles with 16 pool villas plus estates, seven beaches, and its own conservation program (giant tortoises, restored forest). The whole island hires out exclusively, so a leadership group gets seven beaches and the island's staff to themselves.
Every residence below in full detail — capacity, region, and what makes it worth the buyout.
- Four Seasons Resort Maui at WaileaWailea, Maui, HawaiiUSA · 100–500 guests
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.
- Grand Wailea (Waldorf Astoria)Maui, HIUSA · 200–500 guests
A Maui mega-resort with 100,000+ sq ft of event space — among the few Hawaii campuses that can host a true 500-person plenary.
- Kokomo Private Island FijiKadavu, Great Astrolabe ReefFiji · 30–80 guests
A private island on the edge of the Great Astrolabe Reef with 21 beachfront villas and larger residences, its own dive and marine-research center, and a hydroponic farm. Exclusive-use buyouts give a company one of the world's great reefs plus the whole island's fleet and farm.