After taking some clients on a tour of Greene Family Camp’s incredible retreat center, we sat down with GFC’s new Executive Chef and Retreats Director, Eli Cohn-Wein to learn about his vision for enhancing the experience retreat goers will have when they come to visit. Hi Eli and thanks for sitting down with us to…
As a retreat center coordinator, you will face many challenges and issues that are spontaneous and unforeseen while you host groups at your property. Your goal when faced with these obstacles should be to mitigate your groups’ blowback feedback post-event by rectifying those issues in a timely, apologetic, and professional manner. Blowback feedback is a…
Getting more retreats to book at your facility is a challenging task that can sometimes leave even the most determined Camp and Retreat Directors feeling overwhelmed and understaffed. Having the right people in place to help with the everyday tasks of marketing maintenance and instant sales response is the key to growing and sustaining a…
Deciding what to charge your guests that use your retreat center can be a long and precise procedure that can leave some camp and retreat staff wondering where they should begin. Using these methods described below will help you develop a plan that your team can use annually to discover the best way to charge…
Trying to increase your off-season retreat business can be hard and then downright impossible if you constantly have retreats coming and going with no retention year over year. Retreat participants will most assuredly give honest feedback to their organizers and this is what determines that retreat’s next facility 99% of the time. Retention of your…
Do you have an Emergency Action Plan for your events? Last month Hurricane Harvey dropped unprecedented amounts of rain along the Texas and Louisiana coasts, causing record flooding that left thousands of people homeless. As the cleanup efforts were getting underway, Hurricane Irma delivered a devastating blow to Florida. A few days later, a magnitude…
People across Texas, Louisiana, Florida and the Carribean are still struggling to recover from the destruction left by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. At its heart, the retreat industry has always been dedicated to improving people’s lives. And the events of the past week have given us a unique opportunity to make a difference in the…
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Your Retreat Central listing is a powerful marketing tool that provides a range of opportunities to promote your venue to individuals and event planners who are actively seeking venues for their upcoming events. In addition to your listing, you can promote your venue through our monthly e-Newsletter which is delivered monthly to 17,000+ event professionals. …
Corporate event planners can be extremely selective when searching for the right venue for their events. They’re increasingly interested in hosting their events at unique locations, with the best acoustics, excellent accessibility, and unlimited parking among other amenities. For many venue owners and managers, it can be a constant struggle to reach the standard where…