Building a strong team is vital to the success of any business. Without the continued cooperation of your staff, you cannot effectively operate or grow your company. Whether you run a major corporation or a tiny startup, you must continuously find ways to boost morale and foster team spirit. One of the most effective strategies…
The moment you get engaged, wedding planning begins. The start is always exciting! But it can quickly get frustrating if you don’t stay organized. Once you have a sense of what you, as a couple, are looking for on your special day, you can begin to plan an event that suits the two of you….
Planning is starting now for many couples who are recently engaged and looking to tie the knot next Spring. Spring is still the most popular season for weddings, even in the Bay Area, where weddings happen in any season. The Bay Area weather is likely to be temperate and beautiful, and Spring has always been a time…
Angel Island offers visitors a wide range of activities that are not only fun but also help promote and conserve its beautiful landscape. Regardless of whether you make your way to the island alone, with friends, together as a family, or even with colleagues, you can rest assured that the visit will be worth your…
Executives know the value of off-site meetings. An offsite gives a team the break it needs from the hustle and stress of office work. Teams can also explore issues more deeply and productively in a less distracting, more focused environment. And in the San Francisco Bay Area, excellent off-site venues abound that offer more than the…
Offsite meetings are valuable for multiple reasons, including the fact that they help your staff hit a collective reset button while away from workplace distractions. A team outing aboard a San Francisco Bay yacht charter typically makes your executives and other employees feel valued, relaxed, and inspired as they collaborate on their agenda or team-building activities during…
Executive retreats can be highly beneficial to your company. Such events provide C-Suite or senior managers with a chance to spend time away from the office, giving each other their undivided attention. Many businesses make vital decisions regarding growth and direction at these decision-maker sessions. Thus, how you plan your next retreat could generate significant…
A new trend in the weddings we hold on our yacht charters over the last few years has been what we may as well call “Baby Boomer Weddings.” And they are different than traditional weddings! They are often more casual affairs, where fun is paramount over formality. Baby Boomer Wedding Planning Charts Its Course If you are…
With people at home sheltering during the COVID-19 crisis, they have more time on their hands for planning and researching. This includes the wedding planning currently underway for Autumn weddings. One of the first steps wedding planners take couples through is color schemes. Color choices drive decisions about décor, dresses, suits, and floral arrangements. Five color combination ideas…
Team-building events have a proven, research-backed track record of increasing engagement and productivity. The best team-building events are designed with concrete goals that vary depending on the team’s weaknesses that the event aims to improve. We have written in the past about the value of taking your team-based activity on a bay cruise, and the next…