Corporate off-site programs

Some conversations just do not come together in the office. The strategy has been discussed in snatches between meetings for three months, the new department still has not met the rest of the company, and the annual plan is easier to build where urgent emails are not a distraction. Corporate off-site events give the team a day or two away from the office, with enough time for both work and rest.

We organize these off-sites for employees: we find the venue, put together the program and coordinate the group’s logistics, so that participants can focus on the work rather than on how to get there and where to stay.

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Our clients include

  • Visa
  • Halyk
  • Ericsson
  • Kaspi
  • Kcell
  • Yandex
  • Forte
  • Altyn Bank
  • Borjomi

Why teams go out of town

  • Working off-site for a department

    Annual planning, training, launching a new line of business. Work in the meeting room in the morning, time outdoors or free hours after lunch. If the program needs a team game, it can be built in: see types of team building.

  • Company-wide off-site

    An off-site company party with an overnight stay, a summer trip, a company day out of town. The larger the group, the more the schedule matters: arrival, check-in, meals and the evening together should run without long waits. If there is no need to travel and the occasion is a year-end celebration or an award ceremony, a corporate event in the city is a better fit.

  • Leadership strategy session

    A small group, long working blocks, a private meeting room and an evening for conversation without an agenda. The session is led by your moderator or a facilitator you invite. We prepare everything around it: the room and equipment, the break schedule, travel there and back.

If what you need is not a program for your own team but a business event for partners abroad, that is a different task: MICE and international business events.

Where and for how long

Around Almaty, the choice is wide: country hotels in the foothills, retreats, mountain resorts. The program can also be held in another city in Kazakhstan. In that case, we plan separately for travel time, a possible overnight stay and the group’s schedule.

When choosing a venue, we look at four things:

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  • Travel.How many hours the group will spend on the road and what will be left of the first day.
  • Meeting room.Whether there is enough space for the working sessions, daylight and a stable internet connection, and whether materials can be left overnight.
  • Rooms.Whether there are enough for everyone, in the right configuration.
  • Other guests.Whether there will be other guests on site and whether the meeting room and evening area can be booked exclusively. In winter, there is also the mountain road, which is sometimes hard to get through.

The choice of venue is yours: we bring several options.

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The group on the move

What sets an off-site apart from an evening in the city is that for a day or two people live by the off-site schedule. Logistics here is not an add-on to the program but its foundation: participant lists, meeting points, transfers, room allocation, meals on schedule, the trip back. If employees travel from different cities, their routes need to converge by the start of the first session.

We organize flights, accommodation and transfers, including for trips abroad: we book them ourselves or through a travel agency, depending on the budget and your preferences. Catering and meeting room equipment are provided by the venue and specialized contractors. We coordinate them and the participants, and bring the group’s schedule together into a single plan, from the meeting point to the trip back.

Off-site budget

The total depends most on four things: how many people are going, how far, for how many nights and in which season. The season affects not only the price but also which venues are still available.

The group list usually keeps changing until the last week: some people drop out, others are added. We calculate the estimate for the agreed number of participants. If the list changes, we show how the total changes, and only then recalculate.

Questions about corporate off-site programs

Where can you take a team from Almaty for a corporate off-site?

For a corporate off-site near Almaty, the usual choices are country hotels in the foothills, retreats and mountain resorts, and the program can also go to another city in Kazakhstan. When choosing, we look at the travel, the meeting room, the rooms and whether other guests will be on site. The choice is yours: we bring several options.

How much does a corporate off-site cost?

The estimate for a corporate off-site depends most on four things: how many people are going, how far, for how many nights and in which season. The group list usually keeps changing until the last week, so we calculate for the agreed number of participants. If the list changes, we first show how the total changes and then recalculate.

Who arranges flights, accommodation and transfers for a corporate off-site?

ROI Group arranges flights, accommodation and transfers for the group on an off-site, booking them ourselves or through a travel agency, depending on the budget and your preferences. We handle participant lists, meeting points, room allocation, meals on schedule and the trip back. We ran similar logistics on the Kcell press tour in Turkestan: flights, transfers and accommodation for journalists.

Who facilitates an off-site strategy session?

An off-site strategy session is led by your moderator or a facilitator you invite. ROI Group prepares everything around it: the room and equipment, the break schedule, travel there and back. At the venue, we check for daylight and a stable internet connection, whether materials can be left overnight and whether the meeting room and evening area can be booked exclusively.

How many days should a corporate off-site last?

A corporate off-site gives the team a day or two away from the office, with enough time for both work and rest. The length depends on the travel: we work out how many hours the group will spend on the road and what will be left of the first day. In winter, we also account for the mountain road, which is sometimes hard to get through.

How many of you, and where to

How many people are going, for how many days, from where, and what the team should come back with. We will come back with venue options and a draft program.

Discuss your off-site

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