Business at the beach - Abundant nature, abundant choices

HRM 02 Jan 2009

Siloso Beach Resort is nestled between a tropical lagoon and the Singapore coastal sea. If you're entertaining business clients from overseas, this scenic location is a welcome change from the hustle and bustle of the city. Only ten steps away from the beach, clients will enjoy a gentle respite in a tropical atmosphere after a long day of meetings or convention.

The resort is also the perfect option for locally-based staff to take a break. Lush, rugged foliage, cascading waterfalls and balmy shades of canopy trees make up the relaxing environment. The opportunities for leisure activities are as plentiful as the surrounding greenery, with swimming, sight-seeing and nature walks cited by visitors as popular options for relaxation.

Clearing your mind and shedding the stress built up in the workplace is likely to enhance your productivity in the days to come, so consider Siloso Beach Resort for staff retreats. The open and serene environment is conducive to the flow of new ideas. Spa Retreats, opening next year, will also be popular for companies seeking to provide a rewarding incentive to staff.

If your staff and colleagues enjoy a more vigorous challenge, team-building exercises can be built around sporting activities like canoeing, wake boarding, mountain biking or roller blading. Staff can race each other or develop new abilities by learning new sports. Employers can encourage their workers to think about applying learned skills of cooperation, patience and perseverance to the office. Siloso Beach Resort also has team building partners who specialise in different areas. One of these partners specialises in the always popular high-ropes courses and another is experienced in 'creative teambuilding'.

Just a stone's throw away from the resort, Siloso Beach offers a whole stretch of outdoor activities and dining outlets. Staff can chat and bond over cocktails while watching the sunset, or they can stroll along the footpaths and explore the beach after a hearty seafood dinner.

Most people have to make a long and tedious journey to escape the city and immerse themselves in nature. But business visitors to Siloso Beach Resort will find that convenience and accessibility are two of its defining features. Sentosa Island is only ten minutes from the Central Business District by taxi, so staff can enjoy a quick and easy transition from the office grind to the ultimate leisure venue.

Stay the night

If you're looking to extend your stay at Siloso Beach Resort, the villas are the place to stay and be pampered. Personal guides will escort you and your business associates past verdant shrubbery and ponds before you reach your room. Every villa is air-conditioned, combining an exotic experience with some modern comforts.

For companies searching for a trip to fit a smaller budget, there is a variety of regular and deluxe rooms as well. Roof garden suites have a sea view and include a Jacuzzi while the superior and deluxe rooms offer a choice of beachfront or forest views.

Meeting packages

Siloso Beach Resort offers meeting packages for half day and full day seminars. The packages include admission into Sentosa. Coffee breaks with snack items and lunch are provided to ensure your appetites are well replenished for the work ahead of you. The resort also provides flipcharts and whiteboards and offers complimentary use of an LCD projector as well as a wireless handheld microphone. You and your business associates may be on the beach, but rest assured that you are still connected to the world with access to wireless internet.

A green conscience

If your company is committed to protecting the environment, you're on the same page as Siloso Beach Resort. Branded as The Eco-Friendly Boutique Resort, it takes dedicated steps to preserve the nature on which it has built a successful business. The resort recognises that even the smallest steps can make the biggest difference.

At Siloso Beach Resort, there is a concerted effort to reduce the size of guests' carbon footprint. The resort management recognises the importance of maintaining a system which increases recycling. It uses a heat-exchange system in guestrooms. After passing through the air-conditioners, chill-converted-hot water flows to heaters which are used in every guestroom. Every drop of water is thus made use of

The effort continues outside the rooms - above them in fact. The overhead garden aims to be more than just aesthetically pleasing. Containing a miniature eco-environment, this self-maintaining garden provides a sanctuary from nature's best. It also helps absorb the heat from the sun's warm rays, thereby saving what would be an inordinate amount of energy needed to cool down the resort and its many rooms.

Siloso Beach Resort also collects its own spring water from a totally natural underground reservoir. A filtered supply fills the swimming pool and overflow does not go to waste. It is collected and used to fill the ponds throughout the resort. On land, water-based pesticides are used, eliminating the release of harmful chemicals into the soil.

A commitment to the environment is what inspired the resort to include and protect some stunning natural features. A wonderful example is the grotto - a platform intricately designed with century-old Australian jarra wood surrounded by tables and chairs made from living wood.

Also notable is the menagerie of animals that call the resort home. Peacocks, birds, frogs, squirrels and monitor lizards are just a window away, providing guests with the chance to immerse themselves into nature as it should be - untouched.

For more information, please contact: Hotline

T: 65 6722 3355/56

Website: www.silosobeachresort.com


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