Luxury yacht charters are not only used for vacation, adventures, and relaxation. Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders also use them to get away from the boardroom for a while to collaborate with team members and entertain clients.

In this article, you will learn about why you should consider chartering a luxury yacht to use as the ultimate corporate retreat.

Move Beyond the Boardroom: The Benefits of a Yacht Retreat

Corporate executives have traditionally used boardrooms, hotel ballrooms, and conference centers to hold meetings with teams and clients. However, the modern way of building teams and entertaining clients requires something more exciting and fun to impress the newest generations of business professionals.

That is why you need to move beyond the boardroom and into a luxury yacht charter. The benefits of a corporate yacht retreat go far beyond the glorious experience of being at sea. It can transform a mundane meeting into a memorable experience where everyone remains focused and alert.

Let’s look at the three most important benefits of a corporate yacht retreat:

1) Foster Unbreakable Team Bonds

Building successful teams requires establishing an unbreakable bond between team members. Each person must know they can rely on the other to seek guidance and complete critical tasks. What better way to foster an unbreakable team bond than to put everyone together on an ocean vessel for a few days or maybe even longer?

A corporate yacht retreat creates a shared experience for teams. After they are busy connecting on a personal level during onboard meetings, you can reward them with adventurous activities at sea and along the coastline. These activities may include kayaking, snorkeling, swimming, hiking, sightseeing, and other great adventures.

Pro tip: To give them practice working together, your teams can oversee hoisting the sails and navigating the boat to all the preplanned destination spots. By doing this, they will build a deeper level of trust between themselves that they would never build in any boardroom.

2) Entertain and Impress High-Value Clients

Another excellent reason to charter a corporate yacht retreat is to entertain and impress your high-value clients. A yacht establishes the perfect professional setting, as it convinces clients that you are a serious businessperson with the resources to provide such luxury.

Your clients will be treated with five-star accommodations as soon as they set foot on your yacht. The crew can serve them drinks, cocktails, canapes, fruits, and gourmet hors d’oeuvres. Meanwhile, clients can enjoy the picturesque views of the aqua-blue ocean waters and the island coastlines in front of them.

A corporate luxury yacht is equipped with all the technology and amenities needed to provide both entertainment and business meetings. It will have big-screen televisions, slides, projections, and air conditioning, along with whatever else you need to make your clients feel comfortable and entertained.

3) Unmatched Privacy and Exclusivity for C-Suite Meetings

What could be more private than a corporate charter yacht at sea? With nobody around to interrupt or bother you, a yacht is the ideal setting to conduct private and exclusive C-suite meetings.

The highest-level senior executives, such as CEOs and CFOs, enjoy hosting C-suite meetings to discuss strategic initiatives and major business decisions. Given the importance of such meetings, they prefer to hold them in isolated environments where outsiders cannot interrupt or spy on them.

NOTE: Think of corporate luxury yachts as “safe spaces” for C-suite meetings. Executives and teams are free to speak their minds without any risk of backlash. Everyone has the opportunity to share their most creative ideas and recommendations to strike better deals and move the company in a better direction.

Sample Itinerary for a 3-Day Executive Offsite

A corporate luxury yacht retreat usually doesn’t need to last for more than three days. That should be enough time for teams to bond or entertain their high-end clients. Let’s take a look at a sample itinerary of a 3-day executive offsite retreat on a corporate luxury yacht.

Day #1: Arrival and Setting the Scene

Your clients board a chartered corporate luxury yacht at a port in Miami, Florida, at around 8 AM. Hosts and crew members immediately greet clients and assist them with their luggage as they settle in and become comfortable on the boat. The clients are shown to their quarters, followed by refreshments and breakfast. The executives greet each client personally.

The yacht sets sail from the port, with its first destination the Grand Bahama Island in the Caribbean. The clients sit on deck, enjoying views of the Atlantic Ocean. The yacht arrives in the Bahamas around 1 PM. It sails around the vast perimeter of the Grand Bahama Island. Everything is quaint and pleasant. No discussion of anything business-related is taking place yet.

The yacht stops at a port on Grand Bahama Island. The clients can explore the island, shop at stores, and gamble at the island’s casinos. When they finish, they head back to the ship for a gourmet dinner feast, including grilled fish, caviar, and lamb. The clients then retire to their quarters for the night.

Day #2: Strategic Meetings and Bonding

The yacht heads to the island of Compass Cay, part of the Exumas of the Bahamas. The clients wake up and are surprised by the sight of the stunning, clear turquoise ocean surrounding the island. Refreshments and breakfast will be served as usual.

A small meeting in the onboard conference room will take place between the clients and the executives. It is a small meeting where executives can pitch a proposal or a deal to the clients. They don’t have to make any final decisions right away. The clients will still have time to think about the proposal as they continue to have adventures on the trip.

After the meeting, the corporate teams (or executives) and clients can enjoy snorkeling and swimming activities together. Then they can swim alongside friendly nurse sharks, creating a thrilling, adventurous experience. At this point, the clients will feel greater trust and respect for the executives after sharing such rare memories.

More activities may be planned for the rest of the day, including beach volleyball, kayaking in hidden caverns, and getting a few drinks at the sandbar on the island. Afterward, everyone will return to the ship for another gourmet dinner. Onboard entertainment, such as movies, music, and dancing, will continue well into the evening.

Day #3: Final Decisions and Departure

The corporate yacht will turn around and head back to the Miami port. At this point, a much bigger and longer meeting will take place in the onboard conference room between the executives and clients. Following all the wonderful experiences over the last two days, the clients are now ready to decide on the deal presented to them previously.

Regardless of the outcome, the clients and executives will conclude the trip with lunch and a discussion of the experiences they enjoyed. These conversations will continue all the way back to Miami.

Booking Your Company’s Next Great Event

A corporate yacht retreat can serve several different purposes for your company, whether you want to build teams or entertain your clients. The best thing to do is plan your next great event early so that you can charter the best luxury yacht for your needs.

Are you ready to get started? Book your company’s next great event today!

At Beloria Yachts, we specialize in high-impact corporate experiences. Contact us today to start planning your executive retreat.