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Speed up the slow life with a boat picnic
Sydney Harbour Boat Tours has launched a privately chartered Seafood
Beach picnic tour designed as a luxury and fun experience for small
corporate groups.
The exhilarating ride takes up to 10 people on the Spectre, an
Italian Riviera-style sports cruiser which won the 2017 European
Sports Boat of the Year. It is equipped with a queen bed down-
stairs, kitchenette and toilet facilities, while allowing for generous
space for enjoying the sun about the boat.
A three-hour tour will take guests past Sydney’s famous sights
and icons such as the Opera House, to land on Store Beach, which
is home to New South Wales’ only little penguin colony.
A seafood lunch of local oysters, prawns, sashimi and fruit com-
plete with wines and beers will be served by a personal steward,
who also serves as a guide and commentator.
Guests can be picked up or dropped off at any publicly-accessi-
ble or private harbour wharf for their convenience. The tour costs
A$1,980 (US$1,397) per group which includes the services of a
skipper, plus A$110 per guest for the seafood lunch.
Shangri-La Boracay births eight
teambuilding adventures Mercure debuts in
north-eastern Vietnam
Shangri-La’s Boracay Resort and Spa has rolled out a customised teambuilding pack-
age combining physical activities and mental challenges, parked under the banner
Collabor8. In total, there are eight teambuilding options that can be conducted indoors
or outdoors.
The launch was in response to “a lot of enquiries we get (for) two-in-one events –
corporate incentives that have been merged with teambuilding activities and strategic
planning,” explained business development manager Janine Medina-cue.
She explained that Collabor8 is a three-step winning formula beginning with what
the team would like to achieve, followed by eight adventures to choose from, topped off
by a team celebration for a winning finish.
The eight adventure options include a QR code experiential tour and mini
challenges from taking a selfie photo and uploading
online for the Biggest Influ-
encer challenge, to a mystery
escape room for the Code-
breaker challenge.
Collabor8 was inspired by
the various activities that can be
done within the large Shangri-
La’s Boracay resort. “We injected
a storyline to tie everything to-
gether and to give team builders
the personas they need to step
into particular roles and achieve
the team’s desired goal,” Medina-
Cue shared. Mercure Hotels &
Resorts has opened its
first midscale property in
north-eastern Vietnam.
Located in the CBD,
Mercure Hai Phong is
the tallest building in the
city and is housed within
the SHP Plaza shopping
centre, a 28-story mixed-
use development.
The property offers a
total of 176 guestrooms
and suites, as well as 57 one- to three-bedroom serviced
apartments. Guests staying on the 25 th to 27 th floors of
the hotel will be able to enjoy breakfast and evening
cocktails, and complimentary access to the meeting
rooms at the Privilege Lounge.
For events, the hotel features six meeting rooms
including the city’s largest grand ballroom that can cater
up to 380 guests. Recreational facilities include the
Bloom Spa, a 24-hour gym, and an outdoor infinity pool.
Meanwhile, dining options on-site include two restau-
rants and three bars, ranging from the all-day Flame Grill
& Bar to the first rooftop bar in the city, Cloud28 Sky Bar
& Lounge.