Conference Boy & Incentive Girl

July 2009 - Posts

Just returned from a rather exclusive visit to Lucerne, Switzerland. It’s rare that you can call an events centre beautiful… but KKL Luzern really is that. Not only is it situated on the lakefront, but it brings the water indoors with shallow pools throughout the ground floor. Think the architect was initially more focused on outward appearances than practicality as a number of concert-goers – including his own mother-in-law – apparently fell into the water before barriers were put in place. Loved Lucerne’s design property The Hotel, in particular its bedroom ceilings, each of which is taken from a still of different film. Mine was particularly fancy – a couple from The Matador locked in a loving embrace. Nice. I had better luck than an elderly gent in my group though, who took a while to make out that the scene on his ceiling was in fact a gentleman’s rump… – Incentive Girl

Spent the weekend recovering after an action-packed fam trip visiting Rotterdam and the Hague, which involved two days of hotfooting it around some of Holland’s finest C&I venues. We were treated to delicious cocktails and food at the Westin Rotterdam, before heading to the casino where I managed to lose a good few euros before cutting my losses (wonder if I can expense that…?) and avoiding the rumoured possibility of smoking some ‘special cigarettes’. For a city-based fam trip, it was gruelling – my throat is still hoarse from shrieking as we whizzed around Rotterdam on RIB boats. Needless to say, my hairdo was not the same afterwards. Arms are still aching from the Hague’s incentive activities, which involved ‘power kiteflying’. While Charles Taylor stood on trial for war crimes in a nearby court, I joined event planners in an effort to control the colorful kites (and comfort lighter delegates who almost took off in the process!) and enjoyed fruity smoothies on the beach. All in all, a very Goede reis!

 C&IT's Rotterdam and The Hague fam trip pictures

Scenes reminiscent of Heathrow T5 opening day at the entrance to the Cannon Bridge Roof Gardens this week. Ok so that’s a total exaggeration but someone should have made sure those Oyster Summer Party organisers gave guests their e-tickets to prevent the 20-minute-long queue to register. We event types love a good moan when forced to queue. Still, it wasn’t all bad though – I had a good old catch up with my pals at The Finishing Touch who I spotted in the crowd. Good to see the rain didn’t deter hundreds of party-goers who were lured in by the promise of 21 different kinds of food, drink and entertainment showcasing the finest that the Oysters’ had to offer. Loved the Aussies’ mini pies…. And so did the Confex ladies, who I found tucking into the Australasian delicacies round the corner, out of sight. Looking forward to the next Oyster party…and next time I will be sure to wear my elastic-waisted jeans so as to make the most of all those tasty treats. – Conference Boy
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