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Team Building Activities for Corporates Launched at the Vale Resort

Published: 02 Apr 2019

Canyoning, climbing, abseiling, clay pigeon shooting and falconry are now all on the menu for corporate delegates at the Vale Resort in Hensol, south Wales thanks to two new team building partnerships.

The four-star resort, near Cardiff, has teamed up with Wales-based Call of the Wild and Wings of Wales to offer even more options for businesses who want to incentivise or reward their staff or develop skills such as communication, problem solving, team building or leadership.

The new activities are in addition to the existing ones that the Vale Resort runs for businesses including indoor surfing and paddle boarding at Cardiff International White Water (CIWW) and tree-top adventures in association with Go-Ape. Golf and spa days are delivered on-site by the resort.

Paul Beddoe, sales and marketing director at the Vale Resort, said: “These exciting new partnerships give us another string to our bow in terms of meetings and incentive travel, providing companies an even more compelling reason to choose us.

“Now together with 13 multi-functional meeting and conference suites, which between them can cater for more than 1,200 delegates, and a 400-year old Grade I listed castle which can be hired exclusively, businesses can take advantage of a full suite of team building activities, delivered both on and off-site.
“These new activities are already getting booked by corporates, with Sony being among the first to road
test our new offering.”

Call of the Wild was established in 1998 by two school friends and is focused on providing hands-on team building experiences to help people to fulfil their potential. In 2017, it won Conference and Incentive Travel’s Best Team Building Experience and counts John Lewis, Vodafone, the BBC, Credit Suisse, Cable and Wireless and Panasonic as its clients. 

As an approved Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) centre, Call of the Wild is able to issue ILM certificates for its courses, helping delegates to progress their programme of continual professional development (CPD). 

Wings of Wales was established in 2015 by conservation photographer and bird of prey handler, Lewis Phillips. With a philosophy that is firmly centred on education, Wings of Wales will teach delegates about conservation as they get the chance to fly eagles, hawks, vultures, owls and peregrine falcons.   
Paul Beddoe continued: “The non-seasonal business tourism market is important to us at the Vale Resort, so it’s one we want to invest in and continually improve. The new relationships with these two first-class delivery partners do just that. 

“Combine these activities with our award-winning golf and spa and it’s not hard to see why we are often first-choice when it comes to businesses running corporate days in Wales.”

The Vale Resort was named Wales’ best golf hotel and best resort spa for two years running (2018 and 2017) by international awards body, the World Travel Awards, while the Vale Spa earned a place in the first edition of Lonely Planet’s Wellness Escapes book, which celebrates 200 health and well-being destinations worldwide. 

Prices for team building at the Vale Resort start at £25 per person. For further information please visit www.valeresort.com 



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