Retreat Reinvented – 5 Restorative Minnesota Resort Retreats

Corporate retreats are back! They not only provide a terrific way to revitalize and rejuvenate your team and staff but have been proven to increase productivity and restore both company and team loyalty long after the chef interactive cooking class or bonfire. The success and effectiveness, however, lies in the careful planning and site selection of a Minnesota resort venue where your guests experience a dream-come-true event and quite likely, tweet their friends and families that they’re never leaving, at least, not for a while.

Here are 6 Minnesota Resort Venues that do just that:

Jump in the Lake

Minnesota is most surely the land of luxurious lakeside resorts. Comfortable rooms, an indulgent spa, a championship golf course, indoor water park, riding stables, fully-equipped marina and more than 28,000 square feet of meeting space can be found on the gorgeous sprawling acres of Arrowwood Resort & Conference Center in Alexandria. Just two hours from the Twin Cities, and located near Carlos Creek Winery and the Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum, Arrowwood offers your guests outstanding accommodations and activities year round.

Looking for sweet breezes, waves lapping on the shore and spectacular views? Check out Breezy Point Resort in Breezy Point, Minnesota. Then check in to enjoy this classic, four-season resort that offers spacious rooms, fabulous food from its four on-site restaurants, and a state of the art conference center with 25,000 square feet of flexible meeting space for groups of up to 500. Here your corporate retreat can incorporate golf at one of three courses plus boating, beach time or even biking.

For a grand old time, nothing beats Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, Minnesota. With breathtaking surroundings and outstanding service, your corporate retreat will be a huge success. Especially when your attendees take in a round of golf at one of the resort’s three championship courses. Or relax and revive at the Glacial Waters Spa. Or surrender to the temptations of steak, seafood or even burgers and fries from one the resort’s seven on-site restaurants. There’s plenty of space to meet as well including the Gull Lake Center offering 25,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, the Norway Center that seats up to 250 in the ballroom and boasts two additional meeting rooms, and more at North, the resorts new boutique hotel and conference center.

Madden's on Gull Lake in Brainerd, Minnesota has become a destination of choice for corporate retreats, with a national reputation for professional service, stunning landscapes, unparalleled accommodations and meeting space for up to 800. With more than 1000 acres of Northwood’s beauty for hiking or biking, miles of Gull Lake shoreline for swimming or boating, plus spa, tennis courts and more, your guests will never be bored. Tired? Yes. Bored? Never.

For more than a century, Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge in Deerwood, Minnesota has been delighting its guests with their hospitality, accommodations and one of the most scenic corporate event spaces in Minnesota, accommodating groups to 300. A seemingly endless list of possible activities include golf, boating, waterskiing, fishing, sailing, spa treatments and custom-designed activities for your group. With choices that include everything from a kayak excursion to an outdoor movie to a big bonfire, activities here will inspire your team and nurture a sense of camaraderie.

The Minnesota corporate retreat has come a long way in the past twenty or thirty years. But fortunately, when planning your next one, you won’t have to go very far to find something extraordinary. Visit our Minnesota corporate retreat guide for a complete listing of corporate retreat options.

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