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THE SKI LODGE
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Do the words “conference hotel” give you the chills? We don’t blame you! Although Ski Lodge has hosted many excellent conferences, we’re far from your typical conference hotel. In travel agent lingo, conference hotels, usually located in the downtown areas of major cities, offer large rooms, specifically designated for meetings and conventions. If you’ve attended a conference at such a hotel, you’ve probably noticed that the meeting rooms are bland in décor and devoid of any interesting views. Furthermore, the mere size of these hotels necessitates service that is courteous, but rarely friendly and personal. Although meeting planners believe that this prevents distraction among the attendees, we strongly disagree. In our opinion, spending a few days locked up in a regular “conference hotel” stifles creativity, because new ideas are not hatched within uninspiring surroundings. In contrast, the results of a study published in 2012 proved that spending four days in a natural environment can improve creativity and problem solving by 50 percent.
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