How to Plan a Corporate Retreat in Canmore

When they’re planned properly, a corporate retreat can facilitate team-building, foster creative thinking and build the trust and morale of your team. A corporate retreat is a lot more than a group vacation, and hosting one takes effective planning, the right location and a few activities that will bring out the best in everyone who attends.

At the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre, our expansive and newly refreshed conference space is perfectly suited for corporate retreats big and small, and with a modern hotel attached and exceptional catering and dining options, it’s got everything you’ll need to host a successful weekend for your team. 

Here’s how you can organize a corporate retreat in Canmore that yields results and provides a memorable experience for your team.

Set Your Corporate Retreat Goals 

The first step in planning a corporate retreat is figuring out what you want to achieve. This will help shape the agenda, choose activities and determine what sort of space and hotel rooms are required for your corporate retreat.

Every corporate retreat is going to be a little different, but it’s critical that you approach the planning with intentionality and know what you’re looking to achieve. Common goals for corporate retreats include:

• Team building
• Strategy development
• Rewarding staff for their hard work
• Building a corporate culture

Once you know what you’re looking to achieve, you can start finding a hotel with conference facilities to host your corporate retreat and begin putting together a schedule and activities.

Plan Your Agenda

You’ll want to plan the schedule and agenda for your corporate retreat well in advance so that you can book the right hotel meeting spaces and determine when to incorporate some of the fun and amazing activities that Canmore offers.

From an opening cocktail reception to a gift bag on arrival, to guest speakers and meetings that could define your company’s strategies going forward, having a tight agenda ensures you get the most out of your corporate retreat.

Book a Hotel with Conference Facilities

There are few more majestic locations for a corporate retreat than the Canadian Rockies. If you’re looking for a hotel and conference centre that’s capable of meeting the requirements of all sizes of corporate retreats, there’s no better Canmore conference hotel than the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre.

There are likely a few key things that you’ll want when you’re choosing a location for your corporate retreat:

• A hotel with conference facilities is ideal, as it ensures nobody has to travel far to attend a retreat.
• Flexible meeting spaces that can accommodate both large groups and provide meeting rooms for smaller groups.
• On-site catering and dining, to make it easy for corporate retreat attendees to eat well and without hassle.
• Tech and AV support, so that everything runs smoothly throughout your corporate retreat.
• Wellness amenities like a gym, pool and hot tub, so people can stay feeling their best.

Your All-in-One Corporate Retreat Destination

When you go through your list of must-haves for a corporate retreat, you’ll quickly realize that the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre ticks all the boxes. Here’s how:

Comfortable, Modern Hotel Rooms

Our conference centre is attached to our beautiful Rocky Mountain hotel, so no one attending your corporate retreat will ever need to leave to get a spectacular view of the mountains. 

Our cozy and comfortable rooms are just steps away from our meeting areas, and with free Wi-Fi, triple-sheeted beds and coffee and tea provided in the hotel rooms, guests will feel right at home.

Conference hotel rooms can also be booked in room blocks. Booking room blocks at our hotel and conference centre comes with big perks, including pre-paid Visa cards and free nights for future stays.

Flexible Meeting Spaces

As Canmore’s largest full-service conference space, the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre understands that corporate retreats often require a variety of meeting spaces. We’ve got you covered. We have meeting rooms of varying sizes, including the Wildrose Ballroom, which can be divided into four separate meeting spaces if necessary.

• The Wildrose Ballroom is a 6,042 square-foot ballroom, perfect for large presentations. It can also be divided into four separate rooms.
• The Wolverine Room is a 528-square-foot meeting room on the main floor and is equipped with a flat-screen Smart TV.
• The Wapiti Room is a bright, 352-square-foot space with a permanent boardroom table and a flat-screen Smart TV, perfect for executive meetings at your corporate retreat.
• The Caribou Room is a versatile 528-square-foot room that can be set up in any way to best suit the needs of your corporate retreat.
• The Squirrel Room is also a 528-square-foot room with a flat-screen Smart TV.

On-Site Catering & Dining

For anyone looking for some truly exquisite dining during their corporate retreat, they won’t have to travel far from the hotel meeting. TABLE Food + Drink is one of Canmore’s best restaurants and is located right inside the hotel. The breakfast, lunch and dinner menus are all delicious, and the private dining room is perfect for welcome receptions, cocktail hours or dinners of up to 32 people during your corporate retreat.

Our Canmore hotel also offers an impressive range of catering options, accommodating all dietary needs so that nobody will go hungry during your corporate retreat. For those who do want to venture out and explore Canmore’s exciting culinary scene, downtown is only a few short blocks away.

Tech & AV Support

Our team is here to ensure your corporate retreat goes smoothly and will be there to assist with any technical or audiovisual requirements. With Smart TVs in the meeting rooms, you’ll have everything you need to host. It’s entirely possible to connect those who can’t attend in person, and for hybrid meetings, and there is free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel and meeting space.

Wellness Amenities

With the Rocky Mountains so close by, there’s never going to be a shortage of opportunities to get outside and enjoy the beautiful scenery in Canmore. But you don’t need to leave the hotel and meeting space to get some exercise or relax at the Coast Canmore, either.

The Coast Canmore has a beautiful indoor pool, hot-tub and a great gym that comes equipped with Peloton bikes and a Lululemon mirror, too.
There are nearby spas and yoga studios, which can be explored individually or as group activities.

Transportation to & from Canmore

If you’re coming from out of town for your corporate retreat, guests will need to be able to get to the conference. Generally, that will be from Calgary.

For out-of-towners who will be arriving at the Calgary International Airport, we’ve partnered with the Banff Airporter to provide pick-ups and drop-offs from the airport. You can book online here.

Shuttle buses for larger groups can also be arranged. Our team is happy to provide recommendations based on your group size.

If people are attending your corporate retreat from Calgary, they’ll likely want to drive. We offer convenient outdoor parking for just $10 a night. Spots are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. If it’s easier to carpool, there are no better Canmore conference hotels than the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre, where everything you need is in one place.

Book Your Rocky Mountain Retreat

As the largest full-service hotel and conference centre in Canmore, the Coast Canmore Hotel & Conference Centre is the perfect place to host your next corporate retreat. With cozy rooms, amazing amenities and the meeting rooms you’ll require, we will ensure you have a beautiful, professional space right in the middle of the Canadian Rockies that will leave everyone who attends excited and invigorated.

Request a meeting space online today or call us at (800)716-6199.