9 Reasons Hong Kong should be your next Incentive Trip
Including mainland China, Hong Kong receives over 56 million tourists a year and it is rightly regarded as one of the most iconic cities of Asia and indeed the world. Hong Kong caters especially to business, but it also attracts all kinds of people looking to experience the city’s many attractions including fine dining and cultural exhibits.
Here are 9 reasons Hong Kong is the right choice for your next incentive trip or team building event:
1. MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibits) Hotels
In addition to its extensive offering of accommodation, Hong Kong is a major destination. Selecting a MICE-supportive hotel gives you the peace of mind that the operators understands your team’s needs down to the fine details and will work with you to guarantee that your event is a successful one.
2. Cosmopolitan Culture
Formerly a British colony, Hong Kong has a rich cultural history and relationship with the West. Hong Kong is home to some of the finest cultural achievements of Anglo-Sino history. From her famous skyscrapers to her world famous cuisine, travelers to Hong Kong easily lose themselves in its pure energy and sophistication.
3. Compact Destination
Hong Kong’s size means that it is easy to traverse and devote more time to team building events. City wide Amazing Race or treasure hunts would also be excellent choices for team building exercises. First world infrastructure further adds to the convenience of getting around Hong Kong.
4. Great Networking Opportunity
When not engaged in team building exercises or seminars, management can use the occasion to network with similar minded businesses in Hong Kong and Asia. The main purpose of a trip to Hong Kong may be to improve team dynamics or reward staff productivity, but it doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of the world class business environment and cultivate new business relationships.
5. Excellence Assured
Hong Kong is home some of the top luxury hotels in the world and is equipped and staffed to fulfill the needs of the most demanding of corporate clients. While other countries offer the excitement of the unknown, Hong Kong gives you the peace of mind that can only come from a destination that is well established on the MICE and incentive trip circuit.
6. Limited Red Tape
The business friendly environment in Hong Kong should also be a consideration when deciding a future incentive or team building trip. The focus for the trip may be incentive or dream driven, but it also provides the chance for you to use the trip to expand the business safe in the knowledge that local laws are friendly towards businesses and made transparent.
7. Macao
Just a ferry ride away, is lady luck with you tonight? Try your hand at the world famous casinos in neighboring Macau. The colossal and opulent casino palaces of Macau make for an excellent evening of entertainment. Macau and not Las Vegas, as commonly believed, is the gambling capital of the world; more profits are generated in the former Portuguese colony than Vegas or any where else in the world.
8. First World Public Transport
Public transport in Hong Kong is excellent. Bus routes cover most of the island, ferries are frequent between the islands, and Hong Kong is connected via underground rail networks. No trip to Hong Kong is complete without the must see Star Ferry journey to Kowloon.
9. Team Building Hikes
Asia has some of the most inspiring cityscapes and Hong Kong is no different. Take the chance while in Hong Kong to take your staff out on a team building hike up to the Hong Kong heights. After climbing up to the top of the heights you and your team will feel a new togetherness from your shared experience. From the heights you will be able to look down over the spectacle that is Hong Kong. Hikes vary in difficulty from easy to difficult.
Hong Kong is a wise choice for any incentive or team building trip destination. As one of the major financial and cosmopolitan hubs of the world, Hong Kong has it all. You can’t go wrong with the high standard of hotels, conference rooms, event management spaces, and business centers available for corporate clients looking for their next MICE destination.
