September 6, 2009
More London Businesses Choosing Wine Tasting For Their Team Building
Team building is still a very popular activity with large companies who understand just how important it is for staff bonding and communication.These days you can pretty much do any activity for your team building and their are companies who run team building days all over the country. The most popular however, according to the London Businesses Union, is the activity of wine tasting.
More companies in London chose to crack out the bottle opener and send their employees to wine tasting venues last year than to any other location. Vinopolis, which is arguable the best know wine tasting venue received most bookings and reported themselves as 10% increase in booking number last year.
There have been a number of reasons put forward by team building specialists Team Tactics, as to why wine tasting is such a popular option right now. To start with, you don’t have to leave the city in most instances to take part in these days and further more their are various companies who actually offer to come into the offices to run the activity. This means that staff do not have to travel to remote rural locations to take part and this saves money all round. Secondly, wine tasting is a surprisingly cheap activity. The costs are pretty nominal to start with but on top of this, most wine tasting companies offer discounts for large bookings, which is not something a lot of other team building companies do. Finally, the participation rate tends to be very high for these events. If not for the chance to drink alcohol on work time, then because pretty much anyone can take part regardless of their physical ability
By strange coincidence, Harrods have just announced that wine is the biggest seller for people look for presents for their colleagues or employees. Wine accessories and various styles of wine rack were also up there for gift ideas, the most popular of which being their new cactus wine rack
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