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Plan Your Post-Lockdown Team Building at Marsham Court Hotel

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It's been a long winter of lockdown, where business meetings have been entirely restricted to using Zoom and other online platforms. While these have been lifesavers, they hardly compare to being in the room with people. Fortunately, there's light at the end of the tunnel, with plans for a gradual easing of lockdown in place. It may be a few months, but perhaps it's time to start to think about booking meetings for your business — especially team-building. If you're anywhere within reach of Bournemouth, Marsham Court Hotel is the perfect venue. Why is Team-Building So Important?   The past year is likely to have been incredibly stressful for your employees. Even if you've been able to keep the workplace open, they'll have been negotiating a whole raft of safeguards and restrictions, making normal team interaction difficult. It's more likely that they've been either furloughed or working from home. While home-working has its advantages, it does mean t...

Three Great Reasons for Holding a Conference at the Marsham Court Hotel

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  Since March, no-one’s been thinking about holding live conferences. For the first few months, it wouldn’t have been allowed, and even now many people would have doubts about attending. However, live events need to start coming back, as long as it can be done safely, and that’s where the MarshamCourt Hotel can help. Live Conferences Are Better than Online Online platforms like Zoom or Teams have been invaluable during the lock down and are still likely to be playing a role in the “new normal” — at least as far as meetings are concerned. Conferences are an entirely different matter, though. Conferences need a high degree of interaction to work effectively, whether that's a matter of open discussion or the ability to see both speaker and presentation simultaneously. While these aren't impossible on the online platforms, the format doesn't suit them. A great conference also needs to have plenty of flexibility built into its structure. Delegates may want to move bet...