Monthly Archives: August 2019

Say goodbye to scarves, gloves, and heaters; spring is finally here!

Spring is the season of growth, renewal, and fresh starts – which makes it the perfect time to host a conference. It’s also the beginning of the second half of many companies’ financial years and the ideal time to reassess the trials and tribulations of the first half and plan to tweak and re-organise to make the most of opportunities during the run down to Christmas.

The good thing is that, because spring is warmer, it’s easier to get back to a more active lifestyle and spend more time outdoors. Of coruse, that makes it the ideal time to plan a spring conference at Granny Mouse where we can add some fun outdoor time and team building activities for you.

It’s always a great idea to add a few spring time themes to your conference to inspire new ideas and inject additional energy for your delegates or team.

Some ideas that we have to offer for a spring conference:

  • Go with “athon” themes –do a walkathon, a bikeathon or a hikeathon. That way, you can create a great sense of community, using your imagination to get participants in a goal setting mood, whilst encouraging them to bond in the great outdoors.
  • Fine weather makes it a good time for a treasure hunt in the beautiful grounds at Granny Mouse Country House & Spa. Provide your team with simple paper clues to help them to find treasure in return for prizes. Create fun clues and make it a Midlands adventure, searching for specific landmarks. At Granny Mouse, we can assist by strategically placing Granny Mouse placards to match your clues – e.g. the mouse is hiding amongst the grapes (the wine cellar)!
  • Mix and match at the end of a hard day or debate and planning – bring a mixologist who can concoct cocktails. Each team will then have to make the same cocktail from memory. The Granny Mouse team is happy to form part of the judging panel because we won’t be biased and cannot be bribed!
  • Add a little colour at the Granny Mouse Camelot Spa where our therapists are on hand to demonstrate nail striping – and then get delegates to try it blind folded out in the beautiful Granny Mouse gardens. This is often rather comical and gets delegates outdoors to enjoy the perfect spring midlands weather!

Info sourced from https://www.eventbrite.com/blog/inspiring-event-themes-ds00/

Women’s Day at Royal Palm

With Women’s Day fast approaching, it’s time to decide how you’ll be celebrating all things feminine. That could mean spoiling yourself or spoiling a loved one at the Spa Royale at Royal Palm Hotel.

We’ll be running a host of Women’s Day specials throughout August.

While it’s easy for a husband, partner, friend, colleague, son or daughter to splash out and book a pamper session for someone close to them, we always have to put some extra effort into persuading women to spoil themselves.

Because we realise that most of our special ladies are not only professionals and worker bees but also wives, mothers and care givers, we are taking this opportunity to remind you that its ultra-important to take time out to relax and recharge those batteries.

As women, we’re always prepared to go that extra mile and put others before ourselves – but we also need to know just how important it is to take care of our health and to prevent that ever present problem of burn out.

Remember that a strong woman is one who knows the warning signs and how to balance the stresses and strains of career and family with a little quiet time. A little me time helps you to refocus, prioritise and decide just how to make the most of the joy of being a woman as well as how to navigate the ever present challenges in both the workplace and at home!

At Spa Royale at Royal Palm, we enjoy supporting our amazing female clients on a daily basis. However, the month of August enables us to take this to a whole new level.

One of the best parts of being a woman is celebrating with others. Why not set aside some time for a girls pamper session? Take some time out to enjoy some laughter and war stories with your besties or simply enjoy a peaceful breakaway in the form of a team massage or facial?

Of course, we know it is not always easy to make time for yourselves. However, if you plan ahead and book now, it will be far easier to make space to feel special and beautiful. The same goes for friends and family who are planning to spoil a special lady in their lives – book ahead and help her take time out from a busy schedule.

For more information on our August specials, visit our website www.royal-palm.co.za