How often does your company or your top team, get away from the office for a corporate retreat? A different environment, no interruptions, lots of creativity!

Many Reasons for Leaving the Office
Whether your objective is to get to know each other better, to build a more cohesive team, to be more innovative, or to get down to work on your strategy, you can achieve much, much more if you get away, change the environment and allow time for the process.

Church Retreats in Gatlinburg, TN

Mountain Laurel Chalets retreat cabins offer ample gathering space yet provide plenty of privacy in multiple bedrooms with private baths. Our cabins are ideal for couples retreats, spiritual retreats, or just getting to spend more time with your members, and our clubhouses are a nice bonus!

Getting Started

The first step in planning any reunion, retreat or group event is to determine the purpose of the event. Why are you holding this gathering? What do you hope it will accomplish? Who would you like to attend the event? Why should people come to the event? Once the 'stage is set,' you can really get going!

Management and Corporate Retreat Planning Best Practices

1. Make sure you have the right people- no more and no less.
2. Have a tightly focused agenda and be very clear about what you want to accomplish during your business retreat.
3. Don't just let discussions and presentations ramble on; use effective meeting tools
4. Make good use of pre-work.
5. Make sure that action items describe who will do what by when and are "checkable".
6. Ensure that follow-up is part of the process
7. Consider using a neutral retreat facilitator so that you can focus on the content of the retreat while someone else takes care of the meeting facilitation process.

Once your event is over, asking attendees to complete surveys can help in planning for future years. Survey questions could be included:

Allow Mountain Laurel Chalets host your next corporate retreat!

Family Reunions in Gatlinburg, Tennessee

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Do you have the honor of planning your next reunion or retreat?  Mountain Laurel Chalets is here to help!  Let Mountain Laurel Chalets Large Group Cabins and Chalets surround your family in comfort as you enjoy the mountains around you. Use our planning guide and feel free to contact our group reservationists at any time.

Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville all provide excellent opportunities for activity planning for your reunion.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and numerous Gatlinburg Attractions are reason enough to choose the Gatlinburg area for your family reunion. The activities and choices for group fun are endless and there is plenty of variety to suit any age and physical ability.

Consider adding these most popular attractions to your schedule!

Dollywood Theme Park - Easily plan an entire day or even two at Dollywood. Musical performances, stage shows, craft demonstrations, wildlife, and tons of amusements will appeal to everyone in your family. Group rates available.

Dolly's Splash Country - Ideal for kids of all ages! Thrilling water rides for the youngsters and a lazy river for those wanting to just kick back. All new Safety Zone technology allows parents to 'track' children's locations from anywhere in the park so that even Mom's and Dad's can relax and have a great time.

Smoky Mountain Fun - Two great Gatlinburg locations featuring indoor or outdoor mini-golf for a challenging family tournament! Also offers bumper cars, laser tag, venturer motion ride, 3-D movie, bankshot basketball and video arcades. Excellent group discounts available.

Gatlinburg Attractions Association - Visit online to view endless opportunities for Gatlinburg fun through this 24 member association. Find out who offer group discounts, operating hours and locations.

Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies - Open year round!  Have a rainy-day plan to visit Ripley's Aquarium and enjoy an afternoon of sea life.  Group rates offered.

Smoky Mountain Reunion Ideas

Scrapbook Party: Plan an evening of scrapbook fun with your family reunion group. Ask everyone to bring some pictures from the past and present.  Plan a night where everyone creates a page in the scrapbook according to categories determined from Past and Present.  Visit the Scrapbook Superstore located in Governors Crossing Mall in Sevierville for wonderful supplies for a full day of fun!

Family Birthday Fun!: Draw names and celebrate everyone's birthdays throughout the year in one night of the reunion. Put everyone's name and birthday in a hat. Each person draws a name and has that afternoon to shop in the malls and souvenir stores. Set a low limit on cost so everyone can participate on an equal level. Consider ordering a big birthday cake for the occasion and share gifts following a fun BBQ dinner or Pizza.

Plan an adventure hike with the Scavenger Hike Adventure Book. Be sure to plan for a safe hike and take extra supplies and all weather gear before you set out. Hiking the Smokies is one of the best attractions in the area!

Other Ideas may include:

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You will be greeted by our friendly reservationist upon check in and your cabin will be ready for family fun.  If you have specific questions do not hesitate to contact us at 1-800-315-4965.

We Look Forward to Greeting Your Group!

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Mountain Laurel Gatlinburg Retreats
440 Ski Mountain Road  | Gatlinburg, TN |  37738
1-800-315-4965

Planning a large group retreat, church retreat or family reunion? We have chalet rentals and vacation cabins for large groups in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. When looking for chalet rentals or cabin lodging for large groups, family reunions, or retreats in Gatlinburg, look no further than Mountain Laurel Chalets Gatlinburg Retreats. Mountain Laurel Chalets offers large group cabins or several chalet rentals together to accommodate large groups, business retreats, church retreats, and reunions of any size and type. All large cabin rentals offer clubhouse access and swimming pool access in season. Our Smoky Mountain retreat cabin rentals feature 5-12 bedrooms and can sleep up to 28 people. Several smaller cabins can also be rented together to allow for more privacy yet keep everyone in close proximity.  Rentals located in Chalet Village on Ski Mountain.
We welcome your large group retreat in Gatlinburg, Tennessee!