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The Extravagant Rise of the Corporate Incentive Trip
From skydiving trips in Dubai to Michelin-starred meals in Paris, some companies are rewarding top performers with once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences.
In the past few years, as the world reopened after the height of the pandemic and tourism skyrocketed, these trips have become increasingly opulent and bespoke, with companies vying to outdo one another with five-star extravaganzas that most employees might never experience outside of their honeymoons or that one bougie friend’s destination wedding —if that. Attendees were whisked around the City of Light in 1960s Citröen CV2s; activities included a behind-the-curtain tour of the Louvre, hosted by the head curator, and a private meal in Le Jules Verne, the two-Michelin-star restaurant inside the Eiffel Tower. After a week spent skydiving above Palm Jumeirah, off-roading over sand dunes, and partying at a specially erected Bedouin-inspired camp with camels and belly dancers, the group headed to Abu Dhabi to test-drive F3 cars and watch the last F1 race of the season from a private lounge overlooking the track.
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