Incentive trips · Seychelles
Seychelles is the incentive when the brief is granite, jungle and private islands — Four Seasons Mahé, Six Senses, North Island, Fregate. Intimacy, not a 200-person convention ferry.
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Incentive houses brief Seychelles when the photograph must stay quiet: guest caps, villa privacy, and islands that refuse a dealer congress. This page is the Seychelles incentive brief — not a Mauritius scale page, not a retreat-head page, and not a conference destination.
Formats we already write: inner islands (Mahé, Praslin, La Digue) for 20–80 with boat days and a Vallée de Mai morning; outer-island buy-outs for 10–30 when the beds actually match; and a bush-and-granite close after Kenya or Tanzania for European and Gulf houses, with a real travel day. A modest working morning can sit inside Four Seasons Mahé or Constance — not a 500-delegate plenary.
Seychelles International (SEZ) is the international gate. Inter-island weather delays boats; helicopters are the buffer, not a toy. April–May and October–November are the sweet spots. Private islands still want 12–18 months. Guest-number caps are why the photograph still looks like the photograph.
Mauritius is the island when the list needs golf, banquet staff and 120+ rooms. We will not place 60 people on North Island, or sell a two-night tag after a transatlantic plus a full safari week.
Private-island lead time, inner-island room blocks, inter-island weather buffers, and guest-number caps drive the brief. We do not publish website rates. Send headcount, dates and whether the list is inner-island or a buy-out on the RFP form.
Venues
Four Seasons Mahé, Constance, Six Senses Zil Pasyon, North Island, Fregate, Waldorf Astoria Platte — matched to actual beds, not to a wish.
Constraints
Access
Mahé roads are winding — we use professional drivers and do not schedule tight back-to-backs. Praslin is a 15-minute flight or a ferry. Outer islands are IDC or private charter; luggage limits apply and we pre-brief them.
SEZ
All international arrivals; domestic and IDC flights to Praslin and outer islands
PRI
Short hop from Mahé for Vallée de Mai and Six Senses boat connections
Experiences
Full day
Coco-de-mer forest at opening hour, then Anse Source d’Argent when the granite is still a private set. The inner-islands photograph that sells the destination.
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3–5 nights
North Island, Fregate or Platte as the company’s island — the rare incentive that still feels undisclosed.
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Full day, or a transfer day between islands
Private yacht or helicopter between Mahé, Praslin and quieter coves — the ‘we chartered the ocean’ moment. Weather and swell plans are in the ops manual, not invented on the quay.
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6 nights · 7-day outline
Mahé arrival at Four Seasons or a peer, a full Praslin and La Digue day, then three still nights. Built for groups too large for North Island and too senior for a cattle-boat island hop. Weather and swell plans are written into the ops manual.
16–60 (inner-island resorts, not private-island buy-outs)
5 nights · 6-day outline
Helicopter or IDC flight beyond the inner-island triangle. Room count is the brief — we will not stretch North Island to a 60-person awards night. Luggage limits, conservation rules and a swell plan go in the first operations note.
10–30 depending on island (North Island, Fregate, Six Senses Zil Pasyon, Platte)
5 nights · 6-day outline
Four Seasons Petite Anse or a Mahé peer for the whole stay. One optional Mission Lodge or south-island day. No La Digue cattle boat. Weather and swell live in the ops manual; the gala has a leeward backup.
16–80
Seychelles
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Executive retreats in SeychellesSeychelles for intimacy, granite and private islands. Mauritius for golf, larger hotels and more meeting space. We will say which matches the rooming list.
Not to North Island or Fregate. We would place 60 at Constance or Four Seasons and use a private-island day only if the brief still wants that photograph.
April–May and October–November are the sweet spots. July–August and Christmas are peak. South-east trades mean windward chop — we write a leeward plan.
Yes at the right scale: inner islands for 20–80, outer-island buy-outs for 10–30. It is an intimacy product. Lists that need golf and banquet staff belong in Mauritius.
An inner-island stay with Vallée de Mai and timed La Digue photography; an outer-island buy-out when the beds match; a modest working morning on Mahé; and a granite close after a Kenya or Tanzania safari with a real travel day.
Boat days can delay. We write a leeward plan and treat helicopters as the buffer, not a headline. Tight back-to-backs on winding Mahé roads are how the ops note breaks.
Headcount versus guest caps, inner versus outer island, 12–18 months for a private island, and whether the diary is island-only or a safari close. Send that on the RFP form.
Send company, headcount, dates and whether the brief is inner-island, a buy-out, or a granite close after safari on the RFP form. That is enough for a first outline.
Company, group size, dates and Seychelles is enough for a first reply. rfp@serengetiexperience.com · +255 746 866 126