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ADVENTURE CHALLENGE COURSE New tourism product emerges
Source: Manila Bulletin
Author: -
Date: 2004-09-14
 
One of the emerging tourism products today that is fast becoming a hit in the industry, particularly in the corporate world, is the adventure challenge course. This product is usually being availed by corporations as one of the major activities for their team-building seminars and training workshops.





Hotel PonteFino in Batangas City is one of the establishments that offer this product to address the training and workshop needs of corporations. The Adventure Challenge Course is the first of its kind in the thriving city that’s home to the new international port. It is managed by LEAP Inc. (Learning Experiential Applications and Programs, Inc.) and designed, following international standards, by Harness, Inc.



A mere one-hour-and-half drive from Manila via the Star Tollway, the new facility gives Hotel PonteFino the edge as the only deluxe hotel with a training facility of this kind.



The Adventure Challenge Course, built on the hotel’s sprawling grounds, gives participants the chance to take part in various outdoor experiential activities involving human development on an individual and team basis. There are training programs that focus on aspects of teambuilding such as decision-making, leadership skills and interdependence among teammates as well as workshops that promote self-discovery and partnership building.



Corporations, organizations and human resource practitioners can incorporate activities in their training programs that go as high as 45 feet (The Catwalk, The Cable Walk) to ground level activities such as the Trolley, the Block and Board Traverse, The Spider’s Web, Trust Fall and a host of other challenges. The course is also designed to incorporate a Low Ropes and Recreation area to complement the existing facilities of the hotel.



A wide array of activities such as exercise stations, a jogging path and dirk bike path are available in the outdoor recreation area for long staying and in-house guests. Hotel visitors may also decide to just sit on a bench that is located in a strategic part of the recreation area and simply enjoy the landscaped gardens.



As an introductory offer to its clients, Hotel PonteFino is offering several packages for the Adventure Challenge Course facility. There are package rates for live-in individual and small-group training programs as well as rates for the use of the venue alone. They can also customize an adventure program fit to the learning needs of the organization or company. Customized packages may include the following: Program design development and facilitation by LEAP Inc.; use of the Adventure Challenge Course Facility and its equipment; set-up fees; safety officers; use of the function room; use of the recreation facilities; meals and room accommodation.



With its newly-constructed airconditioned tent that can accommodate up to 500 people, Hotel PonteFino is an ideal venue for conferences, corporate meetings, and seminars as well as product launches, concerts, weddings and other social functions. The function rooms can easily accommodate groups of 10 to 100 persons. The hotel is the perfect choice for live-in conferences with its 60 well-appointed deluxe rooms, an adult and kiddie infinity pool, business center, massage therapy, game room and a gift shop.



The hotel’s two restaurants are distinguished for their excellent cuisine and have become a culinary destination for out-of-towners. The Robusta Coffee Shop tempts diners with its new Batangas cuisine while the Pastorelli fine dining restaurant serves a mouth-watering selection of freestyle Asian-Continental food.



Hotel PonteFino is located at Pastor Village, Gulod Labac, Batangas City.



For details, log on to www.pontefino.com.ph.

 

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