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Article: Getting away: some ideas for your executive retreat.(Meetings & Conventions)(Indiana state park system)
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- Indiana Business Magazine
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Indiana offers countless ways for working groups to get away from it all: rustic resorts, restored inns, simple cabins tucked away in scenic places or near attractions around the state. Small groups from corporations and organizations flock to these out-of-the-way venues for a chance to shift their focus, get a change of pace and have some fun.
Retreating to a rural setting helps to screen out distractions. "People really are getting away from the hectic everyday and constant interruptions," says Jeanne Bennett, sales director for the Artists Colony Inn in Nashville. She describes what meeting planners at many rural venues observe: "We see a lot of repeat ...