ONCE / Corporate

The moment your company is remembered for.

Client weekends, leadership retreats, team journeys and private events. Arranged by one desk, from the first idea to the last car home, and ready for procurement.

Brief the desk See the formats

The Abu Dhabi skyline at night, its towers lit above the water.

Who it is for

Four rooms, four reasons.

  1. 01

    Your top clients

    The accounts that matter most, hosted where they would never book themselves.

  2. 02

    Your board and leaders

    Time away to think, decide and come back aligned.

  3. 03

    Investors and partners

    A table worth crossing a city for, and the conversation that follows.

  4. 04

    The teams who earned it

    A journey that says thank you better than a bonus line.

The formats

Six ways to gather.

  1. A hospitality terrace with tables and parasols beside the track. 01

    Client hospitality

    A race weekend for your guests: paddock hospitality, the hotel rooms and the city around them, handled as one.

    • Paddock and hospitality packages at five race weekends
    • Hotel rooms held for the group, cars at every door
    • A private dinner on the Saturday night
    The F1 weekends
  2. A château behind a vineyard under a cloudy sky. 02

    Leadership retreats

    A villa, a château or an island taken for your leadership team, with the room to think and the agenda you set.

    • Whole-house buyouts for privacy
    • Working sessions by day, a chef's table by night
    • A facilitator or speaker, on request
  3. A two-masted sailing yacht under way on open water. 03

    Team building

    Shared challenges that bring a team closer: on the water, on the track or around the table.

    • A regatta on a chartered yacht
    • Sim racing or a driving day
    • A cooking class with a chef, then dinner together
  4. A long dinner table set with candles, glasses and white plates. 04

    Private events

    Launches, anniversaries and dinners in places that rarely open, set for a small table or a full room.

    • Venues taken after hours
    • A long table in a vineyard, a cellar or a gallery
    • Production, music and photography arranged
  5. A safari vehicle on the savannah, a lion walking beside it. 05

    Incentive journeys

    For the top performers: a journey that is talked about all year and remembered long after.

    • Safaris, polar voyages and desert camps
    • Group flights and transfers
    • One shared moment the whole group keeps
  6. A large painting on a museum wall, a few visitors in front of it. 06

    Investor & partner gatherings

    Small, well-chosen rooms around a subject: a salon, a private viewing or a long dinner with the right guests.

    • Private hours in galleries and museums, where allowed
    • Dinners of twelve to twenty, hosted for you
    • Gatherings timed to a race week or an art fair

The ONCE signature

Nothing off the shelf.

A corporate occasion should feel like it could only have been yours. Four things the desk holds to, every time.

  1. A chef's hands finishing a row of plated starters in a kitchen.

    Written for one company

    The formats are a starting point, never a template. The desk learns who your guests are and what the moment has to achieve, then composes the occasion around them, down to the last course.

  2. Tiers of gilded opera boxes with red velvet curtains.

    The doors that rarely open

    A house taken whole, a hall after closing, a table that appears on no booking page. Access is where the brief begins, never an extra.

  3. A dark vintage limousine with its rear doors open on a cream leather seat.

    Every detail, unseen

    One person holds the arrivals, the rooms, the timings and every change of plan, so your guests only ever see the moment itself.

  4. A quiet Japanese room with tatami floors, its sliding doors open on a garden.

    Discretion as standard

    Guest lists, names and plans are treated as confidential and kept with the desk.

Built for procurement

Easy to approve.

Corporate hospitality has rules. ONCE proposals are written to pass them.

  1. 01

    A per-head cost sheet

    Every line itemised, ready for your gifts and entertainment register.

  2. 02

    A stated purpose

    An agenda with the business or learning purpose written in.

  3. 03

    Guest screening

    The guest list checked for public officials and state-linked guests before invitations go out.

  4. 04

    Formats that fit the rules

    Modest-gift and spouse-free options, and group formats of twenty or more where they ease approval.

  5. 05

    Clear terms

    Cancellation and transfer terms set out in advance, including when events move.

  6. 06

    One desk

    One named person runs the whole event, from the brief to the follow-up.

What attendees want

Event planners report what attendees want more of: time together, and something made for them.

  • 42%want more workshops
  • 40%want more social and networking time
  • 37%want more personalisation

Source: BizBash, on the American Express Global Business Travel 2026 meetings and events forecast

Brief the desk

Tell us the occasion.

Choose what fits. The desk replies with options, an agenda and a cost sheet.

The occasion
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Tell us the moment you have in mind. The desk takes it from there, and everything around it is handled.