Work-hard, play-hard in Malta

If there’s one thing you can rely on event planners for, it’s them thoroughly enjoying an event. Incentive Girl is sipping a much-needed coffee after spending the weekend with around 50 UK buyers at the Malta Forum and thinking note to self – when the crowd tries to convince you that pulling an all-nighter in the hotel bar is the best way to prepare for a 5am departure, it’s time to go to bed.
Highlights of our four-day trip to the island included Champagne and dinner at the fabulous Palazzo Parisio and the chance to test our thespian skills during a very silly teambuilding activity in Valletta. When not dressing up as knights and distressed damsels, we were whizzing over to nearby Gozo on a speedboat before risking life and limb on self-drive jeep tours of the sister island.
Of course, when we’d prised our trembling hands from the jeep seats, Incentive Girl was quickly revived with a lovely glass of red at a wine-tasting session by the sea. The mild Mediterranean climate certainly made a pleasant change to London’s torrential downpours.