{"id":801,"date":"2019-11-07T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourtours.com\/?p=801"},"modified":"2022-05-05T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:31:58","slug":"company-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/company-christmas-party\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ideas to Make Your Company Christmas Party the Best One Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The holidays are around the corner, which means it\u2019s time to plan the party of the year!<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Company holiday parties are the stuff of legends. Depicted in hundreds of films and television shows, we remember and talk about these annual events for years to come, and hopefully for all the right reasons! And here at Devour Tours there\u2019s nothing we love more than an excuse to eat and drink, but that\u2019s not all we do to make merry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Looking for tips to make the most of your holiday soir\u00e9e this year? Take a spin around Spain with us as we catch up with Devour holiday parties past, present and future!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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1. Best of Barcelona Awards<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If everyone knows that Karen from Accounting makes the best cookies and Brad in Sales tells the best jokes, why not use your holiday party as a chance to highlight the well-known but often overlooked talent on your team?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In Barcelona, we did so in the form of TripAdvisor Awards! With hundreds of reviews to choose from, it wasn\u2019t easy. But we managed to match each guide to one of their most memorable, or funniest, five-star reviews on TripAdvisor over the last year.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Operations Team read each handpicked review out loud. Then, everyone got to guess who the review had been written for. Jaume<\/a> won the \u201cTallest Guide\u201d award and Norah<\/a> was appointed Ambassador of Catalonia\u2014all by guests who couldn\u2019t stop gushing about their favorite expert local guides!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Giving out creative awards to each member of your team is a fun way to recognize everyone’s unique talents!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

2. Memorable Meetups in Madrid<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It\u2019s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle and forget about all the moving parts\u2014and partners\u2014that make a business successful. That\u2019s why every year in Madrid we visit one of our favorite tour partners, Mercado Jam\u00f3n Ib\u00e9rico, after hours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Each December, the staff at Mercado Jam\u00f3n Ib\u00e9rico invites our guide team to a glass of wine and an incredible spread of Iberian delicacies. But the real gift is the opportunity for both companies to connect! Between sips and snacks, guides and staff catch up, swap stories and learn about each other\u2019s lives outside of tours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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There’s nothing like sharing conversation with one of our favorite tour partners over a fabulous spread of Spanish cured meats!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

3. Switched at Birth in Seville<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If there\u2019s one thing we can all agree on, it\u2019s that babies are adorable. Following that logic, we\u00a0 can safely assume there is no greater joy at an office party then seeing a photo of your boss as a baby. (The hair, the clothes, those chubby cheeks!)\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Team Seville brought baby fever to their holiday party last year in the form of a cutthroat competition: match the mystery baby photo and fun fact to each member on the team! We laughed, we cried, we debated our parent\u2019s wardrobe decisions. And we learned so much more about each other than we knew before.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Team Seville, then and now!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

4. San Sebastian-Style Trivia<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Good old-fashioned trivia can turn any affair into a boisterous bash. In San Sebastian, Operations Manager Ania became MC for the evening, quizzing her guide team on local history, culture, food, wine\u2014and of course, the bars and restaurants we visit on tour.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Did you know that San Sebastian has more Michelin stars per square meter<\/a> than any other city in the world? Or that the Old Town is so jam-packed with restaurants that there\u2019s one for every 25 inhabitants (that\u2019s 200 bars in just 500 square meters!)? It\u2019s both tasty and true! The guides duked it out round after round. Finally, one emerged victorious as San Sebastian\u2019s Trivia Night Champion, winning well-earned bragging rights for the following year!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The team in San Sebastian crushed it at their trivia night!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

5. Tapas Challenge<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Holiday parties are the perfect opportunity for team building. We love each activity our cities planned for their guide teams, but we\u2019ve got one more party tip that we think is top\u2014or maybe \u201ctapa.\u201d That would be our popular Tapas Challenge Tour for Corporate Groups!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This January, we\u2019ll be putting our money where our tapas go and treating the Devour Tours staff team to an evening of fun foodie challenges at our annual summit in Barcelona. Teams will face off to assemble pan con tomate<\/em> and blind taste different styles of Catalan cava<\/em>, among other exciting culinary competitions. May the best team win\u2014and happy holiday party planning from everyone at Devour Tours!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Pouring hard apple cider like a local\u2014one of the many phases of our Tapas Challenge!<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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