A Christmas party doesn’t have to mean a private function room, a buffet and the obligatory toast. The end of the year offers a far more enjoyable alternative: a chance to switch off, spend time together away from work and treat your team to an experience they’ll still be talking about long after the last Christmas biscuit has disappeared. What will your company Christmas look like?
Brno and South Moravia offer organisers a surprisingly wide range of options. Slow down in the comfort of a bathrobe, dress up for a gala evening, gather in a wine cellar, or make food, movement or exploring the city together the heart of the occasion. Your budget may define the possibilities, but a great party starts with choosing a format that genuinely suits your team.
Christmas in a bathrobe: When the best plan is to unwind
December calendars tend to fill up quickly. So your team may not need another competition or a packed programme led by a host. What they might appreciate far more is a few hours when nothing is expected of them. At resorts such as Maximus Resort or Hotel Atlantis, you can combine a company get-together with wellness, saunas, massages, a delicious dinner and an overnight stay.
There is no need to plan every minute of the evening. Simply put away your phones, slip into a bathrobe and switch off for a while. Sometimes, no programme really is the best programme.
More wellness tips: Hotel Sladovna, Wine Wellness Hotel Amande, Hotel Volarik, Chateau de Frontiere.
Christmas in gala style: An evening worthy of a grand setting
Then again, the end of the year can be the perfect excuse to dress up and turn a company gathering into a true social occasion. Elegant Brno hotels such as Grand Palace Brno or Hotel Passage bring stylish interiors, excellent food, event facilities and accommodation together under one roof.
They provide the ideal setting for a festive dinner, a heartfelt thank-you to the team, a company awards ceremony or an evening of music and dancing. And elegant surroundings are not the only advantage. When guests do not have to move between several venues, there is more time for what truly matters: being together.
More tips for elegant settings: Champagne Garden Bar at Hotel Continental, Grandezza Hotel Luxury Palace, Courtyard by Marriott Brno, Villa Stiassni.
Christmas with a glass of wine
A glass of wine, a cellar and good food. In South Moravia, that takes care of most of the evening’s essential ingredients. All that remains is choosing the right setting.
It could be the historic maze of underground cellars at the Valtice Underground, one of the region’s wineries, or a more elegant option such as Chateau de Frontiere, where Moravian wine can be paired with fine dining, wellness and a stay in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape.
And the wine experience need not end with a guided tasting. Depending on the venue, you could add a guided cellar tour, a wine-themed team challenge, a blind tasting, a wine casino or another interactive activity. Wine then becomes more than a drink served with dinner: it becomes a natural part of the shared experience.
More winery tips: SPIELBERG Winery, Mlýn Hrušky, Škrobák Winery, Fučík Winery and Hotel Ryzlink, Bukovanský mlýn, Válka Winery, LAHOFER Winery.
Christmas served on a plate
For a smaller team, there is often no need to devise an elaborate programme. An exceptional dinner can be an experience in itself, especially in South Moravia, where the food scene is firmly rooted in regional traditions yet confidently contemporary. Choose a restaurant that turns dining into an occasion or opt for a tasting menu that there is rarely time to enjoy during the working year.
If your team would rather create something than simply taste it, move the party into the kitchen. A shared cooking class takes on a natural festive theme in the run-up to Christmas, from baking traditional biscuits and preparing a celebratory menu to pairing food with wine.
Tips for excellent dining: Kohout NA VÍNĚ, Atelier bar&bistro, Víno radosti (formerly Víno Šílová), Galerie Mlýn Žeraviny, Kounický dvůr, Chateau Petit, Restaurant ESSENS, Korek Mikulov.
Christmas on a grand scale: When the party becomes an event
With hundreds of employees, finding an attractive function room is no longer enough. The Christmas gathering becomes a full-scale event requiring plenty of space, carefully planned logistics and reliable technical facilities.
Large conference hotels and event venues can provide catering, a stage, technical equipment, entertainment and guest accommodation all under one roof. They also give organisers the freedom to transform the space completely, whether for an elegant Christmas evening, a concert or a themed party with bespoke set design.
For a large event, the right venue does more than solve the question of capacity. It reduces travel between locations, simplifies production and helps sustain the atmosphere from the first welcome to the final song.
Tips for larger guest lists: OREA Congress Hotel Brno, Hotel International Brno, Clarion Congress Hotel Brno, Hotel Kurdějov, Hotel Galant, Cosmopolitan Bobycentrum, Brno Exhibition Centre.
Christmas on the move
Not every team wants to spend the entire evening sitting around one table. And there is no reason they should. Start with a walk through Brno at Advent, add an unconventional guided tour of the city or one of its landmarks, a cocktail workshop, a quiz or another team activity, and finish the evening over dinner.
A series of smaller experiences can make the occasion feel more personal than the traditional combination of a function room and catering. It also gives people more opportunities to connect naturally with colleagues they may rarely cross paths with during the year.
More ideas for original experiences: coffee cupping, creative team building, laser maze, floral design workshop, pottery workshop.
The best Christmas party does not have to be the biggest, the most expensive or the one that takes the longest to plan. It simply needs to feel right for your team.
And if you are unsure whether to choose bathrobes, a wine cellar or the dance floor this year, we will be happy to help you find the perfect combination of venue and experience.