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REWARD · Corporate incentive trip · Ivalo, Finnish Lapland

Incentive Trip
in Lapland.

A corporate incentive trip in Finnish Lapland that celebrates achievement and creates memories your top performers will carry for a lifetime. Three nights at Hotel Kuura above the Arctic Circle, two days of private Arctic experiences and a celebration on the last night. Nobody works, nobody presents. For sales teams, award winners, dealers and key clients, 8 to 24 guests.

From €1,490 pp at 16–24 guests · €1,690 at 8–10
3 nights / 4 days · nobody works, nobody presents
Full board, experiences, transfers & coordination included
Hotel Kuura · 15 min from Ivalo airport

One organiser for the whole trip: Nordic MICE designs and hosts it, and our own team in Ivalo runs the hotel, the camp and the transfers.

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Tell us who you are celebrating, roughly how many, and the month you have in mind. Stefan replies within 24 hours.

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No commitment. We do not share your details.

Who it's for

Every detail says the same thing: “You earned this.”

An incentive trip works when the people who earned it feel it was made for them, and when the rest of the company hears about it afterwards. REWARD is a corporate incentive trip for 8 to 24 guests, hosted at Hotel Kuura, our own fifteen-room hotel in Finnish Lapland, with our own guides, hosts and wilderness camp. Few of your winners will have crossed the Arctic Circle. Almost none will have driven a husky team, or eaten by an open fire on a frozen lake in the dark season when the northern lights come out. That novelty is the point: it is what they photograph, and what they talk about in the office in March. Whether it is a sales incentive trip, a President's Club, a dealer and distributor reward or a trip for key clients, the shape is the same: arrive as a VIP, spend two days on experiences that cannot be bought at home, celebrate on the last night, and fly home with the pictures. Nobody works. Nobody presents.

Designed for

  • Sales incentive trips
  • President's Club & top performers
  • Dealer & distributor incentives
  • Key client & VIP hosting
  • Award winners & employee recognition
  • Company anniversaries & milestones
  • Channel & partner loyalty programmes
Three colleagues laughing over coffee at an open fire in a snow-covered forest, snowmobiles parked behind them
A group walking through a snowy forest at dusk towards a lit lavvu tent
Group size
8–24 (25+ quoted on request)
Standard length
3 nights / 4 days (2 to 5 nights on request)

Length, season and group size are set with you, around your winners' calendar and flight times.

Business outcomes

What your company takes home.

  • A target for next year: announced at the kick-off, the trip pulls performance for twelve months, not four days
  • Retention of the people a competitor would call first, recognised in front of the whole company
  • Dealers, distributors and key clients who have spent three days with your team, with nobody selling to them
  • A reward no one can book for themselves, worth more than its line in the plan
  • A year of pictures and stories for internal communication and recruiting
  • Winners who come back rested and motivated, and a team that saw what winning is worth
15
rooms, our own hotel

for groups of 8 to 24; exclusive use is the Prestige tier

15 min
from Ivalo airport

met at the gate, private transfer, no coach hours

3 / 4
nights / days

arrive, two full days, celebrate, fly home

24 h
to a personal reply

Stefan reads every brief

4
seasonal editions

Winter, Spring, Midnight Sun, Ruska

Day by day

Four days: arrive as a VIP, two days of Arctic firsts, one celebration night.

Shown as the Winter edition at the Signature level, the one we recommend, from €1,990 pp. Essential runs the same four days with lighter hosting; Prestige adds the private buy-out of the hotel and the flagship experiences. Nobody works on any of them.

01

Day 1 · Arrival as a VIP

Arrive

Met at Ivalo airport 15-minute private transfer Welcome Home at Hotel Kuura A glass by the fire Chef's Signature Dinner Fireside Stories

The trip starts at the gate, not at the hotel. Your host meets the group at Ivalo airport, the transfer takes fifteen minutes, and the Welcome Home arrival at Hotel Kuura says the rest: coats off, a glass by the fire, rooms ready. Dinner is the Chef's Signature Dinner in the hotel's own restaurant, and the evening ends with Fireside Stories, the first shared Arctic moment and the point where a room of colleagues becomes a group.

Business objective: within an hour the winners know this is not another business trip, and the tone is set for three days.

02

Day 2 · Arctic firsts

Discover

Premium Arctic experience: huskies, snowmobiles or reindeer* Open-fire lunch Free afternoon, or a second experience Nordic Sauna Ritual Dinner at Hotel Kuura

*The group chooses one; the others can be added as upgrades.

The first full day is for the things nobody in the group has done: a husky team through the forest, a snowmobile trail across a frozen lake, or an afternoon with reindeer and their herders, followed by lunch cooked over an open fire. The afternoon is free, or a second experience is added. Before dinner comes the Nordic Sauna Ritual, hot and cold in turn, then dinner at Hotel Kuura, built around what the group did that day.

Business objective: the bucket-list moments that make the trip worth qualifying for, and the photographs that carry it back to the office.

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Day 3 · The celebration

Celebrate

Rahajärvi Signature Day at our own wilderness camp Open-fire lunch Ice pool and tent sauna, for the brave Private Aurora Camp Private open-fire dinner Hosted celebration and awards ceremony Music

Day three moves to Rahajärvi, our own wilderness camp on a lake ten minutes from Ivalo, with a lavvu, an open fire, an ice pool and a tent sauna. The day is unhurried; the evening is the reason the trip exists. The evening is the Private Aurora Camp: a private open-fire dinner under the winter sky, the hosted celebration with the awards ceremony yours to run and ours to host, and music until the group decides it is done. If the sky performs, it performs over your own awards night.

Business objective: recognition given in a setting no one will forget, with your company's name on it.

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Day 4 · Home with the story

Remember

Late breakfast The group's photographs, presented The story for the next kick-off Private transfer to Ivalo airport

The last morning is slow. Over breakfast the group sees the photographs of the three days, presented as a set they take home. The transfer to Ivalo airport is fifteen minutes. What travels back with them is the material for the next sales kick-off: the pictures, the story, and the question of who will be here next year.

Business objective: the recognition keeps working after the trip, in the office and in next year's numbers.

Experiences

What the winners actually do.

Every experience is private to your group. Unmarked items are in every tier; the notes show what Signature and Prestige add.

Hotel Kuura

  • Fifteen rooms, a lounge with a fireplace and a restaurant that seats the whole group
  • Individual beds (private rooms at Prestige)
  • Sauna, and the Nordic Sauna Ritual (Signature)
  • Welcome Home arrival (Signature)
  • Chef's Signature Dinner (Signature)
  • Fireside Stories (Signature)

Rahajärvi, our own wilderness camp

  • A day at Rahajärvi, ten minutes from Ivalo (Signature Day from Signature)
  • Open-fire lunch and dinner in the lavvu (dinner from Signature)
  • Tent sauna and ice pool in winter, lake swimming and SUP in summer (confirmed in your proposal)
  • Electric snow scooters on the lake (upgrade)

Aurora (late August to April)

  • Seasonal aurora evening
  • Private Aurora Camp, the awards night (Signature)
  • Premium aurora celebration (Prestige)

Arctic firsts, with our local partners

  • Husky team through the forest
  • Snowmobile trail across the frozen lake
  • Reindeer, and the herders who keep them
  • Ice karting, ice floating and a second Arctic day (upgrades)

The celebration

  • Awards ceremony, yours to run and ours to host (Signature)
  • Music until the group decides it is done (Signature)
  • Farewell gifts (Prestige)
  • The group's photographs, presented on the last morning (Signature)
  • Professional photographer (upgrade)

Huskies, reindeer and snowmobiles are run with long-standing local partners; the hotel, the camp, the hosts and the transfers are our own.

When to go

Four editions of the same trip. Pick the winners' month.

A guest driving a husky team across a snow-covered fell in low winter sun Winter

November–April

The edition they will ask for

  • Husky team and snowmobile trail on frozen lakes
  • Ice pool and tent sauna at Rahajärvi
  • Private Aurora Camp: the awards night under the winter sky
  • The most requested dates; book early
A Sámi herder shows a small group his reindeer and lasso in the spring snow Spring

April–May

Sun on the snow, and long days

  • Late-snow husky or snowmobile day in daylight
  • Reindeer, and the herders who keep them
  • Ice swim and tent sauna with the sun out
  • Aurora still possible into April
Two canoes paddling across a lake towards the midnight sun Midnight Sun

June–August

A celebration under the midnight sun

  • Canoeing and SUP on the lake at midnight
  • Lake swim and tent sauna
  • Midnight-sun dinner outdoors at Rahajärvi
  • Awards night in full daylight at eleven, late May to late July
A lantern-lit long table in a golden autumn birch forest, the group seated for dinner Ruska

Late August–October

Autumn colours, and the first auroras

  • Ruska hike on the fells
  • Wild food dinner: berries, mushrooms, game
  • The aurora returns from late August
  • Long table in the birch forest for the celebration

Prices

Three levels. Prices per person, by group size.

Prices per person for 3 nights / 4 days with full board, all transfers and the programme. Flights to Ivalo, drinks (premium beverages are included at Prestige) and travel insurance are not included. Private rooms and exclusive use of Hotel Kuura are Prestige only. The final quotation is checked against your travel dates; shorter and longer trips are quoted.

Why it works

Why an incentive trip here works harder than a bonus.

Recognition works when it is visible, shared and remembered. An incentive trip does all three at once, and this one is built for nothing else: the winners arrive as guests, spend two days on Arctic experiences none of them could buy at home, and are celebrated on the last night in front of the people they won with. The company gets a reward its people could not buy themselves, a story that runs through the office for a year, and the strongest reason it can give its best people to do it again. Whether the group is a sales team, a President's Club, a dealer network or key clients, the mechanism is the same: the trip is the recognition.

The objections, answered

  • Remembered, not absorbed. A bonus disappears into a bank account by the next pay day. Three days above the Arctic Circle are still being talked about at the next kick-off.
  • Nobody works. REWARD is the one Nordic MICE journey with no agenda: no session, no presentation, no strategy morning. The winners are guests from airport to airport.
  • Private, at every level. Our own hotel and our own wilderness camp, every experience run for your group alone. At Prestige the whole house is yours, with a private room for every guest.
  • Easy to reach, for everyone. A flight to Ivalo and a fifteen-minute transfer. No coach hours, no change of hotel, nothing for the winners to organise.
  • The celebration carries your name. The awards night is hosted by us and run by you: your awards, your words, your winners. A photographer, a premium celebration dinner and a bespoke awards night are upgrades.
  • Weather has a plan B. Every outdoor moment has a sheltered alternative, and the day is rebuilt around the conditions rather than cancelled.
  • One organiser, one invoice. Nordic MICE designs the trip and hosts it; our own team in Ivalo runs the hotel, the camp and the transfers. Your side is one brief and one contact.

Upgrades

Any level can be raised. Quoted per group with the proposal.

The celebration

  • Premium celebration dinner
  • Premium beverage package
  • Professional photographer for the three days
  • Farewell gift collection
  • Concierge for the group

A second Arctic day

  • Ice floating and sauna
  • Private aurora hunt
  • Electric snow scooters at Rahajärvi
  • Ice karting
  • Reindeer farm and Sámi museum day in Inari

More of the trip

  • A fourth night
  • Private rooms for every guest below Prestige, subject to the house
  • Hotel Kuura exclusively yours, groups of 14 or fewer

Huskies, reindeer and ice karting run with our local partners; everything else is our own team.

FAQ

Before you send the brief

Does anyone have to work?
No. REWARD is the one Nordic MICE journey with no agenda: no sessions, no presentations, no strategy morning. The winners are guests from the moment they land until the transfer back to Ivalo airport. If you want one business moment, an awards speech on the celebration night is where it belongs.
Is it for clients and dealers as well as employees?
Yes. REWARD is built for sales incentive trips and President's Club groups, and equally for dealer and distributor incentives, key clients and VIP hosting. Nobody is sold to during the trip. Essential suits a first incentive or a dealer group on a set budget; Signature is the level we recommend for international incentives and client groups.
What is included in the price?
Three nights at Hotel Kuura with full board, private airport and programme transfers, the Arctic experiences of your level, the day at Rahajärvi, and a coordinator or, from Signature, a dedicated Experience Host. Flights to Ivalo, drinks (premium beverages are included at Prestige) and travel insurance are not included. One organiser, one invoice.
How many guests can you host?
Eight to twenty-four guests is the range REWARD is designed for, with the best price per person from sixteen. Above twenty-four we quote each group on its own. Guests have individual beds, and other guests may be in the house at the same time; at Prestige, private rooms and exclusive use are confirmed for groups of fourteen or fewer.
How far ahead should we book?
Winter is the most requested edition and its dates go first, so start the conversation as soon as the incentive is announced, ideally when the qualifying period begins. Spring, Midnight Sun and Ruska editions have more room. If your dates are close, send them anyway and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Can the trip run outside winter?
Yes. REWARD runs in four editions: Winter from November to April, Spring in April and May, Midnight Sun from June to August and Ruska from late August to October. The shape of the four days stays the same; the experiences and the celebration change with the season, from husky trails and the aurora to canoes at midnight.
What if the northern lights do not appear?
The aurora is weather, and we never sell it as a promise. At Signature, the celebration night is built to stand on its own: a private open-fire dinner at Rahajärvi, the awards ceremony and music, with the sky as the possible extra. Aurora season runs from late August to April; in the Midnight Sun edition the night never gets dark.
How do the winners get to Ivalo?
Fly to Ivalo; the transfer to Hotel Kuura takes fifteen minutes and is included, with your host meeting the group at the airport. Groups arriving through Rovaniemi or another Lapland airport are quoted a private transfer. Flight bookings are handled case by case, typically for VIP guests, so raise them in the brief.
Can we bring our own awards ceremony and branding?
Yes. The awards ceremony is yours to run and ours to host: it closes the celebration night on day three at Signature level, and is bespoke at Prestige. A professional photographer, a premium celebration dinner and a premium beverage package are upgrades. Weather never cancels it: every outdoor moment has a sheltered alternative.

Request a proposal

Tell us who you are celebrating.

Who the winners are, roughly how many, the month you have in mind, and whether there is an awards night. Stefan replies within 24 hours with a scoped REWARD proposal: level, edition, the four days and the price per person for your group.

No commitment. We do not share your details.

Stefan Carrizo, Key Account Manager at Xwander Nordic

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Stefan Carrizo

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