Getting a team out of the office is the easy part. Getting them somewhere that actually changes how they work together is harder. A conference hotel off the highway rarely does it, and neither does a meeting room that looks like the one everyone just left.
LBI National Golf & Resort offers something different. The property sits on 155 acres in Little Egg Harbor, adjacent to Long Beach Island and about twenty minutes from Atlantic City, with ocean breezes and open fairways that put real distance between a team and its daily routine. Everything a retreat needs is here on one property, which is what makes it work. There is no shuttling between a hotel and a venue and a restaurant, and no vendors to coordinate. The group arrives, settles in, and stays in one place from the first session to the last.
ROOM FOR THE WORK AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT
A good retreat is rarely just meetings. It moves between focused sessions, shared meals, golf, and the unstructured time where people actually connect, and the property is built to hold all of it. There are more than 10,000 square feet of event space across five venues, enough to host anywhere from 10 to 250 people.
The two ballrooms anchor the larger gatherings. The Lighthouse Ballroom looks out toward the Atlantic City skyline through panoramic windows, while the Garden Ballroom is lighter and more intimate beneath its vaulted ceilings. Smaller meeting rooms, indoor and outdoor breakout spaces, and onsite AV cover the working side of the day, so a group can shift from a morning strategy session to an afternoon on the course without ever leaving the grounds.
A PLACE TO STAY, NOT JUST MEET
Because The Inn sits on the property, a multi-day retreat never has to break its rhythm. The 32 newly renovated guest rooms keep everyone within walking distance of the meeting space, the course, and the restaurant, which means the day flows naturally from one thing to the next rather than restarting every time the group reconvenes.
That continuity is the quiet advantage of LBI National. Morning sessions give way to golf and the evening comes back together over dinner, and because the property is part of the VIVÂMÉE Hospitality portfolio, the experience can extend beyond the grounds when it makes sense, with dinner at Renault Winery’s TASTE 1864 restaurant or an afternoon at the new Revival Spa, all coordinated by the same team.
GOLF AND THE THINGS A MEETING ROOM CAN’T DO
The eighteen-hole championship course is one of the more natural team-building tools the property has. A round puts people together for a few hours away from their screens, and it works whether or not everyone can play. For groups that want more structure, the team can set up a tournament, a skills competition with professional instruction, or use the driving range as a relaxed networking backdrop.
Not every team wants to spend the afternoon golfing, and the property plans for that too. Yoga in the Garden Ballroom, a hands-on charcuterie or pasta-making class, or a shuttle over to Renault Winery for a tasting, all give a group other ways to spend the time together.
PLANNING BUILT AROUND THE TEAM
No two retreats have the same goal, and the events team builds each one around what the group is actually trying to do. That might be a golf-intensive program for a sales team, a focused planning offsite for executives, or a celebration that recognizes a milestone. Programs run anywhere from a tight two-day intensive to an extended multi-day stay.
The food carries its own sense of place. Menus are prepared in-house and draw on the region, with dishes like jumbo lump crab cakes, fresh oysters, and produce from local Jersey farms. From the first inquiry to the final farewell, one team handles the logistics so the people running the retreat can focus on the team rather than the details.
CLOSE ENOUGH TO REACH, FAR ENOUGH TO FEEL AWAY
Part of what makes the setting work is that it feels genuinely removed without being difficult to get to. LBI National is about 1 hour and 25 minutes from Philadelphia and just over two hours from New York, which keeps it within an easy drive for most of the region. For groups arriving by air, Eagle’s Nest Airport sits just ten minutes away with a lighted runway for day or night arrivals, and the team can coordinate transportation from there.
Spring and fall are the busiest seasons for corporate groups, and midweek is when the property is at its quietest and most available. For a team looking to step away and actually accomplish something, that combination is hard to beat.
From half-day strategy sessions to multi-day retreats and company celebrations, LBI National brings together the spaces, the amenities, and the planning to host a corporate gathering from start to finish. The sales team can schedule a site visit and put together a proposal built around your group’s goals.
Inquire today to explore the property and available dates.