For us, it is important to feel trust
for the one who will help us
with this conference
because that's how we work with our customers
that it is a close relationship.
We went out with a request
to some different and dependent
on the answers and the
quality and the commitment
which we got so
we made a choice at La Villa.
My name is Linus Ekström
and I am CEO here at Epinova.
My name is Annika and I am COO at Epinova.
Epinova is a leading agency for building
digital services such as web and e-commerce,
who work with a platform
which is called optimizely.
La Villa has helped us with everything from the beginning.
From when we had an idea
that we want to go to Italy.
Where? What period?
When are we leaving? For program layout,
accommodation, menus and booking flight tickets?
I have been able to bounce that back and forth
to find a good arrangement that suits us.
Our expectations are that we should gather as
company and we should be able to meet each other,
build culture
and be innovative
while we have a good time.
We are, after all, a consulting company for many, many things
and some work inside our office.
Some work a lot outside
with customers so you don't get this time.
Just the opportunity to meet
together in one place.
We also had as a goal
that there wouldn't be one
fully booked schedule
without spending quite a lot of time
just to be able to meet and hang out.
Hanging out by the pool, long dinners and long lunches.
We saw the value of just being able to relax.
Both get to know each other better
the personal plane.
Since then it has been absolutely fantastic to have one
own representative on site,
Carola who has an iron eye
and had read into us as a company
and we had had video meetings
and who helped us with everything from
take care of grumpy bus drivers
who goes astray,
to make sure we were comfortable
that the conference worked.
Everything around.
I would say that
when you have one
personal guide who can
partly because you also get a lot
more information about the area.
Details of what kind of river it was
are we passing by now?
What are those mountains we see over there on the coast.
What kind of dishes do they eat here?
Why do we eat something or not?
It's a way that you would never get used to
if you don't have that help.
A special memory that I have
of course it is
the highlight dinner at the castle
and get to walk in the beautiful surroundings.
Get a small guided tour of the wine cellar.
Get to enjoy fantastic
good food and good service.
The whole package that night.
We had as a goal
to go down there
to bond and meet
but also work with the innovation.
What's so funny is
that we have now after we got home
at the end of September,
sped during October and November
and actually built one
very innovative AI module
which we actually went live with
last week at a fair that was successful
a lot of attention.
A direct consequence of the work we did
which we can connect that we got out.
I would say that
to use La Villa Travel is
something that I highly recommend.
For the whole.
From idea to implementation to follow-up.
It has worked perfectly and has been a
joy to be a customer and cooperate with
Johan and his team.
I really have to say that from my heart.
I have attended many conferences
over the years both as a consultant and when
I worked at other companies and
this is top notch.