Retreat: Cheeca Lodge and Spa

In the Florida Keys, a breakout room can be a 525-foot pier that extends out into the Atlantic Ocean and meeting registration can take place on a tiki-lined beach. That’s what you’ll find at Cheeca Lodge and Space in Islamorada, which reopened last December after a fire closed the resort for a year. The reopened and renovated resort features a 4,600-square-foot conference center, oceanfront banquet room, fishing and water sports opportunities, and a Jack Nicklaus-designed 9-hole golf course. Other group activities include a reef scavenger hunt, sailing lessons and raft building. Islamorada is a quiet island in upper Florida Keys, halfway between Miami on the mainland and Key West at the end of the Keys island chain. cheeca.com