How much does The Crisis Room cost per person?

AED 1,450 per person for 15–24 people; AED 1,250 per person for 25–39 people; AED 1,120 per person for 40+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 19 people in the 15–24 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 22–24 are billed as 25 people at the rate for 25–39 people; groups of 36–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40+ people.

How long does The Crisis Room take, and when does it start?

10 hrs. Ideal start: 08:00 — the simulation needs an uninterrupted eight-hour block. Departure window: 07:30–08:30.

What is not included in The Crisis Room?

Transport (priced on request; most clients walk from an adjacent hotel); Overnight accommodation; Follow-up simulation (see add-ons); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

What happens to The Crisis Room if the weather turns?

Trigger: None — fully indoor. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate conference floor; the comms kit is portable by design. Control-room failure is the real risk — the simulation cannot run below three operators, and a two-person control room produces a slow, unconvincing day, which serves the client worse than a new date would. If the third operator is unavailable, we reschedule. You are told: Immediate, to the sponsor, by phone. Rescheduling is our call on this package, not the client's, because it turns on our operator cover.

K-03 Facilitated team building Year-round

The Crisis Room

A full-day decision simulation with a live control room feeding the team real pressure — incomplete information, a moving clock and consequences that compound. The premium end of facilitated work.

A team mid-programme on The Crisis Room — Dubai or Abu Dhabi, hotel conference floor with a main room and three breakouts. — Illustrative

Duration: 10 hrs
Ideal start time: 08:00 — the simulation needs an uninterrupted eight-hour block
Departure window: 07:30–08:30
Group size: 15 min — 40 max
Emirate / venue: Dubai or Abu Dhabi — hotel conference floor with a main room and three breakouts
Season: Year-round
Booking lead time: 28 days — the scenario is written against the client's own sector and that takes four weeks

Price per person · excluding VAT

Group size	Price per person
15–24 pax Billed from 19 people	AED 1,450
25–39 pax	AED 1,250
40+ pax	AED 1,120

Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 22–24 are billed as 25 people at the rate for 25–39 people; groups of 36–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40+ people.

50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event.

Numbers lock 7 days prior. Booking lead time: 28 days — the scenario is written against the client's own sector and that takes four weeks.

Last updated 4 November 2026.

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Why this is not the retail version

There is no retail version and there is no cheap version. The comparison is a crisis-management consultancy at AED 80,000–150,000 for the same day, or a tabletop exercise run internally — which fails for the same reason internal facilitation fails: the people writing the injections are the people being tested.

What makes this expensive is what makes it work. The scenario is written against the client's sector over four weeks, so the regulator is their regulator and the supplier failure is one they have genuinely lain awake about. A three-person control room runs it live, which means the second escalation is a consequence of a decision the team actually made at 09:40 — not a scripted beat that would have landed anyway.

And it is filmed. Two people face live questioning on camera at 13:00 and watch themselves back at 17:00. Nothing else in this catalog produces that.

Sell it to a leadership team that has never been tested together, or one that has just been through something real and does not want to be surprised the same way twice. It is not a team-building day. Do not let it be bought as one.

The day, minute by minute

Timeline

−28 days Scenario design begins. Sector research, client briefing, the crisis is built around their actual operating reality
−7 days Sponsor sign-off on the scenario. Participants receive role packs and know nothing else
08:00 Arrival, coffee, role confirmation. Rooms assigned
08:30 T-0. The scenario opens. First injection lands within four minutes
09:00 Control room begins live injections — media queries, a regulator, an internal leak, a supplier failure
11:00 First escalation. The situation worsens because of a decision the team made at 09:40, not at random
12:00 Working lunch — the clock does not stop
13:00 Press conference. Two nominated participants face live questioning on camera
14:30 Second escalation. Resource constraint forces a choice the team has been avoiding
16:00 T+8. Simulation closes
16:15 Hot debrief — what happened, in the room's own words, before anyone rationalises it
17:00 Structured debrief — the control room's timeline against the team's decisions, with the press conference footage
18:00 Close
+7 days Decision review pack delivered — annotated timeline, decision points, footage, recommendations

Included

Bespoke scenario written against the client's own sector, signed off by the sponsor before the day
Participant role packs issued a week ahead
Simulation designer and three-person control room running live injections all day
Senior facilitator leading both debriefs
Hotel conference floor — main room plus three breakouts, full day
Breakout AV and comms kit — the injections arrive the way real ones do, by phone, email and screen
Filmed press conference with on-camera questioning
Day delegate catering — two breaks and a working lunch
Branded setup
Photographer, half day
Decision review pack within 7 working days — annotated timeline, decision points, footage, written recommendations
Event coordinator on site

Not included

Stated up front so there is nothing to argue about at invoice time.

Transport (priced on request; most clients walk from an adjacent hotel)
Overnight accommodation
Follow-up simulation (see add-ons)
5% VAT

Weather & backup plan

Trigger: None — fully indoor.
Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate conference floor; the comms kit is portable by design. Control-room failure is the real risk — the simulation cannot run below three operators, and a two-person control room produces a slow, unconvincing day, which serves the client worse than a new date would. If the third operator is unavailable, we reschedule.
You are told by: Immediate, to the sponsor, by phone. Rescheduling is our call on this package, not the client's, because it turns on our operator cover.

Customisation options

Second simulation at 6 months, same team, escalated scenario	AED 1,050/person
Board observer track — non-participating directors watching from the control room	AED 4,800/event
Extended media training block, half day before the simulation	AED 380/person
Individual decision-making feedback per participant	AED 5,600/event
Overnight format across two days with an evening reset	Priced on C-01 or a hotel package
Full video edit of the day, 8 minutes	AED 3,200
Regulator or sector expert playing a live role	AED 4,500/event

Questions about The Crisis Room

How much does The Crisis Room cost per person?: AED 1,450 per person for 15–24 people; AED 1,250 per person for 25–39 people; AED 1,120 per person for 40+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 19 people in the 15–24 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 22–24 are billed as 25 people at the rate for 25–39 people; groups of 36–39 are billed as 40 people at the rate for 40+ people.
How long does The Crisis Room take, and when does it start?: 10 hrs. Ideal start: 08:00 — the simulation needs an uninterrupted eight-hour block. Departure window: 07:30–08:30.
What is not included in The Crisis Room?: Transport (priced on request; most clients walk from an adjacent hotel); Overnight accommodation; Follow-up simulation (see add-ons); 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.
What happens to The Crisis Room if the weather turns?: Trigger: None — fully indoor. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate conference floor; the comms kit is portable by design. Control-room failure is the real risk — the simulation cannot run below three operators, and a two-person control room produces a slow, unconvincing day, which serves the client worse than a new date would. If the third operator is unavailable, we reschedule. You are told: Immediate, to the sponsor, by phone. Rescheduling is our call on this package, not the client's, because it turns on our operator cover.
How far in advance do we need to book The Crisis Room?: The booking lead time is 28 days — the scenario is written against the client's own sector and that takes four weeks. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

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