Ekerum Resort Öland, Ekerum Village och Ekerum GK

Very productive project discussions with the core team and guest speakers. Venue: Beautiful setting but significant issues. Sun glare during dining was disruptive. Accommodation: Rooms were acceptable, but the self-service kitchen was closed, and its setup felt unusual. Catering: The vegetarian dish was severely burned, and requests for fresh potatoes and asparagus were ignored. During midsummer, a dish filled with Christmas flavours and oranges was served, which was odd and unreceived. The food had an unpleasant taste and poor service, especially given the cost. Communication: Numerous problems with coordination and communication. Overall, the Productive meeting was undermined by poor catering, logistical issues, and strange accommodation arrangements. Improvements are needed for future events.

We booked a golf stay mid week which was quite competitive price wise. The hotel / golf service was quite good and flexible with swap of tee times / golf courses. The rooms, while spacious and light, are in need of some renovation. They are functionally OK but old and not very cozy. We only spend the time needed there. Breakfast buffet was good, dinner ok with option to swap for the pizza place for variation. View from restaurant quite nice. Pizza place outdoor seating could be good during summer. Golf courses - Lange Erik has the most water but not a very inspiring layout / par 3 hole 3 the most memorable hole but the rest did not leave much of an impression. A couple of decent par 5 dog legs however a steep walk from 16 to 17 gave us hope for a couple of nice finishing holes however two very ordinary par 3/5 showed up which left us unsatisfied and unable to recall many of the holes after the round when we tried to recall the game. Lange Jan was the better course of the two - more strategy on the tee shots - and amongst taller trees which gave it a nice feel. Many long holes had great risk and reward off the tee box, so score slightly worse on the first try. Both courses were in very good condition - but I think green fee is overpriced in comparison to other courses. Furthermore they are building some quite ugly vacation homes along the courses. If you are looking for a Swedish golf stay experience and perhaps a more social golf outing I would suggest Hooks or Araslov which, in my view, offer a more authentic Swedish golfing experience. Both with 2 x 18 hole golf courses as well. Or just book a few of the many nice golf courses around.