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The first Escape Room, the Crimson Room was created by Toshimitsu Takagi in 2004. Inspired by online Room Escape Games. This real version of Escape Room game got categorized as Real Life Escape Game.

People loved the idea of getting locked in a mystery room, not knowing what they are getting into and rummaging their way out of the room with their team mates in limited set time. The emotions that comes to the forefront by playing a Real-Life Escape Game are the same reasons why people love games.

Games has always been a huge need for humans giving a chance of social interaction, competition, uncertainty of outcome – all these emotions giving an adrenaline they can experience only with games.

With the first one that opened in 2004, the Escape Room industry has seen a spiraling growth all over the world with many Escape Games opening up even today across various parts of the world. Some of the countries such as Eastern Europe, USA, Russia were the first ones to catch the trend which then spread to cities like Dubai.

In Dubai, about 10 Room Escape Game companies have come up over a span of just 5 years. ‘Room Escape Games Dubai’ is now one of the highly-searched terms used amongst ‘things to do in Dubai’. Across the world there are tens of thousands of Escape Game Rooms with cities such as Budapest having become a hub of all things real-life Escape Room Games. And why not, Hungary is after all the father of all brain tricks including the Rubik’s cube!

If you are wondering, “why the hell Escape Rooms have become so crazily popular”, all we can say is, play one and you will want to do it again and again and again…

Team building is a way of helping a group of individuals to function as a cohesive unit, where members are valued, respected, and focused on a common set of goals, says David Greenberg, founder of www.teambuilding123.com. Team-building games can promote cooperation and communication, help establish a positive environment and — most importantly — provide a fun, much-needed reprieve from routine.

So, let’s take a reality check by answering the questions below. Are you a company that –
• Provides an environment to build a great camaraderie amongst its employees?
• Does things that earns a sustainable trust and respect from its people?
• Believe that motivated and happy staff is directly correlated to increased productivity?
• Gives an open culture for employees to feel a part of one big family without inhibitions?
Did you answer Yes to all the above? If so, you are in the right track and you are already reaping the benefits of a healthy organizational culture.
Do you know, the points mentioned above are the ones which made some companies the top 15 companies to work with in the UAE? It’s not the high salaries or bonuses or perks. Many of these companies have employee-focused initiatives that are designed to establish staff – employer connections. The best companies don’t necessarily offer the best salaries in the market.

There’s no secret that an ‘effective’ team building program inbuilt in a company’s culture can achieve the above. However, while choosing a team building program; it is necessary to be alert to the needs of your employees across sections. The program must not inhibit employees where they must speak about their fears or achievements or listen to boring lectures believing that the employees will learn new skills! These achieves nothing but rolling eyes from the employees.

Escape Games are one of the unique and mind challenging team building Games which has gained immense popularity in recent years amongst many well established corporates across the globe. The likes of Pepsi, Red Bull, McKinsey, Porsche, Google, Apple and many others have chosen Escape Games for their team building activities.

What makes them so unique and popular? That’s in our next blog…