News and Events

Lifestyle Event: Alps Trip 27 June - 7 July

27 January 2012
We can now confirm that our newly introduced trip to the French Alps will take place from Wednesday 27 June to Saturday 7 July 2012. This mates' trip will take place in the southern alps of the Écrins National Park. We will have instruction from a guide for two days on glacier travel and rescue, before seven days of mountaineering and climbing, including taking in some grand summits (weather and conditions permitting). A course brochure will be available soon...

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Egypt Office Move

23 January 2012
The Egypt team has now completed the move into our new offices in Zamalek, so please feel free to drop in and visit. We are at: 6 A El Malek El Afdal Street Apartment 16 Zamalek Cairo egypt@redrockinternational.com  Tel +20 (0) 1826 51452  Cell +20 (0) 12826 51452  We're sorry to say goodbye to the Maadi office and the close proximity to our Oil and Gas customers. However, as we now have a ...

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Lifestyle Event: Alps trip in the pipeline

11 November 2011
After a bit of a lull, we are reintroducing our annual trip to the Alps in June 2012 - a one week mates' trip during the last week of June. This promises to be a adventure not worth missing in the beautiful Ecrins National Park, France, and participants will get the chance to learn glacier and crevasse skills from a Mountain Guide as part of the trip. More information to follow, but in the meantime keep an ey...

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Lifestyle Event: Scotland Winter Climbing 2012 - Book Now!

28 October 2011
Want to step up your winter experience or get into winter climbing? During this week you can choose one or the other, all whilst experiencing the wild beauty of Scotland in winter and in a fun and friendly atmosphere. For more information, go to the lifestyle page....

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Lifestyle Event: Scotland Winter 2012 - Book Now!

10 September 2011
We welcome you to join us in the wild Scottish Highlands in February 2012 for a week of mountaineering. This year our trip has two elements: Skills for beginners and Mountaineering for those with more experience. This course is for those who want a little adventure, or for those who have been on our corporate training and want to take it to the next level. For more information, go to the lifestyle page.......

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BG Energy Challenge 2011 - Kazakhstan

29 August 2011
On 26-28 August 2011, the 6th Annual BG Energy Challenge 2011 - Kazakhstan took place in the beautiful setting of the Kokshetau National Park.  Thirty one teams took part representing energy companies from across the region. This year's Challenge was themed on discovering and developing oil fields, transporting the oil to markets and then successfully selling it. The status of each team was displayed on a real-time graphic on the wall of a Yurt providing maximum opportunity for plannin...

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Alcatel-Lucent Stretch Courses

30 June 2011
Dahab, Sinai proved an excellent location for Alcatel-Lucent's Stretch course - an intensive leadership programme for the company's high potential employees.  The course focused on leading in a matrix organisation and leading international teams, both at the same physical location and virtually.  As part of the course a video had to be produced detailing how different cultures approach challenge and risk.  Climbing a vertical wall of pink granite in the Sinai desert provided some ...

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RRI partners with education charity

03 March 2011
Red Rock International has become the learning partner for the charity Educate-Me. Educate-Me is an NGO that increases access to education for the poorest Egyptians to give children a good start in life to grow up capable of shaping their own future. EducateMe works through: 1)  Financially supporting children to pay their school tuition and purchase school equipment. 2)  Developing and enhancing the children’s reading, writing and computational competencies...

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Egypt Training Survey 2011

27 February 2011
Red Rock International invites Training and HR managers to take part in the 2011 Egypt Training Survey. The aim of the 2011 survey is to provide data on current and emerging trends and issues in soft skills training in Egypt. The summary report will be made available for the learning and development community as a tool for increasing the effectiveness of training strategy and practise.  We would greatly value your company’s input into this survey....

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A Word About Egypt

17 February 2011
In Red Rock International our Motto is “Believing in People”. We believe in the value, rights and potential of the individual and we believe in the power that comes when people work together, when they have a common vision and mission that unifies them. This is why we want to acknowledge and pay our tribute to the people of Egypt. They have spoken up and claimed their value and their ...

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Red Rock International LLC registered in Egypt

19 January 2011
Red Rock International Ltd has completed registration of its subsidiary in Egypt, with an office based in Maadi, Cairo. This development comes after several successful years of delivering training to Egyptian and multi-national companies around Egypt. Through this test period, we have seen that our unique blend of theory and challenging experiential exercises is an effective training medium in Egypt. The new development will allow us to provide closer customer support throu...

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Lifestyle event - Scottish winter walking Feb 2011

17 November 2010
Are you a friend of Red Rock International's? We welcome you to join us in the wild Scottish Highlands in February 2011 for a weekend introduction to winter walking. These taster courses are a great way for those who have experienced a little adventure on our corporate training to take it to the next level. For more information, go to the lifestyle page....

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BG Energy Challenge Kazakhstan 2010 - report

14 September 2010
For the 5th BG Energy Challenge – Kazakhstan, 31 teams returned to the popular venue of Zerendy in the Kokshetau National Park. Once again, the event was a huge success, raising funds for charity as well as stretching and developing all who took part. Here is our blow by blow account of the five challenging stages. For images, visit the BG Energy Challe...

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BG Energy Challenge Kazakhstan 2010 update

07 July 2010
Pushing past the pain and fatigue on the gruelling mountain bike course, creeping through the forest at night trying to avoid detection, building boats to carry you and your team across a lake without sinking, and all the time knowing there are 29 other teams out there trying to beat you. This is just a taste of the excitement lined up for this year’s BG Energy Challenge participants in Kazakhstan. Red Rock International is working closely with BG Kazakhstan to host the fif...

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Conservation day report

09 June 2010
The Red Rock International UK office is situated just round the corner from a fantastic wildfowl and wetlands reserve. We decided to give some work time to the conservation of this local treasure, so some of the team spent a rewarding day there at the end of April. The beautiful setting for the centre at the mouth of the Loughour River looks like it’s always been there, but in fact was created only ten years ago. The council recognised the potential of the area to be ...

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New locations for Egypt training courses.

15 May 2010
From four years of training in Egypt, we have picked a few of our favourite experiential training locations. From 5 star luxury, to a surprise wilderness adventure within Cairo itself - we have suggestions for your courses. Click here to see the new directory ...

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