Domaine du Griffier hosts seminars, training sessions, study days, conferences, company dinners, weddings and private receptions. It has eleven event spaces for groups of 12 to 400 people, a three-star hotel with 28 rooms and a traditional restaurant, so a group can meet, eat and sleep in one place. The estate is at Granzay-Gript, in the Deux-Sèvres, near Niort and the Marais Poitevin.
Seminars and company events
Rooms are let by the half-day or the full day, alone or in combination. Each meeting room comes equipped with a flipchart, Wi-Fi, a screen, a video projector, a notepad and pen for each participant and bottled water. The estate suits training courses, team meetings, partner presentations, association gatherings and conferences. The quiet setting, away from city traffic, helps concentration during long working days.
For business travellers and teams on the road, the hotel sells an overnight package that combines a room, dinner and breakfast. Meals can be served in the room. Groups can also eat on the terrace or in the inner courtyard of the estate.
Weddings and receptions
Couples choose between reception rooms of 120 to 350 m². The Salle des Chais is the largest and opens onto an inner garden. The Salle du Logis has its own outdoor garden. The pool area can also be booked, with eight tables and 80 chairs. Tables and chairs are included with the reception rooms. Guests can stay in the hotel on site, and the restaurant is next door.
Rooms and capacities
The Salle des Chais covers 340 m² with an inner garden and takes 150 to 250 guests. The Salle du Logis covers 190 m² with an outdoor garden and seats 60 to 110. The pool area is let with eight tables and 80 white chairs. In total the estate lists eleven spaces for seminars and receptions, with capacities from 12 to 400 people. The names and capacities of the smaller meeting rooms are not published.
Accommodation
The three-star hotel has 28 rooms in a contemporary style, all soundproofed, two of them adapted for guests with reduced mobility. Each room has free Wi-Fi, a satellite TV with sports channels and a private bathroom with toiletries and a hair dryer. Breakfast is a buffet, served in the dining room, outside in the park or in the room on request.
For leisure, guests have a bar with a billiard table, a fitness room with a treadmill, an elliptical trainer and a rowing machine, and a pool heated to 26 °C, open from April 1 to October 30. Parking is free and private. Small pets are accepted.
Catering
The estate has its own traditional restaurant. The kitchen cooks regional dishes with produce from the land and the sea, from pot-au-feu and coq au vin to bouillabaisse, and adapts to group requests. The restaurant serves lunch from Monday to Friday and dinner from Monday to Saturday. Meals can be taken in the dining room, on the terrace or in the shaded inner courtyard.
History and setting
The estate brings together a hotel, a restaurant and reception halls around an inner courtyard and a park. It sits on the edge of Niort, the main town of the Deux-Sèvres, and close to the Marais Poitevin, the wetland known as the Green Venice, which suits an outing after a working day. La Rochelle and the Atlantic coast can also be reached for a team excursion.
Getting there
The estate is near exit 33 of the A10 motorway between Paris and Bordeaux, and on the outskirts of Niort. The hotel reception is open daily from 7 a.m. to midnight. Free private parking is available on site.
