The Grand Hôtel des Bains & Spa hosts study days, half-residential and residential seminars for groups of 5 to 18 people, in one modular meeting room with spa access included for participants. The hotel stands at 15 rue du Général Bruncher in Fouras-les-Bains, on the Charente-Maritime coast, less than 50 meters from the beach, and is open all year.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells three seminar formats. The study day covers the room, lunch and two breaks. The half-residential seminar adds dinner and a night, and the residential seminar covers the full stay. Every format includes access to the spa, which makes the hotel suited to a management committee, a project team retreat or a small sales meeting that wants a working day followed by time to recover.
Team-building can go outdoors. The hotel suggests a catamaran cruise around Fort Boyard and a visit to the Corderie Royale in Rochefort, both short trips from Fouras. A groups page also covers stays for larger parties who do not need the meeting room.
Rooms and capacities
The seminar room measures 7.5 by 4 meters and takes up to 18 people. It can be set as a T, a U, a square, theatre style or in scattered groups for workshops. Equipment includes air conditioning, a video projector and screen, a paperboard, a photocopier and scanner, a television, and Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Further equipment can be supplied on request.
Accommodation
Participants stay on site in Économique, Confort, Privilège and Privilège plus rooms, a junior suite or family rooms, with double or twin beds. The site does not state the total number of rooms. Hotel guests use the enclosed spa free of charge from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during their stay. It has a heated pool with hydrotherapy jets, a hammam and a sauna.
Catering
The hotel has a café-bar for breaks and aperitifs and a piano bar that opens onto a flowered patio. For meals, it works with partner restaurants in Fouras within walking distance. For a company lunch or dinner served at the hotel, a private chef, Gilles Doucet, can cater on site.
History and setting
Fouras-les-Bains is a seaside town on a peninsula between the Charente estuary and the Atlantic, facing Île d'Aix and Fort Boyard. The hotel is in the town, a few steps from the seafront, which lets participants walk out between sessions.
Getting there
The address is 15 rue du Général Bruncher, 17450 Fouras-les-Bains. The hotel is close to Rochefort and La Rochelle. Rochefort station, served by TER trains, is the nearest rail stop, and La Rochelle station has direct TGV trains from Paris. La Rochelle airport is the nearest airport.
