Seminars and company events
Meetings for up to 100 people in theatre style, gala dinners for 200 and private parties can be held at the Grand Hotel Royal e Golf, a five-star hotel on Via Roma in the center of Courmayeur, at the foot of Mont Blanc in Italy's Aosta Valley. The ground floor holds a main meeting room and two smaller verandas, and the restaurants and lounge bar can be reserved for events.
The hotel sells meetings, private events and location filming. Its rooms have appeared in film productions, including Diabolik. For a company group, a meeting day can end with dinner at one of the hotel's restaurants and a stay in rooms facing the mountains.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts weddings of up to 200 guests and can be reserved exclusively for a couple and their guests. Receptions use the bright halls, the poolside gardens and the terraces that look out over the Alps. A typical program starts with a Champagne aperitif in the gardens and continues with a seated dinner on a menu shaped with the couple, followed by the cake. Guests can stay for several days and combine the wedding with walks in Courmayeur.
Rooms and capacities
Grandes Jorasses, the main room, measures 130 m² with a ceiling of 2.5 m. It takes 100 people in theatre style, 50 in boardroom, classroom or U-shape layout and up to 200 for a banquet. Veranda 1 (35 m²) and Veranda 2 (30 m²) each take 20 people in theatre style or 10 around a table, and work as breakout rooms. Restaurants, the Royal Lounge Bar and other private spaces can be booked for receptions, alone or together.
Accommodation
Guests stay on site in seven categories, from Classic rooms with a balcony facing Mont Crammont to Deluxe and Prestige rooms facing Mont Blanc, a Family Grand Deluxe and suites. The Royal Spa is available to residents. The website does not state the total number of rooms.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The kitchen, bar and service teams plan food and drinks for each event, from Champagne and canapés to long lunches, seated dinners and late drinks. The hotel runs the Grand Royal Restaurant, the Bistrot Royal, the Champagnerie Royal and the Royal Lounge Bar, and offers dinners in the Tour Royale.
History and setting
The hotel was founded in 1854. Queen Margherita of Savoy stayed here often, which earned the house its Royal title. It keeps period details in its public rooms and sits in the pedestrian heart of the village, close to the shops and restaurants of Via Roma.
Getting there
Courmayeur lies at the Italian end of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, which links the village with Chamonix. Geneva and Turin airports are the usual gateways for groups, and the motorway from Aosta reaches the village directly. The hotel reopens for the winter season and also operates in summer; check dates when planning.
