Hôtel Bel Ami, a five-star hotel at 7 rue Saint-Benoît in Paris's 6th arrondissement, offers three event spaces for up to 80 guests, from a 23 square meter salon for 20 to two larger rooms for 80. It stands in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in a 19th-century building that housed a printing press in 1885.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents its spaces as quiet rooms away from the pace of the city, suited to professional events that need confidentiality and to private celebrations where intimacy matters. It sells full-day and half-day meeting packages, as well as lunch and dinner formats, and its meeting rooms are described as equipped with the latest technology. An event manager answers quote requests through a form that asks for the type of event, number of guests, dates and budget. A virtual tour of the spaces is available online.
Weddings and receptions
The request form lists lunches and dinners, cocktails, weddings, birthdays, baptisms and bachelor or bachelorette parties among the private events the hotel takes. The spaces adapt to the format, and the hotel team coordinates the details of each event.
Rooms and capacities
Salon Maupassant covers 105 square meters and takes up to 80 people. Bel Ami Café covers 155 square meters and also takes up to 80. Salon 1885 covers 23 square meters and takes up to 20, a size for small meetings or private dinners. The website does not state capacities by layout, so organizers should ask for seated and standing counts for their format.
Accommodation
The hotel has 102 rooms, suites and apartments, designed by architect Pascal Allaman with natural oak, lacquered glass and clean graphic lines. A Clefs d'Or concierge assists guests. A spa and fitness area operates in partnership with Calma Paris.
Catering
Lunch and dinner formats are offered for private events, and the hotel has a restaurant and a bar. A Sunday brunch with an organic buffet is served to guests.
History and setting
The building at 7 rue Saint-Benoît housed the printing press that produced the first editions of Guy de Maupassant's novel Bel-Ami in 1885, and the hotel draws its name and the names of its salons from that story. The street is steps from Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots.
Getting there
The hotel is in the middle of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a short walk from the Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés and its metro station.
