Seminars and company events
The Hôtel La Résidence du Vieux-Port in Marseille rents three lounges for meetings, trainings, press conferences, recruitment sessions, road shows, business lunches and gala dinners. All three have daylight and together cover about 160 square meters, which suits small and medium groups: a board meeting, a one-day training, a product presentation for the press or a dinner for clients. The hotel does not publish seated capacities on its website; a capacity chart is available from the sales team, so organisers should ask for it with their headcount and preferred layout.
The location does much of the work. The hotel stands on the quay of the Old Port, the historic harbor at the heart of Marseille, so participants leave the meeting room and are straight in the city center, among restaurants and the ferries along the waterfront. For a team coming from elsewhere in France or Europe, it is an easy base for a one- or two-day program that mixes work sessions with an evening in town.
Rooms and capacities
The Club Lounge is the largest space at 75 square meters. It opens onto a terrace and a balcony overlooking the Old Port and is offered for study days, plenary sessions, cocktails and dinners. The Library Lounge, at 46 square meters, is decorated with a painted fresco and stained glass windows; the hotel suggests it for training sessions, press conferences and business meals. The Ernest Lounge, at 40 square meters, carries a fresco inspired by Mondrian and comes with a TV screen with HDMI connection and Wi-Fi, for meetings, trainings and recruitment interviews.
Because the three rooms differ in size and mood, a group can hold its plenary in the Club Lounge, split into workshops in the two smaller lounges, then end the day with drinks on the terrace.
Accommodation
The hotel has 51 rooms and suites, so participants and speakers can stay on site. Categories run from Classique and Deluxe rooms to Deluxe Prestige rooms, a Junior Suite, the Family Suite Vieux-Port, the Prestige Sky Suite and the Notre Dame suite, plus the Protis apartment. The larger suites work for a speaker, a guest of honor or a small team that wants a shared space during the stay.
Catering
Le Relais 50, the restaurant linked to the hotel, sits on the Old Port with a terrace and serves Mediterranean cooking. Business lunches and dinners can be served in the lounges, and menus and breaks are agreed with the hotel's sales team ahead of the event.
Getting there
The hotel is on the Vieux-Port in central Marseille. The main railway station, Marseille Saint-Charles, receives high-speed trains from Paris and Lyon, and Marseille Provence Airport serves domestic and European routes. From either one, the center of the city is reached by public transport or taxi.
