Training days, executive committee meetings and business breakfasts for up to 25 people can be organised at Hôtel Le Régent, a former 16th-century coaching inn in the center of Villers-Cotterêts, in the Aisne, at the edge of the Forêt de Retz. The hotel has 30 bedrooms, so a small team can meet and stay in the same place.
Seminars and company events
Meetings take place in the Salon des Mousquetaires, a reception room with historic wood paneling that holds groups of up to 25. The hotel lists the uses it is set up for: study days, training sessions, executive committees and business breakfasts. Equipment includes a video projector, a screen, Wi-Fi, whiteboards, paperboards, microphones and a sound system, plus a lectern. Furniture can be arranged with rectangular tables, round tables for eight or ten, standing tables and chairs, so the same room works as a classroom, a boardroom or a standing breakfast. Private events such as birthdays and christenings are also hosted.
Rooms and capacities
The Salon des Mousquetaires is the only event room in the hotel and takes up to 25 people. Between sessions, groups can use the interior courtyard to step outside and talk. For a larger event, the hotel works with a partner estate nearby, which is a separate venue.
Accommodation
The hotel has 30 rooms: 20 in the historic building and 10 in a residence wing. A team of up to 25 can therefore be accommodated on site for a two-day seminar, with the meeting room downstairs. A private car park is available.
Catering
The hotel does not run its own restaurant for events. Five restaurants line the same street, and partner caterers can serve meals in the hotel, from a working lunch to a seated dinner. This gives organisers a choice of formats for lunches and evenings without leaving the town center.
History and setting
The building was a coaching inn in the 16th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was known as the Hostellerie de la Croix d'Or, a stop for merchants and travelers on the road through Villers-Cotterêts. The town sits in the Forêt de Retz, one of the large forests north-east of Paris, and is known for its royal château, now the Cité internationale de la langue française, and as the birthplace of Alexandre Dumas. These make a short cultural visit easy to add to a meeting program.
Getting there
The hotel is at 26 rue du Général Mangin. Villers-Cotterêts is about 45 minutes by train from Paris Gare du Nord and about 75 kilometers from Paris by road. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport is about 45 to 50 kilometers away.
