Hôtel Napoléon hosts board meetings, seminars, product launches, press conferences, cocktail receptions and small private celebrations for groups of up to 120 guests. The five-star hotel stands at 40 avenue de Friedland in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysées.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells its event rooms for both business and private functions. Its own list of uses covers meetings, seminars, product launches, cocktails, press conferences and smaller celebrations. The rooms are fitted with ClickShare wireless presentation, high-definition screens and built-in sound. For hybrid or remote formats, the hotel also offers a digital event package that can handle up to 500 online connections. A group can combine a meeting room with bedrooms upstairs, so a two-day seminar or a board retreat can run without leaving the building.
Rooms and capacities
The events page lists nine spaces. The smallest, Elisa (16 m²) and Caroline (20 m²), each take up to 10 people and suit small board meetings. Wagram (30 m²) holds 25. Laetizia and Iéna, both 45 m², take up to 50 each. La Pagerie (80 m²) holds 70. Friedland is the largest room at 135 m² and takes up to 120 guests. Le Bivouac, a 130 m² ground-floor room with daylight, holds up to 80 and also serves as the breakfast room. The Impériale, at 120 m², is set up for up to 20 people. The hotel FAQ refers to seven function rooms, so organisers should confirm which spaces are free for their dates.
Accommodation
The hotel has 96 bedrooms, of which 57 are suites. Categories run from Superior rooms of 17 to 23 m² and Executive rooms of 22 to 26 m² to Junior Suites from 32 m², Suites from 40 m², the 75 m² Suite Joséphine and the 90 m² Suite Impériale, which looks toward the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. A few suites on the first floor have private terraces, and three Junior Suites on the top floor have balconies facing the Eiffel Tower. Some rooms can be joined as connecting units. Reception, room service and a Clefs d'Or concierge desk run around the clock, and a fitness room is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Catering
Food and drink come from the hotel's own kitchen and the Bar 1807, which serves breakfast, a seasonal lunch menu and evening drinks every day. The bar has an Art Deco counter, a fireplace and a terrace on avenue de Friedland that stays open all year. Breakfast for groups is served in Le Bivouac. Room service is available 24 hours a day.
History and setting
The building was designed in the Art Deco style by the architect Henri Porteau and completed in 1928, on the site of a former town house of the Tolstoy family. Over the decades it has hosted Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald and Josephine Baker, among others. The surrounding streets are lined with restaurants and shops, with Parc Monceau and the Champs-Elysées within walking distance.
Getting there
Charles de Gaulle-Etoile station, served by metro lines 1, 2 and 6 and RER A, is about two minutes on foot. Gare Saint-Lazare and Gare du Nord are around 15 minutes away by public transport, Gare de Lyon about 15 minutes, and Gare Montparnasse about 20. Charles de Gaulle airport is roughly 40 minutes by car and Orly about the same. The hotel has no car park of its own, but a public car park is next door at 31 avenue de Friedland. Staff speak French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and Romanian.
