Le Refuge de Solaise can host seminars, product launches, private dinners, parties and exhibitions for a group that wants to work and stay at altitude, with a seminar room equipped for hybrid meetings and lodging for groups of different sizes. The hotel stands at 2,551 meters at the top of the Solaise ski area in Val d'Isère, Savoie, and is reached in winter only by the Solaise gondola.
Seminars and company events
The events team designs immersive staging, sets the tables and organizes activities for each group. Formats cited by the hotel include private events, product launches, evening parties, exclusive dinners, exhibitions and seminars. Between work sessions, participants can follow well-being and personal development activities, which can be adapted to a theme.
The seminar room has a connected digital screen, video conferencing equipment, a wireless microphone, flipcharts and lecterns. The hotel does not publish the size or capacity of the room. Requests are handled by a dedicated client relations manager, who asks for the number of participants, dates and purpose of the meeting.
Rooms and capacities
Apart from the seminar room, the hotel offers a restaurant with a large sunny terrace, a bar with views across the mountains and a spa that can frame a group program. Capacities for these spaces are not published, so the format of an event is set with the team.
Accommodation
The hotel has 16 rooms and suites, four apartments of 75 to 380 square meters, and a dormitory of 70 square meters for up to 14 people. Room categories run from Compétition rooms of 35 square meters for one or two guests to Coupe du Monde rooms of 42 and 58 square meters and the Olympique room of 68 square meters for up to five. The apartments are Danaïdes (74 square meters, four guests), Madeleine (168 square meters, 10 guests), Glacier (160 square meters, 12 guests) and Charvet (380 square meters, 18 guests). A company can therefore lodge a board in rooms and a larger team in apartments and the dormitory.
The spa includes a heated indoor 25-meter pool facing the mountains, an outdoor hot bath and a cold bath, a panoramic sauna, hammams, two hot tubs, relaxation areas and a fitness room.
Catering
The restaurant Le Refuge serves Savoyard dishes in the dining room or on the terrace. Le Bar du Refuge serves skiers during the day and cocktails in the evening. In season, Le Petit Refuge serves pizzas, pasta and salads at lunch, and La Cabane du Refuge offers sandwiches made with local products. The hotel can also arrange chef-led meals in the apartments or a Savoyard evening.
History and setting
The decor recalls the industrial atmosphere of the 1940s, with stone walls, local wood, wool, velvet and leather, and large windows facing the valley. The hotel belongs to the Paris Society group. Rooms look out over the peaks around Val d'Isère, and the setting suits a leadership offsite or an incentive built around skiing and the spa.
Getting there
In winter, access is only by the Solaise gondola, which leaves from the snow front in the center of Val d'Isère and arrives 200 meters above the hotel. The gondola runs daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with evening runs on some nights. A porter meets guests at the meeting point on Rue de la Face, takes the luggage and hands out the passes. In summer the hotel is reached by road. Bourg-Saint-Maurice is the nearest railway station.
