Seminars and company events
Oceania L'Univers Tours can take a seminar, press conference or company dinner for up to 150 people in a single room, with 91 bedrooms upstairs for delegates who stay over. The hotel stands on Boulevard Heurteloup in the center of Tours, opposite the town hall and a few minutes on foot from the railway station.
The meeting floor is built around a set of named salons that range from a four-seat office to a room for 150. The hotel presents itself as a venue for seminars, workshops, press conferences and private events, and it adds team-building activities on request. The breakfast area, the bar and the lobby work as informal spaces for a one-to-one meeting or a working session between two plenary blocks. Quotes are prepared from a request form on the hotel's own meetings page.
Rooms and capacities
The largest room is the Salon Eugénie: 150 in theatre or cocktail layout, 130 in classroom, 126 at banquet and 60 around a U-shape. The Salon Rockefeller follows with 90 in theatre and 81 at banquet, then the Salon Youssoupoull with 70 in theatre and 45 at banquet. Three smaller salons, Anastasia, Edison and Churchill, suit committees and breakout groups of 10 to 30. The Salon Gainsbourg seats 10 around one table, and the Bureau Piaf is a four-seat office for interviews.
For receptions, the Galerie du Livre d'Or holds 140 standing guests, and the hotel also recommends its Galerie des Portraits for banquets and cocktails. One of the salons opens onto a private planted terrace, which the hotel suggests for summer drinks.
Accommodation
The hotel has 91 rooms and suites with high ceilings, mixing period features and modern furnishings. Some rooms connect, which helps families attending a private event. Guests have access to a heated indoor pool and a spa offering massages and treatments with Thalgo products, useful for an incentive program or a free hour at the end of a seminar day.
Catering
La Touraine, the hotel's main restaurant, holds the Maître Restaurateur title and states that every dish is made in-house, with a menu built on regional produce. A bistro-style restaurant and a bar complete the offer, so a group can move from a working lunch to a seated dinner and a late drink without leaving the building.
History and setting
The hotel opened in 1846. Over the years its guests have included Sarah Bernhardt and Edith Piaf, whose name is now on one of the meeting rooms. The hotel sits on the Loire à Vélo cycle route and close to Le Vinci, the city's congress center, which makes it a practical base for side meetings during a larger conference.
Getting there
Tours railway station is about 300 meters away, under five minutes on foot, and the tramway stops close by. The hotel has its own private car park, charged per stay. Paris is about an hour away by high-speed train, depending on connections.
