Le Relais Saint-Jacques hosts meetings, study days and residential seminars for up to 80 people in four rooms, and private receptions for up to 65 guests, with 59 bedrooms and a gourmet restaurant on the same site. The 4-star hotel stands at Coings, just north of Châteauroux in the Indre department, in the Berry countryside.
Seminars and company events
The four meeting rooms can be hired by the half day or full day, on their own or with a business meal. The study day package covers a welcome coffee with orange juice and pastries, a morning break, a three-course lunch with wine and coffee, an afternoon break, and the room with its equipment and Wi-Fi. Residential seminars are quoted on request, and the 59 bedrooms make it possible to keep a group on site overnight. For business travelers, the hotel also sells an overnight package that combines a room, dinner and breakfast. The rooms are air-conditioned and soundproofed, and each has a flip chart, a screen, a video projector, a sound system with a wireless microphone and free Wi-Fi.
Weddings and receptions
The same salons are used for weddings, christenings, communions, birthdays and family meals, from a drinks reception to a seated dinner. Up to 65 guests can be received. Bookings can run for half a day, a full day or several days, with lunch, dinner or both, and the hotel sells the room and the meal together.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel names three of its four salons: Salon Val de Loire at 22 square meters, Salon Champagne at 45 square meters and Salon Bourgogne at 70 square meters. The four rooms together take up to 80 people for a meeting. They are modular and come furnished with tables and chairs, so the layout can be adapted for a board meeting, a training session or a banquet.
Accommodation
The hotel has 59 air-conditioned bedrooms, two of them adapted for guests with reduced mobility. Room types run from Confort and Premium to Twin, Triple, Duplex and rooms with a terrace. Guests can use an outdoor swimming pool and a gym open from 6:30 am to 11 pm. Parking is free and secure.
Catering
The gourmet restaurant cooks regional and traditional dishes from fresh seasonal produce, with some international touches, and the chef adapts menus to the group, including allergies and special diets. The wine list holds more than 300 references, and sommelier and maître d'hôtel Pierre Nicourt advises on pairings. Coffee breaks, business lunches and cocktail receptions are all handled in-house.
Getting there
Coings sits a few minutes by car from Châteauroux-Centre airport and close to the A20 motorway, which links Paris, Orléans, Vierzon and Limoges. Châteauroux station, on the line from Paris Austerlitz, is a short drive away. The hotel is a practical stop for groups traveling by road through the center of France.
