Sofitel Lyon Bellecour hosts seminars, conferences, product launches and company dinners in six meeting rooms, the largest holding 300 people theatre-style or 110 at a banquet, with 164 rooms and suites on site. The hotel stands at 20 quai Gailleton, on the Rhône side of the Presqu'île in the center of Lyon, a short walk from Place Bellecour.
Seminars and company events
The six meeting rooms cover formats from a small committee to a full plenary session. The largest room measures 317 square meters, enough for a plenary of 300 in theatre layout, while the other rooms can serve as breakout spaces or as separate rooms for a board meeting held alongside a larger event. Because the hotel has 164 rooms and suites, a two-day seminar with an overnight stay can run without moving the group across town. The eighth floor adds two places for the end of the day, the Les 3 Dômes restaurant and the Le Melhor bar, both with a view over the city. Requests for meetings and events at this hotel go through the Accor events team.
Rooms and capacities
The hotel lists six meeting rooms. The largest covers 317 square meters and seats up to 300 people theatre-style or 110 at round tables for a banquet. The public hotel page does not give the name and separate capacity of each of the smaller rooms, so the setup for smaller groups, classroom or U-shape, is confirmed directly with the events team when the date is set.
Accommodation
The hotel has 164 rooms and suites in the center of Lyon. Delegates can arrive the evening before a morning session, and speakers or executives can be placed in suites. For a group, this avoids splitting participants between several hotels and shuttles.
Catering
Les 3 Dômes is the hotel's gastronomic restaurant, on the eighth floor with a panoramic view, and it also serves a Sunday brunch. Le Melhor, on the same floor, is a bar with live music on Friday and Saturday evenings. The Light Bar, a terrace open every day, serves drinks and tapas. These venues give options for a working lunch, a team dinner or a drink after a conference day.
History and setting
Sofitel is the luxury brand of the Accor group. The hotel faces the Rhône on the Presqu'île, the strip of central Lyon between the Rhône and the Saône, with Place Bellecour, the shopping streets and the river quays within walking distance. Across the Saône lies Vieux Lyon, the Renaissance old town, which makes it easy to add a guided walk or a dinner in a bouchon to a seminar program.
Getting there
Lyon Perrache station is on the Presqu'île, a short ride from the hotel, and Lyon Part-Dieu, the main high-speed rail station with direct trains to Paris in about two hours, is across the Rhône. Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport lies east of the city, linked to Part-Dieu by the Rhônexpress tram. The address is 20 quai Gailleton, 69002 Lyon.
