The Château du Clos de la Ribaudière can host study days, residential seminars, incentives, business meals, gala evenings and weddings for 10 to 250 guests, in several reception rooms and private salons covering 400 square meters in total. This four-star hotel and restaurant stands in a park along the Clain river in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, between Poitiers and Futuroscope.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells study days, residential seminars, incentives, business meals and gala evenings, with a sales team that handles the organization with the client. The reception spaces and bedrooms have been renovated every year since 2011, and the hotel describes itself as equipped for both work and rest. The location is a practical point for a national meeting: Futuroscope TGV station is five minutes away, with Paris less than an hour and a half by train.
Outside working hours, the park, the terrace and the spa give groups room to unwind. The Spa du Clos has a heated indoor pool, a hot tub, a hammam, a sauna and a fitness room, and it can be booked exclusively for up to 20 people. A heated outdoor pool opens from May to October.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, cocktail parties and private receptions are a core part of the business. The hotel offers tailored packages for 10 to 250 guests, with a wine reception in the park or on the terrace, a seated dinner, a garden party formula called Parc en Fête, drinks packages and an open bar. The rooms used for the reception and the dancing depend on the number of guests, and a room can be set aside for children. A cake by the pastry chef can replace the dessert. Two seasonal wedding brochures are published, and visits of the reception spaces, grounds and bedrooms are held by appointment.
Family celebrations and client receptions follow the same principle, with an aperitif in the hall, a salon or on the terrace, then a menu with drinks included.
Rooms and capacities
The reception spaces sit in the historic part of the château and range from 50 to 400 square meters, all restored. The hotel does not publish the names or individual capacities of its rooms. Ask the sales team which room fits your layout and number.
Accommodation
The hotel has 41 bedrooms in three buildings. Eleven rooms in the château keep an 18th-century style. Rooms in the Pavillon are more modern and larger, and can take families of four or five. Six smaller rooms are in the former Conciergerie. Rooms are air-conditioned, with free wifi, a flat-screen TV, a minibar and a bathroom with separate toilet.
Catering
The restaurant, La Table du Clos, serves lunch and dinner every day in a bright dining room overlooking the park, in private salons or on the terrace. It holds the Table Remarquable label from Alain Ducasse. Chef Cédric Ravaud and his team write two seasonal wedding menus and favor local produce. Catering for events is handled in-house.
History and setting
The château was built at the end of the 18th century by the chevalier Joseph de la Broue, one of six correspondents of the nobility in 1789 and the first mayor of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou. It later belonged to Madame Barbot de la Motte, before a full restoration turned it into a hotel. The park runs along the river and includes the outdoor pool.
Getting there
The hotel is five minutes from the A10 motorway and the D910 on the Poitiers to Châtellerault road, five minutes from Futuroscope station, and 13 km from Poitiers-Biard airport, with a taxi on request. Four public electric vehicle charging points are on site.
