De Montil in Affligem hosts business events from 10 to 800 people: meetings, seminars, workshops, congresses, product launches and staff parties. It also takes weddings and other private celebrations. The venue offers 14 modular rooms in the Flemish Brabant countryside, 18 kilometers from central Brussels, with about 400 parking spaces.
Seminars and company events
The business offer covers meeting rooms, seminars, workshops, networking events, congresses, team building, product launches and vehicle presentations. The rooms can be set up in theater, U-shape, classroom or cabaret layouts, and break-out rooms are available for work groups or parallel sessions. Every seminar room has a screen and projector, whiteboard, wifi and air conditioning, and blackout is possible. A technical team helps start presentations and livestreams.
Weddings and receptions
Private events include weddings, communion and spring parties, christenings and baby showers, in several party rooms. The garden holds works of art and is used with the rooms. The art deco style bar can be combined with one of the neighboring rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The official site lists 14 rooms. Andromeda is a modular room of 200 to 980 square meters on the ground floor, suited to larger seminars. Hercules is the largest at 1,300 square meters. Diamant measures 300 square meters and Topaas 130 square meters, both on the ground floor. Jade (50 square meters) and Venus (69) are also on the ground floor. The first floor holds the Aula with 98 fixed seats and folding desks, plus Jupiter (69), Mars (80), Mercurius (42), Neptunus (55), Pluto (73), Saturnus (102) and Zon-Uranus (120 square meters). The venue states that its rooms suit groups of 10 to 800 people.
Catering
Catering is done in house by the venue's own chef and team. For seminars it covers coffee and snacks, a sandwich lunch or warm buffet, and a closing reception or dinner. The venue also offers outside services on request.
History and setting
De Montil sits in a green setting in Essene, part of Affligem, in the center of Belgium. The site presents a history page for those who want to know the origins of the place.
Getting there
The venue is 3 kilometers from the E40 motorway and 18 kilometers from the center of Brussels. It is also reachable by public transport. About 400 lit parking spaces sit next to the building at no charge. Participants can come from East Flanders to the province of Liège in one trip, which suits national meetings.
Organizers can ask the team for a proposal for a meeting, a seminar or a party in Affligem.
