Domein De Vesten in Laakdal, in the Kempen region of Belgium, hosts company events and private celebrations for 20 to 500 guests. It offers 14 rooms named after explorers, which can be combined, plus a covered tent outdoors. Business groups use it for seminars, training days, conferences, product launches, team building and staff parties. Couples use it for weddings and jubilees.
Seminars and company events
The venue sells a full business offer: meetings, conferences, training, networking receptions, product presentations, staff parties and outdoor formulas such as summer barbecues. Rooms have clear acoustics and recent audiovisual equipment, and the terrace and garden can be used in good weather. The smaller rooms are set up for seminars. Gerlache seats 8 to 12 people on 20 square meters. Cook holds 18 to 40 on 66 square meters, with 40 in theater layout and 24 classroom style. The Boardroom takes 16 around a directors table on 41 square meters.
Weddings and receptions
De Vesten presents itself as a wedding specialist. It also organizes jubilee parties, communions, spring parties and baby showers. The larger rooms are the usual choice for a wedding dinner and dance, and the team can arrange music and entertainment with partners.
Rooms and capacities
Foyer Zuid is the largest single room, with 180 square meters, 200 to 300 guests, a walking dinner for 200 and a reception for 300. Foyer Noord measures 175 square meters, with a banquet for 120 at round tables and a reception for 200, with daylight. The Zuiden hall combines Columbus, Magelhaes and Marco Polo into 432 square meters: a banquet for 350 to 410, theater seating for 420, classroom for 200. Each of the three rooms measures 144 square meters and can be used alone. Columbus seats 96 at round tables, Magelhaes takes 150 in theater layout and has access to the terrace and garden, and Marco Polo has a large door for vehicles. The Stretchtent outside covers 150 square meters, for a dinner for 80 or a reception for 150.
Accommodation
The domain offers suites for overnight stays, listed on its own page. The official site does not state the number of rooms in the text consulted.
Catering
The kitchen team prepares receptions, walking dinners, buffets and three-course dinners, adapted to the size of the event. The domain also runs a Thai restaurant, Tiw Thai, and offers take-away dishes and catering for events held elsewhere.
Getting there
The venue stands at Kanaalweg 6 in Laakdal, close to exit Geel-Oost of the E313 motorway, between Antwerp, Limburg and Flemish Brabant. Free parking is provided for guests. A neighboring hall, Expo de Kempen, can be rented as a bare space from one day for congresses, fairs and product shows.
Organizers can send a request for a business event or a celebration to the team.
