Étoile Business Center is a conference and event center at 21-25 rue Balzac in Paris 8e, near the Arc de Triomphe. It has seven meeting rooms and a 400 m² atrium, takes up to 200 people theatre style in its largest room and up to 400 at a standing reception. It is run by Prestige Sodexo.
Seminars and company events
The main room, Orion, covers 190 m² and seats 200 theatre style, 86 at cabaret tables, 64 classroom style or in a conference layout, and 44 in a U. It is equipped with a 15,000-lumen video projector, full HD screens and digital wireless microphones. Six smaller rooms handle breakouts and committees: Austral (70 m², 75 theatre), Boréal (65 m², 70), Véga (50 m², 50), Andromède and Cassiopée (43 m² each, 45) and Alpha (40 m², 40).
Across the site you will find Wi-Fi, ClickShare, projectors, a sound system with microphones, air conditioning, digital signage and a booth for simultaneous interpretation. A typical study day combines a plenary in Orion with parallel workshops in the smaller rooms.
Receptions and parties
The Atrium covers 400 m² and holds 400 people at a standing cocktail or 250 at a seated dinner. Orion takes 200 standing and 120 seated. The center also lists dance evenings, with a DJ and open bar, and private dinners in a separate room. It does not present weddings, so this page is aimed at corporate and private events.
Rooms and capacities
Orion: 200 theatre, 120 dinner, 200 cocktail. Atrium: 250 dinner, 400 cocktail. Austral: 75 theatre, 32 conference. Boréal: 70 theatre, 30 conference. Véga: 50 theatre, 27 conference. Andromède: 45 theatre, 40 cocktail. Cassiopée: 45 theatre, 26 conference. Alpha: 40 theatre, 24 dinner.
Catering
Catering can be handled by the in-house kitchen or by an outside caterer, and meal trays are also available. Formats listed include study-day packages with morning coffee, two breaks and a lunch in a private room, half-day packages, seated lunches and dinners with an aperitif, and cocktails of 20 pieces with drinks. Workshops and dance evenings are quoted individually.
Accommodation
The center does not offer bedrooms. Guests staying overnight book hotels in the Étoile and Champs-Élysées area.
Getting there
The nearest metro stations are Charles de Gaulle-Étoile, George V and Ternes, on lines 1, 2 and 6. RER A stops at Charles de Gaulle-Étoile. Bus lines 22, 31, 43, 52 and 93 serve the area. A paid car park is reached through entrance 6 bis on avenue Bertie-Albrecht, and public parking is available on avenue Hoche. The venue is listed as accessible to people with reduced mobility.
