Maison Flow can host a board meeting of two, a training day for 35, a conference for 150 in tiered seating or a standing reception for up to 200 guests. It is a meeting and event house near the railway station in Vannes, in Brittany, with 11 meeting rooms, an event hall called the Agöra, a bar and restaurant and terraces, over 1,800 square meters in all.
Seminars and company events
The house was set up by the team of Curiosity Breizh Lab, a content and events agency, as a place for meetings, workshops and seminars. Rooms are booked by the half day, the full day or the evening, and the site lists uses from executive committees and training sessions to product launches, general assemblies and company parties.
The Agöra is the room for a plenary session. It covers 100 to 200 square meters, has retractable tiered seating with cushioned benches for 150 people and can be set without the tiers for theatre, classroom, U-shape, islands or a standing cocktail. It has a large projection screen, a sound system, a lectern, handheld and lapel microphones, and thick curtains for full blackout. Large windows look onto a hanging garden. The minimum booking is 35 guests.
For smaller groups there are 11 meeting rooms for 2 to 50 people. The medium room takes 10 to 35 participants on 32 to 64 square meters, with an HD screen, wired or click-and-share projection, Wi-Fi and magnetic whiteboards, and window views over the town center. A strategic meeting room seats up to 15 and small rooms take up to 9. Furniture in every room can be moved, from sofas to high tables, and rooms carry 49 or 55 inch screens and videoconference kit.
A host welcomes the group and stays on hand for technical help and breaks. Each guest gets a locker with a USB charger.
Rooms and capacities
The Salon Flow, on the first floor of the 19th-century house, takes up to 40 people on 38 square meters. It has Hungarian point parquet, tall windows and two HD screens, and opens onto a glass veranda and a planted terrace of 35 square meters that can be added for a brunch or a cocktail. On the ground floor, the Restö restaurant space covers 120 square meters and can be booked for 8 to 120 guests, and it can be added to the Agöra for a dinner or a banquet after a conference.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms on site. Maison Flow works with partner hotels in the same street or within 10 minutes, rated three and four stars, and offers preferential rates to its clients.
Catering
Catering is in-house, and the team says no outside caterer is needed. The kitchen, led by chef Christopher, cooks seasonal, local produce: savory gougères, bowls, daily dishes, large sharing plates and choux pastries for breaks. Group menus cover breakfast, lunch, the afternoon break and evening cocktails.
History and setting
The house is a 19th-century building extended with modern rooms, glass and terraces planted with local grasses that recall the Breton dunes. It is accessible to guests with reduced mobility, with an accessible main entrance and elevators to the upper floors. Maison Flow is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday until 6 p.m. Evening events can run until 1 a.m.
Getting there
Maison Flow is a short walk from Vannes station, which has direct TGV trains from Paris. A public car park lies 200 meters away.
