The Pavillon d'Armenonville hosts conferences, general meetings, product launches, gala dinners, cocktail receptions and weddings for 2 to 2,000 guests, indoors or outdoors. It has seven independent salons with daylight and 1,800 m² of modular reception space. The pavilion stands on Allée de Longchamp, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Seminars and company events
Every salon is equipped and air-conditioned, and the building is wired with fiber optic. For large events, the Longchamp and Etoile salons can be arranged to suit the program and open onto the gardens and terraces for breaks, dinners and summer cocktails. For smaller groups, the upstairs salons are quieter and overlook the Bois de Boulogne, its lake and the kitchen garden.
The venue lists past clients and events on its site, including a general assembly for a sports federation, a congress for the international fencing federation and evening receptions for banks and professional bodies. During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the pavilion served as the Team GB House.
Weddings and receptions
The whole venue can be booked exclusively for a wedding. A private lounge is set aside for the bride, the gardens serve for photographs and the Longchamp salon has a 45 m² stage for speeches and entertainment. The site states that a wedding can run late into the night with no noise or time restriction.
Rooms and capacities
The Longchamp salon covers 900 m² and takes up to 1,300 guests for a cocktail reception. It has full sound and lighting equipment and 60 meters of bay windows facing the Longchamp garden.
The Etoile salon covers 440 m², with bay windows onto a tree-lined terrace. It seats up to 360 for dinner or holds up to 500 for a cocktail.
The Saint James salon, furnished in a club style with a panoramic view, suits an executive committee, a small working day or a private evening for about 20 people.
The Rotonde, Bagatelle and Saint Cloud salons share 80 m² in the preserved historic part of the building. They seat up to 70 for a meal or host small meetings.
The Marly salon covers 110 m², overlooks the lake and the kitchen garden, and opens onto a large sunny terrace. The Auteuil salon, 52 m², is offered for a plenary session, a seated dinner or a standing reception of up to 150 guests according to the venue.
Catering
Catering is provided by Butard Enescot, the caterer of the group that runs the pavilion, with more than 45 years of experience in events. Its chefs work in French cuisine, and an art director designs the reception concept. Project managers work with set designers and decorators on table settings, flowers, digital content, shows and music.
History and setting
The site began as an 18th-century hunting lodge built by the Comte d'Armenonville, a minister of Louis XIV in charge of the royal hunt. Guests over the centuries included Alexandre Dumas and Marcel Proust. In the 19th century the pavilion was destroyed and rebuilt to the same design by Gabriel Davioud, the architect who worked with Baron Haussmann on the parks and promenades of Paris. It then became a restaurant for riders crossing the wood, and in the 20th century a reception venue.
A renovation completed in 2017 updated the building with attention to materials. More than 3,000 plant species have been planted around the pavilion.
Getting there
The pavilion sits at the western edge of Paris, inside the Bois de Boulogne, with the lake and gardens around it. The team answers requests from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
