The Babel Community in Montpellier hosts team meetings, workshops, training sessions, conferences, product launches and private receptions. The restaurant takes up to 60 guests seated or 150 for a standing reception, and the largest meeting room, The Zulu Room, seats up to 24 in conference layout. The building stands at 954 avenue Jean Mermoz, in the Antigone district of Montpellier.
Seminars and company events
The meeting rooms are booked by the hour, the half day or the full day, online or through the team. The Zulu Room is the room for a small seminar: 24 in conference layout, 18 around a meeting table, 16 in a U shape and 12 in classroom layout. It has a smart TV, video conferencing and a flipchart. Three smaller rooms suit a breakout group or a client meeting. Rooms come with ergonomic chairs, air conditioning, notepads, fibre Wi-Fi, Chromecast and an interactive flipchart, and laser printing is available.
For a larger business event, the restaurant can be hired in full or in part. The venue lists gala evenings, business lunches, conferences, product launches and company celebrations among the formats it takes. The restaurant is equipped with a microphone, a large screen, speakers, Wi-Fi and lighting scenarios, and a team on site welcomes guests and follows the event. Groups can add hotel nights, secure parking and early check-in.
Weddings and receptions
The restaurant is offered for weddings, wedding drinks receptions, christenings and birthdays. The events page describes the restaurant hire as dry hire, without food service included. The coffee shop at the entrance, with its terrace, can also be booked for private or professional events.
Rooms and capacities
The restaurant takes 60 seated or 150 for a standing cocktail dinner. The Zulu Room takes 12 to 24 depending on layout. The Bushmen Room seats 7 and has video conferencing. The Meetup Corner seats 6 and The Cosy Corner 4; both sit within the coworking area. The building has five meeting rooms in total.
Accommodation
The building combines coliving and hotel apartments, with 75 apartments listed for the Montpellier Antigone site. Hotel guests stay in furnished apartments with a flat-screen TV, a private bathroom with a rain shower, a fitted kitchen and a Nespresso machine. An accessible unit is available. Guests have 24-hour access to the fitness room, the coworking floor and the meeting rooms.
Catering
The coffee shop serves specialty coffee, savoury dishes such as grilled cheese, salads and sandwiches, and pastries from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 8 pm. The meeting rooms page lists lunch, dinner, coffee breaks, snacks and cocktail dinners as options on request. Ask the team how catering works with a full restaurant hire, since that format is sold as dry hire.
History and setting
Antigone is a neoclassical district built around pedestrian squares such as the Place du Nombre d'Or, the Place de Thessalie and the Esplanade de l'Europe, with statues and fountains. The Polygone shopping centre, the Musée Fabre and the MO.CO Panacée are a short walk away. The Babel Community runs similar buildings in Marseille, Lille, Grenoble, Bordeaux and Montigny-le-Bretonneux.
Getting there
Montpellier Saint-Roch station is a 10-minute walk or 5 minutes by tram. The tram stops Léon Blum (line 1) and Place de l'Europe (lines 3 and 4) are 400 m away, and buses 9, 14 and 16 stop 300 m away. The airport shuttle stops 300 m from the building, and Montpellier airport is about 15 minutes by car. Paid parking is available inside the building, with bike racks at the entrance.
