Voyage Samaritaine takes private events from 20 to 650 guests, booked in full or in part, by day or by evening, every day of the week. It suits product launches, press conferences, conventions, roadshows, galas, seated lunches and dinners, cocktails, fashion shows, corporate New Year receptions, concerts and gallery openings. The venue is part of La Samaritaine, at 9-11 Rue de la Monnaie in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, by the Pont-Neuf.
Seminars and company events
The space is run with GL events, which covers the whole event chain in-house: catering, audiovisual, furniture, signage, hosts and hostesses, and creative content. That lets an organizer brief a single team for a launch, a convention or a gala rather than assembling separate suppliers.
The format is open. Clients can take part in the scenography, choose the music program and shape the running order of the day or evening. Events are held every day, in daytime and in the evening, with a private event entrance at 11 Rue de la Monnaie, separate from the public entrance at number 9.
Rooms and capacities
Voyage is one space under a glass roof, divided into three areas that can be booked together or separately.
The Lounge is the modular events area, set up and taken down for each program. It holds exhibitions, presentations and launches, and it carries 42 square meters of LED screen for brand content or digital artwork on request.
The Bar is an open area built around an oversize bar, with a menu that includes low and no alcohol drinks.
The Restaurant has an open kitchen where guests watch the chefs at work, and it looks out toward the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois and the Louvre.
The total capacity runs from 20 to 650 guests depending on the format and the areas taken.
Catering
Food and drink are part of the offer. The restaurant kitchen and the bar serve the event, and GL events adds catering for seated meals, cocktails and receptions. Outside private hire, the bar and restaurant are open to the public seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
History and setting
La Samaritaine is the historic department store on the right bank of the Seine, next to the Pont-Neuf. Voyage opened inside it as a place to combine a bar, a restaurant and an events space, with exhibitions and artists alongside. The glass roof brings daylight into the whole space, and the setting places the event in the center of Paris, between the Louvre and the river.
Getting there
The public entrance is at 9 Rue de la Monnaie and the private event entrance at 11 Rue de la Monnaie, 75001 Paris. The Pont-Neuf metro station is close by, and the Louvre, Les Halles and the islands of the Seine are within walking distance, which helps guests arriving from hotels across central Paris. The event team can share an event brochure before a site visit.
