After a well-deserved summer break, the start of the new school year is the perfect opportunity to bring your employees together for a team-building event. A back-to-school seminar is a great way to strengthen team spirit and commitment to work goals. Choosing the right venue is essential: discover what the Château de Champ-Renard has to offer for organizing a successful meeting or team-building event.
Host your back-to-school seminar at a castle
Why choose our estate for your seminar?
For professionals looking to organize a seminar in Lyon, Champ-Renard offers a practical and high-quality solution. Our estate hosts corporate events in a historic setting steeped in serenity. The beautifully restored château stands amidst the Beaujolais vineyards, offering the perfect setting for a seminar in the countryside. The buildings feature 500 m² of elegant, versatile spaces, while the outdoor areas provide numerous opportunities for your team-building activities.
Our estate offers all the features of a high-end seminar venue: refined décor, state-of-the-art facilities, and personalized services provided by a team of professionals. Another key advantage of Champ-Renard is its accessibility, as the château is located 10 minutes from the A6 exit and 35 minutes from Lyon.
How to Plan Your Corporate Seminar?
Planning a back-to-work team meeting requires a systematic approach. Here are four key points to ensure your workshop is a success and to gain your employees’ support:
- Planning Ahead for Your Seminar: Every corporate event requires advance planning. This process helps you define the event’s objectives, identify the target audience, inform participants, and engage them. The budget allocated for the event is also a key consideration.
- Choose the right date: Make sure your teams are fully staffed, and take school start dates into account.
- Choosing the perfect seminar venue: The selected venue should be easily accessible, offer an elegant and exotic setting, and provide high-quality equipment and activities tailored to the needs of businesses.
- Plan the agenda for your back-to-school meeting: Be sure to balance the schedule between plenary sessions, small-group work, group activities, and downtime—ideally all at the same location.
What services does Champ-Renard offer for your seminars and team-building events?
The variety and flexibility of our meeting spaces accommodate all types of professional gatherings. You are free to arrange a reception on the esplanade facing the castle, a welcome coffee in the Salons du Marquis, followed by a plenary meeting in the Salle de Justice or the Salle de Garde. The Orangerie and the Library are ideal for workshops or subcommittee work sessions.
When you host your corporate seminar at the Château de Champ-Renard, you’ll enjoy:
- a 1.6-hectare landscaped park featuring a large esplanade and an avenue lined with hornbeams;
- ten meeting and reception rooms with a capacity ranging from 8 to 200 people;
- heated, air-conditioned, and furnished spaces;
- state-of-the-art equipment forhosting seminars: high-speed Wi-Fi, a projector, a flip chart, LED or touchscreen displays, a sound system…
- à la carte catering services provided by our partner caterers: coffee breaks, light meals, lunch, buffets, gala dinners, grilled cocktail parties…
- on-site lodging (12 beds) and nearby accommodations;
- a vast selection of themed activities—both indoor and outdoor—designed to strengthen team cohesion.
The back-to-work seminar is one of the most important events for a company. By booking the Château de Champ-Renard exclusively, you’ll give your team an immersive experience that will leave a lasting impression and demonstrate your commitment to your employees.
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