Kongresszentren

Kongresszentren in Frankreich

Die großen Kongress- und Messezentren Frankreichs – mit den nächstgelegenen MICE- und Businesshotels, damit Ihre Teilnehmer zu Fuß oder in wenigen Minuten vor Ort sind.

Paris & Île-de-France

Les Salles du Carrousel (Carrousel du Louvre)

Les Salles du Carrousel, operated by Viparis beneath the Carrousel du Louvre, offer about 6,635 m² of modular indoor space in the heart of Paris, a few steps from the Louvre museum and the Tuileries Garden. The venue hosts fashion shows, galas, conventions and product launches. Reception formats range from 500 to 4,000 guests, with retractable tiered seating from 500 to 2,200 places. Principal rooms include the Le Nôtre room (1,900 m², seating up to 1,600), the Delorme and Gabriel rooms, and a 1,300 m² foyer with a 4.8 m ceiling; room surfaces are indicative. Its position is its strength: a prestigious central address for European and international corporate events, with the metro station opening directly into the complex.

Max. Kapazität 2.200 Pers.

Paris & Île-de-France

CNIT Forest

CNIT Forest occupies the landmark CNIT building at La Défense, reopened by Viparis after renovation as a conference and event venue. The 'Forest' name refers to its underground canopy-like structure at the heart of Europe's leading business district. The site offers about 20,000 m² of modular space over four levels, two auditoriums seating 740 to 1,175, and a series of meeting and conference rooms. The number of rooms and reception capacities are confirmed with Viparis for your chosen configuration. Its value is proximity: a central, well-connected venue for corporate conventions, product launches and shareholder events, with headquarters and business hotels within walking distance.

Max. Kapazität 1.175 Pers. · 2 Hotels

Paris & Île-de-France

Palais des Congrès de Paris

Der Palais des Congrès de Paris, betrieben von Viparis, steht an der Porte Maillot am westlichen Rand des 17. Arrondissements. Er ist das Referenzhaus der Hauptstadt für Firmenkongresse, Generalversammlungen und internationale Kongresse, mit mehreren Auditorien, einer großen Ausstellungsebene und einer direkten Verbindung zu den Hotels und dem Verkehrsknotenpunkt Porte Maillot. Das Grand Amphithéâtre bietet 3.723 Plätze in voller Bestuhlung und 1.813 im Halbbetrieb, mit einer Bühne von rund 1.200 m². Das Blaue Amphitheater hat 826 Plätze. Ebene 1 bietet 9.140 m² Ausstellungsfläche in vier Hallen, Ebene 2 weitere 5.140 m² in einer Halle; dazu kommen Konferenzräume mit 95 bis 1.128 Plätzen auf Ebene 1 und 120 bis 380 Plätzen auf Ebene 2. Für internationale Delegationen liegt der praktische Vorteil im Format an einem einzigen Standort: Plenarsitzungen, Gruppenräume, Catering und Ausstellung unter einem Dach, mit Pariser Hotels und den Champs-Élysées in Reichweite per Metro oder zu Fuß. Die Termine im Herbst und Frühjahr sind stark gefragt; eine frühzeitige Reservierung wird empfohlen.

Max. Kapazität 3.723 Pers. · 2 Hotels

Paris & Île-de-France

Palais des Congrès de Versailles

The Palais des Congrès de Versailles stands in the town centre, close to the Château de Versailles. Renovated and fitted with new technology in 2020, it combines a large auditorium with modular rooms for conferences, congresses and corporate events in a heritage setting. The venue offers over 3,200 m² of privatisable space, with a main amphitheatre (Richelieu) of 1,008 seats and modular rooms for 20 to 1,500 guests. The building also has sub-committee rooms, the Lulli studio for connected events and the Mazarin rotunda for exhibitions, cocktails and dinners. Total surface sits between 3,200 and 3,700 m². The appeal is the setting: a congress in a dedicated centre, with the possibility of evening programmes in privatised royal venues of Versailles, organised through a DMC.

Max. Kapazität 1.008 Pers.

Paris & Île-de-France

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles ist der größte Ausstellungskomplex der französischen Hauptstadt, betrieben von Viparis im Südwesten von Paris. Er beherbergt die großen Fachmessen des Kalenders und seit der Neugestaltung von Pavillon 7 auch das Paris Convention Centre. Das Paris Convention Centre belegt die dritte Ebene von Pavillon 7 mit einem Plenarsaal für 5.200 Plätze und 22 Tagungsräumen laut Viparis; er ist direkt mit den Ausstellungsflächen der darunterliegenden Ebenen verbunden. So lassen sich Plenarsitzungen, eine Fachmesse und Catering in einem Gebäude kombinieren, für Veranstaltungen mit mehreren tausend Teilnehmenden. Die Gesamtausstellungsfläche wird in den Veröffentlichungen von Viparis unterschiedlich angegeben, da sich das Gelände im Zuge der laufenden Neugestaltung verändert (Anzahl der Pavillons und Flächen ändern sich). Wir empfehlen, die genauen Angaben für Ihre Termine bei Viparis zu bestätigen.

Max. Kapazität 5.200 Pers. · 5 Hotels

Paris & Île-de-France

Paris Nord Villepinte

Paris Nord Villepinte is Viparis's largest exhibition site, set on 115 hectares in the Roissy hub, a few minutes from Charles de Gaulle airport. It is the natural choice for large-footprint events: industrial and trade fairs, product launches and conventions needing generous floor space and logistics. The site offers about 246,000 m² of exhibition space in a series of connected halls, the largest of which, Hall 5A, covers some 48,420 m². The total surface runs from 246,000 to 250,000 m², depending on the configuration of the modular halls. The site suits events where the airport connection matters more than a central location: international delegations arrive and leave without crossing Paris, and the surrounding business hotels are organised around the airport.

Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis) · 1 Hotels

Côte d'Azur

Grimaldi Forum Monaco

The Grimaldi Forum is Monaco's convention and cultural centre, on the Larvotto waterfront. It combines a main auditorium with exhibition halls and a sea-view terrace, in a principality where hotels, restaurants and the Casino quarter lie within a few kilometres. The Salle des Princes seats 1,800. The Espace Ravel is an adjoining exhibition hall (about 4,000 m²). An extension was inaugurated in January 2025, adding about 6,000 m² of indoor space and 2,000 m² of outdoor space, including the Galerie Diaghilev. Surfaces are confirmed for your layout. The venue suits incentive and convention programmes combined with Monaco's evening offer: gala dinners, concerts and receptions on the sea front.

Max. Kapazität 1.800 Pers. · 3 Hotels

Côte d'Azur

Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes

The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès is Cannes's principal convention venue, home to the Cannes Film Festival and a calendar of professional events including MIPIM and MIPCOM. Its seafront position on the Croisette places congress delegates a few steps from the old port, hotels and the beach. The Palais has auditoriums from 147 to 2,309 seats. The Grand Auditorium Louis Lumière seats 2,309 on two levels, and the Debussy theatre, the Bazin and Buñuel rooms and the Croisette theatre cover mid-size plenaries. Total floor and exhibition surface figures are confirmed for your layout. For corporate programmes, the Palais combines a world-recognised address with the infrastructure of the French Riviera: gala dinners in the building or in nearby Riviera estates, and a hotel stock suited to premium delegations.

Max. Kapazität 2.309 Pers. · 8 Hotels

Provence & Marseille

Centre de Congrès d'Aix-en-Provence

The Centre de Congrès d'Aix-en-Provence is a compact, central congress facility on boulevard Carnot, a short walk from the old town. Its scale suits conferences, scientific meetings and corporate seminars rather than large trade shows. The centre has a main auditorium of 503 seats, about 600 m² of modular space and a series of meeting rooms (Picasso, Forbin, Milhaud and Sainte-Victoire among them), with about 600 public parking spaces nearby. Individual room areas are confirmed on request. Aix works well for programmes combining a working day with Provençal settings: market-town dinners, vineyard visits and privatised bastides in the surrounding countryside.

Max. Kapazität 503 Pers.

Provence & Marseille

Marseille Chanot

Marseille Chanot is the city's convention and exhibition complex, on a 17-hectare site near the Prado and the Vélodrome. Since 1 January 2025 it has been operated by Marseille Events, a GL events subsidiary, under a public service delegation. The tourism office describes about 60,000 m² of modular space arranged in several 'palais', among them the Palais des Congrès, Grand Palais, Palais de la Méditerranée, Palais Phocéen (14,000 m²) and Palais des Événements, the plenary hall, quoted at up to 3,200 seats. Detailed hall areas are confirmed for your dates. The site suits large conventions combined with exhibition space, with 1,800 parking spaces on site and the waterfront and Old Port reachable by metro.

Max. Kapazität 3.200 Pers.

Provence & Marseille

Palais du Pharo

The Palais du Pharo is a 19th-century imperial palace overlooking the Old Port and the Fort Saint-Jean, converted into a congress venue combining a historic building and a contemporary extension. It is among the few Marseille venues combining a conference programme with a sea-view setting. The venue offers about 7,000 m² of seminar and congress space, with an auditorium of 900 seats and an exhibition hall of 1,800 m². It is well suited to executive conventions, seminars and receptions where the setting matters as much as the plenary room, with the Old Port and MuCEM within a short drive.

Max. Kapazität 900 Pers. · 1 Hotels

Lyon

Eurexpo Lyon

Eurexpo Lyon, operated by GL events, is the largest exhibition park in France outside Paris, with about 140,000 m² of exhibition space in seven modular, connected halls (from 3,208 to 14,824 m² each). The Paul Bocuse space (about 10,000 m²) includes a 2,400-seat auditorium that extends to 4,200 seats. The site includes 26 meeting rooms in five spaces, for 50 to 600 people. A new hall of more than 7,000 m² is being built beside Hall 4. Eurexpo is relevant for conventions combined with industrial exhibitions and large product events, with the airport connection and generous logistics; conventions seeking a city-centre atmosphere will prefer the Centre de Congrès.

Max. Kapazität 4.200 Pers.

Lyon

Centre de Congrès de Lyon

The Centre de Congrès de Lyon is the city's principal congress venue, in the Renzo Piano-designed Cité Internationale next to the Parc de la Tête d'Or. Extended in 2006, it combines auditoriums, an exhibition level and a large bank of meeting rooms in one building. The centre has three amphitheatres of 300, 900 and 3,000 seats (the largest modular, from 900 to about 3,220 seats), 35 meeting rooms and an exhibition level of about 8,400 m² on one floor, within roughly 24,000 m² of modular space. Overall capacity is about 19,000 people. The centre suits international congresses that benefit from Lyon's gastronomic reputation: evening programmes in traditional bouchons, Beaujolais estates or the Old Lyon quarter can be organised around the working days.

Max. Kapazität 3.000 Pers. · 2 Hotels

Bordeaux

Palais des Congrès de Bordeaux

The Palais des Congrès de Bordeaux sits at Bordeaux Lac, in the north of the city, beside the exhibition park and the Matmut Atlantique stadium district. It is the city's principal congress venue and shares the Bordeaux Lac site with the Parc des Expositions. The venue offers three auditoriums, of 196, 353 and a largest hall accommodating 600 to 1,293 people, ten fully equipped break-out rooms and a flexible multipurpose hall of about 3,000 m². The total surface is about 10,000 to 12,000 m², confirmed for your layout. Bordeaux combines the working day with an offer of wine estates in Saint-Émilion, the Médoc and Pessac-Léognan for dinners and visits, and the UNESCO-listed city centre.

Max. Kapazität 1.293 Pers. · 2 Hotels

Bordeaux

Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux

The Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux covers a 30-hectare site at Bordeaux Lac, next to the Palais des Congrès. The complex offers about 84,000 m² of covered surface across three halls. The Palais 2 l'Atlantique (P2A), the recent hall of the complex, offers about 15,170 m² of usable surface and can seat up to 6,000 people, which sets the maximum capacity for conventions and large gala events. Other halls are for trade fairs and exhibitions. Combined with the neighbouring Palais des Congrès, the site allows plenary, exhibition and large dinners across one campus, a format suited to association congresses and large corporate events.

Max. Kapazität 6.000 Pers. · 1 Hotels

Biarritz & Baskenland

Le Bellevue – Centre de Congrès de Biarritz

Le Bellevue is the congress centre of Biarritz, in the heart of the resort overlooking the Grande Plage. It was built for medium-sized conferences and seminars, and its location puts delegates a few minutes on foot from hotels, the seafront and the town centre. The centre has ten modular meeting rooms (about 3,000 m² in total) and an auditorium of 489 seats. La Rotonde (700 m², 7 m ceiling) can extend to 900 places with the adjoining Salle Atlantique (500 m²), the Vague rooms (350 m², divisible into five commission rooms) and a 450 m² reception gallery complete the offer. Biarritz suits conferences of up to about 500 participants, with receptions up to about 1,200, and evenings in the Basque Country: Pays basque dinners, surf-related activities and gastronomy.

Max. Kapazität 489 Pers.

Normandie

Centre International de Deauville (CID)

The Centre International de Deauville (CID) is the congress centre of the Normandy resort, in the centre of town close to the seafront. It is a short-haul option from Paris for conferences, seminars and corporate events combined with the resort's hotels and casino. The CID has a Michel d'Ornano auditorium that can be set to 523, 847 or 1,497 seats, and a Lexington auditorium of 223 seats. It offers 7,250 m² of auditoriums and halls and 2,500 m² of terraces. Exact surfaces and capacities are confirmed for your date. Deauville works well for two-day seminars within two hours of Paris, with the Normandy coast, horse-racing events and Honfleur nearby for programmes.

Max. Kapazität 1.497 Pers. · 3 Hotels

Straßburg & Elsass

Palais de la Musique et des Congrès de Strasbourg

The Palais de la Musique et des Congrès (PMC) is Strasbourg's main congress and concert venue, at Wacken beside the European Parliament district. Designed by Dietrich Untertrifaller and opened in 2008, it combines concert halls and conference rooms in one complex. The Erasme hall takes 1,870 to 1,876 people, the Schweitzer hall about 1,200 and the Cassin hall about 500 to 570. The building has several exhibition spaces. The overall floor area is between 44,500 and 50,000 m², confirmed with the venue. Strasbourg adds Alsace to the programme: Petite France evenings, wine route tastings and visits to the European institutions can be organised around the congress days.

Max. Kapazität 1.876 Pers. · 2 Hotels

Champagne

Centre des Congrès de Reims

The Centre des Congrès de Reims is the congress venue of the Champagne capital, in the town centre close to the cathedral and the champagne houses. Its scale suits conferences and conventions of up to a few hundred or a thousand delegates. The main plenary hall seats about 1,500, and two further amphitheatres seat 350 to 700. The wider Reims Events complex includes the Parc des Expositions, with large halls. Reims is distinct for the Champagne programme: private cellar visits, dinners in champagne houses and UNESCO-listed sites make the venue a good base for incentive-style conventions within an hour of Paris.

Max. Kapazität 1.500 Pers.

Loiretal

Palais des Congrès de Tours (ex-Vinci)

The Palais des Congrès de Tours, known as Vinci from 1993 to 2017, is the international convention centre of Tours. It is attached to the railway station, making it one of the best-connected congress venues in the Loire Valley. The centre has three auditoriums: François Ier (2,000 to 2,500 seats), Ronsard (700) and Descartes (350 to 400), plus 22 meeting rooms. The Agnès Sorel lounge covers 1,500 m² and the Daniel Bourdu space 2,500 m²; exhibition surface is 2,500 to 3,800 m². Total capacity is up to 5,000 participants simultaneously. Tours works for conventions with a Loire Valley programme: private château receptions, wine estates in Vouvray and Chinon, and gastronomic dinners, all within a short drive.

Max. Kapazität 2.000 Pers. · 1 Hotels

Toulouse & Okzitanien

Le Corum – Palais des Congrès de Montpellier

Le Corum is Montpellier's convention centre and opera house, designed by Claude Vasconi and located in the city centre. Its main auditorium, the Opéra Berlioz, seats 2,000, and a moving wooden roof can reduce the hall to 800 seats. There is about 6,000 m² of exhibition space and 25 meeting rooms. The building is 190 m long, with a public rooftop terrace, and it hosts a series of congresses and a classical music season. Hall areas for individual rooms are confirmed in your proposal. Montpellier suits conferences with a Mediterranean programme: Languedoc wine estates, Camargue and the coast within a short drive, and an old town with receptions in historic hôtels particuliers.

Max. Kapazität 2.000 Pers.

Toulouse & Okzitanien

MEETT – Toulouse Exhibition & Convention Centre

MEETT (Parc des Expositions et Centre de Conventions de Toulouse Métropole) opened in 2020 in the north-west of Toulouse, designed by OMA with PPA Architectures. It combines an exhibition park, a convention centre and an event hall on one site close to the airport. The main exhibition hall offers about 40,000 m² that can be split into seven halls by a mechanised curtain. The convention centre has a plenary hall of more than 3,000 seats and twelve meeting rooms, and the event hall can host 4,000 to 12,000 people in sport or show configuration. Event surface totals about 70,000 m². MEETT suits large conventions and aerospace, digital and industrial trade shows; Toulouse's historic centre and Occitanie vineyards complete the programme.

Aussonne / Beauzelle (near Blagnac) · 1 Hotels

Bretagne

Centre des Congrès de Rennes – Couvent des Jacobins

The Couvent des Jacobins is a 15th-century Dominican convent in the centre of Rennes, converted by Vinci into a congress centre and opened in 2018. It integrates modern auditoriums within heritage architecture, next to the Place Sainte-Anne. The centre has a Grand Auditorium of about 1,000 to 1,200 seats, a heritage auditorium of 300 to 400 seats, a further 500-seat room, 25 sub-committee rooms, and about 4,000 m² of exhibition space. Receptions of up to 1,500 seated or 3,000 standing are possible. Surfaces and seat counts are confirmed for your layout. The centre suits conferences and conventions in a historic district, with the Brittany programme available: Rennes old town, Saint-Malo and the Emerald Coast within an hour.

Max. Kapazität 1.000 Pers.

Bretagne

Palais du Grand Large

Der Palais du Grand Large (auch Le Grand Large genannt) ist das Kongresszentrum von Saint-Malo am Meer. Es wurde 2018 und 2019 für laut Presse über 11 Millionen Euro renoviert und im Oktober 2019 mit einer neuen verglasten Rotunde mit Blick auf das Wasser wiedereröffnet. Das Hauptauditorium bietet in den meisten Quellen 1.030 Plätze (genannt werden auch Bestuhlungen mit 400, 535, 870 und 1.030 Plätzen), dazu ein Amphitheater mit 200 Plätzen und 19 Tagungsräume, die meisten mit Tageslicht und Meerblick. Die Fläche wird von der Presse mit 8.000 m² und vom Fremdenverkehrsamt mit über 10.000 m² angegeben. Die neue Rotunde misst 405 m² mit einer 150 m² großen Terrasse. Eine geplante Schließung wurde zum Zeitpunkt der Recherche nicht gefunden; bitte die Verfügbarkeit für Ihre Termine prüfen. Saint-Malo eignet sich für Kongresse mit bis zu rund 1.000 Personen und einem Programm an der Smaragdküste: Abende auf den privatisierbaren Stadtmauern, Austernverkostungen und Ausflüge nach Cancale und zum Mont-Saint-Michel.

Max. Kapazität 1.030 Pers. · 1 Hotels

Lille & Nordfrankreich

Lille Grand Palais

Lille Grand Palais is the principal convention and exhibition centre of northern France, at Euralille next to the Lille Europe station. Its position makes it accessible from Paris, London and Brussels in about an hour. The centre has three auditoriums of 433 to 1,475 seats, a 4,700-seat Zénith, 28 meeting rooms and four exhibition halls totalling up to 18,000 m². The Grand Théâtre has a 470 m² stage and the Square multipurpose space is 1,400 m². Zénith capacity is confirmed for your layout. The venue suits regional and international conventions that need rail access: delegations from London and Brussels arrive in under an hour and a half, and the Old Lille district offers dinner and reception venues.

Max. Kapazität 4.700 Pers.

Annecy & Annecy-See

Centre Bonlieu (Annecy)

The Centre Bonlieu is Annecy's main cultural and meeting venue in the town centre, by the lake, hosting the Bonlieu Scène nationale and the Annecy animation festival. For congresses it offers a central address, but the programming of the scène nationale and the festival constrains availability. The centre seats 900; the Scène nationale has a main hall of 982 seats, a small hall of 288 seats and a rehearsal space of 150. The city overall offers 30 rooms from 17 to 2,600 m² for 70 to 1,800 people. Annecy works for small to mid-size conferences with a lake and mountain programme: Alpine dinners, boat privatisations on the lake and active team-building in the Aravis.

Max. Kapazität 900 Pers.

Kongresszentren in Frankreich

Paris & Île-de-France

Les Salles du Carrousel (Carrousel du Louvre)

CNIT Forest

Palais des Congrès de Paris

Palais des Congrès de Versailles

Paris Expo Porte de Versailles

Paris Nord Villepinte

Côte d'Azur

Grimaldi Forum Monaco

Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes

Provence & Marseille

Centre de Congrès d'Aix-en-Provence

Marseille Chanot

Palais du Pharo

Lyon

Eurexpo Lyon

Centre de Congrès de Lyon

Bordeaux

Palais des Congrès de Bordeaux

Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux

Biarritz & Baskenland

Le Bellevue – Centre de Congrès de Biarritz

Normandie

Centre International de Deauville (CID)

Straßburg & Elsass

Palais de la Musique et des Congrès de Strasbourg

Champagne

Centre des Congrès de Reims

Loiretal

Palais des Congrès de Tours (ex-Vinci)

Toulouse & Okzitanien

Le Corum – Palais des Congrès de Montpellier

MEETT – Toulouse Exhibition & Convention Centre

Bretagne

Centre des Congrès de Rennes – Couvent des Jacobins

Palais du Grand Large

Lille & Nordfrankreich

Lille Grand Palais

Annecy & Annecy-See

Centre Bonlieu (Annecy)

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