Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral
Champagne Cellars Reims
Champagne Vineyards
Palais du Tau Reims
REIMS SEMINAR AGENCY · CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE

Organise a team building seminar turnkey, in Reims.

Gothic cathedral, champagne cellars, and UNESCO-listed vineyards: Happy Unity orchestrates your Reims seminar from A to Z. Your teams arrive, taste, celebrate.

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200+
partner venues
20 years
of experience
15 → 600
participants
4,9 / 5
Google rating

SEMINAR FORMATS IN REIMS

Which format
for your seminar in Reims?

From a TGV kick-off day from Paris to a gala evening under chalk vaults, right through to an executive committee residential seminar in a Champagne château, each format embraces the spirit of the venues.

8 FORMATS

Team cohesion seminar
Best-Sellers

Team cohesion · 1–2 days

Team cohesion seminar

Re-establish connections, integrate new profiles, and foster team spirit. This format refocuses the team on what truly matters: getting to know (or re-acquainting with) each other, building trust, and moving forward together.

WHO IT'S FOR

Growing teams, post-recruitment, service mergers

  • Collaborative workshops & World Café
  • Team building activity included
  • Measurable results from D+1
Guide

SAMPLE SCHEDULE

09h00Welcome coffee & pastries
09h30High-energy icebreaker
10h30World Café workshops (3 groups)
13h00Lunch at mixed tables
14h30Team building for cohesion (2h)
17h00Review & shared commitments
18h00Closing drinks reception

ORCHESTRATION IN REIMS

An exceptional seminar takes 6 areas of expertise.
And your peace of mind.

Forty-five minutes by TGV is all it takes to travel from Paris-Est to the thirty-four kilometres of galleries carved beneath the city. Our coordinators orchestrate the descent into the classified cellars, the blending workshop, and dinner under the chalk without your teams losing a minute.

An Event Expert and their team, dedicated to your project
01

Event Expert

An Event Expert and their team, dedicated to your project

A dedicated Event Expert and their team, easy to reach, who know your project inside out. Reverse schedule from D-60, backup plan, on-the-day management.

1 Expert

per project

Venues for every ambition
02

Venues

Venues for every ambition

UNESCO-listed chalk cellars, Art Deco rooms inherited from the reconstruction, estates in the Montagne de Reims, and Champagne châteaux create an unparalleled setting.

200+

partner venues

Tables to remember
03

Catering

Tables to remember

Caterers with character, bespoke kitchen brigades, local producers. From the seminar brunch to the gala dinner, we create a table that leaves its mark.

150+

partner caterers

Quality nights
04

Accommodation

Quality nights

4- and 5-star hotels, private villas, characterful country houses. Single rooms by default, rooming handled from A to Z.

1,200+

room nights a year

Behind the scenes, we take care of it
05

Logistics

Behind the scenes, we take care of it

Transport, security, welcome, event management, technical: every ancillary service is run by our teams. You arrive, your employees are looked after.

All-inclusive

5 services

Entertainment that sparks emotion
06

Team building

Entertainment that sparks emotion

A catalogue of 100+ tried-and-tested activities, and a creative team that designs bespoke. Surprise choir, giant quiz, live DJ.

100+ activities

+ bespoke

SEMINAR VENUES & NEIGHBOURHOODS IN REIMS

Our venues in Reims, each with its own atmosphere.

From the cathedral to the vineyards of Épernay, each Champagne territory has its own signature. We help you target the area that matches your objective and your group.

City Centre · Cathedral
Prestige · Culture

City Centre · Cathedral

Reims Gothic and Art Deco

The historic heart of Reims around its Gothic cathedral. Prestigious hotels, Art Deco rooms, and privatised cultural institutions create the ideal setting for your plenary sessions and gala dinners.

Champagne Houses
Champagne · Exclusive

Champagne Houses

Dinner under UNESCO chalk cellars

The district of the grand houses: Taittinger, Pommery, Veuve Clicquot. Private tastings and dinners in the UNESCO-listed chalk cellars offer the most memorable seminar experience in Champagne.

Épernay · Avenue de Champagne
Champagne · Gastronomy

Épernay · Avenue de Champagne

The most beautiful avenue of champagne

25 km from Reims, Épernay's Avenue de Champagne, among the most beautiful in the world, lines up Moët & Chandon, Perrier-Jouët, and Pol Roger. A getaway that transforms your seminar into a premium event.

Champagne Vineyard
Nature · Discovery

Champagne Vineyard

In the heart of UNESCO wine-growing villages

The wine-growing villages of the Côte des Blancs and the Montagne de Reims, between Hautvillers, Ay, and Verzenay. Private wine estates facing UNESCO-listed vineyards, for a natural and authentic seminar.

Châteaux · Estates
Residential · Exclusive

Châteaux · Estates

Residential immersion between vineyards and forests

20 to 40 km from Reims, the Champagne châteaux open their doors for residential seminars amidst vineyards and forests. Total immersion over two days for your executive committees, far from urban hustle and bustle.

Montagne de Reims
Nature · Forest

Montagne de Reims

The natural park for rejuvenation

The Montagne de Reims Regional Natural Park: forests, perched villages, and panoramic views over the vineyards. Private gîtes and rural estates for your seminars focusing on disconnection and walks.

ACTIVITIES & TEAM BUILDING

100+ activities.
10 themes.

A private tour of a grand champagne house, a blind tasting of cuvées, a Champagne method workshop where everyone leaves with their own labelled bottle, or cycling through the classified vineyards: your teams will experience champagne from the inside. Each activity relies on winemakers and houses we have known for a long time.

Olympics

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Mystery games

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Trails & rallies

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CSR & Wellbeing

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Construction

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Quiz & TV games

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Casino & Stalls

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Creativity

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Culinary

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Music & Dance

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Full catalogue

200+ PARTNER VENUES · 3 TIERS

Three ambitions, three tiers of venue.

From the city centre Art Deco room to a wine estate in the Côte des Blancs, Reims offers a prestige-to-budget ratio that few destinations can match, with no fixed price before your requirements are outlined.

Easy Access

Simple, effective, budget under control

€85–130

20 to 200 people
Private-hire restaurantCoworking spaceCity-centre 3-star hotel
  • Study day, 30–80 people
  • Team kick-off
★ Most popular
Premium

Seminar venues ready to go: well organised and fully equipped

€145–220

50 to 500 people
Dedicated estateFully equipped 4-star hotelModernised châteauReception villa
  • Residential seminar, 2–4 days
  • Annual convention, 100–400 people
  • Gala evening
Prestige

Truly exceptional, with the character that leaves its mark

€280–650

30 to 800 people
Parisian mansionListed historic châteauPrivate-hire palace
  • Exceptional gala
  • Company anniversary

WHY REIMS

The capital of champagne. Ideal for your seminars.

Reims combines exceptional UNESCO heritage, 34 km of underground champagne cellars, centuries-old houses available for private hire, and unparalleled TGV accessibility from Paris: all just 45 minutes from the capital.

01

Paris in 45 minutes

Direct TGV Paris-Reims in 45 min: a record for accessibility, making it the most popular one-day seminar destination in the extended Île-de-France region. Your teams leave at 8h, return at 20h, full of memories.

02

Champagne & Legendary Cellars

Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger, Ruinart, Pommery: the greatest champagne houses privatise their cellars for your seminars. 34 km of galleries carved into the chalk, inscribed by UNESCO in 2015.

03

Champagne Gastronomy

Local cuisine by Michelin-starred chefs, exceptional food and champagne pairings, traditional butchers and charcutiers: Reims and Épernay rival the finest tables in France.

04

Heritage & Iconic Venues

UNESCO-listed Cathedral, Palais du Tau, Saint-Remi Basilica, Art Deco villas: Reims, rebuilt after 1918, has produced a unique architectural heritage that serves as an incomparable backdrop for your events.

How much does a corporate seminar in Reims cost?

Tell us your group size, your date and what you want to achieve: your Event Expert sends you a costed proposal within 24 hours. Free, with no commitment. Prices in euros, excl. VAT.

Indicative pricing · the final price depends on the venue, the season and the options you choose

PLENARY ACTIVITIES IN REIMS

The plenary that gets people moving.
Not the one people sit through.

City centre hotels and rooms inherited from Reims' Art Deco period provide a unique setting for your presentations. For key moments, the chalk galleries and the houses on the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay transform a plenary session into a brand-defining occasion. Between two talks, our seminar activities — from twenty minutes to three hours, set up in your room — get the group moving again.

Speakers & keynotes

Speakers & keynotes

Inspiring speakers, recognised experts, testimonies from business leaders. We suggest a line-up suited to your message and to your group's energy.

Leadership · Transformation · Innovation
Coaches & facilitators

Coaches & facilitators

Leadership team facilitation, collective intelligence, co-creating a vision. Experienced facilitators who move difficult topics forward as a group.

Leadership · Strategy · Co-creation
Serious games

Serious games

Decision-making escape game, crisis simulation, business role play. Learning by doing: without the PowerPoint, and without the glazed look after 20 slides.

Crisis management · Decision making
High-end leadership team sessions

High-end leadership team sessions

Opening ritual, icebreaker for senior leaders, memorable close. The right format for the 30 people who don't want to "do team building".

Leadership · Management · Premium
Collaborative facilitation

Collaborative facilitation

World Café, Design Thinking, Open Space, Liberating Structures. We facilitate the formats that bring out genuine collective intelligence.

Collective · Co-design · Change
Hybrid talk-and-workshop sessions

Hybrid talk-and-workshop sessions

An hour-long talk followed by a hands-on workshop. A format that doubles retention and halves passive time.

Mixed format · Engagement · Impact

THE REIMS SEMINAR GUIDE

Seminar agency in Reims,
champagne and prestige guaranteed.

Reims, the capital of champagne, 45 minutes from Paris

Happy Unity has been organising corporate seminars in Reims and Champagne since 2006. 200+ partner venues: UNESCO cellars, Art Deco hotels, wine estates, Champagne châteaux. Privatised Taittinger cellars for 200 people, gala dinner in the Pommery chalk galleries, tailor-made Champagne method workshop: we adapt the experience to your brief, not the other way around.

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR YOUR EVENT

Organise. Communicate.
Live the moment.

Two tools designed for two different audiences: you, the organiser, and your participants.

FOR YOU, THE ORGANISER

The client area

A dedicated space that helps you organise your event with your Event Expert: from design to review.

Real-time tracking of the organisation
Milestones approved in 1 click
Documents & quotes in one place
Direct chat with a senior Event Expert
Happy Unity client area

FOR YOUR PARTICIPANTS

The digital app

An app developed in-house by our own technical team, not rented from a third-party provider. 100% customisable to your brand and your programme.

Developed in-house, never outsourced
100% customisable: logo, colours, content
New features delivered within days
Data hosted and secured end to end
See the participant app

MY SEMINAR

15 March · Paris

128 participants

09:30Icebreaker
10:00Strategy workshop
12:30Lunch
14:00Team building

KEY FEATURES

CLIENT AREA

Real-time tracking of the organisation
Milestones approved in 1 click
Documents & quotes in one place
Direct chat with your Event Expert

DIGITAL APP

Personalised participant programme
Welcome QR code & instant check-in
Photos & memories shared in real time
Live polls, votes & challenges
Automatic push notifications
App designed and hosted in-house

HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER?

Choose your level
of support.

Advice only, co-piloting or fully turnkey: we adapt to your team and to the complexity of your seminar in Reims.

Our method, your management.

Autonomy

We lay the foundations: brief, design, budget, supplier selection. You deliver with our method and our recommendations.

  • Full brief
  • Event design & proposal
  • Provisional budget
  • Activity selection & coordination
  • Post-event review
  • Accounting & invoicing

Can be tailored to your context

Fees from €720

· + suppliers

★ Most popular

We handle everything upstream, you approve.

Co-pilot

The most popular package: we take care of everything from A to Z before the day itself. Venue, activities, hotel, catering. You approve, we deliver.

  • Brief + design + budget
  • Project management (2 planning meetings included)
  • Team building activity management
  • Accommodation & venue management
  • Catering management
  • 360° summary
  • Post-event review + accounting

Can be tailored to your context

Fees from €950

· + suppliers + supervision

You arrive. We've handled everything.

All-inclusive

Everything in Co-pilot, plus full on-site presence on the day. Event management, welcome, guest flow, transport: you arrive at an event that runs like clockwork.

  • Everything in Co-pilot
  • Run-through / site visit
  • Mobile event app
  • Full on-the-day event management
  • Welcome & guest flow management
  • Transport, accommodation & catering on the day
  • Meeting & content on the day

Can be tailored to your context

On quotation

· overall budget under control

THEY TRUST US

They placed their trust in us
in Reims & Champagne.

★★★★★

“Everything was simply perfect. Lucile, full of excellent advice, knows her profession, her services and her providers perfectly! It was all handled very smoothly with her fantastic team. In short, a seminar we won't forget and one I highly recommend. We were 70 people over one day with 3 highlights.”

Thierry Larchier

Verified Google Review

★★★★★

“We selected Happy Unity to assist us with a team building activity as part of a seminar for 38 managers from our bank in Marseille. The proposed activity met our ambitions and was very successful. A big well done to the entire team.”

Marie-Adeline Nittis

Verified Google Review

★★★★★

“I called upon Happy Unity for the organisation of a team building event during a seminar. Everything went perfectly from the very first exchanges. Communication and responses were fluid and fast. A very good experience. I highly recommend them.”

Fanny Legrand

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REIMS SEMINAR FAQ

Your questions about
your seminar in Reims.

Why choose Reims for a team building seminar?+×

Reims combines three advantages that few other cities can offer: record accessibility from Paris, just 45 minutes by TGV, a UNESCO-listed heritage site with its Gothic cathedral and the Palais du Tau, and above all, 34 km of champagne cellars carved into the chalk, inscribed by UNESCO in 2015. No other destination offers the experience of descending into the galleries of a grand house for a gala dinner. It is the capital of champagne at your event's service.

Is Reims easily accessible from Paris?+×

Yes, this is one of its major selling points: direct TGV from Paris-Est in 45 minutes, with frequent departures. For a one-day seminar, your teams can leave in the morning and return in the evening without an overnight stay. We coordinate station-to-venue transfers in our Co-pilot and All-inclusive packages.

Can a champagne house be privatised for a seminar?+×

Yes, that's exactly what we organise. Taittinger, Pommery with its 18 km of cellars, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, or G.H. Mumm host private events for professional groups. Depending on the house and date, available spaces range from around fifteen to 300 people. For the most sought-after houses, a booking lead time of 3 to 6 months is advisable.

Which neighbourhood or area should I prioritise for my seminar?+×

The city centre around the cathedral, with its prestigious hotels and Art Deco rooms, is suitable for plenary sessions and gala dinners for up to 400 people. The grand champagne houses district offers the most memorable cellar experience, for up to 200 people. For an immersive executive committee (CODIR) residential seminar, the Champagne châteaux and the Montagne de Reims offer vineyards and forests 20-40 km away. We will guide you according to your objective and group size.

What activities do you offer beyond a cellar tour?+×

Champagne is the common thread, but we diversify according to your objectives. Blind tasting of cuvées, a Champagne method workshop where everyone leaves with their own labelled bottle, an Art Deco rally in the rebuilt Reims of the 1920s, photographic exploration of the chalk galleries, or cycling through the vineyards. For groups looking to go beyond a simple tasting, we create hybrid cultural and sports programmes.

Is Épernay included in your scope?+×

Yes, we cover the entire Champagne region: Reims, Épernay and its Avenue de Champagne, Ay, Hautvillers, the Côte des Blancs, and the Montagne de Reims. Épernay is 25 km from Reims and is home to Moët & Chandon, Perrier-Jouët, and Pol Roger. For groups wanting to visit both cities in one day, we arrange Reims-Épernay itineraries with minibus transfers or cycling along the Champagne route.

What budget should I plan for a seminar in Reims?+×

Reims offers a very competitive quality-price ratio compared to Paris for equivalent services. The budget depends on the format (day event without overnight stay or two-day residential seminar), the chosen venue (city centre hotel, champagne house, or Champagne château), the number of participants, and the services: lunch, activities, plenary session, and accommodation. After an initial discussion about your requirements, we will propose a selection of venues and a tailored, detailed quote.

Can we organise a residential seminar in the vineyard or a Champagne château?+×

Yes: beyond the city centre, the wine-growing villages of the Côte des Blancs and the Montagne de Reims, such as Hautvillers, Ay, or Verzenay, offer private wine estates with views of the classified vineyards. Champagne châteaux, such as the Château de Sacy, and the manors of the Montagne de Reims host residential seminars for 10 to 100 people in total immersion, far from urban hustle and bustle. Ideal for executive committees over two days.

Are there any periods to avoid for a seminar in Reims?+×

The grape harvest, from mid-September to mid-October, saturates accommodation in the wine-growing villages, although the cellars remain accessible. The Coronation weekend, in June in certain years, mobilises the city centre. From November to March, Reims is very accessible with attractive hotel rates, making it a perfect period for working seminars.

Can Happy Unity organise everything on a turnkey basis?+×

Yes: we have been organising seminars in Champagne since 2006 and manage the complete orchestration, from Paris or on-site. Scouting of cellars and venues from over 120 references, direct coordination with champagne houses, gourmet catering, TGV station transfers, activities, and on-the-day coordination. We know every cellar by torchlight. Free quote in 24 hours.

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