A seminar next to Arcachon in a setting signed by Philippe Starck
Choosing the venue for your next seminar near Arcachon means first choosing an atmosphere that will set the tone for the whole working day. Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza, set at 1 avenue Louis Gaume in Pyla-sur-Mer, enjoys a rare position on the Bassin d’Arcachon, just steps from the Dune du Pilat. Far from the standardised conference rooms found in town, your teams work here in a setting designed to inspire, between natural light, maritime pines and views over the water. The contrast with a conventional business hotel is total and it is precisely this change of scenery that turns a simple meeting into a genuine highlight for your teams.
Built in 1930, the hotel found its shine again in 2016 through a renovation led by Philippe Starck and his daughter Ara Starck, driven by William and Sophie Techoueyres, who also head Hôtel La Co(o)rniche. The couple surround themselves with a loyal team and new personalities who embody the spirit of Pyla past and present, including chef Stéphane Carrade, who oversees the establishment’s tables. The result of this renaissance is a five-star hotel where contemporary design engages with the surrounding nature, a setting that instantly changes the tone of a seminar next to Arcachon and lifts it out of the usual corporate working environment.
Organising a seminar close to Arcachon at Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza also means enjoying the immediate proximity of the town of Arcachon and its amenities, while offering your teams a complete change of scenery facing the Bassin. Your colleagues and partners therefore face no particular logistical constraints, with the hotel remaining easily accessible while preserving that sense of escape unique to Pyla.
The Bassin d’Arcachon also offers a natural setting for extending a seminar beyond the meeting room alone. Between work sessions, your teams can enjoy the proximity of the town of Arcachon, its amenities and its authenticity, or simply gather around the hotel pool to unwind. This alternation between focused work and open-air breathing space is precisely what sets a seminar near Arcachon at Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza apart from a standard working day spent in a closed room.
Why organise your seminar at Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza?
– A 5-star hotel designed by Philippe Starck and Ara Starck, fully renovated in 2016
– A privileged location on the Bassin d’Arcachon, just steps from the Dune du Pilat
– A sister property to Hôtel La Co(o)rniche, run by the same family
– A team led by chef Stéphane Carrade for your working meals
– A setting designed to take your teams out of their usual corporate context
The "Starck Lounge", a 100 m² seminar room facing the pool
At the heart of Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza’s seminar offering is the Starck Lounge , a fully glazed 100 m² room that opens onto the hotel pool. Bathed in natural light all day long, it holds up to 50 people for a seminar or meeting, a tighter format that favours exchange and concentration rather than the dispersion typical of large conference rooms. The transparency of the glass walls keeps your teams in constant contact with water and light, far from the windowless rooms usually found in business centres, which profoundly changes the rhythm of a working day.
This choice of a space open to the outdoors is no small detail for a seminar room. Natural light and views over the water hold your teams’ attention longer than an artificially lit, windowless room, while immediately setting a more relaxed tone between participants. It is this quality of atmosphere, inherited from Philippe Starck’s work across the whole hotel, that sets the Starck Lounge apart from standard meeting rooms.
The Starck Lounge lends itself equally well to a tight working day, a training session or a more strategic committee meeting, thanks to a flexible layout and equipment available on simple request.
The Starck Lounge at Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza hosts events from Monday to Saturday, which leaves plenty of flexibility to set the date of your seminar close to Arcachon around your teams’ availability.
Accommodation, dining and relaxation to extend your seminar near Arcachon
A successful seminar does not end at the meeting room door. Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza was designed as a complete venue, able to host your teams from breakfast through the evening, without them ever needing to leave the property between working time and downtime.
This single-site organisation considerably simplifies the logistics of a residential seminar: your teams move from the meeting room to the restaurant table, then from the restaurant table to their room or the spa, without ever leaving the hotel. For organisers, it means a single point of contact and one address to share with all participants.
The hotel has 38 rooms, suites, junior suites and an apartment, decorated in Philippe Starck’s signature style, with glass-walled bathrooms and walk-in showers. Several categories allow you to tailor your participants’ accommodation to your needs:
Accommodation categories
– Classic room and classic XL room
– Deluxe room, deluxe XL room and deluxe terrace room
– Junior suite, suite and deluxe suite
– Sea suite and sea suite XL
– Apartment
– Accessible rooms available on request in the Classic, Deluxe and Suite categories
For working meals as much as for more convivial moments, your teams have access to several addresses within the hotel itself: the gastronomic table of the Skiff Club, led by chef Stéphane Carrade, Alexandre Blay and Simon Verger, the Brasserie Ha(a)ïtza for more relaxed dining and the Café Ha(a)ïtza for breaks and informal moments.
At the end of the day, the Spa Ha(a)ïtza gives your colleagues real time to recover before heading home or enjoying an evening together, with the Spa Codage® for tailor-made treatments, the David Lucas hair salon and a fitness room.
For larger-scale seminars, Hôtel Ha(a)ïtza also offers, as it does for large weddings, full privatisation of the establishment, with capacity for up to 200 people around the pool or in the salon. This option places the entire property, restaurants, bar, salon and rooms, at your company’s exclusive disposal for the duration of your event.
