Back-to-work seminar: how can you re-energise your team after the summer?

The return to work is one of the strategic moments in company life. After the summer, employees may come back with different rhythms, priorities to realign and projects to restart. The final quarter is approaching, with its commercial challenges, targets to reach and decisions to make.

Organising a back-to-work seminar is therefore an opportunity to step away from the everyday routine and rebuild collective momentum. The aim is not simply to bring teams together in a room. It is about creating the right setting, energy and shared vision.

A flexible venue for every back-to-work format

Strategic meeting, study day, executive committee, sales workshop, training session, team building, after-work event, cocktail reception or internal event: every company has different needs at this time of year.

Some want to realign their teams around year-end priorities. Others want to launch a new project, bring several departments together, organise breakout workshops or strengthen team cohesion after the summer break.

With 2,000 m² of event space and 20 meeting rooms and flexible areas, Van der Valk Hotel Paris CDG Airport can create formats tailored to each objective. Its largest room, the Grand Salon, can accommodate up to 420 participants in theatre style, while other spaces are suited to more confidential, collaborative or convivial formats.

This variety makes it possible to design a tailor-made return-to-work event: a plenary session to set the direction, workshops to generate ideas, breaks to encourage discussion, lunch to continue conversations, followed by a cocktail reception or dinner to end the day in a warmer atmosphere.

Work, exchange, reconnect

A back-to-work seminar is also an opportunity to rebuild connections. It is therefore an ideal time to strengthen a sense of belonging, and this is where more dynamic formats really come into their own.

A morning of work can be followed by a buffet lunch. A strategic workshop can lead into a more informal moment. An executive meeting can take place in a more confidential setting. An after-work event or cocktail reception can allow teams to reconnect in a different way.

The hotel offers a range of catering options to accompany these moments: coffee receptions, gourmet breaks, buffet lunches, table-served menus, cocktail receptions, finger buffets and personalised gala dinners. This dimension is essential for transforming a working day into a complete experience that feels smoother and more convivial.

Spaces for more personalised events

The return to work is also an opportunity to imagine less conventional formats.

Van der Valk Hotel Paris CDG Airport can host a wide variety of events: residential seminars, conferences, training sessions, study days, product launches, cocktail receptions, corporate evenings, gala dinners and private events. Its private-hire spaces make it possible to adapt the setting to the desired tone: professional, confidential, festive, collaborative or more experiential.

For smaller groups, Le Lounge offers a warm alternative to traditional meeting rooms. Available for private hire and equipped with TV screens, a kitchen and table football, it is particularly well suited to informal meetings, after-work events or small-group discussions.

This ability to personalise an event is a real asset. It means a seminar does not have to become a succession of presentations, but can instead become a lively moment: a launch, a collective reflection, a breathing space, a team-building opportunity or a shared experience.

Easy organisation close to CDG

Located very close to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris Nord 2, the Villepinte Exhibition Centre and Le Bourget, Van der Valk Hotel Paris CDG Airport enjoys a strategic location for companies. Access is easy via the A1, A3 and A104 motorways, as well as the RER B. The hotel also has a 300-space car park, a valuable asset for participants arriving by car.

This accessibility makes it easier to bring together teams coming from Paris, the wider Île-de-France region, elsewhere in France or internationally. It also simplifies logistics when an event is linked to a trade fair, a business trip or an appointment near CDG.

Organise your back-to-work seminar at Van der Valk Hotel Paris CDG Airport

With 2,000 m² of event space, 20 flexible rooms, tailor-made catering options and a strategic location close to Paris CDG, Villepinte and Le Bourget, create an event aligned with your year-end objectives.

Information and bookings:
sales@pariscdg.valk.com
Tel.: +33 1 48 17 12 34