Press review

In the heart of Nantes, the bar of the Hotel de France offers a break from the noise of the city, where time stretches. With behind the counter, a woman of heart and conviction, Alexandra Racapé. 

"She turns on the candles one by one before opening the Petrof, this black piano near the big mirror, her" ritual "of 16h, the moment Alexandra Racape wakes up the bar of the Hôtel de France this four-star institution on rue Crébillon, in Nantes At the age of 46, the blonde traveler, who traveled and worked in cinema, journalism and the hotel industry, posed her suitcases in this boudoir with fuchsia and mauve tones ... "

Located 5 minutes from Roissy CDG airport, the Oceania (4 *) and Nomad (3 *) hotels - offering respectively 3 meeting rooms and 500 m² of meeting space - launch tasting breaks to complement Classic seminar breaks.

On a different theme each month (pancakes in February for the Candlemas, fish & chips in March for Saint Patrick's Day, chocolate in March to celebrate Easter ...), they allow participants to a professional event to fully enjoy a break a little more greedy than usual. Note that the 2 hotels, with a total of 355 rooms, also rely on the nearby restaurant Nautilus which has 4 meeting rooms with possibility of terrace and of course a room of 80 seats.

Marc Bonivert is, since October 16, 2016, director of the Hotel Oceania Le Jura in Dijon. A position he occupies after a career rich of experiences and meetings. 

A career that he knew how to build step by step taking care to consolidate the foundations to advance sustainably. Marc Bonivert was born in Nivelles, Belgium, 30 km from Brussels. At the age of 6, he tells his parents that he wants to become a chef. They are not surprised that at 16, he joined the hotel school of Namur. A four-year course gives him a taste of the world of cuisine and restaurant service but, even more so, the management of a hotel establishment and a far greater dimension in terms of interaction with what has been his passion since then. always, the customer.

La Closerie has been awarded its first chef's hat in the 2018 edition of the guide 

"A hotel kitchen that does not demerit, condensed from various influences of current fashion.The service is serious and Chef Eric is doing pretty well in his trainings: small friendly menu at 23 €, nice terrace on the back, quiet. "

A privileged partnership between Oceania Hotels and Designheure

The partnership between the Oceania and Designheure hotels is the subject of a nice article in Maison Actuelle, which describes the mutual trust that has built up over the years, with a focus on the Le Métropole hotel project ** ** from Montpellier. "A real meeting ... Since 2011, at Maison & Objet, Designheure and Oceania Hotels are no different.They are done step by step, first at the restaurant of the Oceania Clermont-Ferrand, then at the 'Oceania The Jura Dijon, for the luminaries of the rooms of the hotel and finally here, at the Oceania Le Métropole **** Montpellier, with tailor-made lighting for the rooms, corridors and the monumental staircase. fell for these renovation projects (...) "