Mama Shelter arrives in the La Défense district in March

From March, Mama Shelter will be spreading its lifestyle spirit in the La Défense business district with a 211-room hotel featuring six meeting rooms and three restaurants, including one on a rooftop overlooking the whole of Paris.
One of the 211 rooms at the Mama Shelter Paris La Défense.
One of the 211 rooms at the Mama Shelter Paris La Défense.

Mama Shelter has already demonstrated its expertise by opening a hotel adjacent to the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in 2019. For its third Parisian establishment, the brand launched by the Trigano family, and since integrated into the Accor-Ennismore JV, is continuing in this vein and putting the spotlight on its new Mama Shelter hotel. heading for La Défense. Expected to open in March, the Mama Shelter Paris La Défense is part of the business district's drive to see its hotel offer to diversify beyond the classic top-of-the-range brands, as evidenced by the appearance in the vicinity of the Arena of a citizen M in 2017, while waiting for a hotel Okko next May.

For its part, Mama Shelter has chosen to establish its quirky sense of hospitality on the other side of the business district, a stone's throw from the La Défense esplanade and the Neuilly bridgeThis 14-storey building has been completely redesigned and restructured by Mama Design Studio. " It's the best of all worldssaid Serge Trigano, co-founder of Mama Shelter. It is located in the commune of Puteaux. (Editor's note: at 10, rue Jean Jaurès) and offers a real village feel with its shops, cafés and restaurants. But it's also right next to La Défense, just a few metres from the largest concentration of office space in Europe. And for visitors to Paris, it's just five metro stops from the most beautiful avenue in the world: the Champs Élysées. "

Sports bar and rooftop restaurant

" The decision to open a Mama in La Défense is further proof of the boldness and strength of the brand. "explains Cédric Gobilliard, Managing Director of the brand. This choice is aimed as much at business travellers to the area as it is at employees of companies based in La Défense. At lunchtime or in the evening, all these customers will find three restaurantsAt the end of the day, sports fans can meet up at the hotel to follow the competitions live with a pub-style sports bar decorated with a multitude of screens. But it's in fine weather that the Mama Shelter will take on all its festive and attractive dimension with, on the 14th floor, a panoramic restaurant and a rooftop area with views of the Eiffel Tower, Montmartre and, in the foreground, the Louis Vuitton Foundation.

On a more professional note, the hotel also offers six Workshops equipped for meetings and seminars. Travellers will find at Mama Shelter 211 rooms with five-star quality beds and a long table alongside the window for working. The hotel has a free laundry area and a 78-space car park with four electric charges.