eurl 45o nord consulting

What eurl 45o nord consulting does

45° Nord Consulting is a privately-held French SARL founded in 2007 by Jean-Christophe Chemin and headquartered in Chambéry (La Ravoire), France. The firm operates as a business tourism broker (courtier en tourisme d'affaires) that advises companies on venues, hotels, and logistics for seminars and corporate events. It serves a horizontal base of corporate enterprises across France and Europe, with the primary customer segment being corporate enterprises and organizations of all sizes needing to organize seminars, conventions, executive committee meetings, team building events, and incentive trips. Event sizes range from 6-person steering committees to 300-person conventions, executed across France and destinations extending to Barcelona, Budapest, Prague, Stockholm, Rome, Athens, Brussels, Lisbon, and as far as Seattle.

The company has no software platform, proprietary algorithms, or technology product. Its core deliverable is human advisory service built on hotel and destination knowledge, supplier relationships, and negotiation skills, reinforced by an extensive content library of SEO-optimized destination pages. The product portfolio comprises venue-finding services, hotel procurement and rate negotiation, destination consulting, full-service event organization (including on-site tour leadership, vendor coordination, and consolidated billing), and a specialized eco-responsible seminar line. The venue-finding service is free for client companies — fees are paid by hotel partners through commissions — while paid full-service event organization is offered as a professional add-on. Named enterprise clients include OVHcloud, La Poste, VINCI Energies, Jacquet Brossard, Materne, Super Diet, and Edilians, alongside indicatively named engagements across automotive, pharmaceutical, chemical, banking, and food industry clients.

The go-to-market motion is direct-to-client, driven by the website, blog content, industry commentary, and word-of-mouth referrals, with no intermediaries or resellers. Distribution is extended internationally through the firm's founding membership in MEG (Meeting Expert Group), the first alliance of independent venue finders, established in May 2013. The firm is a registered French travel operator (IM073150001), holds €1,500,000 of professional liability coverage with Hiscox, and a €100,000 financial guarantee with Groupama. The team is small (2–5 people), revenue is not publicly disclosed, and there is no external investment, parent company, or acquisition history.

Name

eurl 45o nord consulting

Legal name

SARL 45° Nord Consulting

Website

https://45nord-consulting.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

45° Nord Consulting is a French venue-finding and event organization consultancy that helps corporate clients source and manage hotels for seminars, conventions, and executive meetings across France and Europe, earning commissions from hotel partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Event Planning & Venue Sourcing

NAICS

All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (561599), Travel Agencies (561510)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Venue Sourcing & Contracting (Hotels, Conference Centers) (THACAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Supplier Sourcing, Negotiation & Contract Management (THAKAMAG), Hotel & Resort Convention Venues (Convention Hotels) (THAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Venue finding services
• Corporate event planning
• Hotel procurement consulting
• Seminar organization
• Business tourism advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Chambéry

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Venue-finding commission: The company acts as a business tourism broker (courtier en tourisme d'affaires). Their primary revenue stream is commissions paid by hotels and venues, not by clients. The service is described as free for client companies — hoteliers cover the venue finder's commission. This is a commission-based intermediary model.
2. Full-service event organization: 45° Nord Consulting also offers comprehensive seminar and convention management services including tour leader accompaniment on-site, vendor management, billing coordination, and bespoke event execution. These professional services are provided as a paid add-on beyond the free venue-finding core offering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

45° Nord Consulting is a French business tourism advisory firm (courtier en tourisme d'affaires) that helps corporate clients source hotels and venues for seminars, conventions, and corporate events across France and Europe. The core venue-finding service is provided free to client companies because hotel partners pay the commission; the firm also offers paid full-service event organization including vendor management, on-site tour leadership, and consolidated billing.

Product overview

45° Nord Consulting is a professional venue-finding and event organization consultancy operating since 2007. The company offers a unified service portfolio centered on corporate seminar and event planning, combining venue finding, hotel procurement, destination consulting, and full event management. Services are delivered through their core venue-finding expertise with hotel partner relationships, supplemented by specialized eco-responsible seminar options. The company operates as a founding member of MEG (Meeting Expert Group), an alliance of independent venue finders, and serves clients across France and Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Venue Finding Services
• Hotel Procurement & Negotiation
• Destination Consulting
• Event Organization & Management
• Eco-Responsible Seminars

Quantifiable outcome

• Events organized range from 6-person steering committees to 300-person conventions, across France, Europe, and as far as Seattle

Named customers17 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MEG (Meeting Expert Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2013MEG (Meeting Expert Group) is the first alliance of independent venue finders, launched in May 2013. 45° Nord Consulting is a founding member of this alliance. The partnership enables the company to serve clients needing event venues beyond France by connecting with independent venue finder partners in other countries, extending geographic coverage across Europe and worldwide without diluting the independent, client-first positioning of each member firm.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Capdel: Capdel is a French event management agency offering corporate seminar organization and venue sourcing services. Comparable to 45° Nord Consulting as a direct domestic peer in the French corporate events and venue-finding market, with overlapping service lines (séminaire, convention, incentive) and similar target audience of French enterprise clients.
• MICEplace: MICEplace is a venue-sourcing and meetings management platform serving corporate clients across European destinations. Comparable to 45° Nord Consulting as both source venues and hotels for corporate meetings and conventions, but with a more technology-led marketplace delivery model.
• VenueFinder.com: VenueFinder.com is an online venue-finding platform that connects event organizers with hotels and venues across the UK and Europe. Comparable to 45° Nord as a venue-sourcing intermediary serving corporate event planners, though delivered through an online marketplace rather than consultative advisory.

Regional players

• Hire Space: Hire Space is a UK-headquartered venue marketplace and booking platform for corporate events and meetings. Comparable to 45° Nord as a venue-finding intermediary for corporate clients, but it operates a tech-enabled marketplace model primarily in the UK, whereas 45° Nord is a relationship-driven advisory serving France.
• Planit (Event Agency): Planit is a Luxembourg- and France-based corporate event and incentive travel agency. Comparable to 45° Nord as a boutique European events agency specializing in corporate seminars, conventions, and incentive trips, with similar client profiles in the French/Luxembourg corporate market.

Broad incumbents

• BCD Travel: BCD Travel is one of the largest global corporate travel management companies with a dedicated Meetings & Events division. Comparable to 45° Nord Consulting because it serves enterprise clients on meeting sourcing, venue contracting, and event logistics — but at far greater scale and as part of a broad TMC portfolio.
• American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT): Amex GBT is a leading global TMC offering meetings, events, and venue sourcing as part of an integrated corporate travel platform. Comparable to 45° Nord Consulting in venue sourcing and corporate event management, but as a broad incumbent serving multinational accounts rather than a boutique French specialist.
• CWT (Carlson Wagonlit Travel): CWT is a global corporate travel and meetings management incumbent with a sizable MICE/events practice. Comparable to 45° Nord as both source venues and hotels for corporate meetings, but CWT operates at multinational scale and bundles travel and events, whereas 45° Nord specializes in venue sourcing for French corporate clients.
• BCD Meetings & Events: BCD Meetings & Events is the dedicated events division of BCD Travel, providing end-to-end meeting, incentive, convention, and exhibition services to enterprise clients globally. Comparable to 45° Nord in core activity (corporate event sourcing and management), but at much larger scale and as part of a broad TMC parent.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a global self-service event ticketing and management platform serving event organizers across consumer and professional categories. Comparable to 45° Nord only at the broadest level as an adjacent events-services player; Eventbrite operates consumer-facing ticketing while 45° Nord specializes in B2B corporate venue sourcing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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