Maisons Pariente is opening Saint Roch in Courchevel 1850 this winter, and for UK companies the detail worth noting is the Saint Roch Courchevel penthouse, which hands the fifth floor of the hotel to a single family or group.
The French family collection, run by sisters Leslie Kouhana and Kimberley Cohen, is due to open the hotel in December 2026, as set out in Maisons Pariente’s announcement of the reopening. It is the group’s fifth address in France and its second in the Alps: a long-standing Courchevel institution on the Bellecôte piste, a short walk from the village centre, relaunched under a new identity. For firms planning a client ski weekend or a leadership retreat, a small hotel that can give one party a floor of its own avoids much of the awkwardness of hosting a group among other guests.
What the Saint Roch Courchevel penthouse offers groups
The hotel has 37 rooms and suites arranged around shared spaces, rising from Superior, Deluxe and Prestige rooms to the Junior Suite, with its first proper salon, and the Deluxe Suite. On the fifth floor, two Prestige Suites of about 750 sq ft each can be booked on their own and connect to one another. Add three adjoining rooms and they become the Penthouse, the entire top floor for one party.
Interiors are by Friedmann and Versace, the studio of Virginie Friedmann and Delphine Versace, who have drawn on Slavic dachas and ancient Persian kingdoms. Details include agate stained glass by Atelier Toporkoff, mosaic frescoes by Pierre Mesguich and an art collection guided by Amélie Maison d’Art.
Downstairs, the living room and its fire are meant to be the heart of the house, joined by a restaurant, a bar for the hours between the slopes and dinner, and a Kids Club. The spa takes its cue from Ottoman hammams and Caucasian palaces, with treatments from Tata Harper, an indoor pool and a fitness space. The announcement makes no mention of dedicated meeting rooms, so planners hoping to hold a working session should ask how the shared spaces can be used before committing.
How far is Courchevel from Geneva?
Roughly 90 minutes from Geneva International Airport, the obvious gateway for most UK groups, with Lyon, Chambéry, Grenoble and Annecy airports also close by. The final stretch can be covered by road up the mountain, by train to Moûtiers or by private helicopter into Courchevel Altiport, minutes from the door.
Once there, the Courchevel 1850 hotel sits directly on the piste with access to the 3 Vallées, and an on-site ski shop handles equipment and fittings, which spares a group a morning in hire-shop queues. The concierge can arrange dog sledding through the forest, snowmobiling after dark, helicopter flights over the peaks or dinner served high on the mountain, useful when not everyone in the party skis.
Corporate ski trips in a crowded resort
Courchevel 1850 has no shortage of high-end rooms, and competition sharpened when Rosewood opened its first ski resort in the village last December. Saint Roch joins Le Coucou in Méribel, the group’s other Alpine hotel, as well as Lou Pinet in Saint-Tropez, Crillon le Brave in Provence and Le Grand Mazarin in Paris.
“Saint Roch was born of our childhood memories, of mountain holidays, of the joy of a cup of hot chocolate by the fire, and of that wonderful feeling of not wanting to be anywhere else,” said Leslie Kouhana, President and co-founder of Maisons Pariente.
For corporate ski trips, the sums are the familiar ones set out in our feature on why Val Thorens suits corporate ski breaks and team retreats: transfer time, how easily the group can be kept together and how much of each day is lost to logistics.
Rates have not been published, so anyone weighing the Saint Roch Courchevel penthouse for a December or January trip should ask early for whole-floor pricing, because the Christmas and New Year weeks are the first to fill in any Alpine resort. Readers who saw our first report on Saint Roch’s debut in Courchevel will see that the group booking option is where the hotel’s appeal for business travellers lies.
