Grand Hotel Montabo

What Grand Hotel Montabo does

Grand Hôtel Montabo is a privately held 4-star hotel operating as a French SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) with €1,500,000 in share capital, located on a beachfront site on Montabo hill in Cayenne, French Guiana — approximately 3 km from the city centre and 20 km from Cayenne–Félix Eboué International Airport. The property offers four room categories (Standard, Superior, Family, Suite) set within a tropical garden, alongside an outdoor pool, fitness room, wellness area offering Chinese energy massages, and three food-and-beverage outlets: Restaurant l'Angélique (led by Chef Emmanuel Lavigne, open seven days a week for lunch and dinner), Bar l'Orchidée (daily cocktail service with bi-weekly Friday Jazz evenings), and Le Tropical breakfast venue (open to external patrons, including a Sunday Creole brunch). Four modular, air-conditioned meeting rooms support corporate events, seminars, and weddings, supported by catering services and approximately 120 secure parking spaces. Founded in 1982, the hotel employs 11–50 staff and operates without any proprietary technology platform, relying on a WordPress website, Google Analytics, and the third-party secure-hotel-booking.com reservation engine for direct and travel-agent bookings.

The hotel generates revenue across four streams: room accommodations (the primary revenue driver), food and beverage, curated packages (Leisure Pass, Romantic Pass, Well-Being Pass, Family Weekend at €115/night, and an All Inclusive offer), and events/seminars. Its go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via its own website booking engine with a best-price guarantee, supplemented by a dedicated Espace Pro portal for travel agents and corporate bookers, and 24/7 direct reservations via email and phone. The customer base is segmented across leisure travelers, business travelers and corporate event organizers (both primary segments), and families — the latter benefiting from free accommodation and breakfast for children under 12. The company is registered in Cayenne, French Guiana (RCS Cayenne TMC 325 315 281), with Jean Luk Le West listed as the publication director; no institutional investors, parent company, or external ownership structure is disclosed. Grand Hôtel Montabo is positioned as the reference upscale accommodation in Cayenne, leveraging a combination of beachfront location, tropical garden setting, proximity to the city centre, and a localized Créole identity to differentiate from generic international chains.

Name

Grand Hotel Montabo

Legal name

Grand Hôtel Montabo

Website

https://grand-hotel-montabo.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grand Hôtel Montabo is a privately held 4-star beachfront hotel in Cayenne, French Guiana, offering accommodation across four room categories alongside restaurant, bar, meeting, and wellness services for leisure travelers, business travelers, and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hotel & Hospitality Services

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Beachfront & Coastal Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Resort-Area Full-Service Hotels (Non–All-Inclusive) (THAGAAAD)

Keywords

• Hotel accommodation services
• Hospitality and dining
• Event venue services
• Wellness spa services
• Corporate meeting facilities

Headquarters

HQ city

Cayenne

HQ country

French Guiana

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Room accommodations: The hotel generates primary revenue from renting rooms and suites across four categories: Standard, Superior, Family, and Suite. Guests book directly through the hotel's website booking engine or via travel agent/professional channels.
2. Food & beverage: Restaurant l'Angélique (open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner) and Bar l'Orchidée (open daily) generate food and beverage revenue. Breakfast is included with room rates for hotel guests; the Tropical breakfast space is also open to external patrons.
3. Packages and special offers: The hotel sells curated packages including the Leisure Pass, Romantic Pass, Family Weekend, and Well-Being Pass, which bundle room nights with dining, spa, or activity inclusions at fixed prices.
4. Events and seminars: Four modular air-conditioned meeting rooms are available for hire for corporate meetings, conferences, seminars, and weddings, with optional catering services (welcome coffee, breaks, meals, cocktails).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grand Hôtel Montabo operates a 4-star beachfront hotel in Cayenne, French Guiana, providing accommodation across four room categories (Standard, Superior, Family, Suite), on-site dining at Restaurant l'Angélique and Bar l'Orchidée, modular meeting and wedding venues, and curated package offerings (Leisure, Well-Being, Romantic, Family Weekend). The property also offers wellness services including Chinese energy massages, an outdoor pool, fitness room, and tropical garden amenities.

Product overview

Grand Hôtel Montabo operates as a 4-star hotel offering accommodation and hospitality services in Cayenne, French Guiana. The core product is the hotel accommodation with four room categories (Standard, Superior, Family, Suite), complemented by dining outlets (Restaurant l'Angélique, Bar l'Orchidée, Breakfast Le Tropical), event venues (meeting rooms and wedding facilities), and wellness services (swimming pool, fitness, massage). The hotel also offers themed packages including Pass Loisirs, Pass Bien-Être, and Pass Romantique, as well as special offers like Family Weekend and All Inclusive. Additional services include 24/7 room service, car rental, laundry, and luggage storage. The property features approximately 120 secure parking spaces and is accessible to guests with reduced mobility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Restaurant l'Angélique: The hotel's main restaurant offering local flavors and French gastronomy with plancha specialities, open 7 days a week.
• Bar l'Orchidée
• Le Tropical

Products and services

• Hotel Accommodation 4-star beachfront hotel offering four categories of accommodation (Standard, Superior, Family, Suite) in a tropical garden setting in Cayenne, French Guiana. Rooms feature contemporary styling, elegant décor, and select rooms offer balconies with sea or pool views; some are adapted for families or guests with reduced mobility.
• Restaurant l'Angélique

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Airbnb: Alternative accommodation marketplace that captures a growing share of leisure travel demand in French Guiana, increasingly competing with hotels for the family and experiential traveler segments.

Broad incumbents

• Best Western French Guiana: Global chain with properties across French overseas territories; competes for the same international leisure and corporate travelers using standardized 4-star service and distribution scale.
• Relais & Châteaux French Overseas: Collection of upscale independent hotels including French overseas territories; offers similar 4-star positioning plus a curated marketing and reservation network relevant to a single-property upscale hotel.
• Ibis Cayenne (Accor): International midscale chain presence in Cayenne; competes for budget-conscious business travelers while offering a global loyalty platform that a single independent hotel cannot match.

Direct peers

• Central Hôtel Cayenne: City-center hotel in Cayenne offering accommodation and F&B to business and government travelers, competing for the same corporate and event-driven demand pool as Grand Hotel Montabo.
• Hotel Ker Alberte: Boutique hotel in Cayenne targeting upscale leisure and business travelers; comparable in tier and use case though without the beachfront positioning of Grand Hotel Montabo.
• Hôtel Amazonia: Upscale hotel operating in Cayenne, French Guiana, directly competing with Grand Hotel Montabo for both business and leisure travelers in the same small, geographically isolated market.
• Hôtel des Palmistes: Historic Cayenne hotel near the Place des Palmistes catering to business and leisure visitors — same primary market and customer segments as Grand Hotel Montabo.

Regional players

• Mercure Cayenne (Accor): International midscale-upscale brand presence in Cayenne under Accor; comparable business and event traveler focus with the backing of a global distribution and loyalty system.
• Hôtel Bakoua Les Trois-Îlets (Martinique): Upscale beachfront hotel in the French Caribbean (Martinique) targeting a similar European leisure and corporate guest profile; comparable in category, even though geographically separate from Cayenne.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gdhotelmontabo
• Facebookfacebook.com/grandhotelmontabo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grand-hotel-montabo

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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