LHotellerie Restauration

What LHotellerie Restauration does

L'Hôtellerie Restauration is a French B2B trade publication and vertical platform serving the Café-Hôtel-Restaurant (CHR) sector. Operated by Société d'Editions et de Périodiques Techniques (S.E.P.T), an independent SAS incorporated in Paris with registered capital of €1.39 million, the company has been publishing a weekly trade journal for French hospitality professionals since 1923 per firmographic records. The platform combines a print and digital magazine with a job board (2,935+ active listings), a CV database (4,356 active CVs in CVthèque), a business-for-sale marketplace (4,061+ fonds de commerce listings), an expert Q&A service (SOS Experts), newsletters, and podcast/video content.

The company's core technology is a digital publishing platform augmented by Ophélia, a text-based conversational AI assistant specialized in the hospitality-restaurant industry for professional knowledge retrieval and Q&A. The platform is accessible via web, mobile apps (iOS/Android), and tablet, with a structured Pages Entreprises directory (474 enterprise profiles) supporting employer branding and recruitment advertising. Underlying proprietary technology is not disclosed beyond the AI assistant and standard publishing infrastructure; no public API, SDK, or developer documentation exists.

The business model is subscription-led with diversified revenue streams: recurring magazine subscriptions (monthly without engagement and annual fixed-term), recurring recruiter packages (monthly with 3-month minimum commitment), pay-as-you-go single job postings, and transaction-based fees on business sales listings (fonds de commerce). Go-to-market is primarily self-serve via the website, supplemented by direct sales for print subscriptions. The customer base is highly fragmented across French SMB hospitality operators, with no disclosed enterprise anchor customers, no external funding, and no disclosed revenue figures. Distribution is primarily France-only, with the company claiming a broader 'Europe' operating geography that is not corroborated by operational evidence.

Name

LHotellerie Restauration

Legal name

Société d'Editions et de Périodiques Techniques « S.E.P.T » dite L'Hôtellerie Restauration

Website

https://lhotellerie-restauration.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

L'Hôtellerie Restauration is a French B2B trade publication and vertical platform for the Café-Hôtel-Restaurant sector, operating a weekly magazine, a job board, a CV database, a business sales marketplace, and an AI assistant (Ophélia) for hospitality professionals in France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Trade Media

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines (MPAJAEAF)

Keywords

• Hospitality trade media
• Recruitment marketplace
• Business listings
• Trade publishing
• Industry news

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: Magazine subscription providing print magazine and online PDF access, with exclusive subscriber features including expert Q&A, comments, and job posting capabilities
2. Recruitment Services: Job posting services for recruiters in hospitality sector, including CVthèque access for recruiters to search candidate profiles
3. Business Sales Listings (Fonds de Commerce): Classified listings for buying and selling hospitality businesses including restaurants, hotels, cafes, and related establishments

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

L'Hôtellerie Restauration is a French B2B trade publication and digital platform serving the Café-Hôtel-Restaurant (CHR) sector. It publishes a weekly professional journal and operates an integrated online hub that includes a hospitality job board, a CV database, a business-for-sale marketplace (Fonds de Commerce), a regulatory Q&A service (SOS Experts), newsletters, podcasts, and a domain-specialized AI assistant named Ophélia.

Product overview

L'Hotellerie Restauration operates a comprehensive B2B platform for the French hospitality and restaurant industry (CHR sector), consisting of multiple integrated services. The core offering is the weekly Journal L'Hotellerie Restauration magazine (print and digital), supported by the AI-powered assistant Ophelia for expert knowledge retrieval. The platform includes a job marketplace with 2,935+ listings and a CV database (CVtheque) with 4,356 resumes, a business-for-sale marketplace with 4,061+ listings (fonds de commerce), the SOS Experts Q&A platform with expert fact sheets, a newsletter service, and video/podcast content. All services are accessible via web, mobile apps (L'Hotellerie Restauration and LHR Emploi), and tablet platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ophélia: AI assistant specialized in hospitality and restaurant industry, developed by L'Hôtellerie Restauration.

Products and services

• Journal L'Hôtellerie Restauration
• Ophélia

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Apec: French association for executive employment (cadres). Overlaps with LHR at the higher-skill end of hospitality recruitment (directors, regional managers, executive chefs) and competes for premium recruiter budgets.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network used by hospitality recruiters for both job postings and candidate sourcing. Competes with LHR at the high-end of hospitality recruitment and for thought-leadership content distribution.
• France Travail (Pôle Emploi): France's public employment service. Free alternative for hospitality job postings and candidate matching, used heavily by SMB hospitality operators as a baseline channel before considering paid platforms like LHR.
• HelloWork: One of France's largest generalist job boards. Provides an alternative channel for French hospitality employers posting jobs and accessing candidate CVs, competing directly with LHR's Espace Recruteur and CVthèque.
• Indeed France: Leading generalist job board operating in France. Overlaps with LHR's Offres d'emploi product and CVthèque, competing for the same recruiter ad spend across hospitality roles and the broader French workforce.

Direct peers

• CessionPME: French marketplace for buying and selling small businesses (PME), including restaurants, hotels, and cafés. Direct competitor to LHR's fonds de commerce marketplace at the SMB transaction layer.
• Le Chef: French trade publication dedicated to culinary professionals and chefs. Direct peer because both are B2B vertical media serving the French foodservice industry with editorial content, jobs, and professional resources.

Emerging players

• Welcome to the Jungle: French recruitment and employer-branding platform. Emerging competitor for hospitality recruitment ad spend and content-driven employer marketing, especially among younger hospitality operators.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lhotellerielhr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCkBaOOTYUwZQkMVRzmlrNqw
• Facebookfacebook.com/LHotellerieRestauration
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lhotellerie-restauration
• Instagraminstagram.com/lhotellerie.restauration
• TikToktiktok.com/@lhotellerierestauration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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