Le Château de Fère Hôtel & Spa *****

Name

Le Château de Fère Hôtel & Spa *****

Legal name

SA Hostellerie du Château de Fère

Website

https://chateaudefere.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Boutique Hotel & Spa

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (721110)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Heritage & Palace Luxury Hotels (THAGACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Historic & Heritage Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAG), Luxury Wellness & Spa Resorts (THAGACAG), Historic/Heritage Conference Hotels (THAGALAL)

Keywords

• Luxury hotel accommodation
• Spa wellness services
• Wedding venue hosting
• Corporate seminar events
• Fine dining restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Fère-en-Tardenois

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Accommodation: Room and suite rentals across 35 units, representing the primary revenue driver. Rooms available from classic to royal suites, with dynamic pricing varying by season and category.
2. Fine Dining (Les Fables Restaurant): Gastronomic restaurant open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Additional revenue from bar/lounge and cocktail service. Chef Marie Eugénie Richer leads the kitchen.
3. Spa and Wellness Services: Hana Spa treatments (solo/duo massages, body care), spa access fees, and Jacuzzi À la Belle Étoile outdoor jacuzzi experience. Spa access charged separately from accommodation.
4. Private Events (Weddings & Receptions): Full domain privatization for weddings from 40 to 150 guests. Includes catering, beverage service, and use of all facilities. Catering by in-house brigade is mandatory with the privatization package.
5. Seminar and Conference Hosting: Conference room 'Louis d'Orléans' (65 m²) and modular event spaces for corporate seminars, team building, and business events. Revenue from room rental, catering packages, and accommodation bundled in semi-residential and residential seminar formulas.
6. Ancillary Services: Additional revenue from pet fees (€35), extra beds (€50/night), city tax (€2.20/adult/night), and miscellaneous guest services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Le Château de Fère operates a 5-star luxury château hotel and spa offering 35 rooms and suites across multiple categories (Classic, Superior, Deluxe, Premium, Family, Prestige, Royal). The integrated hospitality experience includes fine dining at the Les Fables restaurant, the Japanese-inspired Hana Spa and Jacuzzi À la Belle Étoile wellness offerings, full domain privatization for weddings of 40–150 guests, and dedicated corporate seminar and event facilities, all set on a 70-hectare historic estate with 13th-century medieval ruins approximately 75 minutes from Paris.

Product overview

Le Château de Fère Hôtel & Spa***** is a historic 5-star luxury hotel and spa property offering an integrated hospitality experience. The property provides accommodation across 35 rooms and suites, fine dining at Restaurant Les Fables, comprehensive wellness services through the Hana Spa and Jacuzzi À la Belle Étoile, professional event facilities for seminars and conferences, and wedding/reception hosting services. Additional offerings include curated tourism experiences exploring the Champagne region. The hotel is set on a 70-hectare estate featuring 13th-century medieval ruins, approximately 75 minutes from Paris.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hana Spa: The signature spa experience at Château de Fère, offering Japanese-inspired wellness treatments, sauna, hammam, Himalayan salt grotto, hydrotherapy jacuzzi, and sensory shower.
• Jacuzzi À la Belle Étoile
• Les Fables

Products and services

• Accommodation (Rooms and Suites) 35 rooms and suites combining contemporary design with historic charm (woodwork, exposed beams, old stones). Categories include Classic, Superior, Deluxe, Premium rooms, and Family, Prestige, and Royal suites.
• Restaurant Les Fables

Quantifiable outcome

• Domain capacity for weddings: 40–150 guests; seminar room: up to 55 persons

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Royal Champagne Hotel & Spa: Recently refurbished luxury 5-star hotel in Champillon (Marne) overlooking the Champagne vineyards, with full spa offering and fine dining. Direct competitor for high-end weekend and wellness travelers in the same catchment.
• Château de Bagnols: 13th-century château converted into a luxury hotel-restaurant in Beaujolais. Comparable historic-monument-to-boutique-hotel positioning with Michelin-grade dining and a similar mid-scale room count.
• Domaine Les Crayères: Relais & Châteaux-affiliated luxury hotel and gastronomic restaurant near Reims, in the heart of the Champagne region. Comparable upscale heritage positioning, Michelin-level dining, and short-break leisure/corporate clientele.
• La Maison d'Uzès: 5-star Relais & Châteaux hotel in a historic building in Uzès (Occitanie), with spa, fine dining, and event hosting. Similar 5-star boutique size, multi-revenue hospitality model, and French heritage positioning.
• Les Sources de Caudalié: Luxury spa-hotel among Bordeaux vineyards, with a distinctive vineyard wellness concept. Comparable premium leisure and wellness offering to Château de Fère's Hana Spa and Champagne-region experiences.
• Château de Sannes: 5-star château hotel in Provence (Luberon) operated as a hotel-restaurant with event hosting. Comparable heritage-to-hotel conversion, multi-revenue-stream structure, and family/private-ownership profile.
• Château d'Étoges: 4-star château hotel in Champagne region (Étoges, Marne) with comparable heritage character, on-site gastronomic restaurant, and event hosting. Similar size, ownership structure, and Paris-reachable positioning as Château de Fère.
• Domaine des Hauts de Loire: Relais & Châteaux property in the Loire Valley with gastronomic restaurant, event hosting, and large forested grounds. Directly comparable on heritage château + F&B + events + leisure mix with a French château estate footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Relais & Châteaux: Global association of more than 580 independent luxury hotels and restaurants, including many French château hotels. Provides the soft-brand benchmark and distribution network against which independent château hotels like Château de Fère compete for international luxury demand.
• Châteaux & Hôtels de France (Collection Indépendante): Largest French grouping of independent château hotels and traditional inns, with shared marketing and a loyalty program. Functions as the most direct distribution/brand counterpart for French independent château properties.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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