Grand Place Hôtel

What Grand Place Hôtel does

Grand Place Hôtel is a privately held boutique hotel operating at 23 Grand Place in Arras, France, on a UNESCO World Heritage-listed baroque Flemish square. The property, which has been welcoming guests since February 2015, occupies a building whose façade is classified as a French Historical Monument. It is independently owned, with no disclosed parent company, institutional backing, or subsidiaries, and operates under SIRET 492002498. Management team composition is not publicly disclosed.

The hotel offers 8 room categories ranging from a 23 m² Classic Double to a 44 m² three-level Loft, with amenities including Chromecast TVs, Dolce Gusto coffee machines, rain showers, and select rooms with kitchenettes or island bathtubs. Complementary on-site services include the Anagram restaurant (Josper-grilled matured meats), buffet or in-room breakfast, and meeting/event facilities. Revenue is generated transactionally through room rentals, F&B, and event bookings; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution combines direct bookings via grandplacehotel.fr (powered by eviivo.com, supporting 12 currencies and 11 languages) with third-party online travel agencies.

The target customer base spans leisure and cultural tourists, business travelers, and families, with demand catalyzed by the Beffroi d'Arras (voted France's favorite monument in 2015), the Main Square music festival, and the Arras Christmas Market. Guest reviews (73 published, 4.3/5 average, 86% recommendation rate) indicate stable operating performance. The business model is asset-heavy hospitality real estate rather than a scalable technology platform.

Name

Grand Place Hôtel

Legal name

Grand Place Hôtel

Website

https://grandplacehotel.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grand Place Hôtel is a privately owned boutique hotel on the UNESCO-listed Grand Place in Arras, France, offering 8 room categories, an on-site restaurant, and meeting facilities to leisure, business, and family travelers since 2015.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hotels

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Heritage & Historic Boutique Hotels (THAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH), Heritage & Palace Luxury Hotels (THAGACAF)

Keywords

• Boutique hotel accommodation
• Heritage hotel rooms
• On-site restaurant dining
• Hotel meeting facilities
• UNESCO square lodging

Headquarters

HQ city

Arras

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hotel Accommodation: Room rentals including Classic Double, Deluxe Apartment, Junior Suite, Junior Suite Mansarde, Apartment Junior Mansarde, Apartment Junior, Loft, and Suite Junior. Revenue generated from nightly stays with varying rates based on room type, season, and length of stay.
2. Food and Beverage: On-site Anagram restaurant serving Josper-grilled matured meats, plus breakfast service (continental), lunch, and dinner. Room service available.
3. Meeting/Event Facilities: Meeting rooms available for business events and gatherings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Grand Place Hôtel is a boutique hotel offering overnight accommodation in eight room and apartment categories (Classic Double 23 m² to Loft 44 m²) on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Grand Place in Arras, France. The hotel also operates the on-site Anagram restaurant serving Josper-grilled matured meats, provides continental breakfast, and rents meeting rooms for business events.

Product overview

Grand Place Hôtel is a boutique hotel located on the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Grand Place in Arras, France. The hotel offers a portfolio of 8 distinct room and apartment categories ranging from 23m² Classic Double rooms to a 44m² Loft, plus the Anagram restaurant, breakfast service, and meeting facilities. Room amenities include flat-screen TVs with Chromecast, free WiFi, coffee machines, and rainfall showers or bathtubs. The property has welcomed guests since February 2015.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chambre Double Classique (Classic Double Room) 23 m² double room with 160 cm queen bed, 80 cm flat-screen TV with Chromecast, walk-in shower, separate toilet, safe, coffee machine, and free WiFi. Targeted at individual leisure and business travelers.
• Appart Deluxe (Deluxe Apartment) 38 m² apartment with view of Grand Place, 180 cm King Size bed, walk-in shower and bathtub, 100 cm flat-screen TV with Chromecast, refrigerator, safe, convertible sofa bed, sitting area, kitchenette with microwave, free WiFi. Sleeps up to 4 guests. For families and guests seeking premium space with kitchenette.
• Suite Junior 30 m² room with 160 cm double bed, walk-in shower, 80 cm flat-screen TV with Chromecast, safe, sitting area with flat-screen TV, convertible sofa bed, and free WiFi.
• Suite Junior Mansarde 30 m² room with 160 cm double bed, walk-in shower, island bathtub, 80 cm flat-screen TV, safe, coffee machine, free WiFi. Features accessible-height bed.
• Appart' Junior Mansarde 30 m² apartment with 160 cm double bed, walk-in shower, island bathtub, 80 cm flat-screen TV, safe, kitchenette with mini fridge and microwave, coffee machine, free WiFi. Includes pay-per-view movies.
• Appart' Junior 35 m² apartment with 160 cm queen-size bed, walk-in shower, 100 cm flat-screen TV with Chromecast, refrigerator, safe, convertible sofa bed, sitting area, kitchenette with microwave, coffee machine, direct-dial telephone, free WiFi.
• Loft 44 m² open-space loft on the 3rd floor with view of Grand Place, 180 cm King Size bed, walk-in shower and bathtub, 100 cm flat-screen TV, safe, sitting area with convertible sofa, kitchenette with coffee machine, kettle, microwave, induction hob, mezzanine with 140 cm double bed. Sleeps up to 6 guests.
• Anagram Restaurant Restaurant at the foot of the hotel offering a chic ambiance, Josper oven-cooked matured breed meats, and a selection of fine wines at reasonable prices. Serves hotel guests and walk-in diners for lunch and dinner.
• Breakfast Service Buffet breakfast served in the Anagram restaurant, with in-room breakfast service available. Continental options including vegetarian and vegan choices.
• Meeting Rooms Meeting rooms available at the hotel for business events, corporate meetings, and small gatherings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 86% of guests recommend the hotel based on 73 reviews
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• eviivo LimitedcoreTechnology or Integrationeviivo Limited provides the hotel's booking website system and property management infrastructure. Located at Camburgh House, 27 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3DN, United Kingdom. Company number 05002392. The partnership enables online booking, payment processing, and website management for Grand Place Hôtel.
• Anagram RestaurantcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn-site restaurant located at the foot of Grand Place Hôtel. Offers Josper-grilled matured meats in a chic ambiance. The restaurant is an integral part of the guest experience offering.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Accor – MGallery Collection: Accor's heritage and boutique soft-brand actively signing UNESCO-located properties across France; represents both a potential soft-brand partner and a competitive threat via new branded entrants in Arras.
• Airelles Château de Versailles – Le Grand Contrôle: Ultra-luxury heritage palace hotel under the Airelles collection operating inside a French Historical Monument, illustrating the upper end of the heritage boutique hotel category and the pricing/positioning ceiling relevant to Grand Place Hôtel.
• Relais & Châteaux: Global collection of independently owned luxury boutique hotels and gourmet restaurants often housed in heritage properties — a soft-brand and distribution comparable that Grand Place Hôtel could join to elevate visibility.

Direct peers

• Hôtel de l'Univers Arras: Long-established hotel located in central Arras, directly competing for the same leisure, business, and event-driven (Main Square, Christmas Market) demand as Grand Place Hôtel in the same micro-market.
• Hôtel de la Cité (Carcassonne): Luxury boutique hotel inside a UNESCO-listed medieval citadel, with a Michelin-starred restaurant and heritage building — a structural comparable on the 'heritage boutique + on-site gastronomy + UNESCO location' model that Grand Place Hôtel aspires to.
• Hostellerie des Templiers (Beaune): Small independent heritage boutique hotel in a French historic town with on-site gastronomy, comparable to Grand Place Hôtel in scale, ownership profile (independent), and reliance on cultural-tourism demand.
• Holiday Inn Express Arras: Limited-service branded hotel in Arras competing on the same corporate and event-driven demand, with the strength of a global loyalty program and standardized product versus Grand Place Hôtels heritage positioning.

Regional players

• Najeti Hôtels: Regional hotel group with multiple properties across Hauts-de-France and northern France, including near Arras, offering comparable mid-scale and boutique-style rooms for the same regional leisure and corporate travel base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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