What Hôtel d'Angleterre *** does

Hôtel d'Angleterre is a privately held, family-owned three-star boutique hotel operated as SAS HÔTEL D'ANGLETERRE (RCS Tarbes 40878736400012) from a historic 18th-century former post house in Arreau, Aure Valley, French Pyrenees. The property offers 18 rooms and Junior Suites across four categories (Standard, Comfort, Comfort Plus, Junior Suite), a year-round breakfast service (€15 buffet / €8 counter) with summer-only restaurant dining, a garden with hidden swimming pool, a hydromassage service (Medyjet dry table, €20 per 25–30 min session), secured parking, and full PMR accessibility including an adapted room. Operations are seasonal: summer from mid-May to mid-October and winter from Christmas through end of March plus school holidays and weekends.

The business is vertically integrated around a direct-to-consumer model: reservations run through the Reservit platform on the hotel's own website (with French, English, and Spanish versions), while ancillary revenue is captured via a WooCommerce gift shop (powered by BaskandFoodBox and Stripe) selling themed gift packages such as the €265 cycling-cols package, €245 Cocooning Stay, €155 Mountain Escape, €42 dinners, €70 Champagne, and €20 hydromassage add-ons. A dedicated cycling-hotel microsite (pyrenees-cycling-hotel.com) and a partnership with an external bike-rental provider reinforce its niche positioning at the foot of Col d'Aspin, with secure bike storage, a repair workshop, E-bike charging, partner bike delivery with on-site fitting, and post-ride physiotherapy massage.

Revenue mechanics are dominated by room rentals at base rates of €105–€220 (rising 5–12% from 1 January 2026, including a Tour de France 2026 peak premium), supplemented by tourist tax (€2.30/person/day), breakfast, extras (extra beds €20–€25, hydromassage, Champagne), summer F&B, and gift-package sales. The 38-employee operation serves three primary customer segments — cycling tourists, winter sports guests (Saint-Lary 15 km, Peyragudes 20 min), and outdoor/wellness travelers accessing nearby Balnéa thermal spa — with no third-party OTA or travel-agent distribution.

Name

Hôtel d'Angleterre ***

Legal name

SAS HÔTEL D'ANGLETERRE

Website

https://hotel-angleterre-arreau.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1700

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Family-owned 3-star boutique hotel in Arreau, French Pyrenees, operating 18 rooms from an 18th-century post house. Serves cycling tourists, winter sports guests, and wellness travelers via direct online booking, breakfast service, and themed experience packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hotel Hospitality

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Traveler Accommodation (7211)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Ski & Mountain Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Boutique hotel services
• Mountain charm hospitality
• Cycling tourism lodging
• Pyrenees ski accommodation
• Hotel gift packages

Headquarters

HQ city

Arreau

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hotel Room Rentals: Core revenue from renting 18 rooms and Junior Suites. Pricing varies by room type (Standard, Comfort, Comfort Plus, Junior Suite) with seasonal pricing (base rates and 2026 rates). Additional revenue from extra beds, tourist tax, and pet fees.
2. Food & Beverage: Restaurant dining services available in summer months (June-July-August) and breakfast service year-round. Breakfast offered as buffet (15€) or counter service (8€). Gift shop also sells Champagne (70€) and hydromassage sessions (20€).
3. Cycling Tourism Services: Specialized services for cyclists including secure bike storage, bike rental partner referrals, repair workshop, E-bike charging, massage therapy, and customized meals. Positioned as cycling hotel at foot of Col d'Aspin.
4. Gift Cards and Experience Packages: Sale of gift cards and themed experience packages including: 'A l'Assaut des Cols du Tour de France' cycling package (265€), 'Escapade à la Montagne' (155€), 'Séjour Cocooning' spa package (245€), dining packages (42€), Champagne (70€), and hydromassage sessions (20€).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hôtel d'Angleterre is a 3-star charm hotel operating 18 rooms and Junior Suites (Standard, Confort, Confort Plus, Junior Suite) in an 18th-century former post house in Arreau, French Pyrenees. The hotel provides overnight accommodation, breakfast service (buffet or counter), on-site dining in summer, a dry hydromassage wellness service, and an online gift-card shop selling themed experience packages (cycling cols, mountain escape, cocooning stay, dinners, Champagne). It specializes as a cycling hotel at the foot of Col d'Aspin and also caters to ski guests near Saint-Lary and Peyragudes.

Product overview

Hôtel d'Angleterre is a boutique hotel operating as a single unified property offering accommodation in 18 rooms and Junior Suites across four room categories (Standard, Confort, Confort Plus, Junior Suite). The hotel also provides supplementary services including breakfast service, hydromassage sessions, and a gift card e-commerce platform. Gift card products include cocooning stays, mountain escapes, cycling packages, Champagne, dinners, and hydromassage sessions. The hotel's gift card system uses BaskandFoodBox software and Stripe for payment processing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hôtel d'Angleterre Accommodation (18 rooms and Junior Suites)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Bike Rental PartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with external bike rental provider offering high-end bike delivery and professional fitting services to hotel guests. Bikes are delivered to the hotel with adjustments made by a professional.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Originals Hotels: French consortium of independent hotels (Inter-Hotel, Qualys-Hotel, Relais du Silence brands). Comparable to Hôtel d'Angleterre as a destination-independent property reliant on charm and heritage positioning in a 3-star segment.
• Relais & Châteaux: Global luxury collection of independently owned and family-run hotels and restaurants. Shares the multi-generational family heritage and charm property positioning, although typically a higher star/ADR tier than Hôtel d'Angleterre.
• Best Western France: Mid-scale independent hotel network in France. Competes for the same leisure mountain traveler segment with branding and distribution scale advantages; a relevant benchmark for the family-owned 3-star positioning.
• Pierre & Vacances: Major French vacation property operator with mountain resorts. Overlaps in Pyrenees/Alps leisure demand and seasonal winter-ski / summer-holiday cycle, though its model is apartment-based rather than hotel-based.
• Mercure Hotels (Accor): Accor's midscale brand with strong presence in French regional and mountain destinations. Comparable target customer (regional leisure/business travelers) and 3-4 star positioning, though with chain scaling and loyalty distribution.
• Logis Hotels: Largest French network of independent charm and family-run hotels (3-star segment overlap). Logis Hotels represents the most direct grouping of comparable small independent French hotels and the dominant aggregation/marketing channel for properties like Hôtel d'Angleterre.
• Belambra Clubs: French family club resort operator with mountain locations. Comparable on the family/leisure mountain customer segment and multi-season (summer/winter) operating model, though at materially larger scale.

Others

• Airbnb: Global short-term rental platform. Indirect competitor for cycling and Pyrenees mountain travelers who may choose vacation rentals over boutique hotels; represents a form of demand substitution in the same micro-market.
• Booking.com: Global OTA platform. Not a direct hospitality peer but a critical distribution channel competitor; the hotel's absence from Booking materially limits its addressable international demand relative to listed competitors.

Emerging players

• MMV (Montagne et Vacances): French mountain resort operator with multiple seasonal hotel and residence properties. Direct competitor in the Pyrenees ski + summer leisure segment targeting families and active travelers, with similar seasonality profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hotel-d-angleterre

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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