Hôtel de la Plage

What Hôtel de la Plage does

Hôtel de la Plage is a small boutique charm hotel ('petit hôtel de charme') located at 99 rue des Bains in Houlgate, Normandy, France, on the Côte fleurie between Cabourg and Deauville. The property operates with a small room inventory across six distinct categories: Double Vue Mer, Double Patio, Triple Vue Mer, Familiale Vue Mer, Familiale Patio, and a Standard PMR (accessible) room, supplemented by a breakfast service (croissants, baguettes, hot drinks, etc.) served from 8h00 to 10h00. The hotel is positioned almost entirely on its physical location — one minute's walk from the beach, free public parking directly in front, a five-minute walk to the SNCF train station, and restaurants within 20 meters — and targets leisure travelers, families, couples, and groups visiting the Normandy coast.

The technology stack is conventional and non-proprietary: a WordPress-based website (hoteldelaplage-houlgate.fr / hdp-houlgate.fr) with bilingual French/English content, integrated with the third-party Reservit booking engine for direct online reservations. No AI, ML, or proprietary technology features are disclosed. Payment is accepted via Visa, Mastercard, cash, and Chèques Vacances; pets are accommodated for an €8/day supplement.

The business model is direct-to-consumer lodging: revenue is generated from room rentals (rates are not publicly disclosed and require direct inquiry), with ancillary revenue from the optional breakfast service. Distribution is exclusively direct — own-website booking, phone, and email — with no OTA, agency, or intermediary partnerships. The hotel appears to have been established under its current brand identity around 2022 and operates as a private, independent establishment with no disclosed parent company, funding, or external ownership backing.

Name

Hôtel de la Plage

Legal name

Hôtel de la plage

Website

https://hoteldelaplage-houlgate.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hôtel de la Plage is a small boutique charm hotel in Houlgate, Normandy, offering beachside accommodation across six room categories to leisure travelers and families visiting the Côte fleurie between Cabourg and Deauville, with direct reservations via its own website, phone, and email.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hotel Accommodation

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

Beachfront & Coastal Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Budget Limited-Service Hotels (THAGABAB)

Keywords

• Boutique hotel accommodation
• Seaside hotel lodging
• Family vacation rooms
• Accessible guest rooms
• Continental breakfast service

Headquarters

HQ city

Houlgate

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Room rentals: The hotel generates revenue primarily through guest room rentals. Room types include Double Vue Mer, Double Patio, Triple Vue Mer, Familiale Vue Mer, Familiale Patio, and Standard PMR rooms. Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the website, requiring direct inquiry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hôtel de la Plage is a small boutique charm hotel in Houlgate, Normandy, France, that rents out six distinct guest room types (Standard PMR accessible, Double Vue Mer, Double Patio, Triple Vue Mer, Familiale Vue Mer, and Familiale Patio) to leisure travelers and families visiting the Côte fleurie coast. The hotel also offers an optional continental breakfast service and accepts pets for a daily surcharge. Reservations are accepted directly via the hotel's website booking system, phone, or email, with no third-party OTA distribution.

Product overview

Hôtel de la Plage is a small boutique hotel (hôtel de charme) in Houlgate, France, offering a portfolio of six distinct room types: Standard PMR (accessible room), Double Vue Mer, Double Patio, Triple Vue Mer, Familiale Vue Mer, and Familiale Patio. The hotel also provides an optional breakfast service. All rooms are non-smoking, and pets are welcome (with supplement). The property is characterized by its beachfront location with free WiFi and proximity to restaurants and amenities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Double Vue Mer (Sea View Double Room) Double occupancy guest room offering sea views from the property; one of the hotel's premium room categories targeted at couples and leisure travelers visiting the Normandy coast.
• Double Patio (Patio Double Room) Double occupancy guest room with patio access providing outdoor space; targeted at couples and leisure travelers who prefer courtyard-facing accommodation.
• Triple Vue Mer (Sea View Triple Room) Triple occupancy guest room offering sea views; targeted at small groups of three or small families visiting the Normandy coast.
• Familiale Vue Mer (Sea View Family Room) Family-sized guest room offering sea views; designed to accommodate families visiting the Normandy coast.
• Familiale Patio (Patio Family Room) Family-sized guest room with patio access offering outdoor space; designed for family guests who prefer courtyard-facing accommodation.
• Standard PMR (Accessible Room) Accessible guest room designed for guests with reduced mobility, featuring necessary accessibility features; targets travelers with mobility needs.
• Petit-déjeuner (Continental Breakfast Service) Optional continental breakfast served daily from 8h00 to 10h00, featuring croissants, baguettes, cakes, cereals, yogurts, cheese, ham, jams, butter, hot drinks, orange juice, and fruits; an add-on service for hotel guests.

Quantifiable outcome

• Beach accessible within 1 minute walk
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Logis Hôtels: French independent hotel network of more than 2,000 charm and family-run hotels. Hôtel de la Plage fits the typical Logis member profile (independent charm hotel targeting French leisure travelers), making the network a natural affiliation, distribution, and competitive benchmark.
• Best Western France: Largest independent hotel brand network in France, with multiple properties along the Normandy coast. Provides direct distribution scale, loyalty programs, and brand positioning that a single-property boutique like Hôtel de la Plage could access through affiliation or that compete with it today.
• Brit Hôtel: French franchise network of independent hotels focused on charm and regional hotels. It targets small operators exactly like Hôtel de la Plage, offering centralized reservation systems and marketing reach that could either serve as affiliation upside or constitute competitive overlap in the same customer mind-share.

Direct peers

• Le Grand Hôtel Cabourg (MGallery): Historic seafront hotel directly on the Côte fleurie in Cabourg, located a few kilometers from Hôtel de la Plage. It serves the same Normandy coastal leisure traveler segment with full-service amenities including restaurant, spa, and event space, making it the closest direct competitor for sea-view family and couple getaways.
• Mercure Cabourg Hôtel & Spa: Mid-scale chain hotel in Cabourg serving family and couple guests on the same Normandy coast. It offers a comparable mix of standard rooms and sea-view upgrades, positioning it as a directly comparable alternative for price-sensitive travelers to the same destinations as Hôtel de la Plage.
• Hôtel Barrière Le Royal Deauville: Five-star luxury hotel on the Deauville seafront, just minutes from Hôtel de la Plage on the Côte fleurie. It competes for the same leisure and event-driven travelers but at the luxury tier, establishing the upper bound of pricing for the regional beachfront hotel market.
• Hôtel Le Normandy Deauville: Iconic Normandy coastal hotel operated by the Barrière group in Deauville. It targets beach and family leisure guests in the same micro-region as Hôtel de la Plage, with comparable charm-hotel positioning and direct booking channels.

Others

• Vacances & Hôtels Saint-Jouin-Bruneval: Larger mid-market coastal Normandy hotel offering full-board and family leisure packages. Represents the packaged-vacation alternative channel of demand that competes for the same family beach holiday travelers that Hôtel de la Plage's Familiale rooms are designed to attract.

Regional players

• Kyriad Direct Hotels: Mid-scale French hotel chain with multiple Normandy coastal properties. Targets similar French leisure and family travelers on regional beach holidays, making it a benchmark for occupancy and rate seasonality patterns affecting small operators like Hôtel de la Plage.

Emerging players

• ibis Styles Houlgate: Accor's economy-charm brand with a property in the same Houlgate market. It competes head-to-head for budget-conscious leisure travelers visiting the same beach and town as Hôtel de la Plage, providing the closest same-town price benchmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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