Hôtel La Marine

What Hôtel La Marine does

Hôtel La Marine is a privately-held, 4-star historic hotel located on the seafront in Barneville-Carteret, on the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, France. The property has operated continuously since 1876 and comprises 26 guest rooms, 19 of which offer direct sea views. It serves individual leisure travelers, couples, families, and small-group business clients seeking a coastal Normandy stay, alongside event customers hosting weddings, seminars, and private receptions on-site.

The hotel's product offering is built around four integrated revenue lines. The room line is anchored by the sea-view inventory and a published rate band of roughly €110-€260 per night. Food and beverage is delivered through the on-site restaurant rebranded as "Marnage" in 2024, a bar, and a newly introduced brunch service that extends kitchen utilization beyond overnight stays. Wellness is provided via a co-branded PHYTOMER spa, attaching the property to a recognized French thalassotherapy brand. Event hosting — weddings, corporate seminars, and private receptions — operates as a fourth, distinct revenue stream leveraging the same physical footprint.

The business model is a classic independent boutique-hotel structure: room-night sales (rack rates and OTA distribution) provide the base load, with F&B, spa treatments, banqueting, and gift-card revenue layering on top to lift total revenue per available room (RevPAR) and per-guest spend. Distribution is hybrid — direct booking through the property's own channels plus partnership-sourced demand, notably from Manche Iles Express ferry passengers from Jersey and Guernsey. Pricing is transactional and per-unit rather than subscription-based, with no single named anchor account disclosed, leaving the revenue base distributed across many small transactions.

Name

Hôtel La Marine

Legal name

La Marine

Website

https://hotelmarine.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1876

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hôtel La Marine is a historic 4-star, 26-room seafront hotel in Barneville-Carteret, Normandy, operating since 1876 and serving leisure travelers, event clients, and ferry-served Channel Islands visitors via rooms, restaurant, PHYTOMER spa, and banqueting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Boutique Hotel Hospitality

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Beachfront & Coastal Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH)

Keywords

• Boutique hotel accommodation
• Fine dining restaurant
• Spa wellness services
• Corporate event hosting
• Seaside hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Barneville-Carteret

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Room Revenue: Revenue from 26 rooms ranging from standard village-view to premium sea-view terrace rooms. Pricing from €110 to €260 per night. Includes gift card (carte cadeau) sales.
2. Restaurant Marnage: Fine dining restaurant open to hotel guests, passing tourists, and locals. Offers breakfast (€9–€24.50 per person) and full dining menu. Private events and catering also supported.
3. Bar / Cocktail Revenue: Bar with cocktail menu featuring 15+ gin references, 15+ calvados, whiskies, and rhums. Wine cellar with ~400 references. Events such as brunches generate additional bar revenue.
4. Spa & Wellness: PHYTOMER spa cabin offering body and facial treatments, massages. Open to hotel guests and external visitors. Bookings via Planity platform.
5. Events & Private Hire: Event hosting (weddings, birthdays, seminars, corporate retreats) for up to 100 people. Full venue privatization available. Off-premise catering by Marnage kitchen also offered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hôtel La Marine operates a historic 4-star hotel in Barneville-Carteret, Normandy, with 26 rooms (19 featuring sea-view terraces or balconies) priced from €110 to €260 per night. The property houses the gourmet Restaurant Marnage (under Chef Victor Leboucher), a craft cocktail bar with 400+ wine references, a PHYTOMER spa cabin offering body, facial and massage treatments, and event facilities accommodating up to 100 guests. Gift cards for stays, dining, and spa experiences are sold via the Secretbox platform.

Product overview

Hôtel La Marine is a 4-star hotel establishment operating as a unified hospitality offering comprising accommodation (26 rooms across 6 room categories ranging from village-view to premium sea-view terraces), the Restaurant Marnage (gourmet dining with local Cotentin terroir cuisine), the hotel bar (craft cocktails and 400+ wine references), a PHYTOMER spa cabin (wellness treatments), and bespoke event services (venues for up to 100 guests). Gift cards are sold through the Secretbox platform. The property dates to 1876 and is located in Barneville-Carteret, Normandy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Marnage: The hotel's restaurant featuring gastronomic cuisine focused on the iodized terroir of the Cotentin region, led by Chef Victor Leboucher.

Products and services

• Hôtel La Marine (4-star hotel stay) 4-star hotel accommodation comprising 26 rooms across six categories, ranging from village-view entry rooms to premium sea-view terrace rooms. Offers PMR-accessible rooms, connecting rooms, baby cribs, parking, and free WiFi. Targets leisure travelers, couples, families, and corporate groups visiting the Cotentin peninsula.
• Restaurant Marnage Gourmet fine dining restaurant led by Chef Victor Leboucher, featuring cuisine that showcases the iodized terroir of the Cotentin region with a harmonious earth-and-sea approach. Serves breakfast (€9–€24.50 per person) and full dining menu. Open to hotel guests, passing tourists, and local residents.
• Bar de La Marine

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PHYTOMERcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPHYTOMER supplies the spa cabin within Hôtel La Marine with its range of natural marine-based skincare and wellness products. The partnership positions the hotel's spa as offering treatments comparable to the world's finest SPAs. Products are created in Saint-Malo.
• Les Petits ComposteursminorOthersPartnership with Les Petits Composteurs to compost all green waste from the hotel's kitchen, contributing to a local circular economy and reducing food waste sent to landfill.
• Ecocert-Certified SuppliersminorOthersThe hotel uses only Ecocert-certified cleaning products, meeting environmental standards for eco-responsible hospitality.
• Manche Iles ExpressminorGTM or Marketing PartnerFerry company linking Carteret to the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Sark). The hotel promotes nearby ferry access to international visitors, making it a gateway destination for island-hopping tourists.
• Pôle NautiqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the local nautical center providing meeting spaces facing the port for corporate seminars and team-building activities during company stays.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Château d'Audrieu: Heritage castle hotel in Normandy with full-service restaurant, spa, and event spaces; comparable as a Norman heritage property monetizing F&B, weddings, and corporate retreats.
• Manoir des Impressionnistes: Small luxury boutique hotel-restaurant-spa in Honfleur, Normandy; nearly identical product mix (rooms + gastronomic restaurant + spa + events) and customer profile to Hôtel La Marine.
• Hôtel Le Westminster Le Touquet: Historic 4-star seafront hotel on the northern French coast with restaurant, bar, and event spaces; very close functional analog in scale, era, and market position.
• Hôtel & Spa Le Castel: Family-owned boutique 4-star hotel-spa on the Normandy coast with restaurant and event hosting; comparable independent seaside operator with similar size and product mix.
• Les Roches Blanches: Coastal 5-star hotel with sea-view rooms, fine-dining restaurant, and spa on the French Riviera; directly comparable in the 'boutique seaside full-service with gastronomy' niche at a national level.
• La Ferme Saint-Siméon: 5-star boutique hotel with gastronomic restaurant and spa in Honfleur, Normandy; very comparable in scale, heritage setting, F&B-led positioning, and luxury leisure customer base.
• Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville: Iconic luxury seafront hotel on the Normandy coast with a comparable full-service restaurant, spa, and event offering; the closest large-scale analog for a 4-star coastal Normandy property targeting leisure and corporate guests.

Others

• Relais & Châteaux: Global consortium of independent luxury boutique hotels and gastronomic restaurants; relevant ecosystem comparison for how an independent like Hôtel La Marine could access distribution and brand reach at scale.

Regional players

• Domaine de la Bretesche: Boutique hotel-spa-golf domaine in Brittany, adjacent to the Normandy coastal market; similar structure of rooms, gastronomic restaurant, spa, and private events.

Broad incumbents

• Groupe Barrière: Major French luxury hotel and casino operator with flagship Normandy and Brittany properties; broader incumbent whose seaside resorts overlap with Hôtel La Marine's customer and geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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

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