Sonnenhof

Name

Sonnenhof

Legal name

Sonnenhof

Website

https://hotel-sonnenhof-online.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Country Hotel and Restaurant

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Food Services and Drinking Places (722), Food Service Contractors (722310)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hotel & Resort Banqueting / In-House Catering (THAFAIAD), All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Hotel accommodations
• Restaurant dining
• Event venues
• Wedding catering
• Country hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Westerstede

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hotel Accommodations: Landhotel offering hotel room bookings with online check-in available. Rooms can be booked directly through the website with various price points.
2. Restaurant Dining: Full restaurant service with creative cuisine, offering menus including main dishes, asparagus specials (Spargelzeit), potato buffets, American buffet, Bavarian buffet, Italian evenings, and breakfast service. Open Tuesday-Saturday from 17:00 and Sunday from 09:00.
3. Event Hosting: Venue rental for weddings, conferences, funerals, and other events. Includes garden and tent facilities for celebrations.
4. Gift Vouchers: Gift and experience vouchers sold for the hotel and restaurant.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sonnenhof is a Landhotel (country hotel) and restaurant in Westerstede, Germany, providing hotel room bookings, full-service restaurant dining with creative cuisine, and event venues for weddings, conferences, and funerals. The 19-employee property also offers on-site leisure amenities (garden, minigolf, pavilion) and themed dining events such as Spargelzeit, Kartoffelbuffet, and Bavarian/American/Italian buffets.

Product overview

Sonnenhof is a family-owned country hotel and restaurant (Landhotel) located in Westerstede, Ammerland, Germany. The business operates as a single unified hospitality establishment offering hotel accommodation, a restaurant with creative cuisine, event venues for weddings and conferences, garden facilities, and various themed dining events. The product portfolio includes core hospitality services (rooms, restaurant, events), digital add-on services (online check-in, online booking), and retail offerings (gift vouchers). The establishment positions itself around personal service, family atmosphere, creative cuisine, and leisure activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Accommodations (Hotelzimmer) Bookable hotel rooms at the Landhotel in Westerstede with online hotel room booking via the website and online check-in available prior to arrival; targeted at individual leisure travelers visiting the Ammerland region.
• Restaurant Dining Full-service restaurant offering creative cuisine with seasonal and themed menus; open Tuesday through Saturday from 17:00 and Sunday from 09:00, serving walk-in guests, hotel visitors, and event attendees.
• Event Spaces (Saal) Indoor event hall for hosting weddings, conferences, and memorial services, with catering supplied by the on-site restaurant.
• Event Pavilion (Zelt) Outdoor tent venue used to expand event capacity for celebrations and gatherings, supporting the hotel's event hosting.
• Garden with Weddings and Minigolf Outdoor garden facility providing wedding ceremony space and a minigolf course, used for ceremonies and leisure activities by hotel guests, diners, and visitors.
• Gift Vouchers (Gutscheine) Gift and experience vouchers that can be redeemed at the hotel and restaurant, sold through the on-site property and through the partner Eisstock Spoos shop portal.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Westerstede Eisstock SpoosminorOthersPartnership for gift voucher shop integration. Sonnenhof gift and experience vouchers are sold through the Eisstock shop portal (wst-eisstock.de), allowing cross-promotion between hospitality and local sports/leisure activities.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Schlosshotels & Herrenhäuser: German association of privately run castle and manor hotels with on-site restaurants and event/wedding venues. Highly comparable to Sonnenhof's Landhotel-plus-banquet positioning in rural Germany, especially around weddings and family celebrations.
• Romantik Hotels & Restaurants: Cooperative collection of independently owned romantic country hotels and in-house restaurants across Germany and Europe. Like Sonnenhof, members combine distinctive regional hotel rooms with full-service restaurants and event hosting in smaller, character-led properties.
• Hotel Traube Tonbach: Family-run German country hotel with multiple on-site restaurants, large event and wedding facilities in a rural Black Forest setting. Same conceptual model as Sonnenhof — hotel + multiple F&B venues + event spaces under a single property — though at the luxury end of the spectrum.

Broad incumbents

• H-Hotels: German hotel group running multiple regional full-service hotels with on-site restaurants and conference/event facilities. Comparable in the German mid-market full-service hotel + F&B + events space, but operating as a multi-property chain rather than a single-site establishment.
• Lindner Hotels & Resorts: German hotel group operating full-service properties with restaurants, conference facilities, and event spaces. Overlaps with Sonnenhof in the regional Germany full-service hotel-plus-events segment, though at significantly larger scale.
• Maritim Hotels: German hotel chain with full-service properties featuring restaurants and large conference/banquet facilities. Comparable to Sonnenhof in the German hotel-with-events-and-F&B category, though national in footprint.
• Althoff Hotels: Collection of individually run German hotels, most with in-house gourmet restaurants and event/wedding capacity. Larger and more upscale than Sonnenhof, but the operating model of independent hotel + restaurant + banqueting is directly comparable.
• Welcome Hotels: German hotel group operating full-service regional hotels with restaurants and event spaces. Conceptually aligned with Sonnenhof's hotel + restaurant + events model in the German mid-market, but with multiple locations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCsUI3fW9noo76eJvDFUydVA
• Facebookfacebook.com/kochkanzler
• Instagraminstagram.com/sonnenhof_westerstede
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sonnenhof

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Sonnenhof