Pender Harbour Hotel

What Pender Harbour Hotel does

Pender Harbour Hotel is a family-owned hospitality business located in Madeira Park on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. The property operates as an integrated four-vertical hospitality destination combining a limited-room hotel, a pub and restaurant with mains priced in the $25–$32 range, a retail liquor store branded Harbour Liquor Store, and a marina. The business serves two principal customer segments: leisure travelers visiting the Sunshine Coast and local residents patronizing the food, beverage, and retail operations.

The operation runs with a small headcount of 8 employees and uses minimal technology infrastructure beyond an external online booking platform (bookonthenet.net). There is no disclosed proprietary technology, digital platform, or automation layer; the business relies on traditional hospitality operations across all four verticals. Marina services and the liquor store broaden the addressable customer base beyond overnight hotel guests.

The revenue model is multi-stream and transactional: room revenue from hotel stays, food and beverage sales from the pub, retail margin from the liquor store, and moorage/slip fees from the marina. Pricing signals are consistent with small-town BC hospitality benchmarks. Distribution is primarily direct alongside the external booking partner, with no evidence of significant enterprise contracts, group-booking programs, or subscription-based recurring revenue.

Name

Pender Harbour Hotel

Website

https://penderharbourhotel.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pender Harbour Hotel is a family-owned, multi-vertical hospitality business on BC's Sunshine Coast operating a hotel, pub, restaurant, liquor store, and marina from a waterfront property in Madeira Park, serving regional leisure travelers and local residents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Services

NAICS

Marinas (71393), Marinas (713930), Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Marina & Waterfront Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Beachfront & Coastal Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAI)

Keywords

• Hotel accommodations
• Pub and dining
• Liquor retail
• Marina moorage
• Coastal hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Madeira Park

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hotel Accommodations: Revenue from overnight hotel room bookings. Rooms feature west coast design and are available for short-term stays.
2. Food and Beverage (Grasshopper Pub and Restaurant): Revenue from serving pub fare including appetizers, sandwiches, salads, burgers, pizza, and main courses. Dine-in service with patios overlooking Madeira Park.
3. Harbour Liquor Store: Retail sales of cold beer, ciders, wine selection, and spirits. Open seven days a week.
4. Marina Moorage Services: Short and long-term dock moorage for boats. Customers can dock for a meal, beer run, or extended moorage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Pender Harbour Hotel is a family-owned hospitality business that operates four co-located service lines at a single waterfront property on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast: overnight hotel accommodations in west coast-styled rooms, the Grasshopper Pub and Restaurant serving pub fare and signature dishes, the Harbour Liquor Store retailing cold beer, ciders, wine, and spirits, and the Pender Harbour Hotel Marina offering short- and long-term boat moorage. The portfolio delivers a complete coastal hospitality experience combining lodging, dining, alcohol retail, and marine services for leisure travelers, local residents, and visiting boaters.

Product overview

Pender Harbour Hotel is a family-owned and operated hospitality business offering a multi-service coastal experience. The establishment comprises four distinct offerings: the Pender Harbour Hotel (accommodation with west coast-styled rooms), the Grasshopper Pub and Restaurant (dining with pub fare and patio views), the Harbour Liquor Store (retail spirits, wine, beer, and ciders), and the Pender Harbour Hotel Marina (dock services and moorage). The portfolio provides a complete coastal hospitality experience encompassing lodging, dining, retail alcohol sales, and marine services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harbour Liquor Store: Cold beer and ciders, carefully chosen wine selection, and a variety of spirits
• Pender Harbour Hotel Marina

Products and services

• Pender Harbour Hotel (Accommodations) Overnight hotel accommodation facility offering beautifully crafted west coast-styled rooms at 12671 Sunshine Coast Highway, Madeira Park, BC. Reservations are accepted via an external online booking platform and by phone. Front desk open 9:30am to 9pm.
• Grasshopper Pub and Restaurant Full-service pub and restaurant featuring Canadian coastal hospitality with indoor dining and patios overlooking Madeira Park. Serves pub fare, sandwiches, salads, burgers, thin crust pizza, and main courses including signature items such as Bal's Butter Chicken and Butter Chicken Poutine. Open Wednesday to Sunday with kitchen service from 12-8pm.
• Harbour Liquor Store Retail liquor outlet offering cold beer and ciders, a carefully chosen wine selection, and a variety of spirits. Open seven days a week from 9:30am to 9pm.
• Pender Harbour Hotel Marina Marina facility offering dock services enabling customers to dock for a meal, beer run, or short and long-term moorage. Contact is by phone for moorage arrangements.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Coast Hotels: Canadian-owned hotel chain operating coastal and urban properties across BC and Western Canada; a broader incumbent that competes for Sunshine Coast leisure travelers with greater marketing scale.

Direct peers

• Sunshine Coast Resort Hotel & Marina: Independently operated hotel-and-marina property on the Sunshine Coast; comparable in combining lodging with on-site boat moorage in a similar small-operator format.
• Backeddy Resort & Marina: Sunshine Coast resort combining waterfront cabins/RV sites, a pub-restaurant, and a marina in Egmont, BC. Closely mirrors Pender Harbour Hotel's hotel-plus-marina-plus-pub bundle on the same coast.
• Rockwater Secret Cove Resort: Boutique waterfront resort in Halfmoon Bay on the Sunshine Coast offering accommodation, on-site dining, and small-craft marine access — directly comparable coastal hospitality positioning.
• Painted Boat Resort: Waterfront resort located in the Pender Harbour / Madeira Park area offering suites, a restaurant, and marina access; competes for the same leisure-traveler segment on the Sunshine Coast.
• West Coast Wilderness Lodge: Remote waterfront lodge in Egmont, BC combining accommodation, restaurant, and marine activity access; comparable as a small, independent coastal lodge-pub operator on the Sunshine Coast.
• Gibsons Marina: Full-service marina on the Sunshine Coast offering moorage, fuel, and related marine services; comparable moorage business competing for the same regional boater demand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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