Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France

What Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France does

The Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France is a non-profit association under French law that promotes tourism for the Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France territory, a regional area in the Centre-Val de Loire region situated at the gateway to Paris. It operates under a delegated public-service mission from the Communauté de Communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France, which provides institutional and financial support. The organization is governed by a board of 21 administrators composed of elected officials and tourism professionals, with William Morisé serving as President. Day-to-day operations are carried out by 2 salaried staff and a team of volunteers.

The office delivers visitor services through three physical tourist information points located in Epernon (headquarters), Nogent-Le-Roi, and Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien, complemented by a digital presence built on a Captusite CMS-hosted website, a Sendinblue-powered monthly newsletter, and a SoundCloud-distributed podcast series ('Les Gens d'ici'). Its product portfolio includes an online activity ticketing and reservation system, the national 'Accueil Vélo' cycling-tourism label, recurring event IPs such as Les Échappées à Vélo (currently in its 15th edition), the Patri'mômes heritage festival for families, and the Salon des Métiers d'Art. Marketing is conducted through content marketing, email, podcast/multimedia, and event-based channels.

As a public-purpose tourism body, the office does not operate a traditional commercial revenue model; it is funded through institutional subsidy from its parent inter-municipal community, with any activity reservation or ticketing fees representing ancillary rather than primary income. Its customer base comprises individual visitors and tourists, event organizers, and families seeking heritage, gastronomy, cycling, and outdoor experiences within the territory.

Name

Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France

Legal name

Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France

Website

https://tourismeporteseureliennes.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France is a French non-profit tourism board, funded by the Communauté de Communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France, that promotes the Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France destination to visitors, event organizers, and families via three information points, a website, newsletter, podcast, and recurring events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tourism Promotion and Destination Marketing Services

NAICS

Convention and Visitors Bureaus (561591)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Destination & Venue Reservation Systems (DMO/MICE) (THALADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Full-Service Destination Management (Ground Handling & Onsite Operations) (THAHADAA)

Keywords

• Tourism information services
• Destination promotion
• Visitor reception services
• Activity booking services
• Heritage event organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Epernon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Tourism Promotion Services: Public service organization funded by the Communauté de Communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de France to promote tourism on the territory.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France delivers destination promotion and visitor reception services for the Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France territory under a delegated public service mission. It operates three tourist information points, manages a website and ticketing system for activity reservations, runs heritage discovery and cycling events such as Patri'mômes and Les Échappées à Vélo, and produces editorial content including the monthly "Les Gens d'ici" podcast highlighting local personalities and producers.

Product overview

L'Office de Tourisme des Portes Euréliennes d'Île-de-France propose un écosystème de services touristiques composé d'un site web institutionnel avec système de réservation d'activités, de trois bureaux d'accueil physiques répartis sur le territoire, du service 'Accueil Vélo' labelisé, d'un festival dédié aux familles (Patri'mômes), d'événements cyclistes (Les Échappées à Vélo) et d'une série de podcasts 'Les Gens d'ici'. L'ensemble forme une plateforme de promotion touristique du territoire avec des services de proximité pour les visiteurs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Destination Website (Site web touristique)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• Communauté de Communes des Portes Euréliennes d'Ile de FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe office is a non-profit association managed by a board of directors, ensuring tourism promotion missions delegated by the inter-municipal community. The Communauté de Communes provides institutional support and funding for tourism activities on the territory.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Comité Régional du Tourisme Centre-Val de Loire: Regional DMO covering the broader Centre-Val de Loire region in which the office operates. Operates at a wider geographic scale but with overlapping mission (destination promotion, visitor information, event support), and provides upstream coordination that shapes local DMO activity.
• Atout France: France's national tourism development agency. Sets national standards, runs the 'Accueil Vélo' label program under which the subject office is certified, and provides the strategic and policy framework within which all local tourism offices operate.
• ADN Tourisme: National federation of French tourism offices. Provides shared services, training, and benchmarking for offices of tourism across France — a direct institutional peer that aggregates the very category in which the subject office participates.

Direct peers

• Office de Tourisme de Versailles: Municipal tourism office serving Versailles and surrounding communes. Directly comparable as a French local tourism office promoting a specific territory, delivering visitor information, event programming, and activity reservations through physical offices and a digital platform.
• Office de Tourisme de Houdan: Local tourism office serving Houdan and the Pays Houdanais in neighboring Yvelines. Closely comparable associative DMO structure with heritage, cycling, and outdoor-activity programming targeting the same west-of-Paris catchment.
• Office de Tourisme de Rambouillet: Tourism office in Yvelines bordering Portes Euréliennes. Similar in size and offering profile, serving a peri-Parisian territory with cycling, heritage, and château-based tourism — a natural competitor for the same day-trip audience.
• Office de Tourisme de Chartres: Tourism office for Chartres, the cathedral city in Eure-et-Loir (same French department as Portes Euréliennes). Comparable in mission scope, structure, and reliance on heritage tourism, with similar event programming and visitor-services offerings.
• Office de Tourisme de Dreux: Neighboring DMO in Eure-et-Loir serving Dreux and surroundings. Operates with the same French 'Office de Tourisme' associative model, providing visitor information, accommodation listings, and event promotion for a comparable small-to-mid territory.
• Office de Tourisme de Maintenon: Small local tourism office immediately adjacent to the Portes Euréliennes territory. Comparable structure and visitor-services offering, including château-focused heritage promotion and cycling-tourism services overlapping the same catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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