Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois

What Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois does

Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois is a French public tourism office, legally constituted as an EPIC (Établissement Public Industriel et Commercial) under the name EPIC Office de Tourisme Villeneuve – Vallée du Lot, operating under the oversight of the Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois. Its functional mandate is to promote the Vallée du Lot et Garonne territory in the Lot-et-Garonne department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France) to domestic and international tourists, and to deliver visitor information, itinerary planning, accommodation and activity directories, and event ticketing. Day-to-day direction rests with Director Christophe MARTIN, and the entity is registered as a travel operator (IM047110007) with financial guarantee via APST and liability insurance via GAN ASSURANCES.

The organization operates a hybrid service model combining a multilingual digital platform (tourisme.valleedulotetgaronne.com, available in French, English, and Spanish, built and hosted by Raccourci Agency) with a network of staffed tourist information offices in Villeneuve-sur-Lot (headquarters), Fumel, Pujols, and Le Temple-sur-Lot, supplemented by seasonal reception points in Penne-d'Agenais and Tournon-d'Agenais. Core product offerings include searchable accommodation and restaurant directories, activity and outdoor-sports catalogs, an events agenda with online ticketing, downloadable brochures and self-guided walking tour booklets, and themed guided tours delivered by local "Raconteur de Pays" storytellers. The office holds three official French national labels — Qualité Tourisme, Ville et Pays d'art et d'histoire (Ministry of Culture), and Tourisme & Handicap — that confer institutional credibility.

The business model is predominantly publicly funded: the EPIC receives subsidies from the Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand Villeneuvois and member municipalities, while core visitor information services are provided free of charge. Revenue-generating activities are limited to event ticket sales (notably La Grande Féérie du Cirque de Noël) and ancillary travel-operator activity. The team comprises approximately 9 employees, and no commercial pricing is published for visitor-facing services. No AI/ML capabilities, patents, or proprietary technology products are disclosed; the digital estate is a content-and-booking website rather than a technology platform in the venture-backed sense.

Name

Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois

Legal name

EPIC Office de Tourisme Villeneuve – Vallée du Lot

Website

https://tourisme-villeneuvois.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois is a French public EPIC tourism office that promotes the Vallée du Lot et Garonne region via a multilingual website, four staffed tourist information offices, event ticketing, and curated guides for domestic and international visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tourism Information Services

NAICS

Convention and Visitors Bureaus (561591), Tour Operators (56152), Historical Sites (71212)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAAAGAD

Permitting, Reservations & Visitor Information Services (Passes, Booking, Visitor Centers)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/National Parks & Protected Area Visitor Services (Concessions, Guided Access)

SECONDARYTHAJAAAJ

Neighborhood & Local Life Tours (Communities & Hidden Gems)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Guided Tours (City, Cultural & Historical)

SECONDARYTHAJAAAK

Political, Social History & Civic Tours

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Guided Tours (City, Cultural & Historical)

SECONDARYTHAAAGAF

Recreation & Activity Services (Hiking, Boating, Climbing, Fishing—Guided/Authorized)

Travel & Hospitality/Adventure, Amusement Parks & Ecotourism/National Parks & Protected Area Visitor Services (Concessions, Guided Access)

Keywords

• Destination marketing services
• Visitor information services
• Tourism accommodation directory
• Event ticketing services
• Guided heritage tours

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeneuve-sur-Lot

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois is a French public tourism office that promotes the Vallée du Lot et Garonne destination in Lot-et-Garonne through a trilingual (French, English, Spanish) website and four staffed tourist information offices. It provides free visitor information including searchable accommodation, restaurant, and activity directories; an events agenda with online ticketing; downloadable brochures and self-guided tour booklets; and themed guided heritage tours led by certified "Raconteur de Pays" storyteller guides.

Product overview

Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois operates a unified tourism promotion and visitor services ecosystem comprising a multi-language digital platform (tourisme.valleedulotetgaronne.com) and a network of physical tourist information offices across the Vallée du Lot et Garonne region. The digital product includes searchable directories of accommodations, restaurants, activities, cultural heritage sites, events with ticketing, and downloadable guides/brochures, while physical offices provide personalized in-person visitor services, tickets, and bookings. Core products are supported by sub-products covering accommodation listings, dining/terroir promotion, discovery experiences, outdoor sports, event programming, and expert-guided heritage tours.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tourism Information Website (tourisme.valleedulotetgaronne.com) Multi-language (French, English, Spanish) digital platform providing comprehensive tourism information for the Vallée du Lot et Garonne region, including searchable directories for accommodations, restaurants, activities, visit sites, events, and practical visitor guides.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• GAN ASSURANCESminorOthersGAN ASSURANCES (8-10 rue d'Astorg, 75008 Paris) provides liability insurance for the Office de Tourisme du Grand Villeneuvois.
• APST (Association Professionnelle de Solidarité du Tourisme)minorOthersAPST (15 avenue Carnot, 75017 Paris) provides the financial guarantee/warranty for the office's registered travel operator activity (IM047110007).
• Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand VilleneuvoiscoreOthersThe office is the official tourist information service of the Grand Villeneuvois agglomeration community, promoting the Vallée du Lot et Garonne territory. The municipal governments and the agglomeration community are institutional partners supporting the office's operations.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Office de Tourisme de Bergerac: Dordogne/Bergerac OT serving a similar mid-sized river town and rural hinterland, with strong gastronomy (wine, foie gras) positioning and heritage village promotion. Comparable organisational footprint and institutional status.
• Office de Tourisme Intercommunal du Grand Périgueux: Intercommunal tourism office for the Périgueux area in the Dordogne, operating at a comparable intercommunal scale with similar bastide/medieval heritage, gastronomy, and outdoor content. Direct functional peer in neighbouring département.
• Office de Tourisme de Sarlat-Périgord Noir: Sarlat OT in the Périgord Noir, with strong heritage-tourism curation, guided tours, and visitor information services focused on a medieval town and its rural hinterland. Similar content portfolio and visitor profile.
• Office de Tourisme de Cahors: Municipal/urban OT for Cahors in the neighbouring Lot department, delivering visitor information, guided heritage tours, and accommodation directories of similar scale and scope to Villeneuve-sur-Lot. Same regional tourism ecosystem along the Lot valley.
• Office de Tourisme du Béarn: Regional OT for the Béarn area in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, covering gastronomy, heritage villages, and outdoor pursuits in a rural southwestern French setting. Closely comparable in mission, scale, and target visitor segments.
• Office de Tourisme Intercommunal du Pays de Lourdes: Intercommunal OT serving Lourdes and its surrounding area, with strong guided-tour offerings, religious/heritage tourism positioning, and accommodation/event directory services at a comparable scale.
• Office de Tourisme du Bassin d'Arcachon: Intercommunal OT for the Bassin d'Arcachon (Gironde), with curated visitor content on outdoor activities, gastronomy (oysters), and local heritage. Comparable multi-office network and institutional tourism office model.
• Office de Tourisme du Quercy: Regional tourism office covering the Quercy area adjacent to the Lot-et-Garonne, with a comparable mix of bastide villages, heritage sites, and outdoor activity promotion for a similar rural southwestern France catchment. Closest geographic and functional analog to the Grand Villeneuvois OT.
• Office de Tourisme de Foix: Municipal/regional OT for Foix in Ariège, with heritage castle/medieval focus, outdoor activity promotion (hiking, water sports), and small-team visitor service operations. Comparable rural Pyrenean-pre-Pyrenean destination profile.

Broad incumbents

• Visit Périgord (Comité Régional du Tourisme): Regional Tourism Committee for the Dordogne/Périgord operating at a broader geographic scale, with overlapping heritage and gastronomy content and a more developed digital and international marketing footprint. Not a direct operating peer but a regional ecosystem participant.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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