VN Cruises

Name

VN Cruises

Legal name

Vent Nouveau

Website

https://ventnouveau.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VN Cruises (Vent Nouveau) is a privately held Beirut-based travel agency founded in 1970, arranging cruises, land tours, charter flights, and meeting technologies worldwide. It distributes Orpheo audio guide systems for museums and serves individual travelers and group tour operators across multiple continents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Travel Agency Services

NAICS

Tour Operators (56152)

akta.pro primary industry

Destination Management Companies (Cruise DMCs) (THAEAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cruise + Guided Land Tour Packages (THAEAHAJ)

Keywords

• Cruise booking services
• Travel agency services
• Destination management
• Special interest tours
• Visitor audio systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Antelias, Beirut

HQ country

Lebanon

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cruise and Tour Arrangements: The company arranges and sells cruise packages and land tours across all continents, earning commissions and fees for booking arrangements. Operating since 1970, they serve loyal clients with land arrangements and cruises worldwide.
2. Charter Flight and Yacht Services: Arranging private charter flights and yacht charters for travelers seeking exclusive travel experiences
3. Local Tourism: Guided tours in Lebanon, including Lebanon Tours and tours combinable with Syria and Jordan

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

VN Cruises (Vent Nouveau) is a Beirut-based travel agency founded in 1970 that arranges and sells cruise packages and land tours across all continents, charter flights and yacht services, and local Lebanon tourism. Through its Global Visitor System division the company also distributes Orpheo audio guide devices and visitor management installations for museums, cultural venues, archaeological sites, and religious venues worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vent Nouveau Cruising: Cruise services offering travel arrangements across all continents
• Vent Nouveau Travel and Tourism
• Vent Nouveau DMC
• Vent Nouveau Meeting Technologies
• Vent Nouveau Global Visitor System

Products and services

• Vent Nouveau Cruising Cruise travel arrangements and booking services offering cruises across all continents worldwide, sold to individual travelers and groups through the cruises.ventnouveau.com portal.
• Vent Nouveau Travel and Tourism Full-service travel agency offering land arrangements, special interest tours, charter flights, yacht charters, and local tourism services across global destinations, serving individual travelers, groups, and corporate clients.
• Vent Nouveau DMC (Destination Management Company) Destination Management Company providing ground handling and on-location services in the Eurasia region for incentive groups, meetings, conferences, and events.
• Vent Nouveau Meeting Technologies Meeting and event technology solutions including seating arrangements and mobile wall systems sold through vnseatingandwalls.com for events, conferences, and meeting spaces.
• Vent Nouveau Global Visitor System Audio guiding and visitor management solutions for museums, cultural venues, archaeological sites, and religious venues, featuring multilingual audio guides combined with light and image installations, distributed in partnership with Orpheo Group.
• Special Interest Tours Tailored special interest tour packages covering the Levant & Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Americas regions with guaranteed departures, sold via ventnouveau.com/vntt/special-interest-tours.
• Charter Flight & Yacht Private charter flight and yacht charter services for travelers seeking flexible and luxury travel arrangements, booked through ventnouveau.com/vntt/charter-flight-yacht.
• Local Tourism - Lebanon Tours Guided tours within Lebanon, including options combinable with Syria and Jordan, with private tours and guaranteed departures available, detailed in the outings PDF on the company website.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Orpheo GroupcoreTechnology or IntegrationOrpheo is described as one of the three major players in audio guiding systems globally. Vent Nouveau partners with Orpheo to provide tourists with audio guiding systems for museums, cultural venues, archaeological sites, and tourist destinations. The partnership includes Orpheo Mikro LX (audio guide), Orpheo OTG (tour guide system), and Orpheo Touch (digital companion) products. The partnership also supports multilingual audio guide associated with light and image installations in religious venues like mosques and churches.

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• Exodus Travels: Specialty tour operator offering guided trips across Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas; closely mirrors Vent Nouveau's portfolio of interest-led tours across global regions.
• Abercrombie & Kent: Luxury tour operator combining land tours and cruise extensions worldwide; comparable to Vent Nouveau's combined cruise + guided-land-tour value proposition and IATA-certified full-service model.
• G Adventures: Small-group tour operator with worldwide coverage and local-guides model; comparable in destination breadth, multi-continent reach, and emphasis on culturally immersive special-interest itineraries.
• ATPI Griffinstone: Corporate travel and events management company with destination management capabilities; relevant peer for Vent Nouveau's DMC and group-coordination business.
• Intrepid Travel: Globally active small-group tour operator with multi-continent itineraries including Middle East and Africa; directly comparable to Vent Nouveau's special-interest tour portfolio and guaranteed-departure model.
• Trafalgar Tours: Guided-coach-tour specialist with worldwide itineraries including Middle East and Europe; comparable to Vent Nouveau's guaranteed-departure group tour offering.
• Collette: Escorted-tour operator with broad destination coverage and group departures; directly comparable in product type (guided group tours with guaranteed departures) and customer segment.
• Cox & Kings: Long-established international tour operator (founded 1758) with multi-continent tour programs; relevant precedent for a heritage global tour operator with cruise and charter services.
• BCD Travel: Global corporate travel management and destination management company; comparable to Vent Nouveau's DMC operation in Eurasia serving incentive groups and meetings.

Broad incumbents

• TUI Group: Global travel conglomerate combining tour operators, cruise lines, and airline capacity; relevant broader-incumbent reference for a vertically integrated cruise + tour operator at much larger scale.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Vent.Nouveau.Travel.Tourism
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vent-nouveau-travel-tourism
• Instagraminstagram.com/vntravelandtourism

Compliance1 record

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 →

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