Luxury Hotel-barge + Advance Bookings + Lease On Canal-side House
This is a floating hotel-barge business which takes private groups on cruises through the Bordeaux vineyards and tourist attractions of south-west France. The sale comprises three main elements: the hotel-barge, the business and the lease on a canal-side house beside the barge's mooring.
This is a luxury business catering to high-end clientele. Every element of the business is top quality: from the impeccable barge to the transparent accounts.
The barge: a 30-metre canal-cruising ship which comprises 3 guest cabins (all en-suite doubles or twins), a spacious salon/dining-room, fully-equipped galley, cabin for 2 crew members and a cabin for the pilot. Vast sundeck. Recently refurbished engine, water tank, fuel tank etc.
The business: all the current itineraries, Tour Operator contracts, website, customer listings, goodwill and ...in-house (on-boat) training offered to buyers. There's also a Mercedes People carrier which comes with the sale for transfer of clients to/from the airport.
The lease: this is for a delightful canal-side two-storey house which buyers can rent for an advantageous rate directly from the Voies Navigables de France (the govt agency which runs the canals and waterways of France).
Buyers must agree to buy all three components: they are indivisible.
This business is sold as a going-concern. Buyers do not necessarily have to be nautical people with pilot's licence or chef experience: these key crew can be recruited fairly easily for the season. What's interesting however is the impeccable state of the paperwork, the authorisations, the accounts and the barge itself. there are no surprises - it's an excellent business.
