Assam Startup Impact Report
Assam Startup TrailBlazers
| Startup Name |
B&R RIVERBOURNE |
| Founding Year |
2017 |
| Business Category |
River Tourism |
| Startup Stage |
Early Growth Stage |
| Type of Entity |
Partnership |
| Website |
www.riverbournecruise.com |
| Startup’s Objective |
The startup intends to explore and develop the luxury segment of river tourism in Assam. |
| Market Need |
A strong need has been felt for quality river tourism with luxury houseboat facilities that can open up the enormous potential of the Brahmaputra River tourism scenario in Assam. |
| Product/Service description |
B&R Riverbourne offers a first of a kind luxury and affordable Houseboat cruise that includes luxuries like Lunch/Sunset/Dinner cruise/Overnight cruise to Kaziranga, Majuli, Pobitora & Sualkuchi/Day Long Picnic/Party cruise/Boatel (Boat+Hotel)/Stationary lodging/ |
| Customers/Users |
Nature seekers Corporate tourists F&B Cruise riders Tour operators/agents. |
| Revenue Model |
The startup has two windows of earning revenue: (i) Direct booking of the packages by the guests on their web-portal. (ii) Booking by tour operators/agencies and State Tourism Development Corporation. During On-Season (Oct-Apr), the houseboat is available for long distance cruise (maximum 2 Nights and 3 Days). And during off-season (May-Sep),the houseboat is stationed at Uzan Bazar Ghat, Guwahati where the property is coverted into a “Botal” (Boat+Hotel). |
| Current Traction |
The startup has successfully cloaked sales upto INR 2,40,000 and still growing and Bookings amounting to INR 500,000 for Feb-Mar already under commitment from Tour Operators & Online Travel listed portals like booking.com, Airbnb and the like. |
| Founders |
Ritam Borah Kaushik Kumar Borah |
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