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AccorHotels
Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor operates 5,584 locations in over 110 countries. Its total capacity is approximately 821,518 rooms (end 2023). It owns and operates brands in many segments of hospitality: Luxury ( Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel), premium ( MGallery, Pullman, Swissôtel), midscale ( Novotel, Mercure, Adagio), and economy (ibis, hotelF1). Accor also owns companies specialized in digital hospitality and event organization, such as onefinestay, D-Edge, ResDiary, John Paul, Potel & Chabot and Wojo. The company is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, and is a constituent of the CAC Next 20 index on the Paris stock exchange. History From Novotel to Accor In 1967, Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pélisson founded the hospitality group Société d'investi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pullman Hotels And Resorts
Pullman Hotels and Resorts is a French multinational upscale hotel brand owned by Accor. Pullman has 145 hotels and resorts in 42 countries spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle-East and Oceania. History Railroad origins The name Pullman was indirectly inspired by George Pullman (1831–1897), founder of the Pullman Company, a prosperous 19th-century, Chicago-based railroad manufacturer. The Pullman Company was famous for launching the first sleeping trains in the United States and developing upscale services for railroad travelers. Belgian Georges Nagelmackers (1845–1905) traveled to the United States in 1867-1868 and came back with the plan to build the equivalent of the Pullman Company in Europe, the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL). The fast-growing railroad networks led the rail industry to invest in the construction and management of hotels alongside railroad tracks. In 1894, the CIWL created the Compagnie Internationale des Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts (; ) is a Swiss Hotel, hotel management company headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, Baar, Switzerland. It is fully owned by Accor since the September 2018 acquisition from former shareholders Mövenpick Holding (66.7%) and the Saudi Arabia, Saudi-based Kingdom Holding Company, Kingdom Group (33.3%). It operates over 80 properties, including hotels, resorts and Nile cruisers, with another 30 resorts planned or under construction across the Middle East and Asia. The hotel chain serves 5.8 million people per year. Mövenpick Group Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts traces its roots back to the privately owned Mövenpick Group, which was founded by Ueli Prager in 1948 when he opened his first restaurant in Zürich. The name was apparently inspired by the feeding action of a gull (in German, a Möwe) and how its simple movements reflected the restaurant’s theme of food served as quickly as possible. Another rationale provided to employees in training materials ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Bazin
Sébastien Bazin (born 9 November 1961) is a French businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of AccorHotels (; ). As CEO of Accor, he has committed to the UN's HeForShe campaign that seeks to promote women's and men's rights by pledging to reach parity in pay and equality between genders by 2020. Early life Bazin was born on 9 November 1961. He studied at Saint-Jean de Passy, holds a degree in economics obtained in 1984 and a master's degree in management, finance option, obtained at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University in 1985. During his military service, he served as a firefighter in Paris. Career Bazin began his career in finance in the United States, Clore then Paine Webber groups in New York City, San Francisco, then went to London. He returned to France and became the Director of Investment Banking Hottinguer Rivaud Finances from 1990 to 1992. He continued his career by becoming Managing Director of the company Immobilière Hôtelière in 1992. He held t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adagio (hotel)
Adagio is a joint venture launched by Accor and Pierre & Vacances operating apartment hotel An apartment hotel or aparthotel (also residential hotel or extended-stay hotel) is a serviced apartment complex that uses a hotel-style booking system. It is similar to renting an apartment, but with no fixed contracts and occupants can "check ...s. History Adagio City Aparthotel is a joint venture launched by AccorHotels and Pierre & Vacances in October 2007. It manages residences and Hotel to rent in tourist cities. The city residences correspond to business travelers on a long term assignment but also French or foreign families on vacation, who can use their kitchens in these apartments and avoid restaurant expenses. Urban tourism has a much higher growth rate than the overall average growth rate of tourism in France in terms of overnight stays, according to specialists. In 2011, Adagio complemented its offerings with the acquisition of Citéa becoming Adagio Access. The Adagio ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofitel
Sofitel Hotels & Resorts is a French hotel chain of luxury hotels based in Paris, France, and owned by Accor since 1980. Founded in 1964 in France, Sofitel quickly developed worldwide to reach more than 200 properties. In 2008, Sofitel became a brand of luxury hotels only, downsized its property count to 89, and created new brands. Sofitel had 130 properties by January 2023. History Banque Paribas opened the first Sofitel in Strasbourg (France) on 26 June 1964, the Sofitel Strasbourg Grande Île, which was the first 5-star hotel in the city. International development In the 1970s, Sofitel became an international chain of hotels. The first Sofitel in the United States opened in 1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sofitel entered the US market with a French approach to hospitality, making French baguettes on site, offering a wide selection of wines, providing bidets in 1/3 of the rooms, and hiring French chefs to manage the kitchens. The hotel turned a profit within 18 months o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onefinestay
onefinestay is a British hospitality company founded in 2009. The company provides a service to homeowners of distinctive and upmarket properties, by enabling them to let out their home to guests while their home is unoccupied. As of June 2024, onefinestay operates in over 40 destinations including London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Mexico, the Caribbean, Rome and Asia. In January 2024, onefinestay became a member of Walpole, the official sector body for UK luxury. History The idea behind onefinestay was thought up by co-founder and former CEO Greg Marsh in 2009, following a trip to Pisa. A tip off from a local friend took him off the beaten track to Piazza delle Vettovaglie. He realised he would never have experienced Pisa the same way without having a connection to someone who lived there. When Marsh returned to his flat in London, he had a second realisation, it had been empty while he was abroad, and every time he travelled someone else could be experiencing London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo&Joe
Jo&Joe is a French hotel chain owned by Accor. It currently manages six hotels in Europe and South America.joeandjoe.com - Destinations retrieved 21 April 2024 History In September 2016, announced the establishment of a new brand with 50 openings projected by 2020. The first location opened in March 2017 in Hossegor, France. The property was designed in partnership with and Roxy. In 2018, Accor announced to open a hotel at the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairmont Hotels And Resorts
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is a global chain of luxury hotel that operates more than 70 properties worldwide, with a strong presence in Canada. The company originated from two hotel businesses established in the late 19th century, the Canadian Pacific Limited-owned Canadian Pacific Hotels, Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts, and Fairmont Hotels. In 1999, Canadian Pacific Hotels acquired a majority interest in Fairmont Hotels; with Canadian Pacific Hotels later renaming its entire hotel portfolio under the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts banner in 2001. Shortly after the hotel division was renamed, Canadian Pacific Limited was split into several smaller companies in a corporate spin-off, starburst move, with Fairmont becoming a separately-traded company. In 2006, Fairmont was acquired by Colony Capital, who subsequently entered into a joint partnership with the Kingdom Holding Company; consolidating Fairmont with their other hotel brands, Raffles Hotels & Resorts, Raffles and Swissôtel to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dubrule
Paul Dubrule (born 1934) is a French businessman and politician. He co-founded AccorHotels in 1967. He served as a member of the French Senate from 1999 to 2004, representing Seine-et-Marne. In 2002, he established the École d'Hôtellerie et de Tourisme Paul Dubrule in Siem Reap, Cambodia. In 2012, he co-founded two new hotel chains with Olivier Devys, a former executive at Accor, called respectively Okko and Eklo. The ''Rue Paul Dubrule'' in Lesquin was named in his honor in 2016. He was cited in the 2016 Panama Papers The Panama Papers () are 11.5 million leaked documents (or 2.6 terabytes of data) published beginning April 3, 2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 offshore entities. These document .... References 1934 births Living people People from Tourcoing University of Geneva alumni 20th-century French businesspeople 21st-century French businesspeople French company founders French corp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21c Museum Hotels
21c Museum Hotels is a contemporary art museum and boutique hotel chain based in Louisville, Kentucky. The chain also has locations in Lexington, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Bentonville, Arkansas; Durham, North Carolina; and St. Louis, Missouri. Each of these seven properties comprises a boutique hotel, a contemporary art museum, and a restaurant. It was acquired by the French hotel group Accor in July 2018 for $51 million. 21c Museum Hotel was voted among the Top 10 Hotels in the World in the ''Condé Nast Traveler'' Readers' Choice Awards in 2009, 2010 and 2011. It was also voted as the #1 Hotel in the South in the 2012 ''Condé Nast Traveler'' Readers' Choice Awards. 21c Museum Hotel, Cincinnati was named the top hotel in America and the 11th in the world in 2013 by ''Condé Nast Travelers annual reader survey. History 21c was launched in 2006 by philanthropists and art collectors Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson. They were inspired to create 21c af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HotelF1
HotelF1, stylised as hotelF1 and branded ''Formule 1'' until 2007, is a French budget hotel chain solely operating domestically. It its owned and had been created by Accor in 1984. History 1984: Formule 1 After the launch of the Ibis brand positioned below the midscale Novotel, owner Accor Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor ope ... reiterated its strategy in 1984 with the creation of Formule 1, an economy hotel brand positioned below its Ibis branded properties and that was opened its first location in 1985. The construction process of Formule 1 hotels was completely industrialized and standardized, allowing Accor to open one location every week. In the early 1990s, the engineering techniques of Formule 1 inspired the group Accor to launch another economy brand, Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibis Styles
Ibis Styles is a French budget hotel brand owned by Accor. Created in 1980 in Australia with the name All Seasons, the brand was acquired by Accor in 1999 and renamed Ibis Styles in 2011. As of April 2023, Ibis Styles manages 642 hotels in 51 countries. History 1980: All Seasons The hotel chain All Seasons was created in Australia in 1980. By 1999, it operated 27 hotels when it was acquired by the French hotel group Accor. In 2007, Accor relaunched All Seasons in France, making it a non-standardized economy brand focused on stylish designs. The pillow logo was introduced. In 2010, the All Seasons network of hotels reached 100 locations. 2011: Ibis Styles In September 2011, Accor rebranded All Seasons into Ibis Styles, and Etap Hôtel into Ibis Budget, turning Ibis (hotel), Ibis into the group's economy megabrand. The "Sweet Bed" was rolled out throughout the Ibis brands, the first bed entirely designed by a hotel group. The mattresses, pillows and digital access were up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
