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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 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'inv ... [...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] |
Raffles Hotels & Resorts
Raffles Hotels & Resorts is a Singaporean chain of luxury hotels which traces its roots to 1887 with the opening of the original Raffles Hotel in Singapore. The company started to develop internationally in the late 1990s. Since 2015, Raffles has been a part of Accor. History Raffles Hotels & Resorts was formed in 1989 to restore, redevelop and manage the historic Raffles Hotel in Singapore. The corporation also undertook the restructuring and management of the Raffles City development, thus laying the foundation for Raffles Hotels & Resorts to become a hotel management company. After a complete restoration, the Raffles Hotel reopened on 16 September 1991. In April 2001, Raffles Holdings acquired Swissôtel from SAirGroup for 268 million euros, thus increasing its room capacity by 139% to 13,500 units in 17 countries. In 2005, Colony Capital bought Raffles Holdings for $1 billion from the Singapore government. Raffles and Swissôtel joined Fairmont Hotels in the newly forme ... [...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] |
Mercure (hotel)
Mercure is a French midscale hotel chain owned by Accor. Created in 1973 in France, the brand was acquired by Accor in 1975, and subsequently became a major part of the company's midscale hotel portfolio, alongside Novotel. As of 2021, Mercure operated 949 hotels in 63 countries. Outside Europe, Accor additionally uses the Grand Mercure brand, an upscale subsidiary in currently 12 countries. History Foundation and early years The first Mercure hotel was established in 1973 in Saint-Witz, France. In 1975, Mercure was acquired by Accor (then Novotel-SIEH) and became Novotel's complementary midscale brand within the group. In 1989, Mercure opened its 100th hotel. In 1991, following Accor's acquisition of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, the ''Altea'' hotels acquired through this deal became Mercure hotels. Several hotel brands purchased by Accor throughout the 1990s (Parthénon, Libertel, Jardins de Paris, Frantour, All Seasons) were also rebranded into Mercure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibis (hotel)
Ibis (stylised as ibis) is a French brand of budget hotels owned by Accor. Created in 1974, Ibis became Accor's "economy megabrand" in 2011 with the rebranding of Ibis Styles and Ibis Budget from All Seasons and Etap Hôtel respectively. As of December 2019, there were 1,218 hotels under the Ibis brand (excluding Styles and Budget hotels), with 159,180 rooms in total across 70 countries. History Foundation and early years The first Ibis hotel opened in Bordeaux in 1974. It was created by the Accor group (then Novotel-SIEH) to engineer more affordable Novotels. By 1988, Ibis operated 182 hotels in France. In the USA, the first Ibis hotel opened in 1983. The chain spread through the states of Texas, Florida and Georgia. However, by the end of the 1980s, Ibis exited the US market. In the UK, by 1995, Ibis operated 8 hotels. In 1997, Ibis launched its 15-minute guarantee program which consisted in offering the stay if an Ibis hotelier could not fix a customer's issue with a room w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novotel
Novotel is a French midscale hotel brand owned by Accor. Created in 1967 in France, the company grew into what became the Accor group in 1983, and Novotel remained a pillar brand of Accor's multi-brand strategy. Novotel manages 559 hotels in 65 countries (2021). Since 2010, Novotel also includes the apartment hotel brand Novotel Suites. History From Novotel to Accor The first Novotel was launched in Lille, France, in 1967. It was inspired by American motels with comfortable rooms, a restaurant and parking. By 1970, seven Novotel hotels were in operation, and the group raised the funds to develop internationally. By 1975, Novotel opened 60 hotels in France and 13 in Europe. Novotel bought Mercure in 1975, and Sofitel in 1980. In 1981, Novotel entered the Asian market with the opening of a hotel in Singapore. Novotel reached the top 10 of hotel groups worldwide with 319 hotels. It turned into the Accor group in 1983, and was introduced to the Paris stock exchange index the ... [...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] |
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] |
Orient Express (Accor)
The ''Orient Express'' is a private luxury train service and luxury hospitality company operated by Accor. It will carry passengers between Paris and Istanbul, like the original ''Orient Express'', beginning in late 2026. ''Orient Express La Dolce Vita'' began offering journeys around Italy in April 2025. Trains ''The Orient Express'' In 2017, Accor purchased a 50% stake in the Orient Express brand from SNCF for the right to use the name. In 2018, Accor began renovation work on 17 CIWL carriages from the defunct ''Nostalgie Istanbul Orient Express'', which date back to the 1920s and 1930s, to create a modern ''Orient Express''. Two services will be operated, the Central Europe route (France, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechia) and the original route (France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey). The first service will begin in late 2026. ''Orient Express La Dolce Vita'' A total of six ''Orient Express La Dolce Vita'' trains, each accommodating 62 gue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gérard Pelisson
Gérard Pélisson (9 February 1932 – 6 March 2023) was a French hotelier and businessman who was the co-founder of the Accor Group, and president of the Institut Paul Bocuse. Biography Pelisson obtained his engineering diploma from the École Centrale Paris in 1955 and was a graduate of MIT in Boston. In September 2008, he wrote, together with Paul Dubrule, the history of the adventure of Accor Group published in the Harmony of the Accor Group by Transversales Éditions. As one of the supporters of Charles Millon, he was a Patron of the International School of Business and Development 3A in 1993. Pelisson was president of the Union des Français de l'Etranger from 1997–2023. On 27 January 2011, he delivered a press conference concerning the reasons the Accor Group left Tunisia 3 years before. In his words, he mentioned "In Tunisia, we were forced, for example, to buy for 7 million euros a run-down hotel that was completely worthless, in order to allow the bank to list ... [...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] |
