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October 2012 will mark a surge in the Group’s development in the United Kingdom, with four new establishments (Novotel, Mercure, ibis) opening their doors in London in the next few weeks. The UK capital’s status as a tourist and commercial hub was a decisive factor in the strategic
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Accor has signed a?partnership with the management hospitality school ?Ecole H?teli?re de Lausanne??which has several objectives:?strengthening the quality of education?of the school with the expertise Accor,?enriching the best practices between the two partners?and?facilitating the integration of the graduates?in the Accor
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One year after announcing its economy-hotel ?Big-Bang?, Accor has unveiled the full scope of the ibis revolution, which it has rolled out simultaneously in 56 countries, in record time. This project involved reviewing economy hotel codes in depth, renewing more than 100,000 beds, honing an all new
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The Japanese group JCBI, via its payment brand JCB, and HanaTour, the largest South Korean travel company, have both just signed major partnerships with Accor. These agreements illustrate the Group’s intention to constantly improve its response to the specific demands of local and international travellers. Direct connectivity agreement with
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This milestone highlights the importance of region as a?driver of growth for the Group Accor, the largest international hotel operator in Asia-Pacific, today revealed that it now operates over 100,000 rooms in the region, with the opening of ibis Hong Kong Central and Sheung Wan. Accor AsiaPacific
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What does SoLoMo mean? Well, it means ?Social Local Mobile?. Basically, it?s when a tourist with nothing but a bottle of water and a Smartphone, consults the social networks as soon as he/she arrives in a new location. It?s a simple way for tourists to obtain information
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In August, a selected number of GMs in Thailand have been invited to improve their skills and expertise during a one day Development Center organized by the Academie Accor. This session includes on line reasoning skill and personality tests, simulations and group activities. At the end of the session, each
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Accor announces that its half-year financial report for 2012 is now available. This document may be viewed of the ?Finance? page, under the heading ?Financial Library / Regulated Information? on?the Accor website : 1 (http://www.accor.com/en/finance/financial-library/regulatedinformation/half-yearly-financial-report.html) 1
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Record expansion and increased asset-light target: 80%(1)?of the portfolio to be managed or franchised by end-2016 * Solid growth in revenue, up 3.6% like-for-like(2) to ?2,717 million * Strong improvement in EBIT, up 10.1% like-for-like to ?212 million * Sharp increase
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And then there were two in Hong Kong! Ibis has recently opened its second hotel in this archipelago that has been dubbed the Pearl of the East. It was an exciting challenge and the ibis teams in this uncannily buoyant part of the world pulled it off. This hotel is
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For the first time, Sofitel is to open its doors in Casablanca, Morocco’s economic capital, with Sofitel Casablanca Tour Blanche. The glass building designed by Belgian architect Patrick Gu?nard reflects the breath of modernity that the country’s largest city is currently experiencing. Situated at the heart of
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It’s trendy, everyone’s talking about it, and more important, it’s responsible: sustainable tourism is the new way of traveling. But it doesn’t necessarily mean camping out under the stars ? responsible travel can be comfortable and, even better, affordable. Here are a few tips for getting it