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ACCOR and Ennismore Partner to Create New Lifestyle Brand

2020-11-30 by Phil Butler

The Hoxton

Accor has announced a new partnership with Ennismore, the parent company of The Hoxton hotel chain, to create an all new lifestyle brand.

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Accor Group Opens Mercure Timisoara

2020-10-13 by Argophilia Travel News

Mercure Timisoara

Last week Accor opened the Mercure Timisoara, the group’s first hotel in the western Romania city.

Tags: Accor, Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Mercure Timisoara, Romania hotels, Romania travel, Timisoara

Accor Creates Coronavirus “ALL Heartist Fund” to Aid Employees

2020-04-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sebastien Bazin

Accor Group announced last week the launch of the “ALL Heartist Fund” to help its employees affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).

Tags: Accor, Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Coronavirus 2019, Sébastien Bazin, World hotels

Accor Names New General Manager at Novotel Athenes

2019-11-21 by Argophilia Travel News

Novotel Athenes

Novotel Athenes, in the center of the Greek capital, has appointed Georgios Kritikopoulos as its General Manager.

Tags: Accor, Accor Athenes, Accor Athens, Accor Group, Georgios Kritikopoulos, Greece hotels, hotel appointments, hotel managers

Accor Shares Fall Despite Upturn

2013-08-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Accor Hotels shares fell 3.59 percent on news of the Europe leading chain’s moderate return to profitability. Accor, the sixth largest hotel chain in the world, has recently recorded a net profit of some €34 million euro.

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Accor Sells Two Hotels & Opens More

2012-08-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Accor

In News from French hotel group Accor SA, the hoteliers announced this morning their sale of two MGallery hotels. One hotel in Germany and another in the Netherlands were sold for an estimated €44 million euros. Accor also announced leasing back the hotels in a 15 year deal with an option to renew.

Tags: Accor Group, Accor Hotels, Europe hotels, German hotels, hotel sales, MGallery, Morocco hotels, Netherlands hotels

Accor Hotels’ First MGallery in Downtown Doha

2012-04-03 by Phil Butler

Accor Facebook images

Accor Group, the world’s leading hotel operator with some 4400 plus hotels in 90 countries, has just announced a deal with Qatar’s Msheireb Hospitality for operating the Msheireb Downtown Doha project., an Accor Hotels MGallery hotel in the city’s prime business district. This luxury boutique offering expands upon traditional Qatari hospitality with a truly original thematic scheduled to open in 2015.

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