Articles tagged “accor”

The appeal is in diversifying across multiple income streams: students, extended-stay, traditional brief hotel stays, and coworking.

Accor has been in India for two decades but has been slow to gain traction. Now it's focused on expansion and building out the structure to support the growth.

The fact that it took Accor and IndiGo more than a year to roll out their loyalty partnership suggests there is a larger ambition to this than just swapping points.

Mass-market operators built all-inclusive on price and volume. Ennismore is trying to prove its lifestyle brands can carry the format upmarket.

Sébastien Bazin left four or five doors open for Ennismore in June. He now looks to be walking through one.

The two companies tout 430 million loyalty members between them. The test is how many actually book.

Accor’s real prize isn’t more hotels. It’s a direct line to H World’s 310 million loyalty members.

On this episode of Suite Success, host Katie Cline sits down with Omer Acar, CEO of Raffles and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts.

Accor's AI strategy spans discovery, distribution, loyalty, and operations, but its boldest bet is the one focused on people. The company believes automating the invisible half of hotel work is what will let the visible half feel more human.

CEO Sébastien Bazin said an Ennismore IPO is "one of four or five" possible fates for the lifestyle joint venture. In M&A-speak, that means Accor's board hasn't decided yet.