Articles tagged “accor”

Sustainability is increasingly tied to hotel performance, from operating costs and asset value to guest experience and talent. Accor’s Coline Pont explains how the company’s new Hosting Change strategy aims to turn those connections into measurable value.

Paid loyalty is gaining traction in Asia Pacific, where subscriptions are already a habit. Accor is treating its 485,000-member program as a revenue channel, not a discount scheme. The real test is renewals, and those are only now arriving in volume.

Accor is guiding to a flat fourth quarter globally, partly out of caution after France's recent riots and uncertainty about wars in the Middle East.

Radisson wants to double its India portfolio to 500 hotels by 2030 without buying anything. Its CEO is betting on partnerships, smaller cities and a pitch that the group is a local company rather than a global one.

Leisure demand is carrying Accor’s resorts while city hotels wait for corporate travel to return.

Accor is betting heavily on its franchise model, and the Group’s global chief franchise officer, Leire Leoz, says growth only works if owners see real value. Her focus is on hotel performance, stronger brand standards, simpler support, and giving franchisees more reasons to stay and invest again.

Hilton, Hyatt, Accor, Wyndham, and Banyan Group all agree AI should make staff better at their jobs. But they split on how to adopt it.

Major experiences players market to travelers, not locals. Can Airbnb be the exception to the rule?

Ennismore is Accor's best shot at gaining a U.S. foothold. But ambition isn't a funding plan, and CEO Sébastien Bazin hasn't yet said where the capital to expand Ennismore would come from, such as an IPO.

Accor clearly wants to grow in Asia. It just doesn’t want to do it the same way everywhere.