Janice Maragakis

CARROLLTON, Texas | Accor North America, one of the largest hotel chain owner and operators in North America, announces the promotion of Janice Maragakis to Vice President of Corporate Communications. Maragakis’ responsibilities include corporate communications for six Accor Brands—Motel 6, Studio 6, Red Roof Inn, Ibis, Novotel and Sofitel—in North America including Mexico and Canada. In addition to serving as Co-chair of the Accor Crisis Team, Maragakis manages Accor North America’s financial public relations and handles the Accor press hotline.

Maragakis joined Accor in 2005 as Director of Public Relations and served as Senior Director of Public Relations before her promotion to Vice President of Corporate Communications. In 2006, Maragakis, along with the entire Accor hurricane crisis group, received the Bernache Award from Accor Worldwide for their work during the 2005 hurricane season. Maragakis earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas, and prior to joining Accor, she ran her own public relations and marketing agency for 18 years and worked with clients such as Exxon Co. U.S.A., R.J. Reynolds, Acxiom and EDS.


About Accor North America

Headquartered in Dallas (Carrollton), Texas, Accor North America operates more than 1,200 upscale and economy properties including nationwide economy leaders Red Roof Inn, Studio 6 and Motel 6 and the upscale Sofitel and mid-scale Novotel and Ibis hotel locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit .

About Accor Worldwide
Accor, European leader in hotels and tourism, global leader in corporate services, operates in nearly 100 countries with 160,000 employees. It offers to its individual and corporate clients nearly 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:

  • Hotels, with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, Red Roof Inn, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands: over 4,000 hotels and 475,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenôtre;
  • Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 21 million people in 35 countries benefit from Accor Services products – meal and food vouchers, people care, incentive and loyalty programs.

Laura Rojo-Eddy
PR
+1(972) 360-5970
Accor North America