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June 19, 2014

First of Nine OKKO HOTELS in France Now Open with Mobile Key by OpenWays

To simplify the guest experience, the new-construction, four-star OKKO HOTELS brand in France will be featuring Kaba Saflok RT™ RFID guestroom door locks with Mobile Key by OpenWays built-in. The OKKO HOTELS Nantes Chateau is the first of nine properties to go live with the integrated solution. The new Paris-based brand (created by Olivier Devys, former manager at Accor group with the support of Paul Dubrule, co-founder of the Accor group) blends design and technology with prime urban locations to meet the needs of today's modern travelers.

June 18, 2014

Serge Ethuin has been named General Manager at Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris

One of Europe’s best-known hoteliers, Serge moves from Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts to take up the position in Paris with immediate effect. Serge has over seventeen years of professional experience as General Manager internationally. He started his career with Hilton, initially in his native France - Paris, Strasbourg and Orly – before moving on to Rome and the UK. He assumed his first posting as General Manager in 1997 in Madagascar, followed closely by Rome and Paris again, before moving in 2008 to Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria, where he has been Managing Director for the past six years.

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June 13, 2014

Renaissance Hotels Opens Rural Retreat in the Outskirts of Paris

Renaissance Hotels, the hotel brand designed to help guests Live Life to Discover, announced today its latest addition in France. The 110-room Renaissance Paris Hippodrome de St Cloud Hotel will open on 24 June 2014 and is located in the grounds of Paris' most prestigious private leisure club, the Paris Country Club. Surrounded by lush green and tranquil countryside and just 15 minutes by car from downtown Paris, the hotel is also close to the St Cloud Hippodrome horse racing track and offers an ideal escape from city life. Download images.

June 6, 2014

Accor accelerates its digital transformation with Web 2.0 internal communication platform

Accor has completed another stage in its digital revolution with the transformation of its collaborative systems by launching a Web 2.0 internal communication platform that combines a new generation intranet site - AccorLive, and a corporate social network - AccorLounge, for its 170,000 employees worldwide.

Press Release Development

June 5, 2014

New citizenM hotels in Paris and New York

With its first stateside property, the award-winning Dutch hotel group citizenM brings its unique brand of smart, design-savvy hospitality to the heart of New York City. To the city that never sleeps, citizenM New York is here to help! The 230-room property, in the heart of midtown Manhattan, opened its doors in May. The hotel upends all the Times Square tourist-trap clichés with its stylish fusion of high design, cutting-edge technology and unequalled comfort.

Press Release Markets & Performance

June 5, 2014

French Hotel Industry Performances - April 2014

Further to a difficult first trimester, the French hospitality industry recovered in April. National occupancy progressed by 2% to 6%, as did RevPAR. Average rates were still under pressure, although to a lesser extent than in previous months. Another positive point: this was felt throughout most of the country and not just in a few specific areas. The slight improvement in the economy was behind this albeit fragile growth, which has nonetheless raised hopes for a recovery.

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Opinion Article Sales & Marketing

June 3, 2014

Digital optimizes, but the product wins loyalty!

Today innovation lies at the heart of consumer expectations and how could it be otherwise? Brainwashed by advertising for increasingly intelligent cars, increasingly efficient smartphones, increasingly connected household appliances, for consumers it is only natural for all the objects and services in their daily lives to integrate new technologies, efficient energy consumption, improved comfort and security. So why should the hotel industry be any different? Why would their expectations be lesser? What's happening in hospitality, they ask themselves?

By Georges Panayotis, President & Founder of MKG Group & Hospitality ON, Hospitality ON

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May 25, 2014

Hallard Jean Stéphane has been appointed as Financial Director at The Peninsula Paris

Jean Stéphane HALLARD IMHI 1998 has been appointed Financial Director for the Peninsula Hotel Paris. Prior to that Jean-Stéphane was Financial Director at Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile (ex Concorde Lafayette)

Opinion Article Sales & Marketing

May 23, 2014

Destination Paris... A Sleeping Beauty

In the constant competition between tourist destinations, Paris enjoys a considerable advantage that is also dangerous: that of being at the top of the list of musts for travelers venturing outside their country for the first time. Regular tourism growth worldwide thus feeds the arrivals statistics for the French capital, while simultaneously hiding weaknesses that threaten its future. TYPO3SEARCH_begin CONTENT ELEMENT, uid:75207/text [begin] Text: [begin]

By Georges Panayotis, President & Founder of MKG Group & Hospitality ON, Hospitality ON

Supplier News Technology

May 19, 2014

Tourico Holidays Celebrates 20 Years of Business in France

Tourico Holidays, a global leader in wholesale travel brokerage, today announced that it has partnered with Hilton Worldwide to host the first ever Paris TH Live! – an excursion boat dinner cruise on the Seine River, intended to honor Tourico's France-based partners. The cruise, taking place on Tuesday, May 27th at 19:30, is one of 20 partner events Tourico will host around the world, as a part of a year-long celebration of its two decades of global partner success.

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External Article Sales & Marketing

May 8, 2014

Restaurant Reservation Service LaFourchette Gobbled Up By TripAdvisor For $140M | techcrunch.com

European restaurant reservation service LaFourchette — the so-called OpenTable of France — has entered into agreement to be acquired by NASDAQ-listed travel site TripAdvisor, with whom it already had a partnership. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. However, sources tell TechCrunch that the price is actually ~$140 million (€100 million) in an all cash deal. The company had previously raised around $15 million in VC.

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May 7, 2014

Pentahotel Lands at Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport

The airport's latest on-time arrival is pentahotels' first touch-down in France. The 180-room property, like all pentahotels, is designed with cool urban vibe and casual comfort, where weary travellers can exhale, chill and get an injection of energy and style.

Press Release Markets & Performance

May 5, 2014

French Hotel Industry Performances - March 2014

After an uncertain beginning to the year, March amplified the drop in French hotel industry activity. The first trimester 2014 thus finished on a worrying note: rooms revenue in general dropped by 1% to 5% depending on the category. Occupancy continued to drop, while the 3 point rise in VAT could not be passed on to professionals.

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Opinion Article Sales & Marketing

April 18, 2014

Roots, but wings as well….

It's an old proverb… No man is prophet in his own land. French politicians expound about France's good performances on the global tourism scene, but refrain from giving the country the means to develop further and to renew a supply that continues to shrink as the years go by.

By Georges Panayotis, President & Founder of MKG Group & Hospitality ON, Hospitality ON

Press Release Markets & Performance

April 3, 2014

French Hotel Industry Performances - February 2014

The month of February saw mixed results. At the national level, occupancy and average rates dropped slightly, without, however, entirely collapsing. The Luxury segment was the only one to stay on course, posting positive results. Paris - usually spared from downturns - did not manage to escape during February. Conversely, other destinations benefited from bright spells, giving rise to contrasted results.

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External Article Sales & Marketing

April 3, 2014

Global Lodging Forum 2014: What is the role of innovation in brand differentiation?

Hotel innovation has been at the core of discussions at the Global Lodging Forum, particularly during the first panel on Tuesday, March 18, entitled "What is the role of innovation in brand differentiation?". Opinions from Bernard BASTIDE Marketing Manager Building Automation System, Legrand, Christoph HOFFMANN, President & CEO, 25Hours Hotel Germany, Geoffray MAUGIN, VP Marketing & Digital, Sofitel Worldwide, Marco FANTON, Global Social Media Director, Melia Hotels International, Olivier HARNISCH, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Carlson Rezidor/Rezidor Hotel Group, Serge TRIGANO, Co-Founder, Mama Shelter.

March 24, 2014

Ibis, winner of the Award for Development - Global Lodging Forum 2014

For the second year in a row, Ibis was rewarded for the dynamic growth of its hotel infrastructure in Europe at the 18th Global Lodging Forum where it received the Development Trophy. At the gala evening event of the Global Lodging Forum, organized in the rooms of the Bristol Hotel in Paris, the Accor Group, through its "megabrand" Ibis was distinguished once again for the breadth of its development in Europe.

March 18, 2014

Christophe Mercier has been appointed as General Manager at W Paris Opera

Avec 25 années d'expérience dans le management hôtelier, Christophe Mercier prend la direction de l'hôtel W Paris Opéra. Il a ainsi pour ambition de renforcer le positionnement 5 étoiles de l'établissement, avec notamment l'inauguration d'une nouvelle salle de réunion, le redéploiement des suites, ou encore l'ouverture d'un nouveau restaurant. Christophe Mercier a intégré le groupe Starwood Hotels & Resorts en 1991 en tant que responsable commercial des conférences et banquets au Prince de Galles. Sa carrière s'est par la suite tournée vers l'international dans des destinations comme San Francisco, Hawaï ou Venise. Avant de devenir directeur général du W Paris Opéra, Christophe Mercier était Resident Manager de l’hôtel Danieli de Venise.

Press Release Sales & Marketing

March 7, 2014

Accor launches an online solution that simplifies leisure group bookings for up to 60 people

Accor offers its partners in the tourism industry (travel agencies, tour operators, coach holiday operators, etc.) a dedicated digital solution that will allow them to book rooms directly for groups of 15 to 60 people (8 to 30 rooms). This service, which is very user friendly and designed like a booking engine for the general public, allows users:

Press Release Markets & Performance

March 5, 2014

French Hotel Industry Performances - January 2014

January was not a good month for the French hotel industry, as RevPAR declined. Although business did not fall dramatically, RevPAR stagnated at best, and dropped by almost 5% at worst. Never a good month for French hotels, occupancy and average rates are often low in January – a situation not helped by the current economic climate. All the same, this is the third year in a row that January's performances have dropped in comparison to the previous year (1). In short, the decline in January 2014 – although moderate – only serves to prolong a difficult situation. Rather worryingly, Parisian hotels also posted a drop in RevPAR. Although the Luxury segment managed to increase rooms revenue by +2.7%, this remained an exception.

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