Accor Hotels

French hospitality group Accor Hotels appoints former Marriott executive Ranju Alex as CEO for South Asia with plans to expand operations and open 300 hotels in India by 2030

Earlier in March, the Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), under its loyalty program, Taj InnerCircle, reached 10 million members

Gurugram-based IndiGo on Wednesday announced its plans to enter into an agreement with Accor for a loyalty programme. Both IndiGo and global hospitality major Accor offer their loyalty programmes- IndiGo Bluechip and ALL-Accor Live Limitless,-- to their customers, providing multiple benefits. The two partners have now agreed to develop a strategic collaboration through their loyalty programs, IndiGo said. IndiGo had last year, on the occasion of its 18th anniversary, rolled out the BluChip loyalty programme to its customers. "Now IndiGo moves to the next phase to strengthen its loyalty programme by exploring and developing strategic partnerships," said Pieter Elbers, CEO at IndiGo. The collaboration would allow to partner on a wide range of initiatives, such as rewards points sharing, co-branded loyalty and seamless two-way conversion, it said adding this, in turn, would enable members to earn and redeem points across flights, stays and experiences. Accor Chairman and Chief Execu

French hospitality major Accor plans to open 30 new properties in India in the next three to five years to tap the huge potential here, according to its Senior Vice President Operations, India and South Asia, Puneet Dhawan. The hotel chain, which has nine brands in India out of 40 from its global portfolio, will also consider introducing more brands in the country to cater to different segments of customers here. "Currently our pipeline is about 30 signed contracts...These are expected (to be operational) in the next three to five years," Dhawan told PTI when asked about the company's expansion plans in India. These properties will be developed by local partners and run by Accor under its existing nine brands in India, including Fairmont, Novotel, Mercure and Pullman, among others. The investments on these new properties will be done by the partners. Some of the cities where the new properties will come up include New Delhi, Chandigarh, Mohali, Bhubaneswar and Amritsar. The ...

India still needs to catch up with other markets in terms of the rates the hotels command. He also touches upon the expansion plans

Accor India COO says the firm has 17 new projects in the pipeline with three hotels opening this year

French hospitality major Accor that operates hotels under Pullman and Novotel brands in India, is offering flat discounts on bookings

Spurring the growth is an early joint venture that Accor forged with Interglobe Enterprises, the parent company of aviation carrier Indigo Airlines, in 2008, and has since launched 17 Ibis hotels toge

In a very short span, the Ritesh Agarwal-founded start-up has emerged South Asia's largest hospitality chain valued at $5 billion having its presence in 10 countries

In India, Accor Hotels is a fairly new brand compared to the other hospitality players and with this decade-long presence we have been able to establish a successful portfolio across segments