Accor to open over 60 hotels across Asia-Pacific this year
Accor will open over 60 hotels across Asia-Pacific during 2011. This will add around 11, 500 rooms to the current network of over 450 hotels in Asia-Pacific. This information was given by Michael Issenberg, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Asia-Pacific, Accor.
According to the company release, Accor is focused on China and India as core growth markets and where collectively 107 additional hotels are committed and where together the network will almost double in size in the coming few years. China (18 hotels), Thailand (nine hotels), India (seven hotels) and Indonesia (seven hotels) house the majority of company's hotels that opened during 2011.
The company also considers Indonesia as a strong market opportunity for Accor where the company has operated since 1993 and with a current network of 40 hotels throughout the archipelago. Accor also has a further 30 hotels committed to the region.
Issenberg stated, “The year 2011 has seen a strong performance by Accor in the Asia-Pacific region, where we will add more than 60 new hotels to the network constituting an additional 11,500 guest rooms. Beyond this significant accomplishment, we have signed an additional 100 new hotel contracts during the year taking our committed hotel pipeline to over 200 hotels. We anticipate robust growth activity to continue well into 2012.”
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