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Accor
Image:Accor Logo.jpg
Type: Public (Euronext: AC)
Founded: 1967
Headquarters: Evry, France
Key people: Gilles Pélisson, Chief Executive Officer
Industry: Hospitality
Products: Travel
Tourism
Corporate services
Revenue: € 7.123 billion (2004)
Employees: 168,000
Website: www.accor.com

Accor (Euronext: AC) is a large French multinational corporation, part of the CAC 40 index, whose main business is running chains of hotels and restaurants. These include, starting from the most luxurious ones, Sofitel, Novotel, the Mercure Network including Dorint, Libertel, Orbis Hotels, Parthenon Apartments and All Seasons, Ibis and many other, lower profile chains located in the USA and in Canada including Motel 6 and Red Roof Inns. Image File history File links Accor_Logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Évry is a city in France, préfecture (capital) of the Essonne département. ... Gilles Pélisson is a famous French businessman. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. ... El Nido, Philippines Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Website - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... A multinational corporation (MNC) or multinational enterprise (MNE) or transnational corporation (TNC) or multinational organization (MNO) is a corporation/enterprise that manages production establishments or delivers services in at least two countries. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sofitel is a French hotel chain owned by Accor. ... Novotel Logo Novotel is a chain of hotels owned by the Accor group. ... Ibis is a continental hotel company, owned by Accor hotels. ... Motel 6 is a large budget motel chain in the United States and Canada. ... Red Roof Inn is a hotel chain in the United States, owned by Accor Hotels. ...


All Seasons hotels are mainly in Australia, Dorint and Orbis in Central Europe, and Parthenon Apartments in Brazil. Accor also runs cooking schools, travel companies and casinos. Ticket Restaurant and Luncheon Vouchers are run by them also. Regions of Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ... The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey. ... The Luncheon Voucher (LV) is a paper ticket used by some employees in the United Kingdom to pay for meals in private restaurants. ...


The company is generally considered the world's largest hotielier but also receives frequent criticism for its treatment of staff (especially immigrant workers from developing countries), its culture of anti-trade unionism, and the upmarket hospitality industry's common tendency toward workplace bullying in the form of rumor-mongering or smear campaigns against employees, sub-contractors and all who does not agree to or follow Accor's every wish and command.

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Brands

Accor Hotels

The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Motel 6 is a large budget motel chain in the United States and Canada. ... Red Roof Inn is a hotel chain in the United States, owned by Accor Hotels. ... Formule 1 Logo Hotel Formule 1 is an international chain of super low budget or no frills hotels owned by the Accor Group. ... Etaps new Logo (post-2000) Etaps Old Logo (pre-2000) but still in use Etap is a European chain of basic-service budget hotels owned by the Accor Group, they cost less than €50 per night. ... Ibis Logo Ibis is a continental hotel company, owned by Accor hotels. ... Suitehotel Logo Suitehotel is a chain of 3-star luxury hotels owned by the Accor Group, it is a relatively new chain with only a few hotels. ... Novotel Logo Novotel is a chain of hotels owned by the Accor group. ... Sofitel is a French hotel chain owned by Accor. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Carlson Wagonlit. ...

Famous hotels

Poster advertising the hotel from the 1920s The Hydro Majestic Hotel is located in Medlow Bath, New South Wales. ... The Dorint Hotel Tower, Augsburg The Dorint Hotel Tower is the best-known high-rise building in the German city of Augsburg and visible throughout the city. ... Poster advertising the Orient Express Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. ...

External links

  • Accor web site


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Gaz de France is a French company which specializes in the transportatino and distribution of natural gas. ... Groupe Danone SA is an international food products company with its central headquarters in France, specializing in dairy products, especially famous for its yoghurt. ... The LOréal Group Euronext: FR0000120321, headquartered in Clichy, France, is the worlds leading cosmetics and beauty company. ... Lafarge (Euronext: LG, NYSE: LR) is a French industrial company specializing in five major products: Cement, construction aggregates, concrete, gypsum wallboard, and roofing tile. ... Lagardère SCA is a large French group of companies, diversified in publishing and aerospace, formerly known as Matra. ... LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. (Euronext: MC), usually shortened to LVMH, is a French holding company and the worlds largest luxury goods conglomerate. ... Michelin (full name: Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) (Euronext: ML) based in Clermont-Ferrand, France in the Auvergne région of France, is primarily a tyre manufacturer. ... Pernod Ricard is a French company producing alcoholic beverages. ... PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) is a vehicle company that owns the marques Peugeot and Citroën. ... PPR is a French multinational holding company specializing in retail shops and luxury brands. ... Publicis Groupe is a multinational advertising and communications company based in France. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors and trucks. ... St. ... Sanofi-aventis (Euronext: SAN, NYSE: SNY), headquartered in Paris, France, is the worlds third largest company in the pharmaceutical industry behind Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline but above Johnson & Johnson, Merck, AstraZeneca and Novartis. ... Schneider Electric is a large, worldwide company of French Origin. ... Société Générale (Euronext: GLE) is one of the main banks in France (one of the three oldest). ... STMicroelectronics is an international leading supplier of semiconductors. ... SUEZ (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE) is a leading French-based multinational corporation, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. ... This article concerns the media and entertainment company. ... Total SA (Euronext: FP, NYSE: TOT) is a French oil company headquartered in Paris, France, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Royal Dutch Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil). ... VINCI (Euronext: DG) is a French construction company, formerly called Société Générale dEnterprises. ... Veolia Environnement SA is a leading French-based company with activities in four main areas - water, waste management, energy and transport services. ... Vivendi was the name of a French company, which merged in 2000 with Canal+ television networks and the Canadian company Seagram, the owner of Universal Studios film company, to become Vivendi Universal. ...


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Accor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (146 words)
Accor (Euronext: AC) is a large French multinational corporation, part of the CAC 40 index, whose main business is running chains of hotels and restaurants.
These include, starting from the most luxurious ones, Sofitel, Novotel, the Mercure Network including Dorint, Libertel, Orbis Hotels, Parthenon Apartments and All Seasons, Ibis and many other, lower profile chains located in the USA and in Canada including Motel 6 and Red Roof Inns.
Accor also runs cooking schools, travel companies and casinos.
Accor North America (204 words)
L'esprit ACCOR is the art of blending skills, of combining traditions of the past with the modern innovation, adding the generosity, discipline, imagination and warmth which can carry our work to a higher level of excellence.
The men and women of ACCOR have inherited a unique cultural legacy: the sense of hospitality, the unfailing ability to anticipate and meet the needs of their guests, with genuine attention to detail.
ACCOR people know techniques and practices which mark the everyday with a sense of style and turn simple services into real experiences for the guest.
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