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Interview: Fastbooking begins selling independent hotels on Accor's site

By Sean O'Neil | October 5, 2015

In April, Accor Hotels installed Jean-Luc Chrétien, the French hotel chain's executive VP of distribution sales and loyalty, as co-CEO of Fastbooking, a seller of software to hotels, that it had just Read More

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Data shows connection between reviews, ratings and rankings on TripAdvisor

By Kevin May | September 30, 2015

It may appear to be rather confusing (not least to consumers), but there are many factors which determine a hotel's position on TripAdvisor. As a result, online reputation management specialist Tru Read More

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Why revenue strategy must matter to the c-suite

By Viewpoints | August 18, 2015

By now, the importance of revenue management is clear to most hoteliers around the world. NB This is a guest article by Michael McCartan, managing director of EMEA for Duetto. With new intermedi Read More

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Accor is now AccorHotels and fights OTAs with open enrollment for independents

By Nick Vivion | June 3, 2015

Accor has rebranded itself into AccorHotels while also opening up its booking platform to independent hoteliers. This bold move is taking the fight to online travel agencies by giving independents Read More

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Accor acquires FastBooking, a B2B hotel tools provider

April 17, 2015

French global hotel giant Accor has taken over Fastbooking, the French market leader in helping hotels market directly to guests via the Internet, the companies revealed today. The deal has receive Read More

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OTAs vs metasearch - a collision course or room for both?

By Pamela Whitby | March 5, 2015

Freedom of choice can be a wonderful thing. But when faced with countless travel websites consumers, more often than not in search of the best deal, can be left feeling confused. NB: This is an ana Read More

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Accor and Okura hotels join TripAdvisor's instant booking

By Sean O'Neil | February 10, 2015

Accor, the world's sixth-largest hotel group by number of rooms, said that it has begun to participate in TripAdvisor's recently launched instant booking tool. Adding Accor (and its brands like Ibi Read More

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Airbnb tipped to double in size and begin gradual impact on hotels

By Kevin May | January 20, 2015

Such a statement would be expected from Airbnb itself - but the prediction comes from one of the leading financial travel analysts in Europe. In an investor note released last week, Barclays says i Read More

News / Technology

Accor Hotels: How it's adapting to mobile

By Sean O'Neil | January 9, 2015

Last October, Accor Hotels unveiled its five-year, 225 million euro plan for "reinventing the customer experience through technology." (See Tnooz's coverage.) For an update, Tnooz spoke with a few Read More

News / Online

APAC travel sweet spot: Forget the rich, here come the value-conscious

By Pamela Whitby | December 12, 2014

With the younger generation earning more and intra-APAC travel on the rise in 2014, online travel companies better be in fighting form in 2015. NB: This is a report by Pamela Whitby, editor for Eye Read More

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Melia taps Accenture for digital transformation

By Martin Cowen | December 1, 2014

Another day, another digital transformation. This time it's Europe's third biggest hotel operator Melia Hotels International, earmarking Euro 100 million over the next three years. Accenture Digita Read More

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The chess moves needed to win back customers from online travel agencies

By Viewpoints | November 7, 2014

In a rather bold announcement for a now public strategy, Accor recently announced it aims to regain power from the online travel agencies. The chain will spend $284 million over the next four years Read More

News / Technology

Digital revamp at Accor: mobile first, buys Wipolo, runs hacks

By Martin Cowen | October 30, 2014

Accor has earmarked Euros 225 million over the next five years to fund a company-wide digital transformation which covers guests, staff and hotels. The plan was launched in Paris this morning, and Read More

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Dear 2015, seven wishes for the coming year from hotels

By Pamela Whitby | October 1, 2014

If you work in hospitality you will know that in this fragmented, complicated business things are changing faster than your best barista can make a cappuccino. Among the forces driving this are fre Read More

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Ostrovok raises $12 million in latest round, brings total to $50 million

By Kevin May | June 18, 2014

Russian online hotel booking agency Ostrovok has added to its investment coffers with a further $15 million in capital. The latest injection was led by Vaizra Capital Russia and sees the co-founder Read More

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