AccorHotels wins Best Global Hotel Chain at TTG Asia Travel Awards 2016

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AccorHotels has just named the Best Global Hotel Chain at the TTG Travel Awards 2016. This is the second consecutive year that AccorHotels has won the award and be sure to update yourself on the upcoming Le Club AccorHotels changes that are happening next year! Chairman and CEO Sebastien Bazin also won the award for being the Travel Personality of the Year. 

AccorHotels - Best Global Hotel Chain 2016

AccorHotels - Best Global Hotel Chain 2016

Bazin, who has served on the AccorHotels board since 2005 and was named Chairman & CEO in August 2013, has been credited with dramatically transforming the Group, initiating a major digital revolution, implementing bold acquisitions including the FRHI network, expanding into new businesses including private home rentals, introducing a new name and vision and opening up AccorHotels’ distribution channels to independent operators, as well as this week announcing a new brand, Jo&Joe that will completely disrupt the usual hospitality codes, blending the best of private-rental, hostel and hotel formats, designed to meet the expectations of millennials and those who value sharing and spontaneity. Bazin has not only improved the Group’s financial performance since taking the reins, but has created a new culture that encourages innovation, agility and accountability.

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