Accor Group obtained the first place in the category Exceptional Hospitality Hygiene & Safety Measures. The award celebrates the successful conception, implementation and roll-out of the ALLSAFE label throughout Accor’s network. Accor was the first to market with a comprehensive and independently audited cleanliness protocol, developed in consultation with Bureau Veritas in April 2020. The ALLSAFE label represents Accor’s elevated cleanliness protocols and standards and provides assurance that these standards have been met in hotels across the world.
Mercure Timisoara, the group’s first hotel in Timisoara, opened last year in October, was awarded Best Investment in Innovation and Technology, for its cutting-edge digital services and Breeam Outstanding Certification. The hotel also won the 3rd place in the Hotel Opening of the Year category.
ibis Styles Bucharest City Center, the first hotel to be launched in Romania last year, straight after lockdown, won the 2nd place in Hotel Opening of the Year category. More so, the hotel’s exceptional team leader, Alina Vlădulescu, was awarded the title of Hotel Manager of the Year.
Călin Ile, General Manager of ibis Timisoara, was recognized in the Industry Hero award, for his activity within the Romanian Hospitality Industry Federation (FIHR), over the past year.
“The awards we received at the TopHotels Gala recognize the passion, resilience, creativity and dedication of the Accor team. We stood by our partners day by day, over the past year and we are glad to see our work and theirs recognized. The awards demonstrate the importance of a people-first approach. People – our talents, our partners and our guests – are the most important part of our business and this has been integral to our work throughout the last year. As the world and sector start to recover, Accor remains committed to developing our business, teams and hotels with people, audacity and dedication at the heart of everything we do. As we look to the future we are proud of the work and commitment of each of our hotel teams and share our congratulations with the TopHotel award winners within Accor and across the sector.” said Sabina Bartyzel SVP Operations Accor Eastern Europe.
After one year of unprecedented challenges, TopHotel Awards organized a special Gala edition to honor the courage to start and continue investing in the hospitality industry. The event also rewarded teams and people who have inspired and persevered, having the courage to try something new and get involved in a different and positive way between January 2020 and May 2021. The event brought together hotels and the Romanian tourism community to reward them and give recognition to the work and efforts made in recent months.