Accor wins Best Global Hotel Chain at the TTG Travel Awards
THE REGION’S LEADING HOTEL GROUP CLINCHES FOUR PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
BANGKOK, THAILAND - For the fifth consecutive year, Accor has won Best Global Hotel Chain at the 30th Annual TTG Travel Awards Ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand. The group also celebrated Raffles Hotel Singapore which received a TTG Hall of Fame and Sofitel Legend Metropole which was awarded Best City Hotel in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Accor’s economy brand, ibis, also won Best Budget Hotel Brand for the sixth time.
The TTG Travel Awards is the most coveted and influential awards in the regions’ travel industry that honour leading organisations and individuals who consistently demonstrate a commitment towards service excellence. Winners are selected by readers of TTG trade magazines through a voting process.
“Accor has achieved some very significant milestones over the past year - launching new hotel brands, opening our 1100th hotel in Asia and announcing our brand new lifestyle loyalty programme, Accor Live Limitless (ALL). We are very proud to achieve this award as it recognises the hard work of the 300,000 people working across our hotels and corporate offices throughout the world. We are in the midst of a transformation in which we will welcome customers to live, work and play in our ecosystem of brands – we are so excited for the limitless opportunities ahead,” said Patrick Basset, Chief Operating Officer for AccorHotels Upper Southeast & Northeast Asia.
Patrick Basset has a long affiliation with Asia, moving to Thailand in 1993 to lead Accor’s flagship hotel at that time, Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square. He went on to take up various senior executive roles with Accor throughout Asia. Currently, he oversees more than 185 hotels, 41,966 rooms and 27,000 employees in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan and the Maldives.
On hand to accept the Best Budget Hotel Brand award, Ianic Menard, Vice President Sales, Marketing and Distribution for Accor Upper Southeast & Northeast Asia and the Maldives, said, “Our ibis brand continues to be a trail-blazer in the economy space. Open and welcoming to all, ibis hotels are recognised across the globe for making travel easy, affordable and fun.”
Accor is the largest and most geographically diverse hotel group in Asia Pacific. The group currently operates 39 hotel brands within its portfolio and opens one hotel every three days on average within the region. Accor opened its 1100th hotel in Asia Pacific in June 2019 with the launch of Sofitel Beijing Central.
ABOUT ACCOR
Accor is a world-leading augmented hospitality group offering unique experiences in 4,900 hotels and residences across 110 countries. The Group has been acquiring hospitality expertise for more than 50 years, resulting in an unrivaled portfolio of brands, from luxury to economy, supported by one of the most attractive loyalty programs in the world.
Beyond accommodation, Accor enables new ways to live, work, and play, by blending food and beverage with nightlife, wellbeing, and co-working. It also offers digital solutions that maximize distribution, optimize hotel operations and enhance the customer experience.
Accor is deeply committed to sustainable value creation and plays an active role in giving back to planet and community via its Planet 21 – Acting Here program and the Accor Solidarity endowment fund, which gives disadvantaged groups access to employment through professional training.
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Vice President Communications & CSR
Accor, Upper Southeast & Northeast Asia and the Maldives
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Harry Greig
Communications Manager
Accor, Upper Southeast & Northeast Asia and the Maldives
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