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Sensing an opportunity in Covid-19 pandemic adversity, the accor Group is looking at growing its presence in India at a faster rate than planned earlier. The France-based hospitality major currently has 51 properties in India and 30 more are slated to open in the next five years.

French hospitality major accor will densify its India portfolio by adding nine new hotels across mid-scale and economy categories to the existing 54 hotels with 10,000 rooms in the country. Over the next two years, accor will add over 1,300 keys to its Novotel and ibis brands in the country.

Marriott International achieved a record signing of 42 deals in South Asia, securing 7,000 rooms and pushing the pipeline to nearly 20,000 rooms by year-end. In key markets like Hyderabad and Mumbai, Marriott saw an 11% growth in revenue per available room. New luxury properties and expansion into Tier 2 and 3 cities are on the horizon.

French hospitality major accor is consolidating its operations in India by buying out its minority shareholder in accor Radhakrishna Corporate Services (ARCS), a company that sells meal vouchers and prepaid service cards.

accorHOTELS-SARKOZY/ (PIX):Former French president Sarkozy joins accorHotels' board

accorHOTELS-SARKOZY:Former French president Sarkozy joins accorHotels' board

The expansion aims to tap into the country's vast potential and cater to different customer segments. The new properties will be developed by local partners and operated under accor's existing nine brands, which include Fairmont, Novotel, and Mercure.

The first Raffles hotel will be located on an island amid Udaipur’s lush Udaisagar lake and will open in mid-2020. The second will be ready by 2022 in Jaipur, said accor’s global chairman and CEO Sébastien Bazin here on Wednesday.

Sebastien Bazin, chairman and CEO of Europe’s biggest hotel group accor, is one of those rare ‘insider-outsider’ executives helming a global giant. In his earlier avatar as a private equity honcho, Bazin served on the board of accor for nine years, representing its largest investor Colony Capital.

French hospitality major accor Group has been approached by several unaffiliated hotels in India in the past few months, as part of the flight to safety of brands seen during Covid. accor, which will open India’s first Raffles in Udaipur next Monday (August 2), will soon have 55 properties in the country, says 2022 will be a “hectic time in having hotels join the network.”

NEW DELHI: Nearly a decade after checking out of India, French hospitality major accor on Tuesday announced its re-entry into the Indian market by setting up twin joint ventures for developing and managing economy hotels across the country and South Asia.

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New Delhi, Mar 17 () Global hospitality major accor Hotels plans to add 20 properties across India in the next three to five years as it adopts an asset-light strategy going forward and mulls bringing new brands to the country.