Accor

Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. Its headquarters are in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, and its shares trade on Euronext Paris, where it is part of the CAC 40 index.

Accor was founded in 1967 by Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pélisson, whose company opened the first Novotel outside Lille. It took its present form in 1983, when it merged with Jacques Borel International and listed on the Paris stock exchange. Sébastien Bazin has been chairman and chief executive since August 2013. Wikipedia lists about 5,836 locations in more than 110 countries at the end of 2025, and the company’s own website describes about 5,800 hotels and resorts and over 45 brands. Wikipedia reports 2025 revenue of 5.63 billion euros.

Accor is in the news because it announced on 10 November 2026 that it had signed Novotel Jim Corbett Chhoi, a 150-key hotel in the Kumaon region that will be its first in Uttarakhand, India. The hotel is scheduled to open in 2029, according to trade reports. Accor India and South Asia, led by chief executive Ranju Alex, operates more than 75 hotels, according to Hospitality Biz India.

Sources: Wikipedia, Accor Group, Nation in Shorts report