Accor has announced the opening of its 500th hotel in the Asia Pacific region.
The Pullman Gurgaon Central Park, which also marks the debut of the upscale Pullman brand in India, takes the European hotel group’s regional inventory to almost 95,000 rooms across 16 countries.
Denis Hennequin, Accor’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented; “I am very pleased with this dual milestone for Accor in Asia Pacific, which reaffirms our position as the leading operator of hotels in this key growth market and anchors our growth ambitions for the region. It is very appropriate that we are celebrating our 500th hotel in Asia Pacific in India, which is a market that provides a significant growth opportunity for Accor building on the foundations that have been established in the country to date.”
Located in Gurgaon, a satellite city of New Delhi, Pullman Gurgaon Central Park offers 285 rooms and more than 1,500m² of meeting space.
Accor is currently undergoing a major expansion plan in Asia Pacific and aims to boost its portfolio to more than 700 hotels by 2015. In India alone, Accor expects to operate 23 hotels by year-end and 90 by 2015.
“The Asia Pacific region today is one of Accor’s strongest areas of focus, as is evidenced by our rapid pace of expansion in recent years,” said Michael Issenberg, Chairman & Chief Operating Officer of Accor Asia Pacific. “Since we commenced operations in the region in 1982, Accor’s network has grown from one hotel in Singapore to 500 hotels in 16 countries today. Two years ago we celebrated our 400th hotel in the region and the rate of expansion since has accelerated significantly as we are on track to open 100 hotels within 2012 in Asia-Pacific alone.”
Globally, Accor is now present in 92 countries with more than 4,400 hotels and 530,000 rooms.
