Accor signs management agreement for Mercure Johor Bahru

Accor has signed a management agreement for the Mercure Johor Bahru, adding Malaysia to the brand’s fast growing network in Asia.

The 143-room hotel is currently operating as M-Suites Hotels, managed by Mercure, and will be launched as Mercure Johor Bahru after completing a renovation programme to bring the hotel up to brand standards.

Once completed the Mercure Johor Bahru will offer guests two restaurants and two bars, a large swimming pool with snack bar and health and fitness centre. The hotel ballroom and six additional meeting rooms cater to the area’s growing corporate meetings market.

According to Accor Asia Pacific Managing Director Michael Issenberg, the expanding Mercure brand network around Asia gives Mercure Johor Bahru a market advantage in Malaysia’s competitive hotel sector.

“Johor Bahru is the main entry point for Singaporeans traveling to Malaysia. The hotel will be well positioned to attract both leisure travellers on weekends and meetings business from major multi-national companies with regional offices in Singapore.”

Commenting on the agreement, Mudra Resources Sdn Bnd Managing Director, Datuk Abdul Rahman, said Accor’s Mercure brand would help attract more overseas business to the hotel, “Accor’s global sales and distribution network, together with Mercure branding, will raise the hotel’s profile and distinguish it from the competition in Johor Bahru. We believe our staff will also benefit from Accor training opportunities and the opportunity to be part of an international hotel group.”

Accor has aggressively expanded its Mercure brand in Asia Pacific the last two year with over 50 hotels currently under operation around the region. In Thailand Accor launched Grand Mercure Park Avenue on Sukhumvit Road this month, Grand Mercure Fortune Bangkok in September and Mercure Pattaya in July 2005.

See other recent news regarding: Accor, Mercure, Johor Bahru