Accor launches Suitehotel in Europe

New brand perfectly position for independent business travellers

Accor, the world’s largest hotel and tourism company, has launched a new brand on the European market with the inauguration of its first Suitehotel in Paris, near Porte de Mon treulil.

Accor plans to extend the Suitehotel concept throughout Europe by opening 50 hotels over the next four years, giving preference to sites with existing Accor brand hotels. Twenty projects are already under way in France, Germany and Austria, with 10 additional hotels planned to open during 2001-2002. These include Suitehotels at Charles de Gaulle-Roissy International Airport, the World Cup stadium at Saint Denis, Calais Coquelles (the Eurotunnel terminal), Cannes, and Vienna (Austria).

Other projects are currently being negotiated in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal.

The Suitehotel Paris-Porte de Montreuil is a three-star property with 166 individual suites, each reasonably priced at only 80 euros (US$71) a night. They are designed for individual business travellers who are looking for a place where they can relax, work, receive business clients, have meals and welcome their family.

Each suite covers 30 metres and features a sliding screen to separate dedicated living and working areas. The suites are equipped with high quality furnishings and offer space, quality, comfort and warmth.

The working area is fitted with a direct telephone line, voice messaging, two telephone handsets, a computer connection and Internet access.

All suites are equipped with microwave ovens that enables guests to warm prepared meals sold in the lobby. Bathrooms feature both individual baths and a large separate shower.

An easy-to-use, multi-function lobby is open 24 hours and has a bar, lounge, breakfast area, fitness centre and vending machines featuring renown Lenôtre ready-to-eat meals. There is also a business corner equipped a computer with broadband Internet access, printer and fax. Suitehotels do not have restaurants or meeting rooms.