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Accor grows its regional reach with signings in South Australia and Victoria
Accor is pleased to announce two new hotels have joined the network in regional Victoria and South Australia.
An existing property, The Wilpena Pound Resort (pictured) in South Australia has joined Accor’s distribution network and will operate under a management agreement with Accor, effective immediately.
The 60 room hotel and the stylish Ikara Safari Camp are located within the Flinders Ranges National Park in South Australia. The properties are a base for travellers looking to explore the ancient mountain ranges and deep geological and indigenous history all while catching a glimpse of the quintessential Australian wildlife found in this beautiful landscape. By joining Accor, the hotel and the region are set to further benefit from the group’s worldwide distribution network.
The resort features an on-site restaurant, bar and a solar-heated swimming pool, and all of the guestrooms are air-conditioned and feature private ensuites. The 15 Safari Tents also have their own ensuites and are fully air conditioned.
Accor is pleased to announce that Mercure Warragul will join the network in July 2015 under a franchise agreement.
The new build, 50-room hotel is located in the centre of Warragul which is approximately 100kms south-east of Melbourne and south of the Great Dividing Range region. The hotel will have one meeting room and charge back facilities to a restaurant and bar which will be leased to an independent operator.
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- asia pacific
- family accommodation
- hospitality
- hospitality asia
- hotels
- hotels and resorts
- resorts
- travel
- australia
- melbourne
- adelaide
- growth
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- regional
Accor, is the world’s leading hotel operator, with 470,000 rooms in 3,600 hotels across 14 trusted brands in 92 countries. The company is organized around two distinct divisions, HotelServices, which operates and franchises the hotels and HotelInvest, which is a hotel owner and investor. The Accor hotels sit in three segments from budget to luxury which are constantly reinventing their concept to satisfy the needs of business and leisure customers around the globe. Accor brands include in luxury-upscale; Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery and Grand Mercure, The Sebel, midscale; Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure and Adagio and economy; ibis, ibis Styles, ibis budget, adagio access and hotelF1. The Group boasts a powerful digital ecosystem, notably its booking portal accorhotels.com, its brand websites and its loyalty program Le Club Accorhotels.
The Group’s 170,000 employees benefit from working for a company that believes in progression and has an industry leading training program, the Accor Académie. Since its creation 45 years ago, Accor is making innovation and sustainable hospitality the focus of its strategic vision as well as of its customer-centric approach development and innovation process.
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