Accor to add 9 hotels

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Accor Group will expand its portfolio in the Philippines with a record-setting nine new hotels signed this year

The hotel operator in a statement said the accelerated expansion plan will boost its presence from eight hotels with 2,127 rooms to 22 hotels with over 5,500 rooms within the next five years.

The nine new hotels signed represent an additional 2,155 rooms, increasing the group’s total pipeline to 14 new hotels in the Philippines with over 3,400 new rooms.

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The 14 new properties include the introduction of six brands which will make their debut in the Philippines including — Pullman Living, MGallery, Swissí´tel, Novotel Living and Ibis Styles.

The Philippines is already home to Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel, Mí¶venpick, Novotel and Mercure brands.

The world’s first Pullman Living and Novotel Living properties announced in Manila earlier this year reinvent the serviced apartment concept combining social spaces and modern dining.

“With nine hotels signed to date in the Philippines, we have doubled the existing portfolio in just over nine months, and expect to add two more hotels with a combined 500 rooms by the end of 2019. We have further diversified our brand offering with the introduction of six Accor hotels and extended stay brands into the country,” said Andrew Langdon, Accor’s senior vice president of Development – Asia.

With 38 brands within its portfolio, Accor is on a rapid expansion phase, particularly in the luxury and lifestyle sectors across the Asia Pacific region.

Patrick Basset, Accor chief operating officer for Upper Southeast & Northeast Asia and the Maldives said the Philippines is a market with great potential with travel and tourism industry the fastest-growing sector in the country.

Accor has the largest pipeline in Asia Pacific and opened 128 hotels in the region last year.

The group opens, on average, a new hotel every 36 hours globally and in Asia Pacific opens a new hotel every three days.

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