Accor provides a set of unique skills and solutions for all partners
Traveler guests but also local guests expect spaces that are modern, vibrant, open to the city, where they can work, play, eat, and relax. At Accor, we are breaking with the codes of the traditional hotel industry to design innovative spaces and atmospheres while guaranteeing ever higher health standards. We believe that our hotels have a role to play in improving our communities working and living conditions in their respective neighbourhoods.
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Expertise
By combining global experience with local knowledge, Accor’s strategy is to build brands offering the best experience to our clients, performance to our partners and profitability to our investors.
Accor Design, Technical Services
& Innovation
We provide comprehensive project support at each stage of the process, while ensuring compliance with brand standards and reducing environmental impact. From the planning, design and construction to the hand-over of our partners project, we accompany them in realizing their hotel projects.
A major achievement
Accor Design & Technical Services teams worked hand-in-hand with exceptional designers as well as the hotel team on the Fairmont Royal York refurbishment in order to show off the hotel’s new identity and position it as a true landmark in Toronto.
Concepts
We create design concepts for our brands, introducing flexibility through multiple programming options, unique space arrangements, and modern styles. Our goal is to offer the hotel experience not only to travelers but also to local guests in unique and inviting properties.
Flexibility is the core of Novotel’s design strategy. Focused on delivering personalized guest experiences, Novotel’s design strategy adapts to market needs, length of stays, and location, with varying levels of investment. Featuring multifunctional spaces that effortlessly transition from work to leisure, along with diverse services and a comfortable atmosphere, Novotel reshapes hospitality through four distinct concepts: RF Studio, Metro, Sundukovy Sisters, and Hypothesis – showcasing innovation and adaptability.
ibis budget‘s design strategy transcends the outdated stigmas associated with the super-economic segment, transforming its hotels into smart and comfortable basecamps for both travelers and locals alike. The motto is to achieve maximum impact within minimum investment. With the Reboost concept multifunctional design elements and accessible self-service facilities, ibis budget offers vibrant social hubs and inclusive rooms.
ibis has given way to more flexibility through a new design strategy and new design concepts created by talented design studios worldwide. Investors can choose among 3 design concepts the one that best meets their expectations: Agora, Plaza and Square.
My Mövenpick Market Place is the lobby concept created for Mövenpick brand. Imagined like a market, this concept offers several areas where guests (travelers and locals) can eat a variety of local products all day long, work, meet and relax.
The contemporary design of Swissôtel combined with local features creates an atmosphere where guests can relax and feel at home. Sustainable design and a warm, friendly spirit make Swissôtel hotels unique places to stay.
Innovations
At Accor, innovation is a key asset to shape tomorrow’s hospitality. In a world where the ways of living change fast, we are constantly enriching our vision of reinvented hospitality, redefining the way we think spaces and services to offer our guests the best experience.
Accor has partnered with start-up Alltheway to simplify travel by transporting baggage between city centers and airports. Travelers can check in baggage at Accor hotels and other hubs in Paris, which will then be transferred to the airport. This service aims to reduce stress and carbon emissions associated with baggage while promoting sustainable travel. Accor has provided seed funding to Alltheway which plans to offer the service during major events with international expansion.
We are all different. This difference is our strength. To offer a unique experience for all our guests, whatever their differences, we have created the Smart Room. Combining the best of function and design, this room has three major advantages: a better welcome for guests, an ease of use for staff and an improved profitability for investors. You’ll discover here why it is just as simple as necessary to turn special needs rooms into Smart Rooms. This new approach to inclusive hospitality once again gives you the edge that has continuously made Accor a leader in the hotel industry.
Designed with sustainability in mind by talented designer Ora-ïto, this innovation is based on a mobile accommodation concept made of marine containers offering an immersive experience at the heart of venues and events. This innovative solution is designed with eco-friendly materials and techniques and is present in emblematic events such as Les 24 heures du Mans, We Love Green or in the mountains.
In conversation with designers
Designers are the ones who have a vision on the evolution of the society. Renowned designers who worked on major Accor projects share the way they integrate creativity, inspirations and sustainability in their work.
Neio Lucio Gonçalves de Lima, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) engineer at Riberar Engineering, has worked on more than 60 projects for Accor hotels. In this interview, Neio shares insights from his design work at Novotel ITU Terras De São José Golf & Resorts in Brazil, emphasizing the customized solutions for diverse hotel spaces, addressing energy efficiency challenges, and prioritizing guest comfort.
Meet Matthew Leavey, Head of Property at Panthers Group, the owner of Pullman Sydney Penrith. Through this interview, he highlighted not only how design creates innovative spaces to trigger social and local interactions, but also the importance of sustainability and how Accor Design & Technical Services support was as added value to open Pullman Sydney Penrith.
Marcos Cain is the designer and founder of Stickman Tribe, an agency redefining spaces and integrating sustainability for modern travelers. Explore the transformative journey of Pullman Dubai Creek City Centre’s renovation in this interview, shaped by Marcos’s creative expertise in alignment with Pullman’s interior design direction.
Introducing Yang Bangsheng, the innovative designer and founder of YANG & ASSOCIATES GROUP. In this interview, he discusses connecting hotels with local communities, cultural essence, and sustainability. Explore his integration of eco-friendly materials and Guangdong influences in Pullman Shenzhen North’s design.
Accor Design Awards
Accor Design Awards
The Accor Design Awards are a worldwide architecture & interior design students’ competition created by Accor in 2016.
The objective is to imagine tomorrow’s hospitality and support the young generation of designers.
🏆 ibis Styles Copenhagen Ørestad is a Hospitality Awards winner!
✨ As Best Economic Hotel Opening 2024, the hotel designed by Mulderblauw studio, blends urban activity with natural serenity featuring neon quotes, waterfall lighting, graffiti, illustrated wallpaper and floral carpets. Guestrooms are decorated with greens and blues, referring to the surrounding waterways and countryside.
🥇 A great achievement for ibis Styles!
@mulderblauw
#ibisstyles #ibisstylescopenhagen #accordesign
🌍 We’re thrilled to announce 25 Handwritten Collection hotels worldwide!
✨ With properties in France, Italy, Thailand, Türkiye, Australia, and the United States, Handwritten Collection continues to offer unique experiences across the world.
🏠 Each hotel has a unique design showcasing the passion of its owner and the culture of its location.
To 25 unique hotels and more to come!
@handwrittencollection
#handwrittencollection #accordesign #accor
💡 𝘜𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 🇸🇬
🌍 We are thrilled to share this innovative project crafted for Pullman Hotels & Resorts - a guestroom designed to adapt seamlessly to the dynamic needs of modern travelers.
🚀 Imagine a transformative design experience. Whether for a private dining area, a focused workspace, a fitness studio, or a serene retreat, this room has it all. Simply scan a QR code to unlock a fully customizable, multi-sensory guest experience.
@pullmansingaporeorchard
@pullmanhotels
#Hospitalitydesign #Innovation #AccorDesign #PullmanHotels #Singapore
✨ Novotel Lubumbashi’s design is an interpretation of METRO design concept for Novotel characterized by natural tones and raw materials.
🕯️Different atmospheres are showcased in the hotel, modern and warm in the restaurant and the lobby, comfortable and luminous in the guestrooms.
@novotel_lubumbashi
@novotelhotels
@metroarquitetos
#NovotelLubumbashi #Novotel #Accor #AccorDesign #Lubumbashi #DRC
✨Mercure Szczyrk Resort is a modern interpretation of the Regional Beskid style.
🌱The hotel`s interior design by Q2Studio Architectural Office showcases sensitivity to the beauty of nature with soft colors, leather, wood and plants.
🗝️All of the guestrooms feature art and patterns inspired by local craftsmanship.
@mercureszczyrk_resort
@mercurehotels
@q2studio
#mercureszczyrkresort #mercure #accordesign #accor #poland
🛋️ TRIBE Baden-Baden blends contemporary design with a touch of the city`s historic charm and refined character.
🏠 The hotel boasts a warm atmosphere, with blue, brown, and orange tones. The TRIBE Signature social hub and vibrant café-bar create the perfect space to relax or work. ✨
@tribe_badenbaden
@tribe_hotels
#tribebadenbaden #tribe #accor #accordesign
✨ Sofitel Legend Casco Viejo interior design by Lázaro Rosa-Violán, is a blend of French and Panamanian cultures with a focus on local artwork and craftmanship.
🏆 The design reminds of the rich historic past of the UNESCO district with colorful spaces and local ceramics.
@sofitellegendcascoviejo
@sofitel
@lazarorosaviolan
#sofitellegendcascoviejo #sofitellegend #sofitel #accor #accordesign
🏟️ ibis Styles Manila Araneta City recently opened with a design inspired by the famous Araneta Coliseum.
🛋️ The hotel offers a French-inspired Bistro, an interactive kitchen and colorful guest rooms - the ideal place to explore Manila vibrant city.
@ibisstyles
@ibisstylesmanilaaranetacity
#ibisstylesmanilaaranetacity #ibisstyles #accor #accordesign
🏠 Pullman Cape Town City Centre welcomes guests in a contemporary and colorful design inspired by the city’s urban atmosphere. ✨
@pullmanhotels
@pullmancapetown
#Pullmancapetowncitycentre #Pullman #Accor #Accordesign
🌟 Recently opened and designed by MIXD, Mercure London Earl’s Court blends elegance and warmth with a design showcasing a reimagined vision of traditional English style. 🗝️
@mercurelondonearlscourt
@mercurehotels
@arunrana
@MIXD
#MercureLondonEarlsCourt #Mercure #Accor #Accordesign
❄️ Nestled in the French Alps, ibis Styles Les Houches Chamonix is a warm escape with a touch of modernity.
🪵Wood is used throughout the design to amplify the alpine spirit and coziness of the hotel.
@ibisstyles
#ibisstyles #Accor #Accordesign
✨Experience Balthazar Hôtel & Spa Rennes by MGallery, an escape in the heart of Rennes city. This charming hotel is nestled in an authentic building, providing a cozy ambiance with a modern elegance.
@balthazarhotelrennes
@mgalleryhotels
#MGallery #Accor #Accordesign #Rennes #France
