Accor's New Appointments In Wellington Region

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11 July 2007

Accor's New Appointments In Wellington Region

Hotel group Accor is pleased to announce several new appointments within the Wellington region, with three new General Managers and two new Business Development Managers in the Regional Sales and Marketing team.

Olivier Lacoua, former General Manager at Hotel Ibis Wellington, is now General Manager at Mercure Hotel Wellington.
Lee Pearce, former General Manager Mercure Hotel Willis Street has moved to Hotel Ibis Wellington as General Manager.
Rob Poole, former General Manager at Mercure Hotel Leisure Lodge Dunedin, is now General Manager at Mercure Hotel Willis Street.
Georgina Grey has been appointed Business Development Manager - Accor Central Region; Georgina was formerly with Qantas.
Kirsty Parkhill has been appointed Business Development Manager - Accor Central Region, Kirsty formerly held a tourism role in Morocco.

Area General Manager for Southern North Island Zayne Boon says the changes reflect an exciting time for Wellington.

"It is pleasing to see that our continual growth throughout New Zealand is providing many opportunities for our staff to develop their careers and for new team members to come on board. We expect this to continue as more hotels join the network in the near future."

Accor is the worldwide leader in hotels, tourism and corporate services, employing 170,000 people in 100 countries. . It offers to its individual and corporate clients nearly 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:

- Hotels: over 4,000 hotels (475,000 rooms) in 90 countries (including 150 hotels and resorts in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific under the brands Sofitel, Grand Mercure, Novotel, Mercure, All Seasons, Ibis and Formule 1) as well as backpacker hostels, travel agencies, restaurants and casinos;

- Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 21 million people in 35 countries benefit from Accor Services' products employee assistance programs, people care and services, incentive, loyalty programs, events, food vouchers.

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