Accor Launches Special Promotion to Celebrate Becoming Etihad Guest Partner with Le Club Accorhotels

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 2nd, 2013: ME NewsWire–Accor, the world's leading hotel operator, has launched a special promotion for its members to celebrate becoming a partner with the Etihad Guest loyalty program.

Etihad Guest members, who are also members of Le Club Accorhotels, Accor's loyalty program, will earn triple Etihad Guest Miles while staying in one of Accor's 1000 hotels located around the world.

The triple miles are an added benefit to travellers who will also earn Le Club Accorhotels points which can be converted to Etihad Guest miles by registering on accorhotels.com and selecting Etihad Guest as their earning preference. The offer will run until the 31August 2013.

Commenting on the launch, Christophe Landais, Managing Director for Accor Middle East said, “Etihad Guest's award-winning program mirrors the level of service we continually seek to offer guests of Accor hotels worldwide.

“We are delighted to be associated with such a prestigious airline in this new accrual partnership.”

Accor's guest program, Le Club Accorhotels is an entirely web-based, free and worldwide program that gives members access to benefits at any of the 2 600 participating Accor  hotels such as Sofitel, MGallery, Pullman, NovotelMercure, Suite Novotel, Adagio, and Ibis .

With over 2 million Etihad Guest members worldwide, the partnership is an exciting new step for Accor as they continue their extensive expansion both here in the region and abroad.

Accor hotels can be found across 92 countries with more than 3,500 hotels and 450,000 rooms.

Within the Middle East, Accor is one of the fastest growing hospitality groups. The Group's regional portfolio includes a total of 59 operational hotels with 13,650 rooms in ten countries with the intention to meet their midway target of 100 hotels in 25 cities and 10 different countries by 2015

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