![Rendering of SO/ Uptown Dubai Residences [Credit: Accor] Accor targets living sector with platform launch](https://boutiquehotelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-18-at-09.18.17-800x445.png)
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Accor has launched Accor One Living, a new platform to support the development and operation of branded residences and mixed-use projects.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Mama Shelter will launch the first Mama Residences in the Business Bay Area of Dubai.

Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Accor and shipbuilding company Chantiers de l’Atlantique will launch the 220-metre-long Orient Express Silenseas in 2026.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Omer Acar has been named CEO of Raffles and Orient Express at Accor, effective 1 March 2023.
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Reading Time: 12 minutesBHN editor Eloise Hanson outlines six hotel and travel trends expected to shape the industry in 2023.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesEU: According to a recent Q3 report from Lodging Econometrics, hotel conversions across Europe stand at an all-time high of 324 hotels comprising 46,977 rooms.

Reading Time: 2 minutesCanada: Operto Guest Technologies, a provider of smart device automation, has acquired STAYmyway, a smart hospitality technology company based in Murcia, Spain.

Reading Time: 2 minutesEU: From December 2022 to early 2024, The Hoxton will open seven hotels located in some of Europe’s key cities.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: Accor has signed a management agreement with Odyssey Hotel Group and Millenium Hospitality Real Estate for a Fairmont hotel and residences in Andalusia.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: The Breakers Hotel in Long Beach, California, is to be redeveloped by owners Pacific6, and will be branded as Fairmont The Breakers, Long Beach.