![Balthazar Hôtel & Spa Rennes (France), MGallery, Accor [Credit: Philippe Louzon, Abaca Press] Accor joins Sustainable Hospitality Alliance](https://boutiquehotelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/New-Project-79-800x445.jpg)
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: The Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, an organisation which drives and guides sustainable business practices, has welcomed Accor as its latest member. Accor has more than

Reading Time: 2 minutesEU: Accor has appointed Maria Ashton as vice president of development for the chain’s luxury brands in Northern Europe. Ashton brings over 15 years of experience
![[Credit: Benjamin Brunner on Unsplash] Accor recruits for 200 UK kitchen roles](https://boutiquehotelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/New-Project-31-800x445.jpg)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Accor has created more than 400 roles across the group’s UK hotel portfolio, with around half of these vacancies in the kitchen teams. In

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Residing in the former Curtain hotel, the 120-room Mondrian Shoreditch London has opened its doors. Owned by the Reuben Brothers, the hotel’s opening marks

Reading Time: 2 minutesMaldives: Accor has signed an agreement with S Hotels and Resorts and Wai Eco World Developer to introduce SO/ Hotels & Resorts to the Maldives.
![Fairmont St Andrews is participating in the recruitment day [Credit: Accor] Accor holds recruitment day in Edinburgh](https://boutiquehotelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/New-Project-35-800x445.jpg)
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Accor has created 100 roles in Scotland following the reopening of hospitality, with hundreds more hotel positions expected later this summer in the rest

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: General manager at Fairmont San Francisco Markus Treppenhaur has announced the appointment of Kimberly Straube as the hotel’s director of operations. Straube brings more

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Phillipe Leboeuf has been named as the managing director of the new Raffles London at the OWO. The Old War Office, or OWO, is

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaldives: Amila Jeewantha Handunwala has been appointed general manager of Raffles Maldives Meradhoo, located at the southernmost reach of the Maldives. Handunwala brings over 25
![[Credit: Amy Hirschi on Unsplash] In-person meetings expected to deliver more revenue](https://boutiquehotelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/amy-hirschi-uwpo02K55zw-unsplash-800x445.jpg)
Reading Time: 2 minutesEU: Research from Accor has revealed that employees expect to make an average of 23 per cent more deals a year when attending face-to-face meetings.