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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.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUAE: Set to open in the last quarter of 2021, Raffles the Palm Dubai will be the first ultra-luxury addition to Accor’s portfolio in Dubai.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCanada: Dan McGowan has been named as general manager of the 464-room Fairmont Empress in Victoria, British Columbia. McGowan will lead the operations, performance and

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Marking the sixth hotel in the global portfolio and European flagship for Mondrian, the Shoreditch site will open this July at the former Curtain

Reading Time: 2 minutesWorldwide: Brune Poirson, former vice president of the United Nations Environment Assembly, has been named as Accor’s chief sustainability officer effective 5 May 2021. Poirson
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