Accor
Accor North America’s global portfolio of brands includes Motel 6, Studio 6, Softie, Nonvoter and Ibis. The lodging company’s corporate headquarters are in Carrollton, TX.
Headlines for this brand
Motel 6 Celebrates 50-Year Milestone
Fifty years go, homebuilders Paul Greene and William Becker built their first motel on the sandy shores of Santa Barbara’s Cabrillo Beach. That no-frills property offered rooms for just $6 per night. Today, 1,100 hotels in the Motel 6 chain still offer some of the lowest rates in the nation. In fact,...
ScanINN Shortens Hotel Lines at Motel 6
Check-in lines will be shorter at Motel 6 properties with the implementation of Intellicheck Mobilisa’s ScanINN technology. Guest services representatives simply swipe a guest’s driver’s license to capture information and populate forms. ...
What’s Ahead For Hotels in 2012
2011 may not have been the hotel industry’s best year, but it sure could have been a hell of a lot worse. As we discuss in this month’s industry forecast story (starting on pg. 22), lodging demand, rate and RevPAR all improved in 2011, and this should be another year of gains. But what else is ahead for 2012 and beyond for the industry? Managing Editor Eric Stoessel and I present our thoughts on what will be the big news stories and trends in the coming 12 months...
North Dakota Is the Hottest Hotel Market
Follow the energy may be the best advice for someone looking for promising development opportunities in the U.S. hotel industry during this year and beyond. And if you follow the energy, you may end up in North Dakota, the hottest hotel market in the U.S....
Top Hotel Industry Stories of 2011
In many ways, 2011 has been a quiet year in the hotel industry. With most owners, operators and brand companies focusing on maintaining sales volumes and protecting margins, there was little time and resources for significant product initiatives, new brand development or mergers and acquisitions among chains, management companies or big ownership groups....
Motel 6 Earns Chain-Wide Green Key Certification
From cleaning rooms in natural light and using environment friendly cleaning products to energy management systems in guestrooms and more, Motel 6 and Studio 6 are scoring high in environmental sustainability. All 1,100 properties in the brand received certification, in late summer, from the Green Key Eco-Rating Program....
Shifting Strategies at Motel 6 and Studio 6
When it comes to its Motel 6 and Studio 6 brands, Accor likes to keep leadership in the family. Last month, the brands’ parent company elevated 26-year Motel 6 veteran Jim Amorosia to CEO of economy brand Motel 6 and its sister extended-stay flag Studio 6. The appointment was part of a reshuffling of Accor’s North American operations following the departure from the company of former CEO Olivier Poirot....
Accor Hotels Are Ready For Hurricane Season
At least three major hurricanes are predicted this year, according to the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center. That’s not all: If the meteorologists are right, Gulf Coast hotels may weather as many as a dozen other serious storms during the June to November hurricane season. The question, as always, is where and, thus, which hotels may be effected. ...
