18.06.2026
Accor Acquires 28.9% Stake in Club Méditerranée Paris: A strategic partnership that strengthens Accor’s position in the global tourism industry
Accor has announced that it is acquiring a 28.9% equity interest in Club Méditerranée. With the acquisition, Accor will become the core shareholder in Club Méditerranée, which enjoys forefront brand identity and expertise in the leisure segment.

By becoming Club Méditerranée’s core shareholder, with the full support of its management, Accor will help the company to strengthen its profitability. Accor’s position as an industry leader in Europe and a major force in global tourism will also enable Club Méditerranée to successfully pursue its strategy of moving up-market and its development.

In creating this strategic partnership with Club Méditerranée, Accor, which operates, out of 4,000 hotels, 200 leisure properties in 35 countries, is reaffirming its commitment to playing a leadership role in this growing segment that is certain to become increasingly structured. For many years, Accor’s strategy has been to offer a comprehensive range of products and services worldwide to business and leisure customers, who often overlap. “We are confident in the Club Méditerranée management team and the Chairman of its Executive Board, who have already gotten the company’s turnaround off to a good start. With Henri Giscard d’Estaing and his teams, we will quickly and realistically study possible synergies as well as all operating and marketing opportunities beneficial to both companies. We will also promote cross-fertilization of experience. The closer ties offer interesting prospects for both companies,” said Jean-Marc Espalioux, Chairman of the Accor Management Board, who emphasized “the image of leisure hotels, for which demand will inevitably increase, reflects favorably on all Accor hotels at a time when our properties want to tailor their offers more closely to the changing tastes of non-business, leisure and weekend customers.”

On the strength of this success, Air France has launched three new non-stop routes on 14 June: Paris - Doha (Qatar), Paris - Kuwait and Paris - Tashkent (Uzbekistan).

Dedicate has now launched three new destinations since its inauguration in January 2004 with Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) and Pointe Noire (Republic of the Congo), which are already boasting excellent results.

Since 14 June 2004, Air France is also operating a third weekly flight on the Paris-Pointe-Noire route.

It will continue to operate two weekly flights to Malabo, but the schedule has been changed to better meet customers needs. Departure and arrival times in Malabo are designed to facilitate connections and allow time for teams to rotate and debrief on production sites – this organization is known as "open flights".

Furthermore Air France is now operating its own A319 ER (Extended Range), specially designed and configured to serve Dedicate destinations.

The A319 ER comprises two cabins with a total of 82 seats, including 28 in l'Espace Affaires and 54 in Tempo. This configuration is very different from that offered on Air France's other A319s, which seat 142 passengers.

By expanding its Dedicate offering, Air France shows its commitment to corporate customers, including those working in the oil and gas industries.

Dedicate is a tailor-made and innovative service: "The rationale behind Dedicate is to enable a niche market of professionals to gain efficiency, speed and comfort in their trips to production sites," explained Bruno Matheu, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Network Management.

Dedicate customers can benefit from all the traditional services of a major airline combined with the standards of private business travel.

It owes its success to its flight schedule, i.e. the frequencies and timetables, and its cabin configuration, all of which has been designed with corporate needs in mind.

Dedicate completes the Air France network of "oil and gas" destinations, such as Aberdeen, Caracas, Dubai, Houston, Luanda, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Riyadh, Tehran and many more.

Scheduled to fly from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Europe's leading hub, Air France flights will connect these destinations to the Company's vast global network as well as that of the SkyTeam alliance.

The NH Hoteles company offers 561 rooms in Switzerland, distributed in 4 different hotels: the NH Geneva Airport, strategically located 5 minutes from Geneva's city centre and 2 minutes away from the airport; The NH Fribourg, right in the city's financial centre; the NH Lucerne in the heart of Switzerland and the NH Zurich-Airport located next to Kloten airport.

NH Hoteles is well known for the quality of its services and facilities. They are very carefully decorated in order to cater for all tastes and made in a uniform way to make its clients feel comfortable. They offer state-of-the-art technology to help guests with aspects related to communications, work and entertainment.

One of the features that the NH client appreciates the most is the homogeneous nature of the product as a whole. The NH client knows that by staying at any of the chain's hotels they will encounter no unpleasant surprises.

One of NH Hoteles priorities is to offer its guests top-quality cuisine (the chain has 11 Michelin stars distributed among its collaborators and own restaurants). The hotel chain's other two main qualities are to offer its clients a refined décor as well as cutting-edge technology.

The NH Geneva Airport has 189 rooms, including 18 "junior-suites". This 4-star hotel, managed by Stella van der Sluis, is perfectly equipped to provide its guests with the highest levels of comfort and quality.

The 4-storey hotel is strategically located 2 km away from Geneva International Airport, the railway station, the trade fair complex and the Palexpo Conference Centre.

All the rooms in the hotel have air conditioning. Furthermore, each room is equipped with telephone, cable television, wireless Internet access, safe, mini bar, tea & coffee, hairdryer, bath kit and a choice of pillows.

The hotel has 4 fully equipped conference rooms capable of holding up to 80 people. The conference attendees will enjoy completely equipped function rooms as well as various rest areas.

The NH Geneva Airport also has a restaurant with a capacity for up to 120 people, as well as a cocktail bar. The hotel also has handicap facilities, breakfast buffet, bicycle and car rental service, as well as additional services such as laundry and baby-sitters. The guests may use a 4-storey underground car park with over 160 parking spaces, easily accessed from the hotel.

Travellers between Basel and London will again enjoy direct service to and from the latter’s popular City Airport. SWISS will be introducing a new thrice-daily weekday service on the route on August 30, offering attractive early-morning and late-evening frequencies for the business travel community along with a midday flight. Weekend services on the route will consist of a Saturday morning and a Sunday evening flight in each direction, catering for the needs of weekend-break travellers.

City Airport is within easy reach of all key parts of London. The Canary Wharf financial district is just five to ten minutes away, the City banking quarter is a 15-to-20-minute journey, and the West End shopping and entertainment district is only 25 to 30 minutes away. Passengers using the airport also appreciate the short distances to and from the gates and the generous check-in deadlines.