Accor announced today the signing of an agreement to manage the Mercure Yokosuka. The 160 room hotel is located 50 kilometres from down town Tokyo, in the thriving port and industrial city of Yokosuka. The hotel is located near the US Yokosuka Naval Base and within a complex which houses a shopping arcade and arts theatre.

The Mercure Yokosuka will be the fourth Mercure Hotel in Japan - Mercure Ginza, Mercure Narita and the newly opened Mercure Sapporo.

Patrick Basset � Vice President Accor - Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Vietnam says that �It is an exciting year for the Mercure brand in Japan and throughout the Asia Pacific, where 13 Mercure hotels will open in 2009. This burst of mid scale hotel development is an indication of an increase in demand by owners and developers, seeking the reassurance of recognised hotel brands and the expertise of international hotel companies.�

Mercure Yokosuka will feature a restaurant and lounge as well as 8 meeting rooms, including a ballroom of over 500 square metres.

Mercure expansion in Asia Pacific

Accor operates 54 Mercure hotels throughout the Asia Pacific and 690 Mercure hotels around the world. The Mercure hotel brand is experiencing significant expansion throughout Asia Pacific. In addition to the Mercure Sapporo, Mercure Bangalore, Mercure Samui Fenix and Mercure Samui Buri which have all opened in the past weeks, an additional 15 further Mercure hotels are committed for development throughout the region.

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Mercure Yokosuka will be the third Mercure Hotel that Accor operates on behalf of Mitsui Fudosan.

The hotel address is 3-27 Honmachi, Yokosuka city, Kanagawa, 238-0041, Japan

Within Accor, Mercure represents professional hotel know-how at the service of a personalised stay. For both business and leisure, the 690 Mercure hotels, which are all unique, respond to all expectations. Comfort, quality of reception and the art of welcoming have made Mercure�s reputation in 51 countries around the world. Accor, a major global group and the European leader in hotels, as well as the global leader in services to corporate clients and public institutions, operates in nearly 100 countries with 150,000 employees. It offers to its clients over 40 years of expertise in two core businesses: - Hotels, with the Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands, representing 4,000 hotels and nearly 500,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Len�tre; - Services, with 30 million people in 40 countries benefiting from Accor Services products in employee and public benefits, rewards and loyalty, and expense management.

More detailed information on Mercure hotels available on www.mercure.com

Accor Press Contact

Evan Lewis Vice President Communications Accor Asia Pacific T : +65 6408 8840 E : evan.lewis@accor.com