Accor has announced an addition to its network in Laos. Poised to open towards the end of 2012, ibis Vientiane will have 64 rooms and a restaurant and is located in the main tourist and entertainment districts of Vientiane, close to well-known temples and monuments and just ten minutes from Vientiane International Airport.

ibis Vientiane is the second hotel in Laos after Mercure Vientiane. Accor has been aggressively expanding in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam), with 15 hotels poised to open by 2013.

Accor, the world's leading hotel operator and market leader in Europe, is present in 90 countries with 4,200 hotels and more than 500,000 rooms.

Accor's broad portfolio of hotel brands - Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Suite Novotel, Mercure, Adagio, ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1, hotelF1 and Motel 6, and its related activities, Thalassa sea & spa and Lenôtre - provide an extensive offer from luxury to budget. With 145,000 employees worldwide, the Group offers to its clients and partners nearly 45 years of know-how and expertise.

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Evan Lewis

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Asia Pacific

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evan.lewis@accor.com