Accor to launch two new London hotels in time for the Olympics

Accor announced today that they would open two new London hotels in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Construction of the four-star Novotel London Blackfriars and the Ibis London Blackfriars would begin immediately.

The 182 bedroom Novotel, located at 46-49 Blackfriars Road, will comprise twelve business suites, six meeting rooms (approximately 250 square metres of conference space), bar, restaurant and full leisure facilities, including swimming pool. The 297 room Ibis hotel will offer its guests bar and restaurant facilities, including 24 hour snack and drink service.

Located on London’s Southbank, the new hotels will provide an ideal location for both business and leisure visitors to Central London, being close to the City and within a stone’s throw of some of the capital’s key attractions, as well as the Olympic Games.

Accor will open a new hotel – Mercure Bloomsbury – next month. It will increase Accor’s portfolio in the UK & Ireland to 145 hotels and over 18,000 rooms, represented by six brands: Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, All Seasons and ETAP..

Jean-Jacques Dessors, chief operating officer of Accor UK and Ireland, said the developments marked the company’s ongoing ambitious expansion of the Novotel and Ibis brands in the UK. “The new hotels represent a strong endorsement of Accor’s prominence as one of the world’s leading hotel groups,” he said.

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