HOTELS Interview: Accor CEO Bazin talks culture, technology, Mama | hotelsmag.com
In Los Angeles during the Americas Lodging Investment Summit, HOTELS sat down with Accor Chairman and CEO Sébastien Bazin to find out how he is adjusting to life as a hotelier compared to his previous career in the private equity world. In the 18 months or so since he took over Accor, Bazin has among other things split the company into separate operating and property groups, made big investments in technology, acquired a hip brand in Mama Shelter, aligned with a Chinese lodging company to set up the development of the group’s brands in China, and has delivered good quarterly numbers.
