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2005

  Opening of the 4,000th hotel, the Novotel Madrid Sanchinarro in Spain.  
  Lenôtre acquires nine Fauchon boutiques in Paris and a new production facility.  
  Colony Capital invests €1 billion in Accor and steps up the Group’s development.  
  An innovative real estate sale and leaseback strategy is introduced
with Foncière des Murs.
 
  Accor decides to step up its development in China with Sofitel,
Novotel and Ibis, surpassing the 10,000- room threshold in the
country.
 
  Sofitel introduces the new MyBed concept, offering the ultimate in sleeping comfort.  
  WorkLife Benefits, Accor Services’ US subsidiary since 1985,
merges with Workplace Options, one of the country's largest
employee service providers.
 
  Launch of the Ticket Alimentación Electrónico food card
in Mexico.
 
  In India, Accor Services introduces Ticket Restaurant® Plus, a multi-purpose smart card that functions as an electronic purse.