Accor’s CEO on Orient Express, international travel and designing for the local community – Business Traveller
Business Traveller attended Accor’s Global Meeting Exchange 2023, held at the Pullman Paris Montparnasse this past week to hear from the hotel group on the future of MICE as well as sustainability and consumer trends.
Group chairman and CEO of Accor, Sébastien Bazin was interviewed on topics including luxury yacht and train products, sustainability and forthcoming outbound travel from locations such as India.
Orient Express
The talk had a focus on forthcoming products under the Orient Express brand, namely Accor’s train and yacht projects.
Bazin spoke about the growing wealth in the world and the desire to slow down, which has prompted such products. “People are getting richer and richer. I think if you get really rich, the one thing you want to regain control of is your time… Regaining ...