Group Accor to open seven new hotels in Morocco in 2005

Accord Morocco Group announced the opening in 2005 of seven new Ibis Moussafir three-star hotels, which will raise the number of these units in the country from nine to sixteen.

In a press conference held on the occasion of the recent achievement of the ISO 9001 certification, version 2000, the Group officials stated that the new units, with a hosting capacity of 900 rooms, will be built in the cities of El-Jadida, Ouarzazate, Marrakech, Essaouira and Tangier and Casablanca.

The construction work of these units, which has already begun, will cost 340 million DH (nearly 38 million dollars) and will create 300 new jobs.

Seven years after its implantation in Morocco, Accor manages 18 hotels (2977 rooms), employs more than 2000 people and realized in 2002 460 million DH (over 50 million dollars) sales.

Accor is represented in Morocco by Sofitel (6 units), Mercure (1), Ibis (9) and Coralia (2).