Novotel

Novotel is a mid-scale hotel brand within the Accor group. Novotel has close to 400 hotels and resorts in 60 countries, situated in the business districts and tourist destinations of major international cities.
==History==
Novotel opened its first hotel in 1967, offering 62 rooms, 25m² in size, all of the same design with private bathrooms, a television and telephone, together with meeting facilities, a swimming pool, air-conditioning and private parking.
==Key Figures==
Novotel worldwide :
* 395 hotels & resorts in 60 countries, i.e. 71 872 bedrooms (31 December 2009)
* 1,9 million kids welcomed in 2009
* 30 000 employees
==Key dates==
* 1967: Birth of the Novotel brand with the opening of the first hotel in Lille Lesquin (France)
* 1972: Opening of the first Novotel hotels outside France: Neufchâtel in Switzerland and Brussels in Belgium
* 1973: Opening of Novotel’s first Paris hotel (Paris Bagnolet - France)
* 1977: Novotel becomes established in South America - opening of Novotel São Paulo Morumbi (Brazil)
* 1978: Opening of the 100th Novotel, in Amsterdam, 11 years after the first opening – Novotel comprised 120 hotels, or 14,000 rooms, by the end of the year
* 1979: Opening of Novotel Abu Dhabi in the Middle East
* 1982: Novotel becomes established in Asia with the opening of the Novotel Orchid in Singapore
* 1986: Novotel becomes established in North America – opening of Novotel Toronto, Canada
* 1987: 20 years and 200 hotels around the world
* 1987: Novotel becomes established in China – opening of Novotel Guangzhou, Peking
* 1990: Novotel becomes established in Australia – opening Novotel Sydney
* 1992: Novotel becomes established in Russia – opening of Novotel Moscow Airport
* 1997: 320 Novotel hotels in 53 countries
*2001: Co-branding of Novotel and Century: Novotel Century Hong Kong became the first Novotel in Hong Kong
* 2006: Novotel becomes established in India – opening of Novotel at Hyderabad
* 2007: 40 years and 400 hotels in 60 countries around the world. Novotel makes an initial entry into Turkey with the opening of the first Novotel in Istanbul
* 2008: April sees the opening of Novotel's third hotel in Hong Kong with the opening of Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong (389 rooms)
* 2008: In April, Novotel Hyderabad Airport was established, in Shamshabad International Air port Hyderabad
* 2009: Novotel opens its doors in new countries such as Argentina (Buenos Aires) and Taiwan (Taipei - Taoyuan International Airport), Novotel also opens Novotel Manado Golf Resort & Convention Center to support World Ocean Conference and Coral Triangle Initiative Summit in Manado City, North Sulawesi.
* 2010: September, Novotel opens the brand new Novotel Bangkok Fenix Silom hotel in the Bangkok business district
*2011: The first Novotel in the Philippines is set to open in December 2012 it will be located beside a historical landmark the Araneta Coliseum and it will be the first hotel connected in 2 lines of a mass rapid transit train. It will be called as Novotel Manila Araneta Center.
==Locations==
As of 2009, there are 395 Novotel hotels in 60 countries with 71 872 rooms and employs over 30,000 employees:
* Europe : 266 hotels in 23 countries
* Asia : 51 hotels in 11 countries
* Pacific : 34 hotels in 5 countries
* North America : 7 hotels in 2 countries
* South America : 19 hotels in 6 countries
* Africa : 13 hotels in 10 countries
* Middle East : 5 hotels in 3 countries
==Facilities==
Novotel hotels feature a bedroom measuring 25m², restaurant and bar in all hotels, meeting facilities, fitness rooms, swimming pools, terraces, green spaces and internet access.
Some hotels also have larger executive rooms and suites.
==Sustainable Development: a worldwide environmental and societal certification programme==
Novotel hotels are involved in the worldwide environmental and societal certification programme Green Globe. As of 31 December 2009, 124 hotels are committed and 50 hotels certified.
==External links==
*Novotel.com official website
*Accorhotels.com website
*Accor.com website
*Novotel press room
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