Today we learn about the founders, leaders and history of Accor, an iconic hotel group. We’ll have a look at how it all began, it’s a story of the right people, in the right place at the right time. We will also delve into some of the secrets to success from the founders.

Accor now has properties in 110 countries and has more than 300,000 talented Heartists (employees) continuing to invent the hospitality of tomorrow and bring to life their passion for guest service.

Thank you for joining today’s episode. Whether you're an industry insider, a student of hotel management, or simply curious about the world of hotels, I hope you were inspired, amazed, and enlightened as we unlocked the secrets of the hotel industry's most iconic leaders and iconic hotels. If you had a wonderful time, the best way to say thank you is to subscribe, so that you never miss our monthly episodes. If you love showers in luxury hotels, please check-out our tech start-up, at ⁠showeraway.com⁠, where we hope one day to provide people on daytrips access to the very best hotel showers in the world. Farewell, until the next time you check-in to the Hotel Leaders Podcast!

Raffles Singapore was founded by Armenian refugees with a vision to create newfound hotel luxury in Singapore. The hotel bears the name of the founder of modern Singapore and with Accor acquiring the hotel, as part of a $2.7 billion deal, Raffles is a name you will be hearing more often as more Raffles hotels open around the world. Raffles represents almost everything I love about hotels. You get a strong sense that Raffles employees really love what they do and are exceptional at it. The bricks and mortar of the hotel, with its stark white, contrast in such a lovely way with the lush green foliage of the hotel’s tropical gardens.

Raffles has never looked better. There is nowhere else quite like Raffles.

Thank you for joining today’s episode. Whether you're an industry insider, a student of hotel management, or simply curious about the world of hotels, I hope you were inspired, amazed, and enlightened as we unlocked the secrets of the hotel industry's most iconic leaders and iconic hotels. If you had a wonderful time, the best way to say thank you is to subscribe, so that you never miss our monthly episodes. If you love showers in luxury hotels, please check-out our tech start-up, at ⁠showeraway.com⁠, where we hope one day to provide people on daytrips access to the very best hotel showers in the world. Farewell, until the next time you check-in to the Hotel Leaders Podcast!

Welcome to the Hotel Leaders podcast! Whether you're an industry insider, a student of hotel management, or simply curious about the world of hotels, this podcast is your backstage pass to the heart of the hotel industry.

I'm your host, Peter DeMoor. I have a fascination for the hotel industry and over the last quarter-of-a-century I have studied it, been a hotel manager and as general manager of a hotel school have passed the torch to next generation. Now, as part of an emerging hotel industry tech-startup, I am independent from any specific hotel or chain, and able to talk about the industry with a balanced perspective and with a certain level of expertise.

Each episode we will inspire, amaze, and enlighten you as we unlock the secrets of the hotel industry's most iconic leaders and iconic hotels. We take you on a journey around the world to a diverse range of individual hotels, from intimate boutique hotels to sprawling tropical resorts and explore the stories behind the facades and the passion of the founders and modern-day trailblazers alike. We will explore hotel groups such as Accor, Hilton and IHG and the remarkable visionaries who built these from the ground up.

Follow our podcast, so that you never miss our monthly episodes. If you love showers in luxury hotels, please check-out our tech start-up, at showeraway.com, where we hope one day to provide people on daytrips access to the very best hotel showers in the world.

Farewell, until the next time you check-in to the Hotel Leaders Podcast!