Accor to soon start day-only bookings in India

Accor is all set to introduce its day use service in India where the guests can stay for 12 hours anytime in the day and will pay 60 per cent less of the actual room price.

“Today, if you want to use a hotel room from 8 am to 8 pm, its very difficult to book. To solve this, Accor will soon enable its guests to book the room maximum for 12 hours any time in the day that suits them. It will up to the hotel if they want to release their 6 am to 6 pm slot of 7 am to 7 pm, 12 pm to 8 pm etc. You will be able to book hotel room just for the day use, online. One can make this booking with a discount of 60 per cent on the total room rate,” said Arif Patel, VP, Sales, Marketing, Loyalty and Distribution, India & South Asia, Accor.

Accor currently has 51 hotels across nine brands with around 9,500 rooms in India. It has around 20 hotels in the ppeline in India, which will be operational in the next 3-5 years. Accor Hotels Group currently has 4,800 hotels in 100 countries.