Accor Joins iPhone Apps Bandwagon: 3,000 Hotels Now Available at Guests' Fingertips

Accorhotels.com is providing iPhone users with free access to an application that will enable them to reserve a room in any of 3,000 Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Mercure, Novotel, Suitehotel, Adagio, ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and hotelF1 hotels, directly from their iPhone.

Developed with Haiku, a provider of mobile solutions, the easy-to-use application takes advantage of Apple's intuitive browsing capabilities and offers additional services, including geolocation features that enable users, for example, to search for the nearest hotels or calculate itineraries in real time.

The application also includes a personalized service that memorizes current reservations and favorite hotels, and synchronizes them with iPhone contacts. When booking via an iPhone, users also benefit from secure payment processing and enjoy access to promotional offers in Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Adagio, Ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, hotelF1 and Formule 1 hotels around the world.

The application is already available in five languages (French, English, German, Spanish and Italian).

"We're proud to launch this innovative application, which is accessible to 30 million iPhone users," says Jean-Luc Chrétien, executive vice president, Accor Hotel marketing and distribution. "This puts our hotel network at the fingertips of iPhone users around the world."

The application can be downloaded at www.itunes.com/app/accorhotels.