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French group to open two hotels in Iran

French group to open two hotels in Iran
According to the contract signed on September 15, Iran handed over the management of two four and five star hotels of the airport to the French AccorHotels group, Irans Fars news agency reported.

The mid-scale Novotel IKIA and budget Ibis IKIA are scheduled to open next month and represent a total of 492 keys and are connected to Imam Khomeini global Airport.

Iran has also warmed up its ties with France and UK.

Headquartered in Paris, AccorHotels is the worlds sixth-largest hotel group with 3,700 hotels in 92 countries.

Accors dea with the Iranian company Aria Ziggurat includes two properties and the worldwide group made the announcement in a statement Tuesday.

Sbastien Bazin, AccorHotels Chairman and CEO, said, We are certain that Novotel and ibis will fit perfectly into the growth momentum that Irans hospitality sector is enjoying.

We are delighted to be associated with the Novotel brand in India, and are confident that the first theme park property under AccorHotels will prove to be the preferred choice for families and holiday makers.Guests can re-live their childhood memories and treat their children to numerous marquee characters around the hotel, said Pooja Shetty-Deora of Adlabs Imagica.

Irans Cultural Heritage and Tourism Investment Company (ICHTIC) has commissioned the contract and Mehdi Jahangiri, the chairman of ICHTICs board of directors told the reporters that the French will bring the service of the day to tourism industry of Iran.

Aria Ziggurat Tourism Development Co., a subsidiary of Semega, is the owning company of Novotel and ibis Ikia hotels.

Accor Hotels now manages 71 hotels (17,300 rooms) in the Middle East, spanning every segment from luxury to economy, in 10 countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

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