Who owns Novotel?
Novotel is owned by Accor (France, EPA: AC).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Accor SA Universal Registration Document 2025, 19 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Accor SA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 1967
- Category
- Travel & transport › Hotels › Upscale hotels
- Parent ticker
- EPA: AC
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Novotel
Novotel was the first hotel the company built, opening beside Lille airport in 1967, and the group grew from it. Its rooms are designed to a single specification that accommodates families without a separate family room type. Accor owns it, and the airport location of the first hotel set the pattern for a chain built around transport hubs and business parks rather than city centres.
Ownership timeline of Novotel
Where Novotel sits in Accor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Accor brand portfolio (17) →
Other brands owned by Accor
Accor controls 17 brands on Brandtree, 17 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
- Adagio
- Emblems Collection
- Fairmont (1907)
- Grand Mercure
- Greet (2019)
- hotelF1
- ibis (1974)
- ibis budget
- ibis Styles
- Jo&Joe (2016)
- Mercure (1973)
- MGallery (2008)
- Pullman
- Raffles (1887)
- SO/ (2011)
- Sofitel (1964)
Other brands in upscale hotels, and who owns them
The 58 brands in upscale hotels on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is H World, with 11; Accor has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blossom House | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Genting Grand | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Andaz | Hyatt | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avani Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Ascend Collection | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bahrain Airport Hotel | Gulf Hotels Group | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Lavande | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Marriott Hotels | Marriott | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Accor
Accor is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 17 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: AC.
Accor is the largest hotel group in Europe and owns brands spanning every price point from Formule 1 roadside rooms to Raffles and Fairmont. It sold most of its property portfolio in 2018, becoming an operator of hotels it does not own, as its American rivals had done earlier.
🇫🇷 Novotel and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in France. 102 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Novotel is not one of them.
- APRR — Eiffage 🇫🇷
- ASF — VINCI 🇫🇷
- Air Caraïbes — Dubreuil Aéro 🇫🇷
- Air Corsica — Air Corsica 🇫🇷
- Air France — Air France-KLM 🇫🇷
- Arval — Arval 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Novotel?
The parent company of Novotel is Accor, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Is Novotel French?
Yes. Novotel originated in France in 1967 and its owner, Accor, is also headquartered in France.
Is Novotel still owned by Accor?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Novotel is still owned by Accor. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Accor SA Universal Registration Document 2025 — Accor SA, Annual report, published 19 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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