Inside Accor-InterGlobe’s India Strategy: Where Treebo and Ennismore Fit In

Accor is moving to streamline its operations in India – one of its most important markets – and plans to soon announce a CEO to lead the effort.

Earlier this year, the French hotel group and its long-time partner InterGlobe agreed to run all Accor hotels in India through a single joint venture.The upcoming changes come after what executives admit was a confusing setup, with multiple entities handling development, licensing, and operations. “It was a bit of a hodgepodge,” Aditya Pande, group CEO of InterGlobe Enterprises, told Skift in an exclusive interview. “Now we are bringing the whole thing together.”

And addressing Accor’s leadership vacuum in India, Pande hinted at an announcement of a new CEO “fairly shortly.”

Accor and InterGlobe have worked together in India for more than 20 years, introducing brands such as Ibis, Novotel, Pullman, Fairmont, and Raffles. Until recently, the business was split across three entities — two fo