Accorhotels.com, the Group’s booking portal, has become one of the new partners sponsoring France’s first national team, junior national team, women’s soccer team, the French Cup and amateur soccer. Accor will be partnering these national teams during their trips in France and abroad, and serve as an Official Supplier to the French cups.
This partnership with the French Soccer Federation (FFF for Fédération Française de Football) is deepening the longstanding ties uniting Accor and its brand with the world of sports. The Group has been devising special deals for sports people and their managers for almost 30 years in France.
All Accor hotels in France (more than 1, 550 in all) will be involved via the www.accorhotels.com booking platform, offering accommodation deals for fans, the 2-million-plus club members and 17,000 French Soccer Federation clubs.
This partnership will also include features such as free match tickets and invitations to training sessions in Clairefontaine, and special deals.
Starting today, www.accorhotels.com is running a large-scale contest in the build-up to the match between France and Spain this coming September 4th, raffling 85 free tickets for 2 people.
“www.accorhotels.com s proud to team up with the French Soccer Federation for the long term.We believe in the same values, in the same excellence, team spirit and performance drives that inspire Accor employees around the world every day,” said Hotel Services France CEO Christophe Alaux.
“The French Soccer Federation is delighted to be partnering the Accor Group for the next 4 years. Its international breadth and its taste for excellence will, without a doubt, build a lively partnership in the service of French soccer,”added French Soccer Federation Chairman Noël Le Graët.
