Mercure Hotels are a brand of hotels run by French multinational corporation Accor.
The Mercure hotels are positioned between Ibis and Novotel in the Accor estate. Currently about 750 hotels include the three to four-star to Mercure.
History and Expansion
Paul Dubrule and Gerard Pelisson founded Mercure in 1967. The first Mercure hotel was established in 1973 in Saint-Witz, France. Mercure Novotel was taken over in 1975 by Société d'Investissement et d'Exploitation, later the Accor Group.
In 1983 Mercure expanded into Germany. In 1993, Accor acquired a stake in the Hungarian Pannonia hotel chain with 24 hotels. The group also expanded into Poland, Asia, Turkey and Africa. In 1994, hotels opened in the Caribbean, Guyana and La Reunion. In 1995, Mercure established themselves in Spain, Sweden, Egypt, Oman and Dubai and opened a hotel in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1996, hotels opened in Berlin, Barcelona, Offenburg, Weimar, San Sebastian, Bari, Israel, Croatia and Malta. In 1997, Estonia, Togo, Madagascar, Colombia, Egypt, Morocco and Lebanon. In France, Accor acquired 33 Frantour hotels and rebranded them. The group also expanded the brand into the UK. In 1998, the Dutch hotel chain Postiljon is acquired with ten hotels.
In 1999, 148 hotels were integrated into the network, including 42 Libertel hotels, 27 hotels in Germany and 27 in Australia. New hotels were opened in Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
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