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Accor chairman and ceo Gilles Pelisson announced that the company is reducing its number of large operating regions from five to three: Europe/Middle East/Africa, the Americas; and Asia-Pacific. Accor also said two executives -- Philippe Adam, executive vice president for hotel design and construction, and Eric Lepleux, executive vice president, hotel marketing, have left the Paris-based hotels and services group.
In a statement, Pelisson said the moves are designed to streamline his chain of command "with the aim of accelerating the decision-making process in a time of recession, improving the responsiveness of teams across the organization and maintaining the group on course." The reorganization comes three months after Pelisson assumed the role of board chairman, after previous chairman Serge Weinberg and five other board members resigned.
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