Kuala Lumpur, November, 2010 - Mr. Patrick Sibourg has been appointed General Manager Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar, the third Pullman hotel for Malaysia.
 
Mr. Patrick Sibourg, a French National brings with him a wealth of experience and achievement over the last 31 years in the hospitality industry. After some 13 years in Indonesia with Hilton International and later joining Accor Hotels as Director of Sales and Marketing for Indonesia. Thereafter Mr. Sibourg was assigned as opening General Manager of Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside in Malaysia from 2007 until recently.

The 26-storey Pullman Kuala Lumpur Bangsar is strategically located at the Bangsar district of Kuala Lumpur, adjoining the multinational office complex of Plaza Cygal, and with close proximity to Menara Telekom, University Malaya, Pantai Hospital and Mid Valley Shopping Mall. It's 10 minutes away from the entertainment and shopping hub, within short walking distance from LRT station.  The hotel boasts of 500 guestrooms and suites, 7 restaurants, cafe and bars, a swimming pool, fitness centre, Vous Spa, business centre, a connectivity lounge, 10 function rooms, ballroom and a convention centre catering up to 1,500 guests.    

Mr. Patrick Sibourg and his team will strive to establish the hotel as the preferred business and MICE hotel in the Kuala Lumpur's city centre.

Pullman is Accor’s upscale hotel brand designed with the requirements of business women and men in mind. Located in the main regional and international cities, Pullman hotels provide an extensive range of tailored services, access to groundbreaking technologies, and "Co-Meeting", a new approach to organizing meetings, seminars and high-end incentives. At Pullman hotels, business travelers can choose between being independent or choosing help from our staff available round the clock.

By the end of 2010, the Pullman network will include 60 hotels across Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. In time, we anticipate a network of over 150 establishments around the world.
Further information concerning Pullman hotels is available on the website www.pullmanhotels.com.
 
Accor, a major global group and the European leader in hotels, as well as the global leader in services to corporate clients and public institutions, operates in nearly 100 countries with 150,000 employees. It offers to its clients over 40 years of expertise in two core businesses:

- Hotels, with the Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Adagio, ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1, hotelF1 and Motel 6 brands, representing 4,100 hotels and nearly 500,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, Accor Thalassa sea & spa, Len�tre, CWL.

- Services, with 33 million people in 40 countries benefiting from Accor Services products in employee and constituent benefits, rewards and incentives, and expense management.