Behind Accor’s Strategy to Dominate Luxury & Lifestyle Brands

Pascal Visintainer, senior vice president-global sales, luxury & lifestyle brands for Accor, sits down with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report to talk about his hotel conglomerate’s plans to reach into all segments of luxury and lifestyle with new hotels, new luxury trains and even a luxury yacht. From the upcoming Orient Express Corinthian, the world’s largest sailing yacht, to La Dolce Vita, the new Italian luxury train, to new hotels like the SLS Playa Mujeres inclusive resort, Accor has all the bases covered. For more information, visit www.orient-express.com, www.evermoreresort.com and www.accor.com. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel  (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean,  iHeartRadio,  Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.