Orbis Hotel Group is further developing its network of hotels in the Balkan region with the signature of a franchise agreement for a Novotel hotel in Sarajevo with its local partner and investor, Al Shiddi Group.
The existing Hotel Bristol will join the Novotel network in 3Q2017, and will be part of the internationally well-known and recognized Novotel family, midscale brand of AccorHotels, world-leading travel & lifestyle group.
Novotel Hotels provide a multi-service offer for both business and leisure guests, with spacious rooms, 24/7 catering offers with balanced meals, meeting rooms, attentive and proactive staff, kid areas and fitness centers, offering every guest the freedom to fully enjoy their stay.
Novotel Sarajevo, ideally located in the neighborhood of the Old Town will offer 186 rooms, 7 meeting rooms, a restaurant, a fitness and wellness centerwith indoor pool.
Mr. Sulaiman Al-Shiddi for Al Shiddi Group said: “We are pleased to enter into partnership with AccorHotels/Orbis Group and we selected Novotel brand due to its worldwide strength awareness and service recognition. Al Shiddi Group is continuing the development of high quality real estate projects in Bosnia and the region which include mixed use Sarajevo City Center, landmark for the region, and serviced Poljine Hills residential community.”
Gilles Clavie, President and CEO of Orbis Hotel Group said: “With the opening of Novotel Sarajevo, Orbis Hotel Group, strategic partner of AccorHotels in Eastern Europe enters the midscale hotel market in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a very promising market with great potential for hotels under international brands. Our intention is very clear: we want to develop our network of hotels in the Balkan region and in Eastern Europe, further strengthening our leading position.”
Besides the Novotel project, Al Shiddi Group entered into a franchise agreement April this year with Swissôtel, part of AccorHotels, for the development of a new 218-room urban resort scheduled to open in early 2018.
