Accor Advantage Plus Gets a New GM

BW Hotelier PRASHANTH Kumar re-joins Accor as General Manager for Accor Advantage Plus, Accor India. Kumar has over 19 years’ experience in the Hospitality industry. Before joining Accor for the second time, he was in Dubai, launching the Strada for MENA brand. Kumar worked for eight years in the US after graduating from the Swiss Hotel Management School in Montreaux, Switzerland. His earlier stint with Accor, from 2007 to 2013 saw him in the role of pre-opening General Manager for Ibis Delhi Airport, General Manager Ibis Gurgaon, Resident Manager Novotel Hyderabad, and part of the pre-opening team of Novotel Auckland Airport. He also had a stint as General Manager at Courtyard by Marriott in Ahmedabad. The Accor Advantage Plus programme covers 11 countries and has 45 offices through the region, employing over 1,200 people. With 350,000 members providing over 1 million room nights to Accor hotels, we focus on innovation in the loyalty, travel and lifestyle market. India operations include Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurgaon programs and the Shared Services Hub for the Asia Pacific business with a team of a 150 associates.