MIDDLE EAST — Accor's latest promotion offers travelers a variety of discounts for overnight stays across their extensive range of hotel brands in the Middle East. Accor Middle East, one of the region's leading hotel operators, is offering up to 40 percent discounts for reservations at 18 participating hotels around the Middle East and North Africa. The summer promotion is bookable from June 1 to August 5 for breaks between the June 1 and August 31 ensuring the room rates are extremely attractive for travel within this period. As an added benefit, Accor's award winning loyalty program, Le Club Accorhotels, will reward its members with triple Le Club Accorhotels bonus points for reservations made online for a stay in one of the participating hotels such as Pullman, Novotel, Suite Novotel and Mercure. During their stay, guests will receive a $20 credit voucher to be spent in all outlets of the hotel, only once during the period of stay. For more information on the special promotion, guests can use the Accorhotels.com web portal, which is available in 15 languages or the Brand websites (pullmanhotels.com, novotel.com, suitenovotel.com and mercure.com). These offers can also be availed by simply speaking to reservation agents or by contacting the hotels directly. Accor Middle East is one of the fastest growing hospitality groups with a regional portfolio consisting of a total of 59 operational hotels with 13,650 rooms in 10 countries and is well on its way to achieving its midway target of 100 hotels by 2015. — SG