PARIS, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accor's consolidated revenue rose 8.8% to 4,015 million euros in the first six months of 2007. At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the like-for-like increase was 6.1%, confirming that the environment remains favorable in the Services and Hotels businesses. The Group's expansion strategy accounted for 7.5% of revenue growth for the period, while disposals carried out as part of the ongoing asset-right strategy in the Hotels business reduced revenue by 3.6%. The currency effect was a negative 1.3% for the period. (in million euros) First-Half First-Half % change % change 2006 2007 as like-for reported -like (1) Hotels 2,666 2,896 +8.6% +5.2% Upscale and 1,457 1,663 +14.1% +6.1% Midscale Economy 717 772 +7.7% +5.8% Economy US 492 461 -6.2% +1.9% Services 364 418 +14.6% +12.0% Other businesses 660 701 +6.2% +6.5% Total 3,690 4,015 +8.8% +6.1% (1) At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates. Services: up 14.6% Revenue from the Services business increased by 14.6% as reported and by 12.0% like-for-like, in line with Accor's medium-term organic growth target of 8 to 16% a year between 2006 and 2010. In Europe, revenue was up 13.5% like-for-like for the period, reflecting organic growth of 16.0% in the first quarter and 11.1% in the second. In Latin America, like-for-like growth totaled 8.6%, with 10.7% in the first quarter and 6.6% in the second. Second-quarter performance was shaped by strong growth in the United Kingdom (up 13.8%) and Belgium (up 23.4%), but also by persistently tough competition in Brazil (where revenue declined 1.2% like-for-like) and the non-renewal of certain contracts in Romania and Venezuela. In line with the Group's medium-term objectives, acquisitions accounted for 4.8% of first-half revenue growth. In particular, the acquisition of the Kadeos gift vouchers and cards business in France added 2.4%. The currency effect on the first six months was a negative 1.5%, primarily attributable to the declines of the Mexican peso (down 0.5%) and the Venezuelan bolivar (down 0.7%) against the euro. Hotels: up 8.6% The 8.6% reported increase in Hotels revenue confirms the continuing uptrend in the European hospitality industry cycle underway since fourth-quarter 2006. Growth in Europe was led by increases in both the occupancy rate (up 1.1 point) and the average room rate (up 6.9%). At constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates, the like-for-like increase was 5.2%, comprising organic growth of 7.2% in the first quarter and 3.6% in the second. Most of the second-quarter slowdown was due to non-recurring events that skewed comparisons, specifically the FIFA World Cup in Germany in June and July 2006 and the decline in demand in France during the May 2007 presidential election. Excluding the comparative impact of these non-recurring events, hotel revenue in Europe was up 5.5% for the period, confirming the upturn in the hotel industry cycle in the region, which accounts for 70% of Accor's hotel revenue. Business expansion represented 9.5% of revenue growth, with the consolidation of 52 Dorint hotels in Germany accounting for 6.1% of the increase and the opening of 13,824 rooms during the period for 2.3%. In line with the asset-right strategy, the Group is continuing to dispose of hotel properties, in most cases under sale and management-back or franchise-back agreements. This process is reducing revenue, by 4.5% in first-half 2007. The currency effect was a negative 1.6%, mainly due to the appreciation of the euro against US dollar. Upscale and Midscale Hotels Revenue in the Upscale and Midscale segment rose 14.1% as reported and 6.1% like-for-like. Growth was 8.5% in the first quarter and 4.0% in the second. In France, revenue rose 7.0% like-for-like during the half, with second-quarter performance shaped by slower demand in May due to the presidential election. June, on the other hand, was particularly vibrant, with a 16.6% surge in RevPar attesting to the positive underlying trend. During the second quarter alone, RevPAR was up 11.7% at Sofitel and 11.1% at Novotel. In the United Kingdom, revenue rose 8.1% like-for-like during the half, led by a strong performance in London (RevPar up 11.5% in the second quarter, versus 9.9% in the first). In Germany, revenue declined by 4.5% in the second quarter, but the comparison is not very significant in light of the strong prior-year performance, driven by the World Cup. Adjusted for the comparative effect of non-recurring events in France and Germany, revenue in the Upscale and Midscale segment was up 5.7% in the second quarter, instead of the 4.0%. Economy Hotels (outside the United States) In the Economy Hotel segment, revenue rose by 7.7% as reported and 5.8% like-for-like in the first half. Over the period, like-for-like growth was 3.6% in France, 0.6% in Germany and 12.4% in the United Kingdom. For the same reasons of comparison noted above for Germany and France, growth slowed in the second quarter to 4.0% (5.2% excluding the comparative effect) from 8.0% in the first three months. US Economy Hotels In the US Economy Hotel segment, revenue ended the first half up by 1.9% like-for-like, but down 6.2% as reported due to the dollar's weakness against the euro. Revenue rose 3.5% at Red Roof Inn and 1.2% at Motel 6, whose business was hurt by the surge in gasoline prices, which particularly affects leisure customers. Conclusion The first half confirmed the uptrend in the Hotels business in Europe and saw sustained organic growth in Services, in line with the Group's target of 8 to 16% a year. Accor, the European leader in hotels and tourism, and a global leader in corporate services, operates in nearly 100 countries with 170,000 employees. It offers to its individual and corporate clients 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses: - Hotels, with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, All Seasons, Red Roof Inn, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands: with nearly 3,800 hotels and 450,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenotre ; - Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 23 million people in 38 countries benefit from Accor Services products - meal and food vouchers, people care, incentive and loyalty programs. Revenue Quarter 1 In Euros thousand 2006 2007 HOTELS Upscale and 678,568 774,932 Midscale Economy 323,411 355,471 Economy US 231,601 215,941 Total HOTELS 1,233,580 1,346,344 SERVICES 179,360 206,984 Other Businesses Casinos 76,980 78,172 Restaurants 141,609 151,766 On-board 59,343 59,704 train services Other 42,338 44,467 Total other 320,270 334,109 businesses Total 1,733,210 1,887,437 In Euros thousand HOTELS Quarter 2 Half Year Upscale and 2006 2007 2006 2007 Midscale Economy Economy US 778,605 887,727 1,457,173 1,662,659 Total HOTELS 393,521 416,654 716,932 772,125 260,157 245,286 491,758 461,227 SERVICES 1,432,283 1,549,667 2,665,863 2,896,010 Other Businesses 185,118 210,783 364,479 417,767 Casinos Restaurants On-board 80,759 80,619 157,739 158,791 train services Other 141,505 164,521 283,114 316,287 Total other 65,572 70,568 124,915 130,272 businesses 51,783 50,947 94,121 95,414 Total 339,619 366,655 659,889 700,765 1,957,020 2,127,106 3,690,231 4,014,543 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Change Change Change Change Reported % L/L % Reported % L/L % (*) (*) HOTELS Upscale and 14.2% 8.5% 14.0% 4.0% Midscale Economy 9.9% 8.0% 5.9% 4.0% Economy US -6.8% 2.0% -5.7% 1.8% Total HOTELS 9.1% 7.2% 8.2% 3.6% SERVICES 15.4% 14.1% 13.9% 10.0% Other Businesses Casinos 1.5% 3.5% -0.2% 1.2% Restaurants 7.2% 9.1% 16.3% 15.2% On-board 0.6% -2.3% 7.6% 4.3% train services Other 5.0% 9.1% -1.6% -1.3% Total other businesses 4.3% 5.7% 8.0% 7.2% Total 8.9% 7.6% 8.7% 4.8% Half Year Change Change Reported % L/L % (*) HOTELS Upscale and 14.1% 6.1% Midscale Economy 7.7% 5.8% Economy US -6.2% 1.9% Total HOTELS 8.6% 5.2% SERVICES 14.6% 12.0% Other Businesses Casinos 0.7% 2.3% Restaurants 11.7% 12.1% On-board 4.3% 1.2% train services Other 1.4% 3.4% Total other businesses 6.2% 6.5% Total 8.8% 6.1% *Based on constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates RevPAR by segment HOTELS : RevPAR Occupancy Rate Average room rate by segment Subsidiaries (reported) Subsidiaries (reported) at June-end 2007 (in %) (chg in pts) (chg in %) (YTD) Upscale and 65.3% +2.1 103 +4.6% Midscale Europe (in EUR) Economy Europe 71.7% +0.7 54 +4.3% (in EUR) Economy US (in $) 64.5% -0.2 47 +2.9% HOTELS : RevPAR RevPAR by segment Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Subsidiaries & at June-end 2007 (reported) managed (YTD) (chg in %) (like-for-like(1)) (reported) Upscale and 67 +8.0% +7.4% +10.7% Midscale Europe (in EUR) Economy Europe 39 +5.2% +4.9% +5.5% (in EUR) Economy US (in $) 31 +2.6% +2.1% +2.6% (1) at comparable scope of consolidation and exchange rates. RevPAR by country UPSCALE AND Number of Occupancy Rate Average room rate MIDSCALE HOTELS rooms Subsidiaries Subsidiaries RevPAR by (reported) (reported) country at June-end 2007 (YTD) (in local (in %) (chg in pts) (chg in %) currency) France 30,062 65.0% +3.6 109 +4.2% Germany 21,322 63.0% -0.8 91 +14.9% Netherlands 4,302 67.8% +3.0 115 +1.1% Belgium 2,232 69.0% +2.7 105 +2.8% Spain 2,259 66.3% +6.3 103 +3.9% Italy 3,021 62.1% -2.2 115 +1.5% UK ( in GBP) 5,349 76.6% +2.2 84 +6.5% USA (in $) 540 90.1% +19.5 216 +9.6% UPSCALE AND RevPAR MIDSCALE HOTELS RevPAR by Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Subsidiaries country at (reported) & managed June-end 2007 (YTD) (in local (chg in %) (like-for (reported) currency) -like(1)) France 71 +10.4% +9.0% +10.8% Germany 57 +13.4% +4.4% +6.7% Netherlands 78 +5.8% +6.1% +5.3% Belgium 72 +7.0% +7.0% +9.2% Spain 68 +14.8% +14.8% +14.9% Italy 71 -2.0% -1.0% -2.0% UK ( in GBP) 65 +9.6% +7.8% +3.2% USA (in $) 194 +40.0% +23.0% +22.3% (1) at comparable scope of consolidation and exchange rates. ECONOMY HOTELS Number of Occupancy Rate Average room rate RevPAR by rooms Subsidiaries Subsidiaries country at (reported) (reported) June-end 2007 (YTD) (in local (in %) (chg in pts) (chg in %) currency) France 44,297 71.8% -0.1 47 +3.8% Germany 15,187 68.8% -0.6 57 +3.3% Netherlands 2,215 81.5% +4.4 77 +4.7% Belgium 2,569 74.4% +0.3 66 +3.0% Spain 3,910 76.7% +2.4 54 +4.8% Italy 1,436 62.2% +3.0 74 -1.0% UK ( in GBP) 7,329 74.5% +3.2 53 +4.8% USA (in $) 106,563 64.5% -0.2 47 +2.9% ECONOMY HOTELS RevPAR RevPAR by Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Subsidiaries country at (reported) & managed June-end 2007 (YTD) (in local (chg in %) (like-for (reported) currency) -like(1)) France 33 +3.6% +3.2% +3.6% Germany 39 +2.4% +2.1% +2.8% Netherlands 63 +10.6% +10.6% +10.6% Belgium 49 +3.5% +6.2% +3.5% Spain 41 +8.2% +8.6% +8.2% Italy 46 +4.0% +4.1% +4.0% UK ( in EUR) 39 +9.5% +11.7% +9.8% USA (in $) 31 +2.6% +2.1% +2.6% (1) at comparable scope of consolidation and exchange rates. 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