France-based Accor SA (Accor) is scheduled to open its first hotel in Taiwan, Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport, by end of 2009.

Featuring 360 rooms and five food and beverage outlets, the hotel is owned by China Airlines.

Accor has cooperated with AC Nielsen, a leading research firm, to conduct a survey among its Advantage Plus members in China, Hong Kong and Singapore as part of its efforts to understand consumer demand for this development.

Currently, Accor has nine Novotel branded hotels in mainland China and three in Hong Kong. 

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