- 11 April, 2006 -

Accor North America, one of the largest hotel chain owner and operators in North America, continues to experience rapid growth and is pleased to announce the hiring of Inaganti Rao as Vice President of Development for Red Roof Inn. Rao will be responsible for the identification and execution of new investment, development and expansion opportunities for Red Roof Inns. Rao joins Accor from Ernst & Young, LLP where he was Consulting Manager with their national Real Estate Advisory Services Group in New York. Rao has over 15 years of professional real estate development, advisory, client-service and owner's representation experience in the areas of residential, mixed-use, commercial office, retail and entertainment centers, hotels, resorts, hospitals, data centers, and land and site infrastructure development. Rao has master's degrees in Real Estate Finance & Development from Columbia University, International Business from University of Guam, and Urban Planning from Kansas State University. He completed his Bachelors of Science degree at J.N. Technology University in Architecture and Building Engineering. Rao is currently a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute. About Accor North America Headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, Accor North America operates more than 1,200 upscale and economy properties including nationwide economy leaders Red Roof Inn, Studio 6 and Motel 6 and the upscale Sofitel and mid-scale Novotel and Ibis hotel locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.accor-na.com Accor North America is a division of Accor. With 168,000 people in 140 countries, Accor is the European leader and one of the world's largest groups in travel, tourism and corporate services, with two major international activities: Hotels: 4,000 hotels (463,000 rooms) in 90 countries, casinos, travel agencies, and restaurants. Services to corporate clients and public institutions: each day, 19 million people in 34 countries use a broad range of services (food vouchers, people care and services, incentive, loyalty programs, events) engineered and managed by Accor. For more information, visit www.accor.com.

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