Hotel brands
Choose the brand by the trip you have. In Paris, the four Sofitels each stand a few hundred metres from a métro station, and Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy seats 420 in its largest meeting room.
The brands, by segment
Luxury
- Hotels in our lists: 4
Four Sofitels stand in our Paris list, each a few hundred metres from a métro station in the 8th, 9th or 16th arrondissement. Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra, our pick, puts you 200 m from Auber RER A, with treatments until 20:00.
How does Accor group its brands?
Accor sorts its brands by segment on its group site, and our lists follow the same groups. In the Paris list, the Luxury segment holds Raffles, Sofitel and MGallery; Premium holds Pullman; Midscale holds Novotel, TRIBE and Adagio; Economy holds ibis and JO&JOE. SO/, 25hours Hotels and Mama Shelter appear in Accor’s separate Lifestyle group, under Ennismore.
A segment sets the level of service. The facilities you will use on a working trip, from meeting rooms to spa hours, the pool and the gym, change from one hotel to the next inside the same brand, which is why each brand entry lists its hotels with their neighbourhood.
Sofitel has the most hotels in our lists, four in Paris. Pullman and MGallery follow with three each, and the other nine brands have one hotel each.
What does each segment offer a business traveller in Paris?
In the Paris list, each segment lines up with a different kind of trip.
Four of the eight Luxury hotels stand in the 8th or 9th arrondissement, close to the offices. Le Royal Monceau - Raffles Paris has a 1,500 m² spa and a 23 m pool open 06:30 to 22:00, but four meeting rooms for 90 guests at most.
The three Pullmans hold the large meeting floors: 32 rooms at Bercy with a largest room for 420, 16 at the Tour Eiffel with a ballroom for 400, and 13 at La Défense.
Midscale covers the biggest conference and the long stay. Novotel Paris Centre Tour Eiffel has 36 meeting rooms and a 600 m² amphitheatre, and Aparthotel Adagio Paris Centre Eiffel Tower has 375 apartments with a full kitchen.
In Economy, ibis Paris Tour Eiffel Cambronne 15ème has five meeting rooms and Cambronne métro a minute away, with no gym. The Lifestyle hotels suit late dinners and train connections: 25hours Hotel Paris Terminus Nord stands across from Gare du Nord, and Mama Shelter Paris East serves dinner until midnight from Thursday to Saturday.
Can you choose a hotel on its brand alone?
Not for a working trip, because hotels of the same brand differ on the facilities you will use. Among the four Paris Sofitels, only Le Scribe and Le Faubourg have a spa, while Arc de Triomphe and Baltimore Tour Eiffel offer a gym and nothing more. The three Pullmans split the same way: Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy has a 400 m² spa with a sauna and an indoor pool, Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel has a 24-hour fitness room and no spa or pool, and Pullman Paris La Défense brings in massages from an outside provider on a day’s notice.
MGallery shows the widest gap. Molitor Hotel & Spa Paris has two heated pools and 13 treatment rooms, but it sits 6.5 km from the Opéra district. Boutet Bastille Hotel Paris has a pool open 07:00 to 22:00 and meeting space for 20. Too Hotel & Spa Paris has a sauna open until 22:30 and no pool. Check the hotel’s own card in the list before you book.
Frequently asked questions
How does Accor group its brands?
By segment, from luxury to economy, in Accor’s own list of brands. In our lists, Raffles, Sofitel and MGallery are Luxury; Pullman is Premium; Novotel, TRIBE and Adagio are Midscale; ibis and JO&JOE are Economy. SO/, 25hours Hotels and Mama Shelter appear in Accor’s separate Lifestyle group, under Ennismore.
Which Accor brand has the most hotels in our lists?
Sofitel, with four of the 19 hotels in our Paris list: Le Scribe Paris Opéra, Paris Le Faubourg, Paris Arc de Triomphe and Paris Baltimore Tour Eiffel. Pullman and MGallery follow with three hotels each, and the other nine brands in our lists have one hotel each.
Which brand is our pick from?
Sofitel. Sofitel Le Scribe Paris Opéra comes first in Best business hotels in Paris: it stands 200 m from Opéra métro and Auber RER A, with Gare Saint-Lazare five minutes on foot, and its four meeting rooms go up to the 170 m² 1895 room, which the hotel says holds 200 guests.
Which Accor brands have the largest meeting rooms in Paris?
Novotel and Pullman. Novotel Paris Centre Tour Eiffel has 36 meeting rooms and a 600 m² amphitheatre for up to 600 people. Pullman Paris Centre - Bercy has 32 rooms with a largest room of 507 m² for 420, and Pullman Paris Tour Eiffel a 430 m² ballroom for 400. The largest Sofitel room, the 1895 at Le Scribe, takes 200.
Which Accor brand suits a long stay in Paris?
Adagio, in our Paris list. Aparthotel Adagio Paris Centre Eiffel Tower has 375 apartments with a full kitchen, from 20 m² studios to a 75 m² apartment for six, plus a heated indoor pool, a fitness room and a 24-hour reception. It has no restaurant or bar, only breakfast, and two meeting rooms for up to 40.