Accor Services to Showcase Commuter Check® Benefit Solutions at Benefits Conferences in March

Business Wire, March 6, 2007

WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass. -- Accor Services North America, a leader in innovative employee benefits solutions and premier provider of national commuter benefit programs, will showcase its Commuter Check[R] Benefit Solutions at two key benefits conferences in March -- Employers Council on Flexible Compensation (ECFC) in McLean, VA (Booth #26) on March 8-9 and Benefits NY at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC (Booth #421) on March 12.

More than 10,000 employers nationwide offer Commuter Check Benefit Solutions to over 250,000 employees as part of overall compensation packages. Commuter Check Benefit Solutions is a transit and parking voucher program that allows companies to take advantage of the Qualified Transportation Fringe Benefit, a federal tax incentive for employees and employers alike. Also known as IRS Code Section 132(f), the incentive allows employees to set aside up to $110 per month pre-tax for transit benefits and $215 per month pre-tax for parking benefits. Companies can elect to provide Commuter Check vouchers either as a substitute for taxable salary (offered on a pre-tax basis like a 401k), as a supplemental company-paid subsidy or as a combination of the two. Commuter Check Benefit Solutions enhance company benefits packages by providing employees a way to pay for commuting costs with tax-free dollars without increasing overall compensation costs. With Commuter Check Benefit Solutions, employees can save up to 40 percent of their commuting costs - often more than $1,500 in annual tax savings - and employers can save eight to ten percent on payroll taxes.

About Accor Services North America

Accor Services North America is a leading transportation benefits organization in the United States and provider of Commuter Check Benefit Solutions, a nationwide transit and parking voucher program. Its mission is to provide, on a national basis, administration and program development services supporting public and private efforts to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality and promote use of public transportation. For more information about Commuter Check Benefit Solutions visit www.commmutercheck.com.

About Accor

Accor, European leader in hotels and tourism, global leader in corporate services, operates in nearly 100 countries with 160,000 employees. It offers to its individual and corporate clients nearly 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:

- Hotels, with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, Red Roof Inn, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands: over 4,000 hotels and 475,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenytre;

- Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 21 million people in 35 countries benefit from Accor Services products - meal and food vouchers, people care, incentive and loyalty programs.

Commuter Check is a registered trademark of Accor Services North America. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.