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From 27 October to 22 November 2017, AccorHotels employees undertook the action to map the accessibility of its hotels and local businesses on the Jaccede app – a platform which gives a guide to the accessibility of places.
The challenge took the form of an international competition pitting seven teams against one another in the main regions around the world where the group operates, in order to strengthen a sense of collaboration and promote diversity.
Both a website and a mobile app, Jaccede is a collaborative platform on which people can review the accessibility of the places they visit to enable people with reduced mobility to identify the places that meet their needs. More than 100,000 sites globally, including hotels, restaurants, bakeries and pharmacies are already listed on the app.
Since the challenge was launched, more than 10,000 addresses have been added to the platform.
The team that adds the highest number of sites will win the challenge, with the results to be revealed on November 27, 2017 by Sébastien Bazin, group chairman and CEO.
The results will be announced during a live conference on accessibility and disabled sports taking place at the group’s headquarters in Paris.
During this conference, Michael Jeremiasz, four-time Paralympic medalist in wheelchair tennis, and Thu Kamkasomphou, table tennis player and five-time Paralympic Games medalist, will talk on the theme “changing attitudes towards disability” and lead disabled sports workshops for employees.
Anne-Sophie Béraud, AccorHotels vice president diversity and inclusion, said: “As an active member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network, AccorHotels is working alongside other companies in the network to promote the professional integration of people with disabilities around the world.
“The group is going further and is involving its employees in new initiatives to improve both the access and experience of guests with reduced mobility in its hotels. Welcoming and accepting others, growing from and valuing our differences, are some of the founding principles of AccorHotels.”
