SINGAPORE – The opening of five new Novotels - in China, Vietnam, Malaysia and India – in less than two months has established Asia Pacific as the growth region for Accor’s most established brand. The five new hotels extend the Novotel network to 86 hotels in Asia Pacific. The new hotels are Novotel Beijing Sanyaun, Novotel Halong Bay, Novotel Kota Kinabalu,Novotel Hyderabad Airport and Novotel Nha Trang. The pace of development will continue with a further 19 Novotel hotels set to open in the next two years. These openings will include Mumbai and New Delhi in India; Jakarta, Pekanbaru and Lampung in Indonesia; Kuching in Malaysia; Ulan Baatar in Inner Mongolia China; Christchurch in New Zealand; Taipei in Taiwan; Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand; and Hoi An and Phu Quoc in Vietnam.