French founder of Accor international hotel group dies aged 91

Gerard Pelisson, who co-founded the Accor hotel group and turned the business into the world's sixth largest hotel chain, has died at the age of 91 after a long illness, according to his family.

Pelisson created the Accor company together with his business partner Paul Dubrule and grew it into the world's sixth largest hotel group with 5,400 hotels in 100 countries under the Novotel, Ibis, Sofitel, Mercure and Pu