In a bid to woo North American guests, France-based Accor Hotels has launched an online game called Around the World Photo Hunt. 

Accor hotels - Around the world online game

Accor is offering a free 12-day European vacation for two to the winner with the highest score - includes roundtrip airfare, first-class train tickets and stays at luxury Accor hotels in Paris, Berlin and Barcelona. 

In addition, there’s a bucketload of prizes for the top 10 players including a SoBed package, digital cameras, flat screen TVs, DVD home theaters and more. Also, one randomly selected player will get a $50 Mastercard gift card every day until July 23rd.

How’s it work? You’re given two identical photos of an Accor hotel from anywhere in the world. The two photos have 4 differences, which you need to spot before the timer runs out.

Accor Around the World photo hunt

Each time you spot a difference you win points. If you spot all four, you can move to the next round. The grand winner will be the one who notches up the most points.

The game started on June 24, and runs until July 23. So if you plan to be among the top 10 scorers, you need to start ASAP. Prizes aside, it’s a whole lot of fun, even if you just plan to play a couple of rounds. Also an excellent way for Accor to introduce their hotels to an American audience.

Gianna Rivera, Deputy Vice President, International Sales Division- North America, Accor Hospitality, says “The idea is to create a fun and engaging online game where travel shoppers can interact with our diverse collection of worldwide hotels… We believe this is an excellent way to raise visibility of Accor hotels while rewarding potential customers for taking the time to learn more about us.”

To play the game, visit www.accorhotelsaroundtheworld.com

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There’s a truck with a hotel room inside it that’s about to start rolling around in Europe – from Paris to Rome and Milan, among other cities. And you can stay for free for one night in this mobile hotel.

all seasons mobile Tour Hotel

The hotel chain behind this mobile hotel is Accor’s all seasons, and if you win the sweepstakes, you might end up sleeping in the truck while its parked at the Sony Center in Berlin, or opposite Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome.

The all seasons Tour Hotel features a fully functional and colourful room with double bed, a flatscreen TV and a bathroom, plus all the usual hotel amenities (breakfast, newspapers & magazines, wi-fi access, etc.).

The show kicks off on May 17, 2010 in Paris, with a 40 day schedule across 6 European countries and nine cities. 

- 17 to 20 May: Paris, by Port des Champs-Elysées, between Pont des Invalides and Pont Alexandre III

all seasons Tour Hotel (interior view)

- 21 to 23 May: Toulouse, on the Garonne’s banks, in the Pink City’s centre
- 24 to 27 May: Madrid (location confidential)
- 30 May to 2 June: Rome, opposite Castel Sant’Angelo
- 4 to 7 June: Milan, opposite Castello Sforzesco
- 8 to 11 June: Zurich, Turbinenplatz
- 12 to 15 June: Munich, opposite the Olympiapark
- 16 to 19 June: Berlin, Sony Center
- 21 to 24 June: Brussels (location confidential)

Last date to enter the sweepstakes is June 13, 2010. In addition to a night in the truck, more prizes are also on offer – including 100 one-night stays for two in one of the 81 all seasons network hotels, and everyone who enters will win a €10 discount on their next stay at an all seasons hotel anywhere in Europe.

For more details and to enter the contest, visit www.allseasons-tour.com/

Photos courtesy Accor Hotels

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Accor Hotels is offering a limited time promo under which nearly 2000 hotels in Europe are offering discounts of upto 50% off.

Accor 'Crazy Prices' promo

The Accor offer called ‘Crazy Prices’ is available on the Accorhotels.com website from March 13-22, 2010. Discounts of up to 50% are available for stays in between March 22 to May 2.

The offer applies to the following Accor hotel brands – Pullman, Gallery, Mercure, Novotel, Suitehotel, Adagio, ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, hotelF1 and Lucien Barrière hotels.

Pullman and Gallery are upscale brands with each hotel having its own unique personality and identity.

Novotel and Suitehotel are midscale hotels which offer the same standard facilities all over Europe. 

Adagio is a midscale extended stay hotel chain, while ibis offers economy and the same standard experience at all properties. All Seasons hotels offer economy and differing boutique styles.

Etap and hotelF1 are both budget options with the same standard experience.

Lucien Barrière offers a small group of luxury hotels and casinos.

Start your search for a hotel offering the Crazy Prices promo in your destination here. Popular destinations where many hotels are participating in the promo include London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, and Madrid. Here’s the full list of participating hotels.

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Hollywood mad-hatter Tim Burton has resurrected a 19-yr old Alice in his new film Alice in Wonderland (starring Mia Wasikowska and Johnny Depp) which follows Alice as she returns to the magical world of her childhood.

After watching the film, should you or your children long for a wonderland of your own, here’s a few Alice in Wonderland themed hotels and hotel suites.

Hotel Le Seven, Paris

Hotel Le Seven, Paris, France - This particular Alice in Wonderland suite, alas, won’t be available until later this year, but you can make reservations right away.

When it does become available, you will be able to enter a subtly recreated universe of Alice with clocks, lit panels and screens.

The walls and screens offer an atmosphere of clouds or forest which you can change. To make you think you’re actually in Alice’s wonderland, pleasant smells are added into the mixture as you flip the switch to change the atmosphere.

The Evesham Hotel, Evesham, UK - The eccentricity of the owner is fully represented in the quirkiness of The Evesham, with the wacky toilets, themed rooms, guests forced to carry around teddy bears that are attached to the room keys, and a wine list where French and German wines are banned.

In addition to the Alice in Wonderland Suite which comes complete with its own tea party setup, there are also other themed suites like the Apologies to Gaudi suite, in honor of the Spanish architect whose buildings are now landmarks in Barcelona.

Maison Moschino, Milan

Maison Moschino, Milan, Italy - The common thread connecting the designer rooms at this hotel is a fairy tale theme.

Maison Moschino’s creators explain that ”because to sleep is perchance to dream, and dreams are fairy tales that we are allowed to experience first hand, the fables of a fantasy world that we have created.”

This Alice in Wonderland junior suite at the Maison Moschino with its giant teacup table is made just right for a Wonderland tea party.

Honorable mentions:-

The Disney Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, where you can drop in on an afternoon tea party hosted at the 1900 Park Fare restaurant by your favorite Disney Characters from Alice in Wonderland.

The Delano Hotel in South Beach Beach, Miami, whose Alice in Wonderland themed oversize furnishings are quite famous.

Photo credits:- Hotel Le Seven – Hotel Seven; Maison Moschino – Mobygest