Accor organizes from April 2nd to June 19th, 2014, an original

and innovative student competition.

“Take Off! Join the Accor Student

Adventure”

After two successful editions, we have the pleasure to launch

our 3rd edition Worldwide!

This year, our competition will allow the students to be evaluated

by Accor professionals and by top-school teachers with different

cultural backgrounds!

Competition website lives on April 2nd, 2014

www.accortakeoff.com

Take Off! presentation

Theme:

The digital innovation

in hospitality

Subject:

How will mobile

transform the

hospitality industry

and guests

experiences ?

Your goal

Work on a real Accor case study and add value to your

resume

Get the chance to be evaluated by teachers from top

Schools and by our Accor professionals

Develop your network

Get to know better Accor

Intercultural exchange

Be our guest in Paris if you are part of the finalists

Win superb Holiday at Accor Hotels

And last but not least: HAVE FUN!

Form a team of 3 students attending the same School or

University and submit your project on the website from April

2nd to 21st, 2014!

You must be:

Enrolled at an accredited Hospitality, Management school or

university (scan copy of 2013 student card will have to be

provided at later stage in the competition)

Aged 18 or over

In possession of a valid passport till September 20th, 2014

Available to travel to Paris (June 16th – 19th, 2014) if you are

selected for the Final

Who can participate?

Topic

How will mobile transform the hospitality industry and guests

experience ?

Deliverables

Post a photo collage from April 2nd to 21st , with short

explicative text to best represent your project

Your photo collage can be posted on jpeg or pmg format, must

not exceed 150 KB and must be in landscape orientation. Your

descriptive text must not exceed 500 characters

Selections

Be the first to register, the number of teams is limited to 300 (3

students per team) – From April 2nd to 21st

50 teams will be pre-selected by online votes – From April

21st to 28th

15 teams will be selected by our jury made of professionals

from Accor and teachers- April 29th

Round 1

21stt

2nd

April

29th

Register online SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO-

COLLAGE

JURY RESULTS : 15 selected teams

April 29th : 15 selected teams

CREATE THE BUZZ : get votes on

Accortakeoff.com 50 pre selected teams

28th

DREAMING

BOOKING

EXPERIENCING

SHARING

RESEARCHING

Accor

Mobile

TOPIC – Round 1:

How will mobile transform the hospitality

industry and guests experience ?

Choose one dimension of the Accor mobile and imagine a photo-collage You can develop as many ideas as you want! Your project can be focused on:

• The guests (E.g.: Booking aspect – Geo-localization of rooms available in Accor hotels around you) • Accor employees (E.g.: Experiencing aspect -Application helping housekeeping to manage their stocks)

Next mobile TECHNOLOGY TRENDS

VISUAL RECOGNITION INDOOR LOCALIZATION LIFE ASSISTANCE

NFC VOICE RECOGNITION SENSORS & OBJECTS

TOPIC – Round 1:

How will mobile transform the hospitality

industry and guests experience ?

You will be evaluated on: • Feasibility • Aesthetic • Innovation • Consistency with our

strategy

More information on Accortakeoff.com from April, 2nd

You can integrate these technologies to your project and go beyond!

Teams

If you are amongst the 15 teams selected for Round 2

Topic

The topic will be communicated to the selected teams on

April, 29th but will give you the chance to go further in your

research

Deliverables

Post a video which will show you on a situation & short

explicative text to best showcase your project

Your submitted video must not exceed 1 minute and 15 MB.

Format should be flv, mp4, wmv or mpeg. Your descriptive text

must not exceed 500 characters

Selection:

Support your project on May 20th via a 10 minutes

conference call where the jury:

Will watch your video

Will ask you 3 questions

Round 2

18th

30th

Submit your video

Jury: conference call with each group

April

May

20th

21st Jury results : 5 selected teams

JURY RESULTS : 15 selected teams

29th

April

Mai 21th : 5 selected teams

Teams

If you are amongst the 5 teams selected for the Final

Round

Deliverables

Our jury wants to discover the best talents so the

subject is kept secret! You will discover it on the D-

Day!

Final in Paris

JURY RESULTS : 5 selected teams

17th

16th Arrival

Presentation of the 6 projects followed by

the ceremony and the dinner

June

18th

19th

Brunch and tour in Paris

29th

May

Time to go back

June 17th : 1 winning team

Save the dates!

18th

30th

Submit your video

Jury: conference call with each group

Ap

ril M

ay

16th to 19th ONE WINNING TEAM

ROUND 2

FINAL IN PARIS

June

20th

21st Jury results : 5 qualifications

21th

2nd

Ap

ril

29th

Register online SUBMIT YOUR PHOTO-

COLLAGE

JURY RESULTS : 15 selected teams

CREATE THE BUZZ : get votes on

Accortakeoff.com 50 pre selected teams

28th

ROUND 2

Last year’s adventure: re-invent Novotel

Our best advice!

Register from April 2nd and download the information files

which will lead you to success

Be creative and innovative: the more your idea stands out

from the crowd, the more chance you have to get noticed by

our jury members

Imagine a feasible project

Be motivated, involved and do your best!

GOOD LUCK!

Main contact in Paris

Accor Paris Odyssey Headquarter

Héloïse Charriau

Human Resources Assistant

Schools Relations & Partnerships Direction

Email: heloise.charriau@accor.com

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