International hotel operator Accor opened Novotel Living Kyiv in the fall of 2026 and plans to open Novotel Lviv in the first quarter of 2027, Andriy Davydenko, vice president of operations for Ukraine, Georgia, and the CIS, told Interfax-Ukraine.
“Novotel Living Kyiv opened on September 9. The initial results are satisfactory, and once the security situation improves, they will undoubtedly be even better.
As for Novotel Lviv, preparations for the opening are actively underway. I hope we’ll be able to open the hotel as early as February,” Davydenko said.
Novotel Living Kyiv (on Gogolivska Street) features 49 apartments (with one or two bedrooms), while Novotel Lviv (at 9 Mitskevych Square) will have 128 rooms.
It was previously reported that in 2023, a contract was signed for technical support and management of the ibis Budget in Kyiv’s Podil district. The property will have 126 rooms, some of which will be designed in a hostel format.
According to data from the Accor website, in the third quarter of 2026, the company opened 63 hotels with a total of nearly 9,000 rooms. As of the end of September 2026, the Group’s hotel portfolio comprised 885,219 rooms (5,857 hotels), while projects in the development stage encompassed more than 273,000 rooms (1,628 hotels).
Accor brings together more than 5,800 hotels, resorts, and residences in 110 countries under more than 40 brands: Raffles, Sofitel, Fairmont, OneFineStay, MGallery, Pullman, Swissotel, Mövenpick, Grand Mercure, The Sebel, 25 hours hotel, Handwritten, Novotel, Mercure, Tribe, Adagio, Mama Shelter, Ibis, Ibis Styles, Adagio Success, Ibis Budget, Jo&Joe, hotelFormule1, hotel F1, Thalassa Sea&Spa, Greet, and others.
In the third quarter of 2026, the group generated revenue of EUR 1.503 billion, up 7.7% (at constant exchange rates) compared to the third quarter of 2025.
Accor SA shares are listed on the Euronext stock exchange in Paris and traded on the U.S. over-the-counter market.
In Ukraine, Accor operates ten hotels: the 3-star ibis in Kyiv, the ibis Styles and ibis in Lviv, the 5-star Fairmont Grand Hotel in Kyiv, the Novotel Living Kyiv, and the Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska aparthotel. The operator’s portfolio is rounded out by the Mercure Kyiv Congress Hotel and the MGallery Hôtel de Paris (Odesa, temporarily closed).
International hotel operator Accor Live Limitless (France) will open a three-star ibis Kyiv Beresteiska hotel in late 2023, according to the operator’s website.
“I am pleased to announce the opening of ibis Kyiv Beresteiska. It will be a great addition to the Accor family in Ukraine,” commented Andriy Davydenko, CEO of Accor Northern Europe – Ukraine, Georgia and the CIS, in a linked post.
As reported, the international hotel operator Accor Live Limitless planned to launch three new hotels in Ukraine in 2022-2023, ibis & Adagio Kyiv, ibis Lviv and Novotel Lviv. At the end of December 2022, Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska also started operating. Both hotels are located in the same building at 55 Peremohy Ave. Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska has 105 rooms and Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska has 156 rooms.
Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska is an apart-hotel, its rooms are adapted for long-term stays: they have fully equipped kitchens, special workspaces, WIFI and other necessary facilities for work and leisure. The ibis Kyiv Beresteiska has six meeting rooms for business events and conferences.
The 77-room ibis Styles Lviv Center hotel, located in the business center of Lviv at 3 Shukhevycha Street, was opened in December 2022.
Accor Group, one of the world’s leading hotel operators, opened the first hotel under the Novotel brand in Lille (France) in 1967.
As of December 2023, Accor operated 5,487 hotels, resorts and residences in 110 countries under more than 40 brands (Raffles, Sofitel, Fairmont, OneFineStay, MGallery, Pullman, Swissotel, Grand Mercure, The Sebel, 25 hours hotel, Novotel, Mercure, Adagio, Mama Shelter, Ibis, Ibis Styles, Adagio success, Ibis Budget, Jo&Joe, hotelFormule1, hotel F1, Thalassa sea&spa, greet, etc. ).
Accor SA shares are listed on Euronext in Paris and traded on the US over-the-counter market.
In Ukraine, AccorHotels manages three-star Ibis hotels in Kyiv, Ibis Styles and Gruner in Lviv, five-star Fairmont Grand Hotel in Kyiv, and Mercure Kyiv Congress Hotel. In addition, one hotel under Accor’s management is located in Odesa – MGallery Hôtel de Paris.
International hotel operator Accor Live Limitless (France) opened apartment hotel Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska, general director of Accor Northern Europe – Ukraine, Georgia and CIS region Andrey Davidenko told Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
“At Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska, sales are open from December 29, 2022. Now is the soft opening period, not all works are 100% finished, by January 9 we plan to open the restaurant. ibis Kyiv Beresteiska will not open until the war is over,” he said.
Both hotels are located in one building on the Victory Avenue, 55, in Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska 105 rooms, in Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska – 156.
Adagio Kyiv Beresteiska is an apartment hotel, and the rooms are adapted for longer stays: they have fully equipped kitchens, special work spaces, WIFI and other amenities for work and rest. According to Davidenko, there are already clients, who have chosen the hotel for a long stay; there is also a possibility to rent a room for a short term.
As it was reported, the international hotel operator Accor Live Limitless was planning to launch three new hotels in Ukraine in 2022-2023, ibis & Adagio Kyiv, ibis Lviv and Novotel Lviv. A 77-room ibis Styles Lviv Center hotel, located in the business center of Lviv on Shukhevicha Street, 3, began operations in December 2022.
In addition, the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank intends to provide a EUR 8 million loan for the construction of a 4-star hotel Novotel with a room capacity of 128 rooms in Lviv to Real Estate Development Center LLC.
“Now it is very difficult to talk about any timeline for Novotel Lviv, perhaps at the end of 2024 we will open. Everything depends on the end of the war,” Davidenko told Interfax-Ukraine.
Accor Group – one of the leading hotel operators in the world – opened the first hotel under the brand Novotel in Lille (France) in 1967.
Accor, as of December 2022, had more than 5.3 thousand hotels, resorts and residences in 110 countries under more than 40 brands (Raffles, Sofitel, Fairmont, OneFineStay, MGallery, Pullman, Swissotel, Grand Mercure, The Sebel, 25 hours hotel, Novotel, Mercure, Adagio, Mama Shelter, Ibis, Ibis Styles, Adagio success, Ibis Budget, Jo & Joe, hotelFormule1, hotel F1, Thalassa sea & spa, greet and others).
Accor SA shares are listed on Euronext in Paris and traded over-the-counter in the U.S. market.
In Ukraine AccorHotels manages 3-star Ibis hotels in Kyiv, Ibis Styles and Gruner in Lviv, 5-star Fairmont Grand Hotel in Kyiv, as well as Mercure Kyiv Congress Hotel. In addition, one hotel managed by Accor is located in Odessa – MGallery Hôtel de Paris.
Accor, operator of the Novotel and Ibis brands; Hilton; and Hyatt will not be opening any new hotels in Russia, and they are suspending all partnerships with Russian companies, though they will continue to operate existing hotels, the hotel chains said in their respective statements.
“The French owner of the Novotel and Ibis hotel chains said that it has suspended all planned openings and developments in Russia and any partnerships with Russian companies, though it will continue to operate its more than 50 hotels in the country in order to support its 3,500 Russian employees,” the Financial Times wrote.
Accor was the first international hotel chain to announce a halt, followed by Hilton, operator of the LXR Hotels & Resorts, Waldorf Astoria, Hilton brands and others, and Hyatt. Neither Marriott nor IHG has issued a statement regarding the matter.
“We have now taken the decision to suspend our development activities and any new investment in Russia, and the decision is effective immediately,” the Hyatt hotel chain posted on its official news site.
Hyatt also notes that it will continue to monitor the situation in Russia, while complying with the directives of the U.S. government, as it hopes for a resolution to the crisis.
The Hilton hotel chain said late on Wednesday that it had closed its corporate office in Moscow and would suspend construction of hotels in Russia. The company said in a statement that it would also continue to monitor the situation in Russia.
Accor CEO Sebastien Bazin had previously canceled a meeting scheduled for this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Accor’s plans for 2022 had included the opening of five new hotels in Russia. Overall, there are 50 hotels open in the country, with 21 of them operating in Moscow.
The online booking services of Airbnb and Booking.com have also ceased operations in Russia.
The Radisson hotel chain has stated that it would remain in Russia. “All Radisson Hotel Group hotels in Russia will continue to operate. We are closely monitoring the situation in the region, we care about the well-being of all guests and team members, and continue to adhere to all instructions,” the company said in a statement.
Accor Live Limitless will open three new hotels in Ukraine in 2022-2023: Ibis & Adagio Kyiv, Ibis Lviv and Novotel Lviv, Alexis Delaroff, the director general of Accor New East Europe, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“For Accor Ukraine is an important market, and we strive to develop it further. Accor is already the largest international operator in Ukraine, and if we take into account the projects at the stage of signing or design, we are strengthening our positions,” he said.
According to him, the pandemic has made adjustments to the plans for the implementation of Ibis & Adagio Kyiv, the opening of this combo hotel is likely to occur next year.
“The project is now moving forward dynamically,” the expert said.
Two more projects are at a high stage of implementation in Lviv. According to him, Ibis Lviv will open in 2022, Novotel Lviv in 2023.
“Odesa, Dnipro, and other cities are also interesting to us. We are constantly looking for new projects and partners,” he said.
Accor S.A. Is the largest international hotel operator. The company was founded in 1967. It is headquartered in the Paris suburb Evry.
Accor Group unites more than 5,100 hotels in 110 countries of the world.
