Frank Reul
Area General Manager for Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia
AccorHotels / Orbis
Frank has extensive experience in hotel management and operations. He started his career in 1988 in Brussels and Bruges in Belgium in senior operational roles at AccorHotels. He quickly got promoted to Director of Food and Beverage at the Novotel Sheremetyevo-2 in Moscow, Russia in 1992.
After spending three years in Moscow he moved back to London to and begun his ten years long career in the United Kingdom at AccorHotels. He started at one of the busiest airport’s Novotel, at the Heathrow as an Operations Manager. He then held several General Manager positions across the United Kingdom: Novotel Preston, Novotel Southampton, Novotel Milton Keynes, Novotel Bristol Centre. In 2006 he moved to Turkey, where he directed and managed one of the key hotels in Istanbul, the Novotel Istanbul. He then spent two years as a General Manager at Novotel Trabzon.
After more than 20 years of service at AccorHotels he had appointed to Area General Manager for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, then from 2014, he is the Area General Manager for Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia where he oversees of operations and development including development in the Balkans and Croatia.
He is fluent in Dutch, English, French and speaks German as well. He is an avid fan of history, wines and the Arsenal.
Headquartered in Paris, France, AccorHotels owns, operates and franchises 3,700 hotels on 5 continents representing several diverse brands, from budget and economy lodgings to luxurious accommodations in exotic locales.The group has USD 5.45 billion revenue (2015) and brands like Sofitel, Novotel, and Ibis.