VIE Hotel Bangkok, is to open on December 2, 2008, and will be Asia�s first of the MGallery collection of hotels.

The hotel benefits a superb location at Ratchathewi Skytrain station providing easy access to Bangkok�s most popular shopping areas, museums, universities, and National Stadium.

�We are delighted to welcome VIE Hotel Bangkok to the MGallery collection of hotels, marking our first in Asia. The hotel is set to provide a unique hotel experience for guests that choose their hotel to be at the centre of the travel plans, desire individuality in a human sized hotel� said Oswald Pichler � Vice President Operations Accor Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.

Like the French meaning of the word �VIE� - the hotel�s design concept is the reflection of life. This is delivered through modern contemporary styling, frisky lighting, vivid colors and fashionable decorative items achieving boutique elegance. The hotel aims to provide enriched customization and passionate pleasure for those looking for a unique experience with edgy design.

The interior of all four room types; deluxe, deluxe suite (one bedroom), duplex suite (two bedrooms) and VIE Penthouse, are contemporary with touches of colorful Thai silk and soft furnishings that contrast the dark coconut wood furniture and hard wood flooring to create a warm and relaxing setting. Large windows showcase the scenic Bangkok skyline while the bathroom is vast and designed for full functionality with a separate shower and bath tub. All 154 lavishly appointed spacious rooms come fully equipped with high-end in-room amenities.

Contained within the four-storey cube at the hotels front is the VIE 39 Exclusive Club, which features VIE CIGAR and VIE WINE providing an extensive selection of cigars and wines and topped with a rooftop swimming pool.

Unique contemporary cuisine, with dishes carefully designed to impress, can be found at VIE DINING, an all-day-dining venue in a chic setting with eleventh floor views of the Bangkok skyline.

Guests will also enjoy body and mind rejuvenation options, designed to relax you physically and mentally, either at VIE FIT, a fully equipped fitness club with the latest equipment, or the fabulous VIE SPA.

The MGallery label, hotels with distinctive personalities

The recently launched MGallery hotel collection is a small collection of Accor�s most distinctive personality and upscale hotels with an atypical positioning, each of them offering a superior distinctive experience that combines the excellence of its service offer with individual establishments, with a marked personality to make every guest�s stay unique.

The MGallery collection of hotels has an individual personality that gives a unique travel experience

- through a history, whether a historic building or a past story, - an exceptional location - a vision that is the specific project of its creator - a design that is particularly sophisticated and avant-garde.

Vie Hotel Bangkok belongs to the �design� family of the MGallery collection and is a World�s first member.

Reflecting their history, setting, vision or design, the MGallery collection hotels each have their own name, visual identity and specific products and services offer, consistent with the sprit of the label.

Special opening package

VIE Hotel Bangkok is offering an opening package Thai Baht 5,900++/deluxe room/night inclusive of breakfast, 2 x 60 minute spa treatments in Vie Spa, welcome fruit and flowers in room upon arrival, and daily newspaper. The offer is valid until January 31, 2009 with reservations at www.accorhotels.com or mgallery.com

MGallery is a collection of upscale hotels that are remarkable in their personality. Selected to offer each guest an original experience thanks to their distinctive features, they come to life with an upscale service offer and bespoke products. Designed for a broad range of individual guests in activity �center and city center destinations, MGallery will seduce both business travelers looking for tailor-made services and tourists eager to experience authentic venues and moments. The MGallery collection of hotels thus reinforces the consistency of Accor�s portfolio in the upscale non standardized segment. As of Q3 2008, the MGallery network comprises 8 hotels and will grow to over 40 establishments in Europe, Middle-East, Asia-Pacific, the Caribbean and Latin America by end 2010.

Accor, a major global group and the European leader in hotels, as well as the global leader in services to corporate clients and public institutions, operates in nearly 100 countries with 150,000 employees. It offers to its clients over 40 years of expertise in two core businesses: - Hotels, with the Sofitel, Pullman, MGallery, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1 and Motel 6 brands, representing 4,000 hotels and nearly 500,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Len�tre; - Services, with 30 million people in 40 countries benefiting from Accor Services products in employee and public benefits, rewards and loyalty, and expense management.

Everything you need to know about MGallery hotels at www.mgallery.com.

VIE Hotel Bangkok Media Contacts

Jaima Navamark Public Relations Manager VIE Hotel Bangkok Tel. +66 (0) 2309 3939 jaima@grandmercuresuites.com

Porntina Tangsajjavitoon Director of Communications � SEA Accor Asia Pacific Tel. +66 (0) 2659 4620 porntina.tangsajjavitoon@accor.com