Accor hospitality group appoints Maria Dragulin as director of Hotel Development in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Czech Republic. She will reinforce the hotel pipeline in the area and will support Accor’s partners in identifying and setting in place the right brands and concepts for their hotels, in line with the global hospitality trends, as well as local characteristics of demand.

Maria Dragulin has more than 22 years of experience in tourism, working for international hotels such as Novotel, InterContinental, Hilton or Vienna International. For more than 11 years, she held the General Manager position in several international hotels in Bucharest. She has been part of the opening team of Novotel Bucharest City Centre. Maria Dragulin is a Management and Tourism graduate and benefits from numerous internationally recognition specializations and certifications in the hospitality field.

“I am pleased to be back in the Accor family, now with a new challenge, from operations to development, interacting with inspiring people from architects & designers to experts in the law area, meeting people with different expectations, enthusiasm and passion for hotels. I am committed to a long-term cooperation with Accor’s potential partners, to create a genuine experience for the future journey of our guests,” says Maria Dragulin Director of Hotel Development for Accor in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Czech Republic.