In opening the first Novotel in 1967 at Lille Lesquin, Accor co-founders Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pelisson introduced the concept of a modern hotel chain in France. While innovative, the idea was simple: provide modern, comfortable accommodation coupled with restaurants, work and recreational facilities, and parking.


With spacious bedrooms and functional bathrooms, simple but generous food, plus a bar, meeting rooms and leisure facilities and parking at most hotels, Novotel is your guarantee of quality service and a relaxed informal environment for both business and leisure travel.From the very beginning, Novotel has grown and developed by adapting to changing lifestyles. Its new "Novation" bedroom signals a new phase in Novotel's history and reaffirms its aim to be the standard of reference in hotel innovation.