MGallery

Key Criteria - International Edition

1. DESIGN

MGallery hotels are full-service hotels, international 5* standards

MGallery hotels must include a breakfast room, a bar (with a food offer if no restaurant), a
Smoking Room, a fitness facility.
It must also include a Living Room : i.e. an open and intimate space (between a salon and
lounge), warm ambiance and set a little apart. The Living Room enables to increase the
feeling of quality of the MGallery experience, while putting forward the hotels story.
In city-centre hotels, when possible, a 24/7 Wellness/Fitness centre will be included
In Resorts, a Spa will be included.
Other facilities are usually included but are subject to market needs: Restaurant,
meeting/conference rooms, car parking facilities (private or 24h public within 100m maximum).
The hotel must be operated independently from any other building (including energy supplies).
However distinctive the design of an MGallery hotel may be, it must facilitate the daily work of
the employees.
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MGallery bedrooms can be of different sizes (minimum 22m in Europe but often bigger). Each
hotel may have a different interior design for bedroom/bathroom. Each hotel to include
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minimum 2 suites (40m minimum but often bigger).
The interior design to the bedrooms & to the public areas to be carried out by an Interior
Designer approved by MGallery, and according to the hotel planned personality.
Preferably all public areas should be on the same floor and visible from the reception area.
The bar & the restaurant must be next to each other
The kitchen must be located close to the restaurant.
MGallery label & technical guidelines must be complied with.
Hotel architectural & interior design to be approved by ACCOR, prior to implementation.
A Technical Assistance Contract must be entered into with ACCOR Technical Services
Minimum lifts requirement = 2 passenger lifts + 1 service lift to all floors + separate lift to car
park if in basement (Hotels over 100 bedrooms).

2. BUILDING
STRUCTURE
3. ACOUSTIC

Reinforced concrete frame structure preferred (for acoustic and fire performance)

Acoustic performance is the No. 1 technical performance criterion

Noise level at bed head must not exceed 30 dB(A) during night time.

4. AIR CONDITIONING

MGallery hotels must be fully air-conditioned

5. ENVIRONMENT

A site environmental survey must always be carried out BEFORE works start on site
Energy recovery must always be included on main heating/cooling/ventilation systems
Low energy lighting fittings must be used extensively throughout the hotel
Water flow regulators to basin taps (6l/mn) & showers (12l/mn) must be included.

6. ACCESSIBILITY

MGallery hotels to be accessible to wheelchair users

Minimum 2.5% of bedrooms to be accessible to wheelchair users

7. CONSTRUCTION
SITE

Hoarding to be supplied, maintained and painted by contractor to ACCORs design without 3

party advertising panels
MGallery sign boards and banners to be erected during all construction period

ACCOR Hospitality MGallery Key Criteria March 08 V1.0

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