Dana Peluso Named Senior Legal Counsel For Accor North America

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November 06, 2007 // Franchising.com // CARROLLTON, Texas -- Accor North America, one of the largest hotel chain owner and operators in North America, announces the promotion of Dana Peluso to Senior Legal Counsel. Dana currently supports the North American operations of Accor in all aspects of labor and employment law, litigation management, and general defense of claims.

Dana Peluso joined Accor North America as Corporate Counsel in April of 2005. Before joining Accor NA, Dana spent two years as in-house labor and employment counsel for Media General, Inc. and seven years as an employment defense attorney with the law firm of Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, both in Richmond, Virginia. Dana received a B.S. in Finance from Virginia Tech in 1992 and graduated cum laude from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond in 1997. Dana was honored as one of Virginia's Legal Elite in the area of labor and employment law in 2004, and she is licensed to practice law in Texas and Virginia.

About Accor North America
Headquartered in Dallas (Carrollton), Texas, Accor North America operates more than 900 upscale and economy properties including nationwide economy leaders Motel 6 and Studio 6 and the upper-upscale Sofitel and upscale Novotel locations in the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit www.accor-na.com.

About Accor Worldwide
Accor, the European leader in hotels and tourism, and a global leader in corporate services, operates in nearly 100 countries with 170,000 employees. It offers to its individual and corporate clients 40 years of expertise in its two core businesses:
- Hotels, with the Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Suitehotel, Ibis, All Seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1, Motel 6 and Studio 6 brands: over 4,100 hotels and 486,000 rooms in 90 countries, as well as strategically related activities, such as Lenôtre;
- Services to corporate clients and public institutions: 23 million people in 35 countries benefit from Accor Services products – meal and food vouchers, people care, incentive and loyalty programs.

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