The Accor Group’s new upscale chain, labeled Pullman, has lofty goals to conquer the hotel world by adding 300 new hotels to its roster by 2015. Since last December, 12 new hotels in France, Germany, Belgium, Thailand and China have all been added to kick start the Accor’s latest brand.

The most recent project for the ambitious company was obtaining the Paris Bercy Sofitel hotel, which will change its name from Sofitel Paris Bercy to Pullman Paris Bercy when the marriage is complete on February 5. Pullman has also made Paris Bercy one of its flagship European hotel’s, which fuels the company’s More >