Accor, a hotel company, pores over comments on websites and sorts them into 30 different categories.

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The St Petersburg city government is negotiating with Accor, a French group, over the management of three municipally owned mid-range tourist hotels.

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Colony has had greater success with Accor, a hotel group in which it holds a 17.5% stake jointly with Eurazeo, a private-equity fund.

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Accor has already sold a significant amount of hotel property.

ECONOMIST: Business in France

Accor has tried to gain a foothold in the Chinese market with its Grand Mercure brand, known locally as Mei Jue, and Marriott plans to more than double the number of its hotels in China in the next three years.

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France's Accor launched its first budget hotel, a 154-room, three-star Ibis in Tianjin in northern China in 2003.

ECONOMIST: There is a huge opportunity for budget hotels in China