For the week of Sept. 6-10, Hotel News Now’s most-read stories include Accor's path through the pandemic, Hilton's and Marriott's leaders plot recovery, and more.

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Accor Chairman and CEO Sébastien Bazin said of the many difficult choices he had to make during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the decision to lay off or furlough 290,000 employees, made within a couple of hours at the initial onset of the pandemic, was the most difficult.

Marriott International’s Tony Capuano and Hilton’s Chris Nassetta, CEOs of two of the biggest hotel brand companies in the world, shared their blueprints for recovery and emphasized a need for sharing and cooperation.

According to CEOs of some of the world's largest hotel companies, acceleration is needed across the board, from operations to sustainability and from diversity to branding.