Accor SA (ACCYY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

SA Transcripts 161.53K Followers Follow Accor SA ( ACCYY ) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 30, 2026 2:30 AM EDT Company Participants Sébastien Bazin - Group Chairman, CEO & Member of Management Board Martine Gerow - Group CFO & Member of Management Board Conference Call Participants Jaina Mistry - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Jamie Rollo - Morgan Stanley, Research Division Leo Carrington - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Kate Xiao - BofA Securities, Research Division Jarrod Castle - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Alex Brignall - Rothschild & Co Redburn, Research Division Simon LeChipre - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Presentation Operator Welcome to the Accor Half Year 2026 Results Presentation. Today's conference will be hosted by Mr. Bazin and Martine Gerow, Group CFO. [Operator Instructions] Now I will hand the conference over to Mr. Bazin. Sébastien Bazin Group Chairman, CEO & Member of Management Board Well, good morning, everyone. Very happy to have you all for the first semester results. I'll do the conclusion. At the end, I'm going to let the floor to the best of us to Martine, Chief Financial Officer. She's going to guide you through the results and comments, and then we'll go straight conclusion and Q&A. But at least thank you so much, each of you to actually being on the phone with us. Martine? Martine Gerow Group CFO & Member of Management Board Thank you, Sebastien, and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. And again, thank you for attending our earnings call for the first half. So I will kick off on the financial highlights on Page 4. So following a very strong start of the year, the situation in the Middle East has impacted our trading in the second quarter, but to note that the performance in other regions remained very solid. We activated in March a profit protection plan, which has enabled us to largely offset the impact of the conflict and deliver a very steady