The international Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) defines Web accessibility as follows:
„Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. More specifically, people can: perceive, understand, navigate and interact with the Web, and contribute to the Web. Web accessibility also benefits people without disabilities, for example older people with changing abilities due to ageing.
Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including: visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive and neurological disabilities.“
– Source: Introduction to Web accessibility
The Accor Group is particularly committed to ensuring that each and every person feels welcome in his hotels.
As part of our global inclusiveness strategy, we are in the process of improving the accessibility of our websites to provide an experience that is inclusive for all users. We believe that all users, regardless of their physical or mental ability, device or reason for using the Web, are entitled to benefit from the best service that we can offer them.
This strategy of making our websites accessible naturally mirrors the accessibility strategy in our hotels, particularly with our „Smart Room“ concept.
„Through this concept, our aim is to inspire the hotel market by proposing a new approach to rooms for persons with reduced mobility (PRM), which are often uninviting, stigmatizing and left unoccupied.
We have designed a room for all, using design and creativity to integrate PRM standards and features and make them more intuitive – to the point that they become invisible and offer guests an improved emotional and sensory experience. Adaptable for all our brands in all sectors, this innovation reflects the Group’s desire to forge new paths toward positive hospitality and to answer the concerns of all our guests and meet their needs.“
Damien Perrot, Accor SVP Design Solutions
To ensure sustainable accessibility on our websites, we have initiated a number of projects:
Our efforts to make our sites accessible will be focused on the hotel information and reservations department areas.
While we are implementing these changes, if you encounter any difficulties making a reservation or finding hotel information on our site, please contact us:
Accessibility arrangements at ibis Jerusalem City Center hotels
Disabled parking
The ibis Jerusalem City Center Hotel, Yitzhak Elishar 4, has 2 disabled parking spaces near the main entrance to the hotel
The ibis Styles Jerusalem City Center Hotel, Ben Yehuda 4, has no parking
Main entrance to the hotel
The main entrance to the hotels is accessible
Public Disabled Toilets
There is a folding handhold
The cell door opens out
At the ibis Jerusalem City Center Hotel, Yitzhak Elishar 4, the toilets are located on the minus 1st floor
At the ibis Styles Jerusalem City Center Hotel, Ben Yehuda 4, the toilets are located on the 9th floor
Reception
The reception has an inspirational loop for use by guests with hearing impairments
There is a lowered and adjusted counter
Elevators
There is a voice announcement
The elevator buttons are highlighted and include Braille
Dining Room
There is an accessible entrance to the dining room
The staff is trained to assist in requesting by a guest with a disability
Rooms
A service that provides a suitcase with hearing aid kits for use in the guest rooms is available at the hotels
Each hotel has 4 fully adapted and accessible disabled rooms
Inquiries about accessibility issues
For any questions and / or inquiries, you can contact the company’s accessibility coordinator, Aharon Bernshtein, at 073-2228888 and email H8728-GM@ACCOR.COM
4 Elisar, 9423601 Jerusalem
Israel
Tel.. (+972)732228888
Fax.(+972)732228899
h8728@accor.com