Occasional gifts of which the unit value is less than or equal to €30 (or a lower amount set by local legislation or management;
•AccorHotelsbrand items (for example, promotional merchandise at a hotel opening);
•Gifts to a company as a legal entity, to their legal representative, or to the partner as an individual (for example, gifts to owners as individuals –and not their representative –or gifts exchanged by CEOs;
•Gifts that are part of the “normal course of business”,as long as they have been approved by N+2 line managerand recorded in the register;
•Regular invitations to restaurants;
•Invitations to business events related to jobs of the people invited;
•Group invitations, for example to cultural or sporting events.
In all circumstances, gifts to civil servants and public officials are formally prohibited. In the same vein, gifts sent to an employee’s family or to the representative of a company are formally prohibited.
If a partner or supplier has a gift policy that is more restrictive than that of AccorHotels, the employee should take it into account.
The employee must always think about how the gift or invitation could be perceived by the recipient, particularly if the latter might see it as an attempt at corruption or bribery.