Three leading names in the rewards, employee benefits and motivation sectors – Accor Services, Capital Incentives & Motivation and Motivano – are taking the final step to complete a two-year strategic integration, coming together as one company – Edenred - from 1 July 2010.

Accor Services, which acquired Capital Incentives in 2004 and a majority share in Motivano in 2007, is de-merging from the Accor Hotels hospitality group and will list its shares separately on the French stock market as a new company Edenred.

Globally, Edenred will be the leader in prepaid services with a presence in 40 countries, serving 500,000 corporate customers, a network of 1.2 million merchants, and 33 million end users.

This proposition brings together three highly respected providers and the widest range of rewards and employee benefits solutions available in the market as one integrated solution, or as individual products that meet a specific need or requirement.

Patrick Langlois, Managing Director, Accor Services, says: “We have more than 80 years combined experience between the three businesses and tens-of-thousands of people benefit from our products and services everyday. Edenred symbolises the next chapter for rewards, benefits and motivation and will become the thought leader and facilitator of next-practice in this space.”