In 2001, the global travel and hospitality industry suffered through a weakening business climate and the terrorist attacks of September. In response, Le Meridien chose to give its sales force new tools to strengthen and build relationships with customers. Based on Accenture's recommendations, the luxury hotel group became the first large global hotel chain to use a provider of Web-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for Sales Force Automation (SFA).
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