Accor CEO Advises Young Hotel Entrepreneurs on Scaling Up: WTTC Summit Video

If you want to enter the hospitality sector, start small and get financial support. But be aware that scaling up beyond a certain threshold can be tremendously hard.

That was the advice from the head of one of the world's largest hotel groups, Accor chairman and group CEO Sébastien Bazin.

"If it's your dream or passion, just do it and make sure somebody actually helps you financially to do it, Bazin said. "Start with three, four, or five six bedrooms. Be authentic, be sincere, be warm,