Sustainable or just plain weird? Accor hotels sell their used furniture on eBay

Filed under: Europe, France, Hotels and Accommodations

This week French hotel brand Accor launched

reBorn, an online store through eBay that will sell the hotel giant's used furniture.

What can you snag? Everything from Luis XVI bedside tables to bronze chandeliers to 1980s wing armchairs, minibar furniture and even safes. About 2,500 items are on the site in total, with prices listed in Euros.

"The reBorn project satisfies a current social trend that gives new value to second-hand items in good condition by creating new circular economy models. Just look at the success of garage sales, second-hand swaps and bargain websites," Sophie Flak, Accor's executive vice president for academies and sustainable development told Hotels Magazine.

What do you think? Would you buy used hotel furniture online?



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