(Reuters) - Europe's biggest hotel group Accor reported an 8% rise in first quarter revenue on Thursday, with the Middle-East, Africa and Asia pacific regions recording high growth.

The operator of brands including Ibis and Novotel said revenue in the first three months of the year rose to 1.24 billion euros ($1.33 billion) from 1.14 billion euros in the same period of 2023.

Revenue per available room (RevPAR), one of the industry's main performance gauges, rose 7.6% to 66 euros.

The group, which opened 53 hotels in the period, also confirmed its mid-term outlook.

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(Reporting by Tristan Veyet and Alessandro Parodi in Gdansk; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)