SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Wednesday it will review French hotelier Accor SA's ACCP.PA $920 million buyout of Australian hotel operator Mantra Group Ltd MTR.AX .
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it is monitoring the transaction and a "public review will be commenced in due course once certain information is provided by Accor and Mantra".
The deal, a takeover of Australia's second-largest hotelier by its bigger rival, would create the biggest hotel group in the country, with about 50,000 rooms and roughly 11 percent of the market, according to IBISWorld statistics.