Marriott International has signed 21 management contracts for hotels and resorts in the Asia Pacific region. The 21 hotels are scheduled to open by the end of 2013. It will represent four of the company’s lodging brands and will add nearly 7,000 rooms to Marriott’s previously-announced Asia Pacific pipeline of 37 hotels and 9,400 rooms, which are under construction. They are part of the company’s global development pipeline of 1,10,000 rooms.
According to a report in asiatraveltips.com, when opened, the 58 hotels now under development will add over 16,000 rooms to Marriott’s Asia Pacific portfolio. This growth will bring the company’s presence in the region to 154 hotels offering 51,500 rooms in 18 countries by the end of 2013, ranking it among the largest international hotel operators in China, India and Thailand with 70, 31 and 26 properties respectively in each country.
The hotels covered in the 21 new signings include: Two JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts-branded properties in Dalian and Sanya in China. They will join nine previously announced JW Marriott hotels under construction, including the recently announced 450-room JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi and the 106-villa JW Marriott Maldives Gaaskoshibee Resort & Spa, which will open in fourth quarter of 2010.
Ten full-service, upscale Marriott Hotels & Resorts-branded properties that will be located in China, the Philippines and Thailand, which will include the 712-room Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Center and the 256-room Manila Airport Marriott Hotel opening later in 2009 and two full-service, upscale Renaissance Hotels & Resorts-branded properties in China.
Seven upper-moderately-priced Courtyard by Marriott hotels, which will be located in Cambodia, China and India and will include the 254-room Courtyard by Marriott Bengaluru and Marriott International’s first hotel in Cambodia.
Source : Hospitalitybizindia
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