10 September 2009

Marriott unwraps Asia Pacific growth portfolio

HONG KONG - Marriott International has signed 21 management contracts for hotels and resorts in its Asia-Pacific region.

The 21 hotels are scheduled to open through the end of 2013, represent four of the companyÃ¢â¬â¢s lodging brands and will add nearly 7,000 rooms to MarriottÃ¢â¬â¢s previously-announced Asia-Pacific pipeline of 37 hotels and 9,400 rooms now under construction.

When opened, the 58 hotels now under development will add more than 16,000 rooms to MarriottÃ¢â¬â¢s Asia-Pacific portfolio.

In addition, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company portfolio in the region currently consists of 16 hotels and resorts offering approximately 5,000 rooms with nine properties and 1,500 rooms under development. Included are Ritz-Carlton hotels opening in Shanghai-Pudong and Hong Kong-Kowloon next year.

Hotels covered in the latest announcement are

- Two JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts-branded properties in Dalian and Sanya, 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 opens in fourth quarter of 2010.

- Ten full service Marriott Hotels & Resorts-branded properties that will be located in China, the Philippines and Thailand and include the 712-room Shanghai Marriott Hotel City Centre and the 256-room Manila Airport Marriott Hotel opening later this year.

- Two full-service Renaissance Hotels & Resorts-branded properties in China.

- Seven Courtyard by Marriott hotels. These will be located in Cambodia, China and India and include the 254-room Courtyard by Marriott Bangalore and Marriott InternationalÃ¢â¬â¢s first hotel in Cambodia.

Ã¢â¬ÅâœWeÃ¢â¬â¢ve made considerable progress since opening our first hotel in Asia-Pacific just 20 years ago with the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong,Ã¢â¬~ said MarriottÃ¢â¬â¢s Ed Fuller, president and managing director of international lodging.