Hotel Update

Mariott International plans three more courtyard hotels in France
Marriott International plans to open three additional upper-moderately-priced Courtyard by Marriott hotels in France over the next 36 months.  They are the:

150-room Courtyard by Marriott St. Denis Pleyel, in suburban Paris and scheduled to open in 2009; 170-room Courtyard by Marriott Arcueil in suburban Paris and planned to open in 2010; and the 210-room Courtyard by Marriott Marseille Euromed Centre, slated for opening in 2011. 

When opened, these three properties will join two existing Courtyard by Marriott-branded hotels in  Paris and a third one that is planned to open in 2009 at Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport in France.

Development of the two new Courtyard by Marriott hotels in the Parisian suburbs is consistent to Marriott International’s Courtyard development plan for France that was launched in 2004 and resulted in the opening in 2006 of the Courtyard by Marriott Colombes.

The Colombes property was specially designed to appeal to European travellers and offers a flexible, open lobby area and bar, restaurant serving three meals daily and limited conference space.  The Marseille Courtyard reflects local market demands and includes sizeable conference space.

In addition to the three Courtyard by Marriott hotels announced here, a fourth Renaissance-branded hotel is under development in Paris. It is the 118-room Renaissance Paris Arc de Triomphe Hotel which is scheduled to open in 2009.

When all hotels are opened by 2011, the Marriott International portfolio in France will consist of 14 properties spanning three lodging brands

Over 400 new hotels will be opened until 2012 in Germany
410 new hotel construction and renovation projects are currently in progress across Germany. The largest hotel projects with more than 1,000 rooms are both located in the state of Brandenburg in Eastern Germany. The largest city hotel project is the Scandic Hotel Berlin with 572 rooms. According to tophotelprojects.com® approx. 66,000 hotel rooms will be constructed or renovated in Germany within the next five years.

“More than 270 projects are first class or luxury hotels,” Rolf W. Schmidt, Managing Owner of CHD Expert Germany and COO of tophotelprojects.com®, said. “With over 60 luxury hotel projects this market segment grows by over 30 percent.” Today are approx. 11,200 hotels in Germany in operation, 208 of them are five star rated/luxury hotels.

In Berlin, 34 construction and renovation projects are in progress. In Frankfurt/Main 15 hotels are projected and in Munich 13 new hotels will be opened within the next years.

Two-thirds of the new hotel projects will be operated by hotel chains or hotel groups. Six new hotels will be branded by Hilton or Hilton Garden Inn, three by ArabellaStarwood and five new hotels by 25hours, a new lifestyle hotel group from Germany.

Top 10 hotel construction projects in Germany

1  Aqua Casa Resort – Sedlitz in Brandenburg – 1,000 – 2009
2 / Tropical Islands / Krausnick in Brandenburg / 1,000 / 2010
3 / Priwall Waterfront / Travemunde / 800 / 2011
4 / Port Olpenitz Resort / Kappeln, Schlei / 750 / 2012
5 / Scandic Hotel / Berlin / 572 / 2010
6 / Andel’s Hotel / Berlin / 557 / 2009
7 / Discovery Land / Goldberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / 500 / 2010
8 / Sunpark Bostalsee / Nohfelden in Saarland / 500 / 2011
9 / Gateway Gardens / Airport Frankfurt am Main / 500 / 2016
10 / Motel One / Steindamm Hamburg / 464 / 2010