Marriott Kicks Off Aggressive Expansion in Asia

Marriott International will add a total of 59 hotels to its Asia-Pacific portfolio through the end of 2010. The new hotels will provide 18,160 rooms across five brands with multiple openings in Thailand, China and India.

This growth will add about a third more hotels and almost 50 percent more rooms to Marriott’s lodging presence in Asia-Pacific over the next 36 months.

Announced are six hotels in India and Thailand representing the company’s Marriott Executive Apartments brand for extended stay travelers and its deluxe, upscale Renaissance brand. All six will operate under long-term management contracts.

These hotels join 53 previously announced properties that are now under construction and are expected to open during the same time period in China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and New Zealand.

Today, the Marriott International hotel portfolio in the region consists of 90 operating properties and five brands offering 31,618 rooms in 14 countries.