Marriott International Inc. plans to double the number of hotels in China by 2014 to meet growing demand in the world’s third-largest tourism destination. Marriott, whose brands include Ritz-Carlton and Courtyard, will open about 50 hotels in China, where it currently has 58, its biggest market after the US, informed Craig Smith,Asia-Pacific Chief Operations Officer,
Marriott International. “China is big for us. This is a vibrant part of the world. Part of our job is to make sure that we develop our plans to capitalise on the growth here,” Smith said. Marriott is expanding even as China’s economic growth slowed to almost a three-year low of 8.1 per cent in the first quarter. The number of internationally branded hotel rooms in China is expected to surge 52 per cent by 2013 after rising 62 per cent in the past five years, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, which tracks data in 30 Chinese cities. “The economy of Asia is really led by the power house in China. It’s going to continue to grow,” Smith said. Marriott, based in Bethesda, Maryland, began operating in Asia in 1989 and manages about 134 hotels in the region. It plans to increase the number to 150 by the end of the year, led by openings in China and India, according to Smith, said a Bloomberg report. The company, which opened a 342-room Renaissance hotel this week in Huizhou of southern Guangdong province is not concerned about occupancy rates and over supply in China’s less affluent Tier-II and III cities, Smith said. “In those cities, it happens sometimes that people knock on our door and say I want a 600-room hotel or a Ritz-Carlton,” he said. “We go back and say you don’t need that. You’ll tell the owners the truth at front and make sure they have the right brand.”
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Marriott International. “China is big for us. This is a vibrant part of the world. Part of our job is to make sure that we develop our plans to capitalise on the growth here,” Smith said. Marriott is expanding even as China’s economic growth slowed to almost a three-year low of 8.1 per cent in the first quarter. The number of internationally branded hotel rooms in China is expected to surge 52 per cent by 2013 after rising 62 per cent in the past five years, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, which tracks data in 30 Chinese cities. “The economy of Asia is really led by the power house in China. It’s going to continue to grow,” Smith said. Marriott, based in Bethesda, Maryland, began operating in Asia in 1989 and manages about 134 hotels in the region. It plans to increase the number to 150 by the end of the year, led by openings in China and India, according to Smith, said a Bloomberg report. The company, which opened a 342-room Renaissance hotel this week in Huizhou of southern Guangdong province is not concerned about occupancy rates and over supply in China’s less affluent Tier-II and III cities, Smith said. “In those cities, it happens sometimes that people knock on our door and say I want a 600-room hotel or a Ritz-Carlton,” he said. “We go back and say you don’t need that. You’ll tell the owners the truth at front and make sure they have the right brand.”
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