BANGALORE: Launching its first ‘Fairfield’ brand hotel in Asia here, US-based hospitality major Marriott International has said it will have 100 hotels in India over the next five years.
“Currently, we have 145 hotels in Asia, our intention is to more than double that – over the next three years we will have over 300 hotels; ….We expect over the next 3-5 years we will see 100 hotels in India,” Marriott International Inc COO (Asia Pacific) Don Cleary told reporters here.
Stating that Marriott as a company has nearly 20 brands globally, he said out of these “we are developing eight in Asia. Fairfield is our 7th brand in India….; we will also be introducing our Ritz Carlton brand to India soon.”
He said: “This is our 21st hotel in India and we also have 46 more hotels for which we have signed contract, they are at various stages of development.”
Cleary was speaking on the launch of Fairfield by Marriott hotel in Bangalore, in association with SAMI Hotels; Fairfield-Bangalore is owned by SAMI Hotels and will be managed by Marriott International Inc.
Located in Rajajinagar, a residential area to the west of Bangalore, Fairfield by Marriott is the first Fairfield hotel in Asia with 148 guest rooms. -PTI
