Marriott Targets 500 Hotels in India by 2030


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Marriott already manages 159 hotels in the country with another 137 signed in India. Plus, more deal and development news.

STR/CoStar reported China hotel data for the week ended September 6th. China hotel RevPAR was down 12.7% year-over-year, up against a comp of a decline of 6% in the year-ago week. The decline last week was led by an occupancy decline of 11.6% as ADR was only down 1.2% for the week.

CoStar said Sydney, Australia, posted its highest August average daily rate and RevPAR on record, according to preliminary data. CoStar said occupancy in August was up 8.7% to 84.4% in Sydney, while ADR was up 14.9% to A$285.71, resulting in a RevPAR jump of 24.9% to A$241.18. This was the highest August occupancy since 2018. The night before the Sydney Marathon, August 30, occupancy was at 95.1%, ADR was A$414.96, and RevPAR was A$394.76. Early in the month, on August 2, occupancy hit 92.8% on ADR of A$390.18 due to the last game of the British and Irish Lions Tour. Overall for the month, occupancy was above 70% mark every night but August 24.

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