Marriott hotels to add 7 seven new properties in India as visitors check in

Group is operating at 50 per cent plus room occupancy, says senior executive as industry bets on domestic leisure travelers

Marriott International is looking to make deeper inroads into leisure destinations as it seeks to make the most of domestic travellers’ pent-up demand, said the company’s top official.

The world’s largest hotel operator will add seven new properties in India in 2021, five of which will be in leisure locations — two in Goa, and one each in Mahabaleshwar, Thiruvananthapuram, and Dehradun.  

“The potential of the domestic leisure segment has been accelerated by the demand we are seeing as a result of the pandemic,” Neeraj Govil, senior vice president – South Asia, Marriott International, told Business Standard.

The bulk or 87 per cent