Marriott International Will Open 40 Luxury Hotels in 2018

From bit player to the market leader in 20 years. Marriott International is expected to announce in the coming days it plans to open 40 luxury hotels in 2018, a figure that will give it 422 luxury properties by the end of the year with some 200 more in the pipeline. The openings will include all of its luxury flags: The Ritz-Carlton, Ritz-Carlton Reserve, St. Regis, W Hotels, The Luxury Collection, EDITION, Bulgari and JW Marriott. The company does not include Autograph Collection, a mix of four-and-five-star independent hotels in its count. By early in the next decade, the Bethesda, MD based lodging company should have more than 600 luxury properties.