AC Hotels by Marriott, formerly named AC Hoteles C. A., is a midscale hotel chain owned by Marriott International serving business and leisure travelers. As of June 30, 2020, it had 170 hotels with 25,811 rooms in addition to 135 hotels with 23,172 rooms in the pipeline.[4]
Industry | Hospitality |
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Founded | 1997[1][2] |
Founder | Antonio Catalán |
Headquarters | Bethesda, Maryland |
Number of locations | 188[3] (September, 2020) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Parent | Marriott International |
Website | ac-hotels.marriott.com |
History
editIn 1997, Antonio Catalán founded AC Hoteles C. A. after selling his 35% share in NH Hotel Group.[1]
In 2005, business austerity measures resulted in conference cancellations and widespread bans on business trips for several years. The downturn forced AC to team with a major Spanish rival in 2009 in a management deal that cut costs at both chains. The chain rebranded after a needed, but undisclosed, investment by Marriott. A new joint company assumed the management, but property ownerships remained with existing parties.[2][5]
Since June 8, 2011, AC Hotels by Marriott has operated as a subsidiary of Marriott International, and is now based at Marriott's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Catalán remained as AC Hotels' president.[6]
Locations
editAs of 2024, AC Hotels by Marriott maintains properties in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Accommodations
editHistorical
editUS | Non-US | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011[7] | Properties | 80 | 80 | ||
Rooms | 8,371 | 8,371 | |||
2012[8] | Properties | 79 | 79 | ||
Rooms | 8,736 | 8,736 | |||
2013[9] | Properties | 75 | 75 | ||
Rooms | 8,491 | 8,491 | |||
2014[10] | Properties | 1 | 76 | 77 | |
Rooms | 220 | 9,311 | 9,531 |
From 2015
editNorth America |
Europe | Middle E. & Africa |
Pacific |
Asia &Caribbean Latin Am. |
Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015[11] | Properties | 5 | 78 | 83 | ||||
Rooms | 911 | 9,551 | 10,462 | |||||
2016[12] | Properties | 11 | 80 | 4 | 95 | |||
Rooms | 1,913 | 9,879 | 966 | 12,758 | ||||
2017[13] | Properties | 31 | 82 | 10 | 123 | |||
Rooms | 5,288 | 10,035 | 1,917 | 17,240 | ||||
2018[14] | Properties | 49 | 85 | 1 | 10 | 145 | ||
Rooms | 8,447 | 10,589 | 188 | 1,553 | 20,777 | |||
2019[15] | Properties | 63 | 83 | 1 | 12 | 159 | ||
Rooms | 10,720 | 10,631 | 188 | 1,922 | 23,461 | |||
2020[16] | Properties | 73 | 84 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 176 | |
Rooms | 12,337 | 10,854 | 188 | 1,296 | 2,254 | 26,929 | ||
2021[17] | Properties | 95 | 87 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 203 | |
Rooms | 15,692 | 11,508 | 286 | 1,296 | 2,383 | 31,165 | ||
2022[18] | Properties | 107 | 89 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 222 | |
Rooms | 17,766 | 11,959 | 286 | 1,910 | 2,696 | 34,617 | ||
2023[19] | Properties | 117 | 92 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 236 | |
Rooms | 19,386 | 12,529 | 286 | 1,910 | 2,867 | 36,978 |
References
edit- ^ a b "ECONOMIA | Hostelería. Antonio Catalán Díaz pone en marcha la cadena AC Hoteles". El Mundo (Spain) (in Spanish). 1999-10-11. Archived from the original on 2001-05-08. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
- ^ a b Mulligan, Mark (2010-10-07). "Spain's AC Hotels in Marriott deal". Financial Times.
- ^ "AC Hotel Locations". www.marriott.com.
- ^ "AC Hotels by Marriott". Marriott Hotels Development. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Marriott and AC Hotels Form 'AC by Marriott'". CoStar Group. 2010-10-07.
- ^ "Fallece a los 44 años el tudelano Carlos Catalán, hijo del fundador de AC Hoteles". Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). Europa Press. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
- ^ "2011 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 19.
- ^ "2012 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 22.
- ^ "2013 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 20.
- ^ "2014 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 17.
- ^ "2015 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 5.
- ^ "2016 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 8.
- ^ "2017 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 8.
- ^ "2018 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
- ^ "2019 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
- ^ "2020 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 9.
- ^ "2021 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
- ^ "2022 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
- ^ "2023 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
External links
edit- Media related to AC Hotels at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website