Marriott International plans to open 25 new hotels across Russia within the next two-three years, the company's Vice President and Area General Manager, Michael Stengel said on Monday.
The company plans to open one of its Courtyard hotels in the Urals city of Kazan in early 2011. Later in the year, further hotels are planned for Moscow, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Ufa.
Marriott International is a luxury hotel group with modern facilities ranging from conference business halls to spa salons and fitness centers.
The company already has 11 hotels in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Samara.
Marriott International also operates and franchises hotels under other brands, such as the Ritz-Carlton.
In 2010, Moscow's Marriott Grand won the World Travel Award for Russia's Leading Conference Hotel.
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti)
