AC Hotels

AC Hotels by Marriott is a chain of hotels in Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Jamaica, the United Kingdom and North America. The brand's amenities include accommodation, dining, corporate programs, meeting and conference rooms, and facilities for weddings. It serves business and leisure travelers.

AC Hotels by Marriott
IndustryHospitality
Founded1998
FounderAntonio Catalán
HeadquartersBethesda, Maryland
Number of locations
188[1] (September, 2020)
Area served
Worldwide
ParentMarriott International
Websiteac-hotels.marriott.com

History

In 1997, Antonio Catalán founded AC in Madrid, Spain. In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, occupancy levels dropped by half at many Spanish hotels. 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][3]

The company was known as AC Hoteles S.A. until changed to AC Hotels by Marriott on June 8, 2011. The Spanish corporation is known as Belagua 2013.

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. Antonio Catalán remained as CEO. 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]

Accommodations

Historical
USNon-USTotal
2011[5]Properties     80     080
Rooms08,371008,371
2012[6]Properties     79     079
Rooms08,736008,736
2013[7]Properties     75     075
Rooms08,491008,491
2014[8]Properties     01     76     077
Rooms0022009,311009,531

From 2015
North
America		EuropeMiddle E.
& Africa		0Asia &0
Pacific		Caribbean
Latin Am.		Total
2015[9]Properties     005     78     083
Rooms00091109,551010,462
2016[10]Properties     011     80     004     095
Rooms001,91309,879     0966012,758
2017[11]Properties     031     82000010     123
Rooms005,28810,035001,917017,240
2018[12]Properties     049     85     01000010     145
Rooms008,44710,589     188001,553020,777
2019[13]Properties     063     83     01000012     159
Rooms010,72010,631     188001,922023,461


References
  1. "AC Hotel Locations". www.marriott.com.
  2. "Hotel News Now, 7 Oct 2010". www.hotelnewsnow.com.
  3. "Financial Times, 7 Oct 2010". www.ft.com.
  4. "AC Hotels by Marriott". Marriott Hotels Development. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. "2011 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 19.
  6. "2012 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 22.
  7. "2013 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 20.
  8. "2014 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 17.
  9. "2015 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 5.
  10. "2016 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 8.
  11. "2017 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 8.
  12. "2018 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
  13. "2019 Annual Report". www.marriott.gcs-web.com. p. 7.
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