AC Hotels

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AC Hotels by Marriott
Industry Hospitality
Founded2005
FounderAntonio Catalán
Headquarters Bethesda, Maryland
Number of locations
188 [1]  (September, 2020)
Area served
Worldwide
Parent Marriott International
Website ac-hotels.marriott.com

AC Hotels by Marriott is an American chain of hotels in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Portugal, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, 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.

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History

In 2005, Antonio Catalán founded AC Hotel. 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 C.A., becoming AC Hotels after Marriott’s purchase of the chain 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. Catalán remained as AC Hotel's president. [4] 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. [5]

Accommodations

Historical

USNon-USTotal
2011 [6] Properties     80     80
Rooms8,3718,371
2012 [7] Properties     79     79
Rooms8,7368,736
2013 [8] Properties     75     75
Rooms8,4918,491
2014 [9] Properties     1     76     77
Rooms2209,3119,531

From 2015

North
America
EuropeMiddle E.
& Africa
Asia &
Pacific
Caribbean
Latin Am.
Total
2015 [10] Properties     5     78     83
Rooms9119,55110,462
2016 [11] Properties     11     80     4     95
Rooms1,9139,879     96612,758
2017 [12] Properties     31     8210     123
Rooms5,28810,0351,91717,240
2018 [13] Properties     49     85     110     145
Rooms8,44710,589     1881,55320,777
2019 [14] Properties     63     83     112     159
Rooms10,72010,631     1881,92223,461
2020 [15] Properties     73     84     1     414     176
Rooms12,33710,854     1881,2962,25426,929
2021 [16] Properties     95     87     2     415     203
Rooms15,69211,508     2861,2962,38331,165
2022 [17] Properties     107     89     2     717     222
Rooms17,76611,959     2861,9102,69634,617

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