{"id":2179,"date":"2013-02-07T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2013-02-07T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T09:33:07","slug":"marriott-international-to-debut-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/marriott-international-to-debut-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott International to debut in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" width=\"364\" height=\"139\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2180\" \/><\/a>Marriott International is set to debut its first Fairfield property in India, having signed a franchise agreement with GHJM Hotels for the Fairfield by Marriott in Surat, Gujarat. GHJM is the Indian subsidiary of US-based JHM Hotels.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel will be located within the campus of Auro University, which is partially sponsored by JHM Hotels, and will feature 150 guestrooms and suites, a restaurant, business centre, gym and a 279 square meter banquet hall. It will be managed by JHM Interstate Hotels, a joint venture between JHM Hotels and Interstate Hotels &#038; Resorts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarriott International is looking to open two to three Fairfield properties in India by the end of this year. This should be the next growth segment for Marriott in India. The brand falls in the three-star category and offers great quality and value,\u201d said Kanika Hasrat, general manager, Courtyard by Marriott Gurgaon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the Fairfield properties in India will come up in second-tier and third-tier cities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Surat, Marriott is aiming to open Fairfield hotels in cities including Vadodara, Indore, Ranchi, Manesar, Goa, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Lucknow, Noida and Visakhapatnam.<\/p>\n<p>The company has also set a target of 52 more properties in the country over a period of four years, with most to fall in the mid-market segment, which also encompasses the Courtyard by Marriott brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriott International is set to debut its first Fairfield property in India, having signed a franchise agreement with GHJM Hotels for the Fairfield by Marriott in Surat, Gujarat. GHJM is&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,787],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-franchise-news","category-news","list-style-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchisezing.com\/franchise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}