Hotel giant Marriott has reported a strong set of financial results for the second quarter of 2025, with RevPAR (revenue per available room; an important growth metric for the hotel industry) up 1.5% worldwide and net income totalling $728m.
Anthony Capuano, Marriott President and Chief Executive, said: “Marriott delivered another solid quarter, highlighted by strong financial results and robust net rooms growth despite heightened macro-economic uncertainty. Global RevPAR increased 1.5% in the second quarter, primarily driven by the leisure segment.
“International RevPAR rose over 5%, with strong growth in APEC and EMEA. In the US and Canada, RevPAR was flat year over year with continued strength in the luxury segment offset by a decline in select service demand, largely reflecting reduced government travel and
weaker business transient demand. Adjusting for the Easter holiday shift, US and Canada RevPAR increased by nearly 1%.”
Mr Capuano added: “Development activity remained robust. We signed nearly 32,000 rooms, over 70% of which were in international markets, and our quarter-end pipeline stood at a record of more than 590,000 rooms. Conversions continued to be a key driver of growth, representing approximately 30% of our room signings and openings in the first half of this year. We still expect full year net rooms growth to approach 5% this year.
“With our strategy to be everywhere our guests want us to be, we expanded our industry leading global brand portfolio with the launch of Series by Marriott™, a new regional collection brand targeting the midscale and upscale segments. We are excited about our founding deal to affiliate the Fern portfolio of brands in India with Series by Marriott, and by the strong interest from owners around the world in this extension of our successful soft brand model. We also recently completed the acquisition of the innovative lifestyle brand citizenM, further broadening offerings for our guests, Marriott Bonvoy members and owners.
“We believe both of these new brands have meaningful global growth potential. We continue to enhance our powerful Marriott Bonvoy travel platform. Membership reached nearly 248 million members at the end of June, and we are deepening engagement through unique experiences and strategic collaborations.”
