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Marriott International Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Anthony Capuano, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Marriott delivered excellent results in 2025, reflecting the strength of our brands, delivery of great experiences to our customers and continued momentum in development activity. For the full year, net rooms grew over 4.3 percent, worldwide RevPAR increased 2 percent, and our fee‑driven, asset‑light business model continued to generate substantial cash, enabling over $4.0 billion of capital returns to shareholders.


“In the fourth quarter, worldwide RevPAR rose 1.9 percent, driven by ADR gains. International RevPAR increased 6 percent, led by EMEA and APEC, benefiting from solid leisure transient and cross-border travel. In the U.S. & Canada, RevPAR was roughly flat, reflecting the impact of the extended government shutdown primarily on the business transient segment. Globally, our luxury hotels continued to outperform during the quarter, with RevPAR rising over 6 percent, and performance moderating down the chain scales. Our global RevPAR index, which remains at a significant premium to peers, rose in the fourth quarter and for the full year.


“Our development team signed approximately 163,000 organic rooms during the year, and our global pipeline expanded to nearly 610,000 rooms at the end of December, up roughly 6 percent from year-end 2024. Conversions contributed about one‑third of organic room signings and gross room additions, underscoring the continued attractiveness of our brands to owners around the world.


“We continue to enhance our portfolio to meet the evolving needs of our guests. During the fourth quarter, we completed the integration of the citizenM portfolio, adding 37 hotels and nearly 8,800 rooms to our system. We marked the opening of the first 37 Series by Marriott hotels in India and expanded the brand into the U.S. and Canada, with its first two properties opening just months after the brand’s regional debut.


“In 2025, we added approximately 43 million members to Marriott Bonvoy, bringing total membership to nearly 271 million at year‑end. By delivering unique travel and related experiences across hotel stays and beyond, Marriott Bonvoy continued to drive strong engagement. Member stays in 2025 accounted for 75 percent of room nights in the U.S. & Canada and 68 percent globally.


“I am proud of the results we delivered this year and am incredibly optimistic about the future, given our unmatched global distribution, compelling brand portfolio and Marriott Bonvoy loyalty platform, combined with our powerful cash generating, asset‑light business model. As we look ahead, we remain focused on the disciplined execution of our growth strategy, delivering exceptional experiences for our guests, strong performance for our owners, and long‑term value for our shareholders.”


  • Fourth quarter 2025 RevPAR[1] increased 1.9 percent worldwide, with 6.1 percent growth in international markets and a 0.1 percent decline in U.S. & Canada. For full year 2025, RevPAR increased 2.0 percent worldwide, with 5.1 percent growth in international markets and 0.7 percent increase in U.S. & Canada.


  • Fourth quarter reported diluted EPS totaled $1.65 and adjusted diluted EPS totaled $2.58. For the full year, reported diluted EPS totaled $9.51 and adjusted diluted EPS totaled $10.02.


  • Fourth quarter reported net income totaled $445 million and adjusted net income totaled $695 million. For the full year, reported net income totaled $2,601 million and adjusted net income totaled $2,742 million.


  • Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA totaled $1,402 million. For the full year, adjusted EBITDA totaled $5,383 million.


  • With gross rooms additions of nearly 100,000 rooms globally during 2025, net rooms grew over 3 percent from year-end 2024.


  • At the end of the year, Marriott’s worldwide development pipeline reached a new record and totaled approximately 4,100 properties and nearly 610,000 rooms, with 43 percent of pipeline rooms under construction including rooms that are pending conversion.


  • The company returned over $4.0 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases in 2025.


  • For full year 2026, we expect worldwide RevPAR to rise 1.5 to 2.5 percent, net rooms growth of 4.5 to 5 percent, adjusted EBITDA[2] growth of 8 to 10 percent and more than $4.3 billion of capital returns to shareholders.





Fourth Quarter 2025 Results

Franchise and base management fees totaled $1,186 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, a 5 percent increase compared to franchise and base management fees of $1,128 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was primarily driven by rooms growth, RevPAR increases and higher co-branded credit card fees.


Incentive management fees totaled $239 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, compared to $206 million in the 2024 fourth quarter, driven by significant year-over-year increases in the U.S. & Canada, as well as growth in the APEC, EMEA and Greater China regions. Managed hotels in international markets contributed roughly two-thirds of the incentive fees earned in the quarter.

Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of owned, leased, and other expense[3], totaled $41 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, compared to $72 million in the 2024 fourth quarter. Owned, leased, and other expense in the 2025 fourth quarter included $23 million of expenses related to the termination of our licensing agreement with Sonder Holdings Inc., which are excluded from our adjusted results. Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of direct expenses, excluding the impact of the reclassification discussed in footnote 3 below, would have totaled $106 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, compared to $100 million in the 2024 fourth quarter.


General and administrative expenses[3] for the 2025 fourth quarter totaled $241 million, compared to $261 million in the year-ago quarter, primarily driven by lower compensation costs and litigation expenses. Had we not undertaken the reclassification, general, administrative, and other expenses would have totaled $306 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, and would have included $23 million of expenses related to the Sonder termination, compared to $289 million in the year-ago quarter.


Interest expense, net, totaled $199 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, compared to $170 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was largely due to higher interest expense associated with higher debt balances.


Marriott’s reported operating income totaled $777 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, compared to 2024 fourth quarter reported operating income of $752 million. Reported net income totaled $445 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, a 2 percent decrease compared to 2024 fourth quarter reported net income of $455 million. Reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $1.65 in the quarter, compared to reported diluted EPS of $1.63 in the year-ago quarter.


Adjusted operating income in the 2025 fourth quarter totaled $1,155 million, compared to 2024 fourth quarter adjusted operating income of $1,072 million. Fourth quarter 2025 adjusted net income totaled $695 million, compared to 2024 fourth quarter adjusted net income of $686 million. Adjusted diluted EPS in the 2025 fourth quarter totaled $2.58, compared to adjusted diluted EPS of $2.45 in the year-ago quarter.


Adjusted results excluded cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, restructuring and merger-related recoveries/charges, and other expenses, and impairment charges and expenses related to the Sonder termination. See the press release schedules for the calculation of adjusted results and the manner in which the adjusted measures are determined in this press release.


Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) totaled $1,402 million in the 2025 fourth quarter, a 9 percent increase compared to fourth quarter 2024 adjusted EBITDA of $1,286 million. See the press release schedules for the adjusted EBITDA calculation.


Income Statement Reclassification

In the 2025 fourth quarter, to enhance understanding of the Company’s general and administrative costs, we reclassified amounts attributable to other expenses previously reported under the "General, administrative, and other" caption to the "Owned, leased, and other expense" caption of our Income Statements. The expenses that were reclassified from "General, administrative, and other" are certain costs associated with our property-related fee revenues, such as guarantee expense, provision for credit losses, and certain brand-related or property-related expenses, as well as costs associated with certain third-party agreements. Please refer to the Consolidated Operating Income - As Reclassified section in the press release schedules for information about the effects of the reclassification on the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, consolidated operating costs and expenses, and to the Expense Captions - As Reclassified section for information about the affected expense captions, as reclassified, for each quarter and the full fiscal year of 2025.


Selected Performance Information

Net rooms grew over 4.3 percent from year-end 2024, as the company added roughly 73,600 net rooms during the year, including approximately 51,600 net rooms in international markets. At the end of the year, Marriott’s global system totaled over 9,800 properties, with nearly 1,780,000 rooms.


At year-end, the company’s worldwide development pipeline totaled 4,056 properties with nearly 610,000 rooms, including 234 properties with over 35,000 rooms approved for development, but not yet subject to signed contracts. The year-end pipeline included 1,648 properties with nearly 265,000 rooms under construction, including hotels that are in the process of converting to our system. Over half of the rooms in the year-end pipeline are in international markets.


In the 2025 fourth quarter, worldwide RevPAR increased 1.9 percent (a 2.4 percent increase using actual dollars) compared to the 2024 fourth quarter. RevPAR in the U.S. & Canada declined 0.1 percent (a 0.1 percent decrease using actual dollars) year-over-year, and RevPAR in international markets increased 6.1 percent (a 7.6 percent increase using actual dollars) year-over-year.


Balance Sheet & Common Stock

At year-end 2025, Marriott’s total debt was $16.2 billion and cash and equivalents totaled $0.4 billion, compared to $14.4 billion in debt and $0.4 billion of cash and equivalents at year-end 2024.


The company repurchased 3.5 million shares of common stock in the 2025 fourth quarter for $1.0 billion. For full year 2025, Marriott repurchased 12.1 million shares for $3.3 billion. Year-to-date through February 6, the company has repurchased 1.1 million shares for $350 million.


Company Outlook

The Company's updated outlook generally assumes the continuation of the current macro-economic environment. The outlook includes around a 35 percent increase in the co-branded credit card fees that Marriott recognizes in franchise fees, primarily reflecting expected strong growth in spending across our global co-branded card portfolio and an increase in the royalty rate associated with the payments received from the credit card companies that Marriott recognizes in franchise fees. The outlook does not include any impact from the renegotiation of our U.S. co-branded cards, as those discussions are still ongoing ... Read more here



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