Marriott International reports second quarter 2025 results - Get updated on what's happening in tourism!

Global RevPAR increased 1.5 percent in the second quarter primarily driven by the leisure segment. International RevPAR rose over 5 percent, with strong growth in APEC and EMEA. In the U.S. & 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, U.S. & Canada RevPAR increased by nearly 1 percent.

“Development activity remained robust. We signed nearly 32,000 rooms, over 70 percent 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 percent of our room signings and openings in the first half of this year. We still expect full year net rooms growth to approach 5 percent 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.

“Our results in the second quarter underscore the resiliency of our cash-generating, asset-light business model and the strength of our brands. Year to date through July 30, we have returned approximately $2.1 billion to our shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, and we remain on track to return approximately $4 billion for full year 2025.”

Second Quarter 2025 Results

Base management and franchise fees totaled $1,200 million in the 2025 second quarter, a nearly 5 percent increase compared to base management and franchise fees of $1,148 million in the year-ago quarter. Higher RevPAR, rooms growth and co-branded credit card fees were key contributors to the increase.

Incentive management fees totaled $200 million in the 2025 second quarter, compared to $195 million in the 2024 second quarter, driven by strong international hotel results. Managed hotels in international markets contributed nearly two-thirds of the incentive fees earned in the quarter.

Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of direct expenses, totaled $113 million in the 2025 second quarter, compared to $99 million in the 2024 second quarter. The increase was mainly driven by the addition of the Sheraton Grand Chicago to our portfolio of owned hotels.

General, administrative, and other expenses for the 2025 second quarter totaled $245 million, compared to $248 million in the year-ago quarter. The year-over-year change largely reflects lower compensation costs.

Interest expense, net, totaled $191 million in the 2025 second quarter, compared to $164 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was largely due to higher interest expense associated with higher debt balances.

In the 2025 second quarter, the provision for income taxes totaled $291 million compared to $268 million in the 2024 second quarter.

Marriott’s reported operating income totaled $1,236 million in the 2025 second quarter, compared to 2024 second quarter reported operating income of $1,195 million. Reported net income totaled $763 million in the 2025 second quarter, a 1 percent decrease compared to 2024 second quarter reported net income of $772 million. Reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $2.78 in the quarter, compared to reported diluted EPS of $2.69 in the year-ago quarter.

Adjusted operating income in the 2025 second quarter totaled $1,186 million, compared to 2024 second quarter adjusted operating income of $1,120 million. Second quarter 2025 adjusted net income totaled $728 million, compared to 2024 second quarter adjusted net income of $716 million. Adjusted diluted EPS in the 2025 second quarter totaled $2.65, compared to adjusted diluted EPS of $2.50 in the year-ago quarter.

Adjusted results excluded cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, restructuring and merger-related charges, and, for the 2025 second quarter, income tax special items. 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 $1,415 million in the 2025 second quarter, a 7 percent increase compared to second quarter 2024 adjusted EBITDA of $1,324 million. See the press release schedules for the adjusted EBITDA calculation.

Selected Performance Information

The company added roughly 17,300 net rooms during the quarter, including more than 8,500 net rooms in international markets. At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s global system totaled over 9,600 properties, with approximately 1,736,000 rooms.

At the end of the quarter, the company’s worldwide development pipeline totaled 3,858 properties with more than 590,000 rooms, including 234 properties with over 37,000 rooms approved for development, but not yet subject to signed contracts. The quarter-end pipeline included 1,447 properties with over 238,000 rooms under construction, including hotels that are in the process of converting to our system. Over half of the rooms in the quarter-end pipeline are in international markets. The quarter-end pipeline does not reflect any rooms from our acquisition of the citizenM brand or from the launch of Series by Marriott.

In the 2025 second quarter, worldwide RevPAR increased 1.5 percent (a 1.7 percent increase using actual dollars) compared to the 2024 second quarter. RevPAR in the U.S. & Canada was flat (a 0.1 percent decrease using actual dollars) year-over-year, and RevPAR in international markets increased 5.3 percent (a 6.1 percent increase using actual dollars) year-over-year.

Balance Sheet & Common Stock

At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s total debt was $15.7 billion and cash and equivalents totaled $0.7 billion, compared to $14.4 billion in debt and $0.4 billion of cash and equivalents at year-end 2024.

The company repurchased 2.8 million shares of common stock in the 2025 second quarter for $0.7 billion. Year to date through July 30, the company has repurchased 6.4 million shares for $1.7 billion.

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