Marriott International will open six hotels in 2011. Marriot will have a total of about 5000 rooms by end of this year with hotels coming up in Chandigarh, Jaipur, Pune, Bangalore, Bhopal and Chennai.

It will have 18 operational hotels in the country. Marriott is planning to introduce its Fairfield Inn & Suites brand of hotels in mid market hotel segment.

The group is also looking at franchise route to expand its presence in India.