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Anthony Capuano

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Marriott International

Search every verified Anthony Capuano interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In September 2026, Capuano discussed the 10th anniversary of Marriott's acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts in an interview with CoStar News. He said the deal's thesis—that combining the loyalty programs would outweigh concerns from SPG members—had "largely been proven out," citing feedback from Marriott Bonvoy's roughly 300 million members. He also noted that while some members still miss aspects of SPG, the vast majority are pleased with the combined platform's evolution. At the Economic Times World Leaders Forum in September 2026, Capuano discussed Marriott's growth in India, stating the company has about 230 hotels open there with another 200 in the pipeline, and expressed an expectation to open in its 100th Indian city during Marriott's centennial year. He also addressed the impact of the West Asia conflict, saying demand in the Middle East region was down 40% in Q2, though he expressed confidence in a "steep recovery curve" once a resolution is reached. On Marriott's Q2 2026 earnings call in August, Capuano reported strong results, including net rooms growth of 4.5% over the prior 12 months, a portfolio exceeding 1.8 million rooms across more than 10,000 properties, and record first-half deal signings. He also announced raised full-year global RevPAR guidance of 3% to 3.5% growth and new long-term co-branded credit card agreements with JPMorgan Chase and American Express.

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“Among the things we learned quite quickly during our diligence for the transaction, SPG had a fiercely loyal and passionate member base. They loved the program, they loved the portfolio and we knew there would be understandable trepidation from those passionate members. The thesis was if we can bring these two portfolios and these two groups of loyalty members together, while there would be a natural concern about ch”

“So as you point out I was leading our global development function. Arie was president and CEO and we both sat on a board called IRFAC which is the industry real estate finance advisory council of the AH in LA. And when the Starwood board announced that they were evaluating strategic alternatives, we looked quickly at the opportunity at right around that announcement. Starwood actually had a higher stock price than Ma”

“It's just to ground you. The region, the Middle East region, represents about 3% of our global rooms inventory, about 6% of our global pipeline, and about 3% of our global fees. To be sure, we've seen weakness in Q2. It was a little better incrementally than we had forecast, but demand was still down 40% across the region. So, quite impactful for that region just because of our scale, less impactful on a global basis”

“So, your data is spot on. If anything, we see an acceleration and anticipate an acceleration in that revenue growth. We've got about 230 hotels open in India today across nearly 80 cities. But behind that, there's another 200 hotels in the pipeline. And so, we anticipate growing quite dramatically. Next year is Marriott's centennial year. We'll celebrate 100 years since our founding. And my guess is if everything goe”

“to go from a situation 2 and 1/2 years ago, where we were sitting in meetings questioning whether the company might survive, to you know, the end of 2022 reporting out earnings and indicating that 2022 we generated the highest EBITDA in the 96-year history of the company. You know, I think that proved the resilience of travel, and I think it proved the wisdom of our business model.”

“We've been around for almost a century, and despite changing political winds, we welcome all to our hotels and create opportunity for all — fundamentally, those will never change.”

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