Marriott International Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
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First quarter 2026 RevPAR[1] increased 4.2 percent worldwide, with 4.0 percent growth in the U.S. & Canada and 4.6 percent growth in international markets
First quarter reported diluted EPS totaled $2.43 and Adjusted diluted EPS totaled $2.72
First quarter reported net income totaled $648 million and Adjusted net income totaled $726 million
First quarter Adjusted EBITDA totaled $1,398 million
The company added roughly 15,900 net rooms globally during the quarter and net rooms grew 5 percent from the end of the first quarter of 2025
At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s worldwide development pipeline reached a new record and totaled over 4,100 properties and nearly 618,000 rooms, with 43 percent of pipeline rooms under construction including hotels that are pending conversion
The company repurchased 1 million shares of common stock for $0.7 billion in the 2026 first quarter. Year-to-date through April 29, the company has returned over $1.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases
View the summary of first quarter 2026 highlights.
Marriott International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAR) today reported first quarter 2026 results.
Anthony Capuano, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We delivered excellent first quarter results, reflecting the strength of our brands, our unmatched global footprint, and the resilience of demand for travel. Global RevPAR increased over 4 percent, exceeding the high end of our expectations, driven by gains in both average daily rate and occupancy. RevPAR in the U.S. & Canada rose 4 percent, with performance strengthening throughout the quarter and growth broad-based across customer segments and chain scales.
“International RevPAR grew 4.6 percent in the quarter, despite the conflict in the Middle East impacting March results. RevPAR in EMEA grew over 3 percent in the quarter, with increases in Europe and Africa partially offset by a decline in the Middle East. APEC led international performance, with first quarter RevPAR increasing more than 7 percent, on sustained leisure travel demand. RevPAR in Greater China increased by almost 6 percent, driven by leisure travel, particularly in Hong Kong and Hainan.
“Our development momentum continued, and we had record first quarter signings. Our industry-leading pipeline expanded to nearly 618,000 rooms, up over 5 percent from the year‐ago quarter. Conversions, including multi-unit deals, remained a significant driver of growth, representing over 35 percent of signings and over 40 percent of openings in the quarter.
“Our Marriott Bonvoy travel platform remains a key competitive advantage that connects members to stays, experiences, and loyalty partners throughout their journey, and delivers significant value to hotel owners. Supported by our broad portfolio of brands and experiences, loyalty program membership in Marriott Bonvoy grew to nearly 283 million members at quarter-end.
“As we look ahead to the rest of this year and beyond, we are confident that our leading global scale and strong brand portfolio, our powerful Marriott Bonvoy travel platform and loyalty program, our dedicated associates, and our asset-light business model continue to position us very well for sustainable, long-term growth.”
First Quarter 2026 Results
Franchise and base management fees totaled $1,211 million in the 2026 first quarter, a 13 percent increase compared to franchise and base management fees of $1,071 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was primarily driven by higher co-branded credit card fees, rooms growth and higher RevPAR.
Incentive management fees totaled $222 million in the 2026 first quarter, compared to $204 million in the 2025 first quarter, driven by strong year-over-year growth in the U.S. & Canada, as well as increases in the APEC, Greater China and CALA regions. Managed hotels in international markets contributed nearly two-thirds of the incentive fees earned in the quarter.
Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of owned, leased, and other expense[2], totaled $35 million in the 2026 first quarter, compared to $29 million in the 2025 first quarter.
General and administrative expenses2 for the 2026 first quarter totaled $219 million, compared to $209 million in the year-ago quarter, reflecting higher compensation costs partly due to timing, partially offset by lower litigation expenses.
Interest expense, net, totaled $204 million in the 2026 first quarter, compared to $183 million in the year-ago quarter. The increase was largely due to higher interest expense associated with higher debt balances.
In the 2026 first quarter, the provision for income taxes totaled $210 million, compared to $99 million in the 2025 first quarter, which benefited from an $86 million release of certain tax reserves.
Marriott’s reported operating income totaled $1,064 million in the 2026 first quarter, compared to 2025 first quarter reported operating income of $948 million. Reported net income totaled $648 million in the 2026 first quarter, a 3 percent decrease compared to 2025 first quarter reported net income of $665 million. Reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $2.43 in the quarter, compared to reported diluted EPS of $2.39 in the year-ago quarter.
Adjusted operating income in the 2026 first quarter totaled $1,158 million, compared to 2025 first quarter Adjusted operating income of $1,016 million. First quarter 2026 Adjusted net income totaled $726 million, compared to 2025 first quarter Adjusted net income of $645 million. Adjusted diluted EPS in the 2026 first quarter totaled $2.72, compared to Adjusted diluted EPS of $2.32 in the year-ago quarter.
First quarter 2026 Adjusted results excluded cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, restructuring and merger-related charges, and other expenses, adjustments related to the termination of our licensing agreement with Sonder Holdings Inc., and an adjustment to a gain on an asset disposition. 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 $1,398 million in the 2026 first quarter, a 15 percent increase compared to first quarter 2025 Adjusted EBITDA of $1,217 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 Expense Captions - As Reclassified section in the press release schedules for information about the affected expense captions, as reclassified, for each quarter and the full fiscal year of 2025.
Selected Performance Information
The company added roughly 15,900 net rooms during the quarter, including approximately 7,500 net rooms in international markets. At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s global system totaled over 9,900 properties, with nearly 1,796,000 rooms.
At the end of the quarter, the company’s worldwide development pipeline totaled 4,107 properties with nearly 618,000 rooms, including 230 properties with nearly 34,000 rooms approved for development but not yet subject to signed contracts. The quarter-end pipeline included 1,699 properties with over 268,000 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 were located in international markets.
In the 2026 first quarter, worldwide RevPAR increased 4.2 percent (a 6.0 percent increase using actual dollars) compared to the 2025 first quarter. RevPAR in the U.S. & Canada increased 4.0 percent (a 4.3 percent increase using actual dollars), and RevPAR in international markets increased 4.6 percent (a 10.1 percent increase using actual dollars) compared to the 2025 first quarter.
Balance Sheet & Common Stock
At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s total debt was $16.5 billion and cash and equivalents totaled $0.5 billion, compared to $16.2 billion in debt and $0.4 billion of cash and equivalents at year-end 2025.
The company repurchased 2.1 million shares of common stock in the 2026 first quarter for $0.7 billion. Year-to-date through April 29, the company has repurchased 3.1 million shares for $1.1 billion.
In the 2026 first quarter, the company issued $600 million of Series WW Senior Notes due in 2033 with a 4.5 percent interest rate coupon and $850 million of Series XX Senior Notes due in 2038 with a 5.1 percent interest rate coupon.
Company Outlook
The company's updated outlook assumes continued impact from the conflict in the Middle East and continued travel disruption, primarily impacting the Middle East region through the end of the year. The outlook does not include any impact from the renegotiation of our U.S. co-branded cards, as those discussions are still ongoing.
1See the press release schedules for the Adjusted EBITDA calculations.
2Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EPS – diluted and Adjusted effective tax rate for second quarter and full year 2026 do not include cost reimbursement revenue, reimbursed expenses, and restructuring and merger-related charges, and other expenses, each of which the company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and without unreasonable efforts, and which may be significant. Our outlook includes the impact of our planned sale of a U.S. & Canada hotel (but adjusted for the related expected impairment charge of approximately $65 million to $70 million), which we assume will occur later in the 2026 second quarter, as well as our planned investment in Lefay, which we assume will occur later this year. Our outlook excludes any other potential asset sales or property or brand acquisitions that may occur during the year, each of which the company cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy and without unreasonable efforts, and which may be significant. In addition, our full year 2026 outlook excludes the first quarter 2026 adjustments related to the Sonder termination of $2 million and adjustment to a gain on an asset disposition of $(8) million.
3Assumes the level of capital return to shareholders noted above.
4Investment spending includes capital and technology expenditures, loan advances, contract acquisition costs, and other investing activities (including our planned investment in Lefay, which we assume will occur later this year), but excludes any potential property or brand acquisitions, which we cannot forecast with sufficient accuracy, and which may be significant.
5Assumes the level of investment spending noted above, our planned sale of a U.S. & Canada hotel, and that no other asset sales, property acquisitions or brand acquisitions occur during the year.
Marriott International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAR) will conduct its quarterly earnings review for the investment community and news media on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The conference call will be webcast simultaneously via Marriott’s investor relations website at www.marriott.com/investor (click on “Events & Presentations” and click on the quarterly conference call link). A replay will be available at that same website until May 6, 2027.
The telephone dial-in number for the conference call is US Toll Free: 800-267-6316, or Global: +1 203-518-9783. The conference ID is MAR1Q26.
[1]All occupancy, Average Daily Rate (ADR) and Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR) statistics and estimates are systemwide constant dollar. Unless otherwise stated, all changes refer to year-over-year changes for the comparable period. Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR comparisons between 2026 and 2025 reflect properties that are comparable in both years.
[2]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. Please see the Income Statement Reclassification section of this press release for additional information.
NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
All statements in this press release and the accompanying schedules are made as of May 6, 2026. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This press release and the accompanying schedules contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of federal securities laws, including statements related to our RevPAR, rooms growth and other financial metric estimates, outlook and assumptions; shareholder returns; our growth prospects; our development pipeline; our expectations about the conflict in the Middle East; our planned hotel sale; our anticipated investment in Lefay; and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to numerous evolving risks and uncertainties that we may not be able to accurately predict or assess, including the risk factors that we describe in our U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Any of these factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations we express or imply in this press release.
