{"id":258029,"date":"2025-10-22T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=258029"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:14:46","slug":"marriott-names-asia-pacific-cdo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2025\/10\/marriott-names-asia-pacific-cdo\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott names Asia Pacific CDO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, 22 October 2025: Marriott International Inc. names Gautam Bhandari Chief Development Officer, Asia Pacific excluding China (APEC). He will assume the role on 1 January 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"624\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-121.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258030 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 508px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 508\/624;width:227px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-121.png 508w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-121-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-121-488x600.png 488w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-121-342x420.png 342w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Gautam Bhandari, Chief Development Officer, Asia Pacific.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With over two decades of proven leadership across markets and disciplines, Gautam brings the vision and expertise to drive Marriott International\u2019s continued growth and development momentum across the APEC region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his new role, Bhandari will advance Marriott\u2019s strategic growth plans in a region that spans more than 650 open hotels across 25 brands in 22 countries, with over 380 hotels in the development pipeline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will lead a high-performing development team across APEC, covering key markets such as Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, New Zealand, Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, with a focus on new builds, conversions, franchising, branded residential, and strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He joined Marriott in 2007 as Area Director of Revenue and has held various leadership roles spanning revenue management, hotel operations, sales, marketing, and development. 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