Ritz-Carlton is world’s fastest growing luxury brand, more than doubling in value this year

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Part of the Marriott Group, the Ritz-Carlton has built an extremely strong brand, with its Brand Strength Index increasing from 79.6 to 83.2, earning an AAA- brand rating, according to latest Brand Finance rankings. The brand value of luxury hotel InterContinental (brand value down 1 per cent to USD 1.5 billion) fell marginally, with significant concerns about potential delays to the reopening of services in InterContinental’s key Chinese market.

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Published On Oct 5, 2022 at 02:56 PM IST

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The Ritz-Carlton (brand value doubling to USD 1.1 billion) is the world’s fastest growing hotel brand with its brand value increasing by 112 per cent as travel reopens across much of the world. Part of the Marriott Group, the Ritz-Carlton has built an extremely strong brand, with its Brand Strength Index increasing from 79.6 to 83.2, earning an AAA- brand rating, according to latest Brand Finance rankings.

Every year, leading brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance puts 5,000 of the world’s biggest brands to the test, and publishes around 100 reports, ranking brands across all sectors and countries.

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