Marriott to Launch GCC in Hyderabad, a First in the Hospitality Industry By Elets News Network - 07 October 2024

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Marriott International is set to establish a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Hyderabad, marking its first offshore unit in India. This centre will support Marriott’s various operations across its global enterprise in 141 countries and territories. The Marriott Tech Accelerator is also likely the first-ever GCC established in India by a major hospitality company.

While the company has not disclosed details about the size of the centre, senior state government officials indicated that Marriott will hire 300 people by the first quarter of the calendar year 2025.

This Tech Accelerator is an expansion of Marriott’s global technology team and will strengthen the company’s tech infrastructure, engineering capacity, next-generation solutions, and security capabilities across its worldwide enterprise. Marriott plans to start full-scale operations of its GCC by the first quarter of 2025.

“We have chosen to establish the Marriott Tech Accelerator in Hyderabad, India because of its world-class talent and strong reputation as a major IT hub. We appreciate the close collaboration with the Telangana government on this project and look forward to expanding our best-in-class technology workforce,” said Drew Pinto, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue & Technology Officer at Marriott International.

Duddila Sridhar Babu, Minister of Information Technology, Electronics, Communications, and Industries, Telangana stated that the state government will introduce incentive schemes to attract more such companies in the future.

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The minister added, “Our talent pool includes over 1 million GCC-ready tech professionals and 350,000 AI and chip designers, with an annual influx of 250,000 engineers. This new GCC advances our vision of making Telangana a global hub for AI, Data Science, and IoT.”

The aim of setting up the Marriott Tech Accelerator in Hyderabad represents  the state’s efforts to attract more GCC investments from various industries. This initiative highlights Telangana’s skilled workforce and strong infrastructure, making it an ideal location for global companies to establish their GCCs.

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