Hotel operator Marriott International will be opening 10 new properties across five countries under its luxury JW Marriott label in 2010.

An investment programme worth in excess of US$2bn (£1.3bn, €1.5bn) will see the total global portfolio of the brand rising to 54 hotels and resorts and 24,000 rooms. The new openings include one each in China (a 330-room hotel in Hangzhou), Colombia (264 rooms in Bogota) and Turkey (416 rooms in Ankara); and three in India (Bengeluru, 250 rooms; Chandigargh, 175 rooms; and Chennai, 371 rooms).

The US saw the opening in January of the 1,002-room JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa - which features two tournament players golf courses, seven restaurants and a 27,000sq ft spa - and in February of the 878-room JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles at LA Live. Later this year, the JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Miami is scheduled to open in mid-July, offering - amongst other things - 313 rooms; a full-service spa; a Jim McLean Golf School including instruction, golf simulators, putting greens and pro shop; a state-of-the-art fitness centre; virtual bowling and a billiard room; and a 10,000sq ft NBA-approved basketball court.

September will see work completed on the JW Marriott Hotel Chicago, a US$396m (£262m, €295m) restoration of Chicago's historic Continental & Commercial National Bank building dating from 1914. Once open it will provide 610 rooms, a spa, a fitness center, 43 meeting rooms and a choice of restaurants and lounges. A further 20 JW Marriott hotels are also under construction or in development in 13 countries, including locations such as the Maldives, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Puerto Rico and Indianapolis.