JW Marriott Hotel WhatHOT CNBCTV18 08 22pm 02 36min, 21st Novmber

It has been busy two months for hotel giant Marriott International. In Bengaluru, it opened three hotels: the country's first Ritz Carlton, a corporate Hotel Fairfield Inn and a JW Marriott. And on Thursday, the company launched the JW Marriott in New Delhi's aerocity, thereby becoming the first hotel to start operations in the hospitality district of the airport. In a CNBC-TV18 exclusive, Simon Cooper, president and MD - Asia Pacific, Marriott International said he will participate in Taj Mansingh's auction only with a partner in real estate. The hotel giant has already opened 23 hotels in India and plans to get to 1 list of 100 hotels by 2017-2018, adds Cooper.