MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL has signed 21 management contracts for hotels and resorts in the Asia/Pacific region, adding another 7,000 rooms to the 110,000 already in the group's global pipeline. The properties, which include JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts and Courtyard by Marriott, will open by year-end 2013 in South Korea, China, India, the Philippines and Thailand.