UPDATE: 12.30pm MONDAY 

A man in his 20s has died after being stabbed outside a hotel in Melbourne’s CBD on early Monday morning.

Officers were called to a hotel on Market Street just after 5am following reports the man had been stabbed.

The offenders fled and the victim was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

But, the 21-year-old Kurunjang man later died.

“Detectives are in the very early stages of the investigation and are piecing together what has taken place including whether those involved are known to each other,” Victoria Police said in a statement.

Anyone with information is being urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

-with AAP