Marriott Adds a Record 86,000 Gross Rooms and 517 Properties in 2021
On the eve of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles, Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) announces a strong year of rooms growth and signings in 2021…
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Marriott Gives a Peek Into Its New R&D Lab for Post-Pandemic Travel
Research and development labs aren’t just a thing for Big Pharma and Silicon Valley. The world’s largest hotel company has one mapping out its post-pandemic future.
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Marriott to add 30 luxury hotels to global portfolio in 2022
Marriott International has announced plans to expand its luxury global portfolio next year…
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David Kong receives inaugural Arne Sorenson Social Impact Leadership Award
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), The American Hotel & Lodging Foundation and The BHN Group have revealed that David Kong, the recently retired president/CEO of BWH Hotel Group, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Arne…
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Future Hotel Acquisitions Will Not Target the Usual Suspects
Just because a company isn't in the business of renting out guest rooms to travelers doesn't mean they aren't attractive in the eyes of a hotel mergers-and-acquisitions team. Future hospitality M&A is going to be more creative than in prior decades…
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Courtyard by Marriott reveals new design strategy
Courtyard by Marriott has revealed plans for a “modern design evolution and robust renovation strategy” for North America. More than 375 of the brand’s earliest generation hotels throughout the U.S…
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Marriott Bonvoy Logs Into The Metaverse With Debut Of Travel-Inspired NFTs
Global Travel Leader Becomes One of the First Hospitality Brands to Create its Own NFTs, Tapping Community of Digital Artists; to be Revealed at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021
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Study: Marriott leads competitors on social media ad spend
Marriott had the most social media ad spend ahead of the holidays, according to new data examining social media advertising in the hospitality industry from BrandTotal, a social competitive intelligence and brand analytics platform…
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Marriott rejected Uyghur conference to maintain 'political neutrality'
The Marriott hotel in Prague refused to host a conference this month aimed at drawing attention to alleged human rights abuses in China, the hotel chain confirmed to CNN on Friday.
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HB on the Scene: CEOs talk labor, tech at NYU Conference
As the hospitality industry continues its march back from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 43rd Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference returned to an in-person event at the New York Marriott Marquis here…
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German singer says hotel staff asked him to hide his Star of David
Employees at the Westin in Leipzig investigated over claims made by Gil Ofarim in emotional video
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Marriott CEO Speaks on “Where do We Go From Here?”
Luxury Travel Advisor’s parent company, Questex, owns the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), which recently convened in Berlin, bringing over 1,200 senior leaders in global hospitality investment and development together for the…
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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 254: Hotel History: St. Regis Hotel
In 1904, Colonel John Jacob Astor broke ground for the building of the St. Regis Hotel at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, in the most exclusive residential section of New York at the time.
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Marriott CEO Tony Capuano on when business travel will return
Anthony ‘Tony’ Capuano is chief executive officer of Marriott International, having joined in 1995. The company now has more than 7,800 properties across 138 countries and territories and 30 brands…
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Little Change in the European Hotel Construction Pipeline Year-over-Year
According to the latest Europe Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), research analysts report that at the close of the second quarter of 2021, Europe’s hotel construction pipeline dropped 1% by projects and…
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News From St. Regis: New and Upcoming Hotels, Butler Service Enhancements and More
Even as the travel industry continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are finding ways to move forward and innovate — and not just in ways related to the coronavirus.
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Arne Sorenson Posthumously Receives The Lodging Conference’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Harry Javer, producer and founder of The Lodging Conference, one of the industry’s events for hotel owners, CEOs, and deal makers, announced that Arne Sorenson, the beloved former president and CEO of Marriott International, has been selected…
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Marriott records Q2 net income of $422M
Marriott International Inc., in the second quarter ended June 30, reported net income of $422 million, compared with a net loss of $234 million in the same period last year.
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