Marriott International
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Marriott International, Inc. is an American multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging brands that include hotel, residential, and timeshare properties.<ref name="mar-20241231">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="DEF_14A">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Marriott International owns over 37 hotel and timeshare brands with 9,000 locations and 1,597,380 rooms across its network (as of 2023).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Marriott International is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The company is the successor to the hospitality division of the Marriott Corporation, founded by J. Willard Marriott (1900–1985) and his wife Alice Marriott (1907–2000).
ProfileEdit
Marriott International is the largest hotel company in the world by the number of available rooms. It has 36 brands with 9,361 properties containing 1,706,331 rooms in 144 countries and territories.<ref name="mar-20241231" /> Of these 9,361 properties 1,981 are managed but not owned by Marriott, 7,192 are owned and managed by independent hospitality companies under franchise agreements with Marriott, and 51 are both owned and managed by Marriott. The company also operates 20 hotel reservation centers.<ref name="mar-20241231" />
Marriott International, Inc. was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two companies: Marriott International, Inc., which franchises and manages properties, and Host Marriott Corporation (now Host Hotels & Resorts), which owns properties.<ref name=retrospective/>
Since the founders were missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, copies of the Book of Mormon are provided in hotel rooms in addition to the Bible.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
HistoryEdit
Founding and early yearsEdit
Marriott Corporation was founded by John Willard Marriott in 1927 when he and his wife, Alice Marriott, opened a root beer stand in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New England, Marriott traveled to Washington, D.C. where he experienced the humid summer weather of the city. Marriott was convinced that what residents of the city needed was a place to get a cool drink, and so after returning to Utah and graduating from The University of Utah, Marriott purchased the rights to franchise an A&W Root Beer stand in Columbia Heights.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> The first summer saw brisk business, but as cold weather approached they realized the seasonal nature of their business and received permission from A&W to start selling food. He named the restaurant Hot Shoppes and watched as it grew in popularity.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Always looking for new ways to improve his company, he bought the vacant lot next to one of his Hot Shoppes, removed the curb, and began offering the first drive-in service on the East Coast. This move popularized the restaurants, and by 1932, the Marriott's owned 7 Hot Shoppes in the D.C. area.<ref name=":0" /> In 1953, Hot Shoppes, Inc. became a public company via an initial public offering.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The company opened its first hotel, the Marriott Motor Hotel, in Arlington, Virginia, on January 16, 1957.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It cost $9 per night, plus an extra $1 for every person that was in the car.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Its second hotel, the Marriott Key Bridge Motor Hotel in Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia, opened in 1959,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was Marriott International's longest continuously operating hotel until its closure in July 2021.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hot Shoppes, Inc. was renamed the Marriott Corporation in 1967.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1972, the Marriott lodging division acquired the Greek-based Sun Line cruise line,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which it owned until 1987.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1976, the company opened two theme parks, each named Marriott's Great America, in California and Illinois.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Marriott sold the parks in 1984, with the California park bought by the City of Santa Clara<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Illinois park bought by Bally Manufacturing, then the parent company of the Six Flags Corporation(both are now owned by Six Flags).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Marriott InternationalEdit
Marriott International, Inc. was formed in 1993 when Marriott Corporation split into two companies: Marriott International, Inc., which franchises and manages properties, and Host Marriott Corporation (now Host Hotels & Resorts), which owns properties.<ref name=retrospective>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1995, Marriott was the first hotel company to offer online reservations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In April 1995, Marriott acquired a 49% interest in The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Marriott believed that it could increase sales and profit margins for The Ritz-Carlton, a troubled chain with many properties either losing money or barely breaking even. The cost to Marriott was estimated to have been about $200Template:Nbspmillion in cash and assumed debt. The next year, Marriott spent $331Template:Nbspmillion to acquire The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta, and buy a majority interest in two properties owned by William Johnson, a real estate developer who had purchased The Ritz-Carlton, Boston in 1983 and expanded his Ritz-Carlton holdings over the next twenty years. Ritz-Carlton expanded into the timeshare market. Ritz Carlton benefited from Marriott's reservation system and buying power. In 1998, Marriott acquired majority ownership of The Ritz-Carlton.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1997, the company acquired the Renaissance Hotels and Ramada brands from Chow Tai Fook Group and its associate company, New World Development.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Marriott International also signed an agreement to manage hotels owned by New World Development.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The same year the company also got into the home cleaning business by starting a new venture dubbed HomeSolutions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2001, the Marriott World Trade Center was destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
In 2002, CTF Hotel Holdings Inc., a company that owns a hotel in Hong Kong managed by Marriott, sued Marriott alleging that Marriott engaged in extortion and bribery. According to the allegations, Marriott contracted to receive audio-visual services from Molloy. Marriott paid an inflated amount to Molloy and pocketed the 1.7 million dollars above its fee. Marriott had to return the money to CTF Hotel. CTF Hotel also accused Marriott of accepting bribes from suppliers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2003, the company completed the corporate spin-off of its senior living properties (now part of Sunrise Senior Living) and Marriott Distribution Services.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the same year, the owners of the Marriott-operated, Town Hotels, sued Marriott for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and fraud. They claimed that Marriott along with the Avendra hotel chain violated West Virginia law by contracting with vendors and receiving "sponsorship fees" from them to provide services to Town Hotels, when according to the contract, Marriott was forbidden to profit from the contract except for management fees. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2004, the company sold its right to the Ramada brand to Cendant, acquired in 1997.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2005, Marriott International and Marriott Vacation Club International were two of the 53 entities that contributed the maximum of $250,000 to the Second inauguration of George W. Bush.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On July 19, 2006, Marriott implemented a smoking ban in all buildings it operated in the United States and Canada effective September 2006.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2007, Marriott became the first hotel chain to serve food that is completely free of trans fats at all of its North American properties.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Hotels franchised or operated by the company were affected by the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing, the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing in 2008, and the 2009 Jakarta bombings.
On November 11, 2010, Marriott announced plans to add over 600 hotel properties by 2015, primarily in emerging markets: India, where it planned to have 100 hotel properties, China, and Southeast Asia.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On January 21, 2011, Marriott said that adult movies would not be included in the entertainment offered at new hotels, which would use an Internet-based video on demand system.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2011, Mitt Romney received $260,390 in director's fees from Marriott International,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> despite the fact that he had already stepped down from the board of directors to run for President of the United States.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> His released 2010 tax returns showed earnings in 2010 of $113,881 in director's fees from Marriott.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In February 2012, Bloomberg News reported on Romney's years overseeing tax matters for Marriott, which had included several "scams" (quoting John McCain) and legal actions brought against Marriott, which Marriott lost in court, over its manipulations of the U.S. Tax Code.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Effective March 31, 2012, Bill Marriott assumed the role of executive chairman of the company and relinquished the role of chief executive officer to Arne Sorenson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2012, Guinness World Records recognized the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, a five star hotel, as the tallest hotel in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2013, the owners of the Madison 92nd Street Associates LLC, who contracted with Marriott to manage their hotel, sued Marriott for $400 million, alleging that Marriott had conspired with the workers' committee. They claimed that Marriott allowed the workers to unionize at the Madison-owned hotel in exchange for not unionizing at Marriott's flagship hotels.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On October 3, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined Marriott $600,000 for unlawful use of a "containment" feature of a Wi-Fi monitoring system to deliberately interfere with client-owned networks in the convention space of its Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville. The scheme disrupted operation of clients' mobile phone hotspots via Wi-Fi deauthentication attacks.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Marriott International, Inc., the American Hotel and Lodging Association and Ryman Hospitality Properties responded by unsuccessfully petitioning the FCC to change the rules to allow them to continue jamming client-owned networks, a position which they were forced to abandon in early 2015 in response to backlash from clients, mainstream media, major technology companies, and mobile carriers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=uturn>Template:Cite news</ref> The incident drew unfavorable publicity to Marriott's practice of charging exorbitant fees for Wi-Fi.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On April 1, 2015, Marriott acquired Canadian hotel chain Delta Hotels, which operated 38 hotels at that time.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On November 16, 2015, Marriott announced the acquisition of Starwood for $13Template:Nbspbillion.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A higher offer for Starwood at $14Template:Nbspbillion from a consortium led by China's Anbang Insurance Group was announced March 3, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> After Marriott raised its bid to $13.6Template:Nbspbillion on March 21, Starwood terminated the Anbang agreement and proceeded with the merger with Marriott.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following receipt of regulatory approvals, Marriott closed the merger with Starwood on September 23, 2016, creating the world's largest hotel company with over 5700 properties, 1.1Template:Nbspmillion rooms, and a portfolio of 30 brands.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> The Starwood acquisition gave Marriott a larger non-US presence; approximately 75% of Starwood's revenues were from non-US markets.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On November 30, 2018, Marriott disclosed that the former Starwood brands had been subject to a data breach. After the disclosure, Attorney General of New York Barbara Underwood announced an investigation into the data breach.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The cyberattack was found to be a part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort that also hacked health insurers and the security clearance files of millions more Americans. The hackers are suspected of working on behalf of the Ministry of State Security, the country's Communist-controlled civilian spy agency.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Initially, Marriott said that 500 million customers' personal information had been exposed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2019, the company updated the number of guests affected to "less than 383 million" customers, and claimed many of the customer's payment cards had expired.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The UK Information Commissioner's Office fined Marriott £18 million for breaches to GDPR law that contributed to the breach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Australia's Information Commissioner served Marriott an 'enforceable undertaking' to improve their security.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2019 and 2021, Marriott faced an investigation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and a class action lawsuit<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in the US for its practice of charging resort fees that were not included in the room price, with the services included in these "resort fees" unclear. This method is prohibited in many parts of the world and is known as "drip pricing".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In December 2019, the company acquired Elegant Hotels, operator of 7 hotels in Barbados.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In February 2020, the company discovered a data breach that included the theft of contact information for 5.2 million customers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company instituted additional cleanliness standards, including requiring the use of electrostatic sprayers with disinfectant, adding disinfecting wipes in all hotel rooms, and removing or re-arranging furniture in public areas to allow more space for social distancing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> During the pandemic, global occupancy fell as low as 31%.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
President and CEO Arne Sorenson died on February 15, 2021, from pancreatic cancer.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On February 23, 2021, Anthony Capuano was appointed to fill Sorensen's vacancy as CEO and Director, having previously served as Marriott's group president of global development, design and operations.<ref name=newceo>Template:Cite news</ref>
In November 2021, the company was criticized for refusing to host the World Uyghur Congress at one of its properties in Prague, citing reasons of "political neutrality".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In August 2022, employees began moving into the company's new 21-story, 785,000-square-foot headquarters building on Wisconsin Avenue, ahead of an official opening on September 21. The new building was constructed over four years as part of a $600 million downtown Bethesda campus, together with the adjacent Marriott Bethesda Downtown hotel.<ref name="Schere">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 2023, a criminal investigation was opened against Marriott in Poland, claiming that it acted fraudulently and unethically against the Lim company, the owner of a Warsaw hotel. During the COVID-19 period, Marriott would not keep up the hotel's maintenance and shifted the costs of maintaining the empty hotel to the Lim Company. At the same time Marriott prevented the Lim Company from renting the hotel to the National Health Fund for doctors' housing or contracting for advertising deals until the Lim Company would pay unwarranted bonuses to Marriott.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Also in the same year, on May 1, Marriott announced that it completed the acquisition of Mexican hotelier Hoteles City Express. By this move, Marriott officially entered the affordable midscale-segment under City Express by Marriott brands.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The company also launched another brand focusing on budget extended stays called StudioRes in August,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and an extension to its Four Points by Sheraton brand called Four Points Express in September.
In August 2024, Marriott announced a long-term licensing agreement with Sonder, adding 10,500 rooms to their portfolio and allowing customers to earn or redeem Marriott Bonvoy points at Sonder properties starting in late 2024.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In April 2025, the company acquired Citizen M, a Dutch-based hotel brand, for $355 million.<ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The deal is expected to be completed by the end of the year and is subject to regulatory approval.<ref name=":4" />
Corporate affairsEdit
Senior leadershipEdit
From Marriott's founding in 1927 to 2012, the company's senior leadership was led by members of the Marriott family. In 2012, Arne Sorenson became the first non-Marriott family member to be appointed chief executive; this practice continued when Anthony Capuano was named his successor in 2021. The current practice is members of the Marriott family are named chairman while other company executives are named as chief executive.
- Chairmen
- J. Willard Marriott (1927–1985)
- Bill Marriott (1985–2022)
- David Marriott (since May 2022)
- Chief executives
- J. Willard Marriott (1927–1972)
- Bill Marriott (1972–2012)
- Arne Sorenson (2012–2021)
- Anthony Capuano (since February 2021)
Business figuresEdit
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Region | Sales in billion $ | share |
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| United States & Canada | 17.7 | 74.6% | |
| International | 4.5 | 18.8% | |
| Unallocated Corporate and Other | 1.6 | 6.6% |
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| 2005 | 11,129 | 669 | 8,530 | 143,000 | ||
| 2006 | 11,995 | 608 | 8,588 | 150,600 | ||
| 2007 | 12,990 | 696 | 8,942 | 151,000 | ||
| 2008 | 12,879 | 362 | 8,903 | 146,000 | ||
| 2009 | 10,908 | −346 | 7,933 | 137,000 | ||
| 2010 | 11,691 | 458 | 8,983 | 129,000 | ||
| 2011 | 12,317 | 198 | 5,910 | 120,000 | ||
| 2012 | 11,814 | 571 | 6,342 | 127,000 | ||
| 2013 | 12,784 | 626 | 6,794 | 123,000 | ||
| 2014 | 13,796 | 753 | 6,833 | 123,500 | ||
| 2015 | 14,486 | 859 | 6,082 | 127,500 | ||
| 2016 | 15,407 | 808 | 24,140 | 226,500 | ||
| 2017 | 20,452 | 1,459 | 23,948 | 177,000 | ||
| 2018 | 20,758 | 1,907 | 23,696 | 176,000 | ||
| 2019 | 20,972 | 1,273 | 25,051 | 174,000 | ||
| 2020 | 10,571 | −267 | 24,701 | 121,000 | ||
| 2021 | 13,857 | 1,099 | 25,553 | 120,000 | ||
| 2022 | 20,773 | 2,358 | 25,184 | 377,000 | ||
| 2023 | 23,713 | 3,083 | 25,712 | 411,000 | ||
| 2024 | 25,100 | 2,375 | 26,182 | 418,000 | ||
EnvironmentEdit
Marriott International reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 5,166 Kt (-1,643 /-24.1% y-o-y)<ref name ="Marriott International Total CO2e emissions for 2020Q4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Alt URL</ref> and aims to reach net zero emissions by 2050.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Alt URL</ref>
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Animal welfareEdit
In 2013, Marriott International committed to eliminating the use of battery cage eggs and gestation crates in its supply chain by 2015. However, the company did not meet this goal. In 2018, after a campaign by The Humane League and the Open Wing Alliance, Marriott set a new target to source only cage-free eggs globally by 2025.<ref name="piper">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 2024, Marriott reported that only 42.04% of the eggs in its supply chain were cage-free.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This prompted criticism by animal welfare organizations including Mercy for Animals and the International Council for Animal Welfare.
Loyalty programEdit
Marriott Bonvoy is Marriott's current loyalty program and was formed in the February 2019 merger of its three former rewards programs: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest. Starwood Preferred Guest (also known as SPG) was founded in 1999 as the first in the industry to enforce a policy of no blackout dates, no capacity controls, and online redemption. In 2012, Starwood Preferred Guest began offering lifetime status and a dedicated Starwood ambassador for loyal members. Ritz-Carlton Rewards was founded in 2010. Members were able to receive air miles instead of reward points and able to earn ten points (or two miles) for every dollar spent on any Ritz-Carlton room rates. Despite the restriction of membership to only one of the two programs, members of Ritz-Carlton Rewards were able to earn points in other Marriott hotels, while Marriott Rewards members were able to earn points at a Ritz-Carlton.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
AwardsEdit
- In November 2020, Marriott International was named as one of the "Top 75 Companies for Executive Women" by Working Mother.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- In June 2022, Marriott was recognized by the International Hospitality Institute on the Global 100 in Hospitality, a list featuring the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Marriott brandsEdit
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OverviewEdit
As of 2024, Marriott International operates hotels, resorts and other properties under the following brands internationally.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
LuxuryEdit
- Edition
- JW Marriott Hotels
- St. Regis Hotels & Resorts
- The Luxury Collection
- The Ritz-Carlton
- W Hotels
PremiumEdit
- Autograph Collection
- Delta Hotels
- Design Hotels
- Gaylord Hotels
- Le Méridien
- Marriott Hotels & Resorts
- MGM Collection
- Renaissance Hotels
- Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
- The Marriott Vacation Clubs
- Tribute Portfolio
- Westin Hotels & Resorts
SelectEdit
- AC Hotels
- Aloft Hotels
- City Express by Marriott
- Courtyard by Marriott
- Fairfield by Marriott
- Four Points by Sheraton
- Four Points Flex by Sheraton (formerly branded Four Points Express)
- Moxy Hotels
- Protea Hotels by Marriott
- SpringHill Suites
Longer StaysEdit
- Apartments by Marriott Bonvoy
- Element
- Sonder by Marriott Bonvoy
- Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy
- Marriott Executive Apartments
- Residence Inn by Marriott
- TownePlace Suites
The Luxury CollectionEdit
The Luxury Collection is a brand of Marriott International for luxury properties. It is notable as the first "soft brand" hotel chain.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Most hotels of the brand are located in converted historic buildings, including palaces or older hotels. The brand also enlists notable designers to craft luxury travel accessories that are available exclusively on the brand's website.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
HistoryEdit
The Luxury Collection brand began on January 13, 1992, when ITT Sheraton designated 28 of its most expensive hotels and 33 of the Sheraton Towers, as the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
In February 1994, ITT Sheraton Hotels and Resorts acquired a controlling interest in CIGA (Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi, or Italian Grand Hotels Company), an Italian international hotel chain that owned several luxury properties in Europe.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The majority of the CIGA hotels were folded into The Luxury Collection. CIGA's original logo, the four horses of St. Mark, was kept for The Luxury Collection brand logo until 2010; each Luxury Collection hotel now uses its own logo.
In 2011, it embarked on an advertising campaign.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2012, the brand announced a major expansion in Asia, particularly in China.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Also in 2014, the brand signed Danish supermodel Helena Christensen as spokesperson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2015, the company launched a $700 million program to renovate properties.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
PropertiesEdit
As of December 31, 2020, there were 118 hotels comprising 23,243 rooms operating under the brand. Amongst its several most notable hotels are Hotel Alfonso XIII, Gritti Palace Hotel, IVY Hotel + Residences, Hotel Imperial, ITC Grand Chola, Marqués de Riscal Hotel, The Nines, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, The Park Tower Knightsbridge Hotel, Phoenician Resort, Hotel President Wilson, The St. Anthony Hotel, and Royal Hawaiian Hotel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Royal Penthouse Suite at Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, part of The Luxury Collection, billed at Template:US$ per night, is listed at the top of the World's 15 Most Expensive Hotel Suites list compiled by CNN in 2012.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Great America parksEdit
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Marriott developed three theme parks, of which two opened: Marriott's Great America in Santa Clara, California and Marriott's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.<ref name="DS-1976">Template:Cite news</ref> A third site was proposed but never built in the Washington D.C. area, but was cancelled due to strong opposition by surrounding residents.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The parks were operated by Marriott from 1976 until 1984, and were themed to celebrate American history. The American-themed areas under Marriott's tenure of ownership included "Carousel Plaza" (the first section beyond the main gates); small-town-themed "Hometown Square"; "The Great Midwest Livestock Exposition At County Fair" with a Turn of the Century rural-fair theme; "Yankee Harbor", inspired by a 19th-century New England port; "Yukon Territory", resembling a Canadian/Alaskan logging camp; and the French Quarter-modeled "Orleans Place". At the opening, the parks had nearly identical layouts.<ref name=":402">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":14">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref>
In 1984, Marriott disposed of its theme park division;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> both parks were sold and today are associated with national theme park chains. The Gurnee location was sold to Six Flags where it operates today as Six Flags Great America.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Santa Clara location was sold to the City of Santa Clara, who retained the underlying property and sold the park to Kings Entertainment Company,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> renamed Paramount Parks in 1993.<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 1993 to 2006, the Santa Clara location was known as Paramount's Great America.<ref name=":3" /> In 2006, Paramount Parks was acquired by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company;<ref name="Cedarfair.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the Santa Clara park operates today as California's Great America.<ref name="2008-Season-PressRelease">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the years after their sale, the layouts of both of the parks have diverged substantially.<ref name=":402"/> In 2024 Cedar Fair and Six Flags merged, resulting in the two parks being part of the same chain.
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