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The Marriott Corporation was a hospitality company that operated from 1927 until 1993. It was founded by J. Willard Marriott and Frank J. Kimball as Hot Shoppes, Inc. In 1957, it opened its first hotel in Arlington County , Virginia , the Marriott Motor Hotel (demolished 1990).
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. [4] In 1995, Marriott was the first hotel company to offer online reservations. [23]
Marriott Hotels & Resorts, flagship brand of Marriott International; Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, a timeshare company, formerly a division of Marriott International; Host Marriott Corporation, lodging real estate investment trust, now known as Host Hotels & Resorts. HMSHost, operator of airport concession services, spun off from ...
Hot Shoppes, Inc. was renamed the Marriott Corporation in 1967, [7] by which point it was operating 8 hotels. [8] In 1967, Marriott acquired its first resort hotel, the historic Camelback Inn in Arizona, United States. [8] In 1969, the Paraiso Marriott, the first international Marriott Hotel, opened in Acapulco, Mexico.
John Willard Marriott Sr. (September 17, 1900 – August 13, 1985) was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation (which became Marriott International in 1993), the parent company of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains, and food services companies.
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories with 29,158 rooms, in addition to 46 hotels with 8,755 rooms planned for the future.
The New York Marriott World Trade Center was a 22-story 825-room hotel within the original World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City.Situated on the original Three World Trade Center (3 WTC), it opened in April 1981 as the Vista International Hotel and was the first major hotel to open in Lower Manhattan south of Canal Street since 1836.
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is an American international hotel chain owned by Marriott International.As of June 30, 2020, Sheraton operates 446 hotels with 155,617 rooms globally, including locations in North America, Africa, Asia Pacific, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean, in addition to 84 hotels with 23,092 rooms in the pipeline.