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The JW Marriott brand was established in 1984, with the opening of the first hotel in Washington, D.C. [3] It was named as a tribute to J.W. Marriott, the founder of Marriott Corporation. In 1989, Hong Kong was the destination for the overseas launch.
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.
On April 19, 2006, Ashford announced that they had concluded a management deal with Marriott International, and the hotel was placed in their JW Marriott brand and renamed JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square. [6] In 2011, Ashford sold the hotel to Thayer Lodging for $96 million. [7]
In 2018, Marriott began managing the garden wing of the hotel as a Marriott, while the palace wing is planned to be transformed into a JW Marriott. [42] [43] Cardiff, United Kingdom: The Cardiff Marriott Hotel is located near the Cardiff Central Library. Marriott began managing the hotel in 1992, prior to which it was operated as a Holiday Inn ...
Marriott International assumed partnership with the hotel in 2022 and rebranded it as JW Marriott São Paulo. [178] Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai, China: Opened in 2002 as the first Four Seasons hotel in China. In 2020, the company announced that the hotel would be closed for renovations, which commenced in June 2022. [179]
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation is a pure-play public timeshare company. [2] Formerly a division of Marriott International , Marriott Vacations Worldwide was established as a separate, publicly traded entity focusing primarily on vacation ownership in November 2011. [ 3 ]
The JW Marriott Downtown Houston is a hotel located at 806 Main Street in Downtown Houston, which opened in 2014. It had been previously known as the Carter Building, and was the tallest building in Texas when it opened in 1910. [1] The building was renamed Second National Bank Building in 1923.
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.