Marriott Hotels & Resorts

Marriott Hotels & Resorts is Marriott International‘s flagship brand of full-service hotels and resorts. The company, based in Washington D.C., is repeatedly included on the Forbes Best Companies to Work for list, and was voted the fourth best company to work for in the UK by The Times in 2009.

As of September 2013, there were 505 hotels and resorts operating under the brand. The loyalty program is called Marriott Rewards.

The Marriott chain began with two motels in the 1950s. The first opened as a Quality Inn airport motel near Washington D.C. and another motel nearby, the Twin Bridges, a few years later. With the opening of the second motel, Marriott was born as a brand name. The Twin Bridges motel is still operating, but as a full-service hotel. The Twin Bridges property was demolished in 1990, but the Key Bridge property still operates.

In 1967, Marriott opened its first resort hotel, Camelback Inn, in Arizona, USA. Marriott Hotels & Resorts expanded outside of the United States for the first time in 1969 with the opening of the Marriott in Acapulco, Mexico.

By 1975, Marriott Hotels & Resorts had expanded to Europe, with the Amsterdam Marriott hotel opening in 1975.

In these first several decades, Marriott International owned and managed many of the hotels within its portfolio. In 1993, the company decided to spin off the real estate ownership operations as a new company, Host Marriott, while retaining hotel management services under the Marriott International company name.

By 1999, there were over 360 Marriott Hotels & Resorts in 47 countries, and in 2012 Marriott Hotels & Resorts celebrated the opening of the 500th Marriott Hotels & Resorts property, the Pune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre, in Pune, India.

Location of international properties

Armenia – 2 Yerevan
Azerbaijan – 1 Baku
Aruba – 5 Oranjestad
Australia – 4 Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Surfers Paradise
Austria – 1 Vienna
Belgium – 2 Brussels, Ghent
Brazil – 2 São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
Canada – 14 Calgary, Montreal (2), Edmonton, Halifax, Niagara Falls (2), Ottawa, Vancouver (2), Toronto (3), Victoria
Cayman Islands – 1
Chile -1 Santiago de Chile
China – 13 Beijing (2), Guangzhou (2), Nanning, Ningbo, Sanya, Shanghai (5), Suzhou
Colombia – 1 Bogota
Costa Rica – 2 Herradura, San José
Curaçao – 1
Czech Republic – 1 Prague
Denmark – 1 Copenhagen
Egypt – 4 Cairo, Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Taba
France – 4 Paris (3), Cap d’Ail
Georgia – 1 Tblisi
Germany – 9 Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich (2), Hamburg, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Stuttgart
Greece – 1 Athens
Guam – 1
Haiti – 1 Port-au-Prince
Honduras – 1 Tegucigalpa
Hong Kong – 1 Hong Kong International Airport
Hungary – 1 Budapest
India – 25 Mumbai (4), New Delhi, Dehradun, Kochi, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Chennai, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore(4), Hyderabad (2), Coimbatore, Goa, Pune (4), Chandigarh
Italy – 3 Rome (2), Milan
Japan – 2 Okinawa, Nagoya
Jordan – 3 Amman, Petra, Dead Sea
Republic of Macedonia – 1 Skopje
Malaysia – 2 Miri, Sepang
Mexico – 8 Aguascalientes, Cancun, Mexico City, Ixtapan de la Sal, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Puebla, Torreon
Netherlands – 1 Amsterdam
Oman – 1 Salalah
Pakistan – 2 Islamabad, Karachi
Panama – 1 Panama City
Peru – 2 Lima, Cusco
Philippines – 2 Manila, Cebu
Poland – 1 Warsaw
Portugal – 2 Lisbon, Óbidos
Puerto Rico – 1 San Juan
Qatar – 1 Doha
Russia – 3 Moscow (3)
Rwanda – 1 Kigali
Saudi Arabia – 3 Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh
Singapore – 1 Singapore
Spain – 2 Alicante, Mallorca
Sri Lanka – 1 Weligama
St. Kitts and Nevis – 1 Frigate Bay
Switzerland – 1 Zürich
Thailand – 4 Bangkok, Pattaya, Rayong, Hua Hin
Turkey – 4 Istanbul (2), Ankara, Izmir
Taiwan – 1 Taipei
United Arab Emirates – 2 Dubai (2)
United Kingdom – 50 Aberdeen, Bexleyheath, Birmingham (2), Bournemouth, Bristol (2), Bradford, Cheshunt, Cardiff, Chepstow,Derby, Durham, Edinburgh (2), Essex, Glasgow, Huntingdon, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool,Lingfield, London (10), Manchester (3), Newcastle (2), Northampton, Norwich, Peterborough, Portsmouth,Preston, Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea, Swindon, Windsor, York
Venezuela – 1 Catia La Mar
Vietnam – 1 Hanoi
Virgin Islands (US) – 1 St. Thomas
Serbia – 1 Belgrade