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Marriott International unveils Arabic language website
Arabic speaking customers worldwide can now access a host of online functions and important hotel information through the new Arabic website from Marriott International. The new portal allows Arab customers to search for hotel rooms and make a reservation in their mother tongue.
Marriott International teams up with AMEX Middle East
Marriott International and American Express Middle East have rolled out a summer promotion campaign that offers American Express Card members exclusive benefits at 88 Marriott properties across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia Marriott throughout the duration of the summer.
Marriott Institute of Hospitality Education makes debut in China
Marriott International today launched the ‘Marriott Institute of Hospitality Education’ in co-operation with Anhui Zhong-Ao Institute of Technology. This is the latest college partnership model Marriott International has embarked upon in China to develop the future generation of the hospitality workforce to support its growth in the country.
Autograph Collection makes UK debut
The Autograph Collection, Marriott International’s portfolio of upscale, independent hotels is expanding in Europe with the introduction of two new travel experiences this spring. Threadneedles, in the heart of London’s financial district, and The Glasshouse in central Edinburgh, Scotland, will represent the Autograph Collection’s first hotels in the United Kingdom.
Marriott International launches new recruitment app
Marriott International is taking its recruitment digital in Europe with a newly launched careers app that is the first of its kind in the hospitality industry. Available in English, French, German and Russian, the new innovative app has been developed in tandem with Evviva Brands following extensive market research among young people - a target demographic for the new app.
JW Marriott moves into Italy with Venice property
Marriott has announced plans to open a luxury resort on the private island of Sacca Sessola, located in the Venetian lagoon. The 266-room JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa will operate under a management agreement with an affiliate of Aareal Bank and is expected to open in 2014.
Marriott International expands in Thailand
Marriott International is signing seven management agreements with TCC Hotels Group which will see the US hospitality company operating seven TCC hotels across Thailand. This landmark agreement will add 3,000 rooms to Marriott International’s existing 12 hotels of 3,110 rooms across Thailand.
Marriott set to launch two new brands in Brazil
Marriott International is planning to introduce two of its mid-market hotel brands, the Fairfield Inn and Courtyard by Marriott brands in Brazil. The company will open a new 165-room Fairfield Inn by Marriott in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, and a 160-room Fairfield Inn by Marriott and 158-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel, both in Curitiba, Parana.
$500,000 donated for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Marriott International, Inc. and The J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Foundation, the Marriott family’s private foundation, announced today they will each contribute $250,000 for a total donation of $500,000 to hurricane relief.
Marriott celebrates opening of first Residence Inn in Middle East
Marriott International, Inc. expands its reach in the Middle East as it marks the grand opening of Residence Inn by Marriott Manama Juffair, Marriott’s largest extended stay brand within the Marriott International portfolio.
Renaissance Hotels welcomes unique Barcelona Gem to growing European portfolio
Renaissance Hotels, Marriott International’s signature lifestyle brand, has opened its second hotel in Barcelona this year, the spectacular 357-room Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel, under a franchise agreement with Hoteles Catalonia.
Marriott’s expanded stay brands lead north American growth
Marriott International has revealed its extended-stay portfolio now accounts for one-third of the company’s North American development pipeline. Residence Inn by Marriott and TownePlace Suites by Marriott lead the U.S. market in this segment and have a combined pipeline of more than 180 hotels under development, including 140 new unit openings planned by 2015.