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The History Of Marriott Hotels
Marriott International was established in 1993 when the Marriot Corporation
split into dual companies, where the other company is named Host Marriott
Corporation. Marriot International purchased 49 percent interest in the
Ritz-Carlton corporation in 1995. Then in 1998 Marriot International purchased
an additional 50 percent, which gave Marriot International 99 percent ownership.
In 2002 Marriott International started a huge reorganization by creating Senior
Living Services Communities. It then began focusing more on hotel management and
ownership as these changes were completed in 2003.
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Marriott also owned Ramada International Hotels and Resorts for several years.
This branch of Marriott was sold to Cendant on September 15, 2004. In 2006
Marriott announced that all their hotels in Canada and the United States were
now non-smoking buildings scheduled to be enforced in September 2006. The hotel
chain says that the new no smoking policy includes all rooms, lounges,
restaurants, public spaces, meeting rooms as well as employee work areas.
The histories of the various branches of Marriott International is a varied and
colorful past filled with mergers and acquisitions too many to detail here. For
more comprehensive information, Wikipedia has an excellent page of resources on
the various Marriot brands around the world.
To make reservations, locate a Marriott hotel or find out about ammeties and
services of specific hotels, visit the official Marriott website at http://Marriott.com.
You can also find out more about the hotel’s history as well as plans for future
development. Take a look at their ‘corporate information’ page for stock
performance and investment information.
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