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THE HOSPATALITY PRESENTATION ON :-20/07/2009

BY :- DEEP MACWAN


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INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESENTATION


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FOUNDER:

J. Willard Marriott

Willard J. Marriott, 1929

This personality turned rags to riches

after he started his own nine-stool

A&W Root Beer stand in Washington

DC . In 1927 with his new bride.

Which they later call "The Hot

Shoppe. And then Hot Mexican food

items were added to the menu Hot

Shoppes expands its business.In 1937 Airline catering business began at Hoover Field

(currently site of the Pentagon). The division is named

"In-Flite Catering" and served Capital, Eastern, and

American Airlines.


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Marriott International, IncFacts and figures :

Stock symbol: MAR (NYSE)

Founders: J. Willard Marriott, Alice S. Marriott

Chairman/CEO: Bill Marriott, Jr. (Year Established: 1927)

President/COO: William Shaw ,Arne M. Sorenson

Key people: William J. Shaw Vice Chairman

Annual revenue:$15

.14billion(2004),(2007): $12

.990

billion, $ 13.3 billion (2008), Employees:151,000 (2008)

Net Income:$ 696 million in (2008)

Property : 340 U.S locations & 181 international locations.


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Marriott International, IncFacts and figures :

Worldwide HQ: Bethesda, Maryland & USA

Brands:

Residence Inn

Fairfield Inn

Renaissance Hotels

Ritz-Carlton HotelsCourtyard Hotels

Springhill Suites

Towne Place Suites


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The 1st Hot Shoppes cafeteria was established at McLean Gardens,

Washington DC. (1955)

Marriott's Highway Division had open several Hot Shoppes on the New

Jersey Turnpike. (1957 )

In 1964 J.W. Marriott, Jr. was honored as President of the Marriott

Foundation inc..


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The Marriott opened its 1st hotel on Twin Bridges Motor Hotel with

365-room, in Arlington ,Virginia. (1957)

In 1967 Corporate name was changed from Hot Shoppes, Inc., toMarriott Corporation.


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Two new corporate headquarters was built in Bethesda, Maryland ,in

1979

Maryland H.Q

The company opens two theme parks, both called "Great

America," located in Santa Clara, California, and Gurnee,

Illinois. (1976)


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J. Willard Marriott, Sr., Passes away in 1985. And the Marriott

Distribution Center was opened in Savage, Maryland.

After the death of J. Willard Marriott Sr. of the Marriott

Corporation.inc (1985)

J. Willard Marriott Jr. acquired Residence Inn Company , In

1987 and he entered the lower-moderate lodging segment

with Fairfield Inn. And from here the actual journey started

when he acquired Residence Inn and the Fairfield.


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The Residence Inn is credited with popularize "extended stay"

concept. The chain was launched in 1975 in Wichita, Kansas by JackDeBoer, and was acquired by Marriott Corporation in 1987. Jack

DeBoer had jumped back in the Extended Stay market developing a

concept called Value Place.

(Residence Inn) brand's slogan is Your home away from home. Itwas the first extended-stay brand in the United States, and was a key

player in launching the concept of a "suite" in a hotel.

Your home away from home

Residence Inn is an extended-stay hotel brand owned by Marriott

International, Inc.


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The usual appearance of a Residence Inn is a main building,

called the "Gatehouse," which houses the front desk, acommon area for meal service, an on-site coin operated

laundry, a swimming pool and exercise room. Often there

are several out-buildings similar to condo or apartment

complexes. Most have interior corridors.

Residence Inns typically feature a complimentary hot

breakfast in the morning and a free light dinner or snack

reception on weekday evenings, Monday through Thursday.

PROPERTY and SERVICES


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The Marriott operates in five business segments: North American Full-

Service Lodging, North American Limited-Service Lodging,

International Lodging, Luxury Lodging and Timeshare. The Residence

Inn falls under the North American Limited-Service Lodging segment of

the umbrella-company.

The Marriott also own the worldwide brand standard Marriott Bed,consisting of six goose down feather pillows, a luxury mattress with

mattress topper, and Egyptian cotton sheets. The Marriott Bed is

designed to appeal to worldwide travelers who will know what to

expect when they turn in at a Marriott Hotel

In contrast to Marriott's other extended-stay brand, the low-cost

TownePlace Suites, Residence Inn competes in the upper moderate to

low upscale segment, along with InterContinental's Staybridge Suites,

Hyatt's Summerfield Suites, and Homewood Suites by Hilton.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDUSTRY


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By December 2005, there were 482 hotels and resorts

operating under Marriott International, Inc which is the

parent company of Residence Inn the brand of the same.

Marriott added more than 24,000 rooms and timeshare

units in 2006, bringing the global system to 2,632 hotels and

timeshare units to (484,690rooms).

There are over 2,300 restaurants at Marriott hotels

throughout the U.S and even more than that i.e. in their

excellent services like Suites & Spa.

They even specialize with the best Hospitality and food

service, Around the globe. And are now going to open their

Franchise in India till 2010, At every

Metropolitan cities.

ACHIVEMENTS


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Marriott Hotel San Diego Marriott Montreal - Quebec Residence inn Marriott

Toronto, Canada

Oakland Marriott City Center Marriott Singapore Sydney Harbor

Marriott Hotel

There are two important milestones in

Marriott's history the 80th anniversary of theirfoundation and the 50th anniversary of their

entry into the hotel business makes them

unique.


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SOURCES :

ALL THE IMAGES AND INFORMATION ARE RELEVENT AND ARE FROM

RELIABLE SOURCES.

http:// www.google.com

http://www.marriott.com

http://www.mahalo.com/residence-inn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_Corporation


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