The Greenbelt Marriott recently completed renovating its 288 guest rooms in an expansive effort that has resulted not only in contemporary and vibrant furnishings but also in state-of-the-art technology in every room that is unique in Prince George’s County.
This renovation included Marriott’s innovative “plug-in panel” in every room for easy connectivity for a variety of [...]

Expedia the world’s leading online travel company, and Marriott International, Inc. today announced a new multi-year agreement that extends one of the longest running strategic relationships in the online travel industry.
“The success of our relationship with Marriott is a perfect example of Expedia’s commitment to the business of our partners, both in the short and [...]

Wachovia analyst Jeffrey Donnelly downgraded his ratings for Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. to “Underperform” and lowered his ratings on Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. and Diamondrock Hospitality Co. to “Market Perform.” A Wachovia Capital Markets analyst cut his ratings for five lodging companies on Thursday, [...]

Hotel buyouts are proving a bonanza for mutual funds which snapped up Hilton, Marriott and other hotel stocks after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Private-equity firm Blackstone Group’s (BX.N) $20 billion bid for Hilton Hotels Corp. (HLT.N) on Tuesday sparked a 27 percent rise in shares of the second-biggest U.S. hotel chain over Thursday and Friday, [...]

To gain footholds in the $40 billion online travel industry, Orbitz and Travelocity built up significant market presences using virtually identical business models. In targeting Internet-savvy consumers, both companies provided discounted prices and packaged travel in an almost identical format. Recently, however, increased competition has begun to force changes.
Direct sellers, such as AMR Corp.’s (AMR) [...]

A Marriott hotel will be part of a massive entertainment, retail and gaming complex taking shape in Macao, China.
The 968-room Macao Studio City Marriott Hotel, slated to open in 2009, will be in a 30-story tower as part of a 4 million-square-foot development known as Macao Studio City, according to a statement from Bethesda-based [...]

A Courtyard by Marriott hotel will offer newly developed amenities for travelers, Marriott International Inc. announced Tuesday.
The Courtyard Cincinnati-North at Union Centre will open June 5 on Muhlhauser Road in West Chester, the company said Tuesday. The five-story, 126-room hotel in Butler County includes a restaurant, indoor pool with a whirlpool spa, exercise room [...]

FORT WAYNE - Marriott International Inc. has proposed building an 11-story hotel in downtown Fort Wayne that would include 250 rooms and a 4,000-square-foot ballroom.
The hotel proposal is a critical piece of the proposed $125 million Harrison Square project, a public-private development that calls for new shopping, housing and a city-owned baseball stadium downtown.

In the shadow of the busiest airport in the world, College Park, Ga., soon will have two new hotels, a five-story class-A office building and 40,000 square feet of retail in a two-phase, multi-million deal with Atlanta-based Grove Street Partners.
The more than $200 million development is part of a master plan the College Park City [...]

Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld and its signature restaurant, Atlantis, were awarded the prestigious AAA Four Diamond rating for the year 2007, General Manager Jim Quinn announced today.
“We are honored to earn this AAA mark of excellence, and we are particularly proud that Atlantis, long renowned among guests and local patrons for its exquisite upscale [...]

Plans for developing resort real estate community, Kauai Lagoons, were announced yesterday, backed by the management and service excellence of The Ritz-Carlton and Marriott.
The proposed project is a multi-faceted resort featuring 520 acres of residential oceanfront property, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, breathtaking coastline views, full-service spa, restaurant, and a 38-acre freshwater lagoon with [...]

U.S. hotels posted a 6.8 percent increase in room revenue for the week ended Oct. 21 versus a year ago, Smith Travel Research said on Wednesday.
Occupancy fell 0.4 percentage points to 70.3 percent, while room rates rose 7.2 percent to an average of $101.73 a night, according to Smith, which tracks lodging industry data.
That [...]