2000 joint venture forms joint venture with hyatt and

2000 Joint venture Forms joint venture with Hyatt and
Club Corporation to create the
largest and most comprehensive
electronic procurement network.
1999 Strategic Acquisition Marriott International acquires
ExecuStay corporate housing
company, which subsequently
acquires Executive Living Inc of
Ohio, USA.
1999 Hotel Development Marriott Vacation Club International
launches moderately priced resorts
Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club
and luxury resorts The Ritz-Carlton
Club.
1998 Hotel Development 1,500th hotel opens.
1998 Other Sodexho Alliance acquires Marriott
International's foodservice and
facilities-management businesses.
1998 Hotel Development Launches SpringHill Suites brand.
1997 Strategic Acquisition Acquires the Renaissance Hotel
Group and introduces TownePlace
Suites, Fairfield Suites and Marriott
Executive Residences brands.
1995 Strategic Acquisition Marriott acquires Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Company, LLC.
1993 Other Company splits into Marriott
International and Host Marriott
Corporation.
1990 Other Pathways to Independence,
Marriott's Welfare to Work
programme, established.
1989 Hotel Development 500th hotel opens in Warsaw,
Poland.
1989 Other Marriott Foundation for People with
Disabilities established.
1987 Strategic Acquisition Acquires Residence Inn Company
and enters low-mid-price lodging
with Fairfield Inn.
1985 Other Opens Marriott Distribution Center
in Savage, Maryland, USA.

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1984 New Product Development Enters holiday timeshare and
senior-living accommodation sales.
1983 Hotel Development First Courtyard hotel opens.
1982 Strategic Acquisition Acquires Host International Inc.
1982 Strategic Acquisition Acquires Gino's, which it converts
to Roy Rogers.
1981 Hotel Development Opens 100th hotel in Hawaii.
1979 New Headquarters Builds new corporate headquarters
in Bethesda, Maryland.
1976 Theme Parks Established Opens two Great America theme
parks in Santa Clara, California,
and Gurnee, Illinois, USA.
1975 Hotel Development Opens first European hotel in
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1973 Hotel Development Company obtains first hotel
management contracts.
1969 Hotel Development Marriott's first international hotel
opens in Acapulco, Mexico.
1967 Corporate Name Change Corporate name changed from Hot
Shoppes Inc to Marriott
Corporation.
1967 Company Expansion Marriott opens Fairfield Farm
Kitchens, a food production and
purchasing facility in Beaver
Heights, Maryland, USA.
1967 Other Acquires Camelback Inn, its first
resort property.
1967 Strategic Acquisition Buys Bob's Big Boy Restaurants.
1965 Marriott Foundation Marriott Foundation established.
1957 First Hotel Established Marriott opens first hotel, 365-room
Twin Bridges Motor Hotel in
Arlington, Virginia.
1955 Other Marriott Food Service gains first
institutional and school feeding
contracts at Children's Hospital and
American University.
1953 Other Marriott stock becomes public and
sells out in two hours.