One Source for Hotel Rooms & Event Spaces Simplifies Planning for Business Travel

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 1  /PRNewswire/ -- As fourth quarter rapidly approaches, Marriott - one of the world's leading lodging companies - is helping corporate travel planners streamline their responsibilities with Marriott Business. By providing planners with a single resource to book hotel rooms, reserve event space and arrange for special amenities at more than 3,000 hotels worldwide, business travel divisions can do more in less time.

  Some of highlights of Marriott Business include:

  --  Ability to book blocks of up to 25 hotel rooms
  --  Reserve event space & amenities, such as catering & audio-visual
      equipment
  --  Option to create a complimentary custom web page
  --  Review floor plans for meeting & hotel rooms, catering menus with
      prices and on-site amenities

  --  Opportunity to explore trends in business travel, including green
      meetings & new Marriott hotels



For functions requiring more than 25 hotel rooms, Marriott Business provides custom RFPs to accommodate larger businesses' needs, as well as on-site, dedicated meeting planners to manage the details of every event.

In addition to simplifying booking hotel rooms and planning events, Marriott Business provides planners with the latest travel news so they can stay up to date on issues affecting their day-to-day responsibilities and year-end planning.

To learn more about Marriott Business services and accommodations worldwide, visit Marriott.com.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,200 lodging properties in 66 countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

  CONTACT:
  Jeff Gold
  [phone]
  

DATASOURCE: Marriott International, Inc.



CONTACT:  Jeff Gold, [phone], 



Web Site:  http://www.marriott.com/ 

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