Marriott
Encyclopedia
Corporations
- Marriott InternationalMarriott InternationalMarriott International, Inc. is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Founded by J. Willard Marriott, the company is now led by son J.W. Marriott, Jr...
, international hotel company - Marriott Hotels & ResortsMarriott Hotels & ResortsMarriott Hotels & Resorts is Marriott International's flagship brand of full service hotels and resorts. The company, based in Washington D.C., is repeatedly included on the Forbes Best Companies to Work for list, and was voted the 4th best company to work for in the UK by The Times in 2009.As of...
- Marriott Corporation (1929–1993), originally known as Hot Shoppes, Inc
- Host Marriott Corporation, food services company and lodging real estate, see Host Hotels & ResortsHost Hotels & ResortsHost Hotels & Resorts is a real estate investment trust and the owner of lodging real estate based in Bethesda, Maryland.-History:Host Hotels & Resorts was formed in 1992 when the Marriott Corporation split into two separate entities, creating Marriott International and Host Marriott...
- Host Marriott Services, operator of airport concession services spun off from Host Marriott Corporation
People
- Charles MarriottCharles Marriott-Life and career:Marriott was one of the best leg break and googly bowlers of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Lancashire, he went to school at St Columba's in Ireland, coming back to Lancashire to play in his first first-class match in 1919. He then went on to Cambridge, winning blues in 1920 and 1921...
(1895–1966), English cricketer - Charles Marriott (Tractarian)Charles Marriott (Tractarian)Charles Marriott was an Anglican priest, a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and one of the members of the Oxford Movement. He was responsible for editing more than half of the volumes of their series of translations, the Library of the Fathers....
(1811–1858), Anglican priest, a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and one of the members of the Oxford Movement - Fred MarriottFred MarriottFred Marriott was an American race car driver. In 1906, he set the world land speed record at 127.659 mph at the Daytona Beach Road Course, while driving the Stanley Steamer...
American race car driver (1872–1956) - Henry Marriott (1917-2007), cardiologist and electrocardiogram interpreter
- John Marriott (British politician) (1859–1945), English political economist
- John Charles Oakes MarriottJohn Charles Oakes MarriottMajor-General Sir John Charles Oakes Marriott, KCVO, CB, DSO and Bar, MC was a British Army officer during World War I and World War II.-Military career:Marriott was commissioned into the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1914....
(1895–1978), British Indian Army general - William Thackeray MarriottWilliam Thackeray MarriottSir William Thackeray Marriott PC QC , was a British barrister and Liberal and later Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1893....
(1834–1903), British barrister and politician - J. Willard MarriottJ. Willard MarriottJohn Willard Marriott was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of the Marriott Corporation , the parent company of one of the world's largest hospitality, hotel chains, and food services companies. The Marriott company rose from a small root beer stand in Washington D.C...
(1900–1985), founder of Marriott Corp - Alice MarriottAlice MarriottAlice Sheets Marriott was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. She was married to J. Willard Marriott, founder of the hospitality company Marriott Corp.-Early life and career:...
(1907–2000), entrepreneur and philanthropist - J. W. Marriott, Jr. (born 1932), chairman and CEO, Marriott International
- Steve MarriottSteve MarriottStephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
(1947–1991), English rock and roll singer
Places
- J. Willard Marriott LibraryJ. Willard Marriott LibraryJ. Willard Marriott Library is the library of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was named for J. Willard Marriott, the founder of Marriott International. The library building is over and houses over 3 million volumes. The University of Utah Press is a division of the Marriott...
, University of Utah library in Salt Lake City, Utah - Marriott ReefMarriott ReefMarriott Reef is a small group of granite islets, with a combined area of 3.4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It forms part of Tasmania’s Pasco Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait off the north-west coast of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group....
, Tasmania, Australia - Marriott TheatreMarriott TheatreThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA is a respected Chicago area regional theatre. Attached to the Marriott Lincolnshire Resort, the theatre produces an average of five musicals each year, presented in the round, as well as productions aimed at younger audiences...
, Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA - Marriott School of ManagementMarriott School of ManagementThe Marriott School of Management is a business school located in Provo, Utah at Brigham Young University , a private university in the United States owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
, Provo, Utah, USA - Marriott, SaskatchewanMarriott, SaskatchewanMarriott is a hamlet in Marriott Rural Municipality 317, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located south of the Town of Biggar and north of the Town of Rosetown at the intersection of Highway 4 & Highway 768.-External links:...
, Canada - Marriott No. 317, SaskatchewanMarriott No. 317, SaskatchewanMarriott No. 317 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in Census Division 12. The seat of the municipality is located in the village of Rosetown, which actually lies within the adjacent rural municipality of St. Andrews No. 287.-Demographics:In 2006, the Rural...
, rural municipality - Marriott, Utah
Events
- 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing2003 Marriott Hotel bombingThe 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing occurred on 5 August 2003 in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia. A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the lobby of the JW Marriott Hotel, killing twelve people and injuring 150. All those killed were Indonesian with the exception of one Dutch...
of August 5, 2003 - Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing of September 20, 2008