"Marriott International, Inc. is an American multinational diversified friendliness business that manages as well as franchises a broad portfolio of resorts and associated lodging centers. Started by J. Willard Marriott, the company is currently led by his kid, exec chairman Expense Marriott, and also president as well as president Arne Sorenson. Marriott International is the biggest resort chain on the planet. It has 30 brand names with 7,003 residential properties in 131 nations and also areas around the globe, over 1,332,826 areas (since March 31, 2019), consisting of 2,035 that are taken care of with 559,569 rooms, 4,905 that are franchised or certified with 756,156 areas, as well as 63 that are had or rented with 17,101 rooms, [1] plus an additional 475,000 spaces in the growth pipeline and an extra 25,000 spaces authorized for development yet not yet under signed agreements.

It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. In 2017, Marriott was placed # 33 on Fortune's "" 100 Finest Firms to Work For"" checklist, its the twentieth look on the listing."