Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Flagship brand of Marriott International
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| February 2025 | Danny Meyer reopened the restaurant after a renovation. |
| 2024 | Union Square Hospitality Group took over the hotel's revolving restaurant. |
| 2023 | Increased to 587 total properties with 210,064 rooms, demonstrating continued growth and global expansion, particularly in Asia & Pacific region. |
| 2023 | Faced a criminal investigation in Poland for alleged fraudulent and unethical actions against the Lim company, the owner of a Warsaw hotel, during the COVID-19 period. |
| 2022 | The former Sheraton Casablanca Hotel & Towers was rebranded as the Casablanca Marriott Hotel after renovation. |
| 2022 | Slight reduction to 575 total properties, with 205,443 rooms, showing continued global presence across multiple regions. |
| 2022 | An acrylic sculpture by Parachilna was installed in the hotel lobby. |
| 2022 | One of the Marriott Marquis's suites was redecorated to match the Beetlejuice musical being staged at the Marquis Theatre. |
| July 2022 | Experienced a data breach at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport hotel, with hackers compromising 20GB of internal and customer data, marking the third data breach in four years. |
| 2021 | Remaining workers voted to unionize in response to layoffs. |
| August 2021 | Omnibuild completed a 16-month, $30 million renovation, upgrading bars, restaurants, meeting rooms, and ballrooms, and installing a sky bridge at the ninth story. |
| 2020 | Reached 585 total properties globally, with 205,825 rooms, including expansion in regions like Middle East, Africa, and Asia & Pacific. |
| 2020 | Temporarily shut down along with five other Asset World Corporation (AWC) hotels due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. |
| 2020 | Renovation of the hotel lobby occurred, including relocating reception desks from the south wall to the north wall, adding wooden archways, and installing a prismatic-glass wall. |
| December 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Marriott notified over 850 foodservice workers that they would be fired by the following March. |
| October 2020 | Fined £18.4 million by UK data privacy watchdog for a serious data breach exposing millions of customer data to cyber-criminals. |
| August 2020 | Ended the Make A Green Choice program. |
| 2019 | Hosted the 'Michelin Star Revelation Thailand' event, where the Michelin Guide announced restaurant star recipients. |
| 2019 | The destination-dispatch elevator system was modernized. |
| 2018 | Marriott began managing the garden wing of the Mena House Hotel in Cairo, with plans to transform the palace wing into a JW Marriott. |
| September 2018 | Vornado acquired the remaining 46 percent ownership stake in the Marriott Marquis's retail space from Host Hotels & Resorts for $442 million. |
| April 3 2018 | Bangkok Marriott Hotel The Surawongse commenced its operations as a five-star hotel. |
| 2015 | The Marriott Syracuse Downtown was restored and joined the Marriott brand after a $57 million renovation. |
| 2015 | Significant geographic expansion to 526 total properties across North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia & Pacific, and Caribbean/Latin America, with 187,277 total rooms. |
| 2014 | A new electronic sign was installed on the Broadway facade, spanning the entire block and wrapping around to 45th and 46th Streets. The Mitsubishi Electric screen measures 8,000 square feet, has 24 million pixels, and was mounted using an extended and reinforced preexisting framing with a Vierendeel truss installed across the center of the Broadway facade. |
| November 2014 | An enlarged electronic sign at the base of the hotel was completed. |
| 2013 | Host Hotels & Resorts acquired outright ownership of the land from Empire State Development Corporation for $19.9 million. |
| 2013 | Marriott acquired the underlying site of the hotel. |
| August 2012 | Vornado Realty Trust signed a 20-year lease to redevelop the Marriott Marquis's retail space, planning to spend up to $140 million on upgrades. |
| April 2012 | Kodak sign was deemed no longer profitable, with Kodak looking to sell its lease. |
| 2011 | Guestrooms renovation began, including the opening of Crossroads restaurant and refurbishment of Broadway Lounge. |
| 2010 | Marriott offered $10.7 million for the hotel site, but the offer was unsuccessful. |
| 2010 | The first basement level of the hotel was demolished, creating one basement level with a double-height ceiling. |
| November 2010 | Announced the opening of their 500th property, the Pune Marriott Hotel & Convention Centre in Pune, India. |
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