Marriott International travel tips

The 2024 prospects for Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, and Wyndham look bright. That’s according to a report released on Tuesday by David Katz, a managing director at Jefferies Research.

Traveler sign-ups for hotel loyalty programs have soared in the past five years, and Hilton and Marriott have enjoyed some of the greatest gains.

Marriott International has announced a partnership with The Neu Project, an initiative from Google’s Experience Institute (Xi), in an effort to create a more neuroinclusive experience for event attendees.  

Leveraging work from Google Xi’s The Neu Project, Marriott strives to create a more inclusive experience for meeting attendees.

Marriott Cancun, an All-Inclusive resort, will be the first to offer CAMP Club. The ultimate family getaway is now available to book for Spring 2024.

Marriott International and UNICEF expand “Check Out for Children” donation program.

Marriott International has announced that it is continuing its partnership with UNICEF by relaunching ‘Check Out for Children,’ a program that has been created to give guests the opportunity to make a voluntary donation to the organization during their stay.

Marriott International‘s executives reported strong revenue growth in the third quarter on Thursday. They forecasted a steady pace of revenue expansion that would return it to its historical 10-year average after the pandemic disruption.

Marriott last Wednesday gave a multi-hour, 144-slide presentation to investment analysts, providing insights into strategy at the world’s largest hotelier. Executives outlined their financial model through 2025.

Marriott International on Wednesday debuted Four Points Express by Sheraton, a midscale hotel brand aimed at Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Marriott will broadcast its Wednesday, September 27, “Security Analyst Meeting” live (details here). It’ll be the first such presentation the world’s largest hotelier has given since 2019.

Marriott International said it was streamlining its ongoing process of installing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles at its properties by signing a deal with the vendor EV Connect as its preferred EV charging provider for its properties in the U.S. and Canada.

Marriott International’s emissions data shows its greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2022, despite having committed to reductions. 

Marriott International announced 13 deal signings in Turkey comprising over 2,000 rooms.

Hotel loyalty programs were one of the surprise gainers of the pandemic era lull in travel and the post-pandemic boom.

Marriott is looking to meet new demands from company travel managers, following a ramp up in requests for more culture and trust-boosting team meetings.

Several big-name hotel companies have entered 2023 with tech partnerships to modernize operations and services. 

There’s still something vital missing from the global tourism economy, and that’s the presence of Chinese tourists.

Marriott International said on Wednesday that Stephanie Linnartz, the company’s president and a 25-year veteran, would leave in February to become president and CEO of the clothing brand Under Armour.

Marriott International’s Edition brand, co-created with hotel impresario Ian Schrager, may finally be clicking with developers after a decade-long slow burn. The Tampa Edition that opened in September marked the 15th property in the series. Top executives expect to double that footprint within five years.

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