As we continue on our journey toward integrating former Starwood-branded hotels into the Marriott International portfolio, we wanted to provide you with an update on upcoming global quality changes and related property activities. One global quality and guest experience framework across Marriott’s newly consolidated portfolio of hotels is necessary to ensure brand health and guest...… Read More

Since announcing the the Brand, Marketing, Sales & Consumer Services (BMSC) senior leadership structure and brand leaders earlier this month, additional changes within the brand organization have been announced. Specifically, we wanted to share two appointments within the Marriott Select Brands leadership team, both of whom will report to Janis Milham. We also wanted to...… Read More

As you may know, we have been communicating with former Starwood-branded properties since legal close of the Marriott and Starwood merger. Now that we are more than one month into the integration, properties will be shifting their focus toward deployment activities. With this in mind, we wanted to provide an update on what we’ll be...… Read More

Following legal close of the Starwood acquisition, the Brand, Marketing, Sales & Consumer Services (BMSC) team has made a number of changes to their senior leadership structure in order to drive the  customer-focused strategies at Marriott International. Reporting to Stephanie Linnartz, Global Chief Commercial Officer, the following leaders have been appointed new roles:   TINA...… Read More

U.S. Only | Decisions made in the Nation’s Capitol, state legislatures, and local governments have a tremendous impact on the success of Marriott and our industry. To support our business objectives, Marriott has a government affairs team focused on: (i) assessing business objectives and developing public policy strategies to support business goals; (ii) monitoring, reviewing,...… Read More

Since the completion of the merger, our teams have been working diligently to develop the long-term strategy for integrating former Starwood properties into the Marriott International portfolio. In support of our Owner & Franchisee Value Proposition, much of this effort has been focused on identifying opportunities to achieve cost synergies. We are working on our...… Read More

U.S. & Canada Franchisees | As we begin to integrate Starwood brands into the Marriott portfolio, we wanted to highlight certain changes to our Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD) that may impact your hotel(s). These changes are immediately effective for all new development and relicensing deals. Relicensings Change of Ownership – Application fees for relicensings/changes of...… Read More

When reviewing proposed development opportunities, Marriott seeks to balance distribution growth with the interests of owners of existing or approved hotels by considering potential impact issues that may arise from a proposed project. The Growth Administration process works towards this goal by notifying owners, franchisees and managers of proposed development within the relevant market area...… Read More