Marriott Receives Top Honors From Two Travel Magazines

Marriott Receives Top Honors From Two Travel Magazines
Tuesday October 19, 1:15 pm ET

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Readers of Travel Savvy and Executive Travel magazines have given top honors to Marriott Hotels & Resorts and Marriott Rewards®, according to recent issues.

Marriott Hotels & Resorts was named by readers of Travel Savvy as the best domestic hotel chain, and Marriott Rewards as the best hotel rewards program. Travel Savvy is a travel lifestyle magazine that covers international and domestic destinations, fashion, design, food, travel news and celebrity travel trends.

Readers of Executive Travel, a lifestyle magazine for business travelers, gave Marriott Hotels & Resorts top honors in the following categories: best hotel chain; best for customer service; and best hotel chain for meetings. Marriott Rewards was selected as the best frequent guest program.

Marriott Hotels & Resorts is the company's flagship brand with more than 480 upscale hotels, including more than 40 Marriott Resort locations, 10 Marriott Conference Centers and 33 luxury JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts.

Marriott Rewards offers travelers the opportunity to get to the places they dream of 30 percent faster than other leading hotel programs can and offers more resorts, spas and on-site golf locations than any other program.* Marriott Rewards points may be earned and redeemed at more than 2,400 hotels in 66 countries. Points may also be redeemed for frequent flyer miles, car rentals, theme park passes, retail merchandise and more.

Based on seven nights at Starwood, Hilton, InterContinental Hotel Group and Hyatt full-service hotels of similar quality and points earned on dollars spent. Assumes standard award offerings for base-level members. All comparisons as of 6/04.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE: MAR - News) is a leading lodging company with more than 2,800 lodging properties in the United States and 69 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites, Ramada International and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International, Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has approximately 128,000 employees. In fiscal year 2003, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $9 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at http://www.marriott.com