& resorts industry hotel founded 1957 ; 59 years ago 1957 founder s. edward marriott headquarters medway kent united kingdom u.k. number of locations 505 hotels area served global parent marriott international website marriott.com detroit marriott at the renaissance center is the tallest hotel in the western hemisphere marriott hotels & resorts is marriott international s flagship brand of full service hotels and resorts . the company based in washington d.c. is repeatedly included on the forbes best companies to work for list and was voted the fourth best company to work for in the uk by the times in 2009 . 1 as of september 2013 there were 505 hotels and resorts operating under the brand . 2 the loyalty program is called marriott rewards . contents 1 history and current operation 2 location of international properties 3 location of properties in the us 4 references 5 external links history and current operation edit the marriott chain began with two motels in the 1950s . the first opened as a quality inn airport motel near washington d.c. and another motel nearby the twin bridges a few years later . with the opening of the second motel marriott was born as a brand name . the twin bridges motel is still operating but as a full service hotel . the twin bridges property was demolished in 1990 but the key bridge property still operates . in 1967 marriott opened its first resort hotel camelback inn in arizona usa . marriott hotels & resorts expanded outside of the united states for the first time in 1969 with the opening of the marriott in acapulco mexico . by 1975 marriott hotels & resorts had expanded to europe with the amsterdam marriott hotel opening in 1975 . in these first several decades marriott international owned and managed many of the hotels within its portfolio . in 1993 the company decided to spin off the real estate ownership operations as a new company host marriott while retaining hotel management services under the marriott international company name . by 1999 there were over 360 marriott hotels & resorts in 47 countries and in 2012 marriott hotels & resorts celebrated the opening of the 500th marriott hotels & resorts property the pune marriott hotel & convention centre in pune india . location of international properties edit hotel armenia marriott in yerevan marriott hotel in brisbane australia marriott hotel in warsaw poland marriott hotel in z rich switzerland in september 2005 marriott hotels & resorts unveiled its first new room designs in ten years . 3 dubbed mspot the new rooms feature clean lines and updated technology . country hotels cities armenia 2 yerevan azerbaijan 1 baku aruba 5 oranjestad australia 4 brisbane 4 melbourne 5 sydney 6 surfers paradise 7 austria 1 vienna belgium 2 brussels ghent bosnia and herzegovina 2 sarajevo brazil 2 s o paulo rio de janeiro canada 15 calgary montreal 2 edmonton quebec city halifax niagara falls 2 8 ottawa vancouver 2 toronto 3 victoria cayman islands 1 chile 1 santiago de chile china 13 beijing 2 guangzhou 2 nanning ningbo sanya shanghai 5 9 suzhou colombia 1 bogota costa rica 2 herradura san jos cura ao 1 czech republic 1 prague denmark 1 copenhagen egypt 4 cairo hurghada sharm el sheikh taba france 4 paris 3 cap d ail georgia 1 tbilisi germany 9 berlin cologne frankfurt munich 2 hamburg heidelberg leipzig stuttgart greece 1 athens guam 1 haiti 1 port au prince honduras 1 tegucigalpa hong kong 1 hong kong international airport hungary 1 budapest india 25 mumbai 4 new delhi dehradun kochi jaipur gurgaon chennai bhopal bilaspur ahmedabad bangalore 4 hyderabad 2 coimbatore goa pune 4 chandigarh italy 3 rome 2 milan japan 3 okinawa nagoya osaka jordan 3 amman petra dead sea republic of macedonia 1 skopje malaysia 3 miri mulu sepang mexico 8 aguascalientes cancun mexico city ixtapan de la sal puerto vallarta tijuana puebla torreon netherlands 1 amsterdam oman 1 salalah pakistan 2 islamabad karachi panama 1 panama city peru 2 lima cusco philippines 2 manila cebu poland 1 warsaw portugal 2 lisbon bidos puerto rico 1 san juan qatar 1 doha russia 3 moscow 3 rwanda 1 kigali saudi arabia 3 jeddah madinah riyadh singapore 1 singapore spain 2 alicante mallorca sri lanka 1 weligama st. kitts and nevis 1 frigate bay switzerland 1 z rich thailand 5 bangkok hua hin pattaya phuket rayong turkey 4 istanbul 2 ankara izmir taiwan 1 taipei united arab emirates 2 dubai 2 united kingdom 50 aberdeen bexleyheath birmingham 2 bournemouth bristol 2 bradford cheshunt cardiff chepstow derby durham edinburgh 2 essex glasgow huntingdon hertfordshire kent leeds leicester liverpool lingfield london 10 manchester 3 newcastle 2 northampton norwich peterborough portsmouth preston southampton sunderland swansea swindon windsor york venezuela 1 catia la mar vietnam 1 hanoi virgin islands us 1 st. thomas serbia 1 belgrade location of properties in the us edit the marriott near the san antonio river walk in downtown san antonio texas albuquerque marriott pyramid north in albuquerque new mexico salt lake marriott downtown at city creek in city creek center in salt lake city utah the washington marriott located in the west end neighborhood of washington d.c the marriott hotel of woodland hills los angeles . state hotels cities alabama 7 birmingham florence huntsville mobile opelika point clear prattville alaska 1 anchorage arizona 6 mesa phoenix scottsdale 2 tempe tucson arkansas 1 little rock california 43 anaheim atascadero bakersfield buellton burbank burlingame coronado costa mesa dana point fremont fullerton garden grove irvine la jolla long beach los angeles 2 manhattan beach marina del rey monterey napa newport beach 2 oakland pleasanton rancho cordova riverside san diego 4 san francisco 3 san jose san mateo san ramon santa clara torrance ventura visalia walnut creek woodland hills colorado 11 aurora boulder colorado springs denver fort collins golden lone tree vail westminster connecticut 6 farmington groton hartford stamford trumbull windsor district of columbia 4 washington d.c. 4 florida 29 boca raton clearwater beach coral springs delray beach fort lauderdale 2 fort myers hollywood jacksonville key largo key west lake mary marco island miami 3 miami beach orlando 2 palm beach gardens pompano ponte vedra beach riviera beach saint petersburg stuart tampa 3 west palm beach georgia 14 alpharetta atlanta 8 augusta columbus macon peachtree corners savannah hawaii 4 honolulu lihue waikoloa wailea illinois 15 burr ridge chicago 4 deerfield downers grove hoffman estates lincolnshire naperville normal oak brook peoria rosemont schaumburg indiana 3 indianapolis 3 iowa 4 cedar rapids coralville des moines 2 kansas 2 overland park wichita kentucky 5 covington hebron lexington louisville 2 louisiana 4 baton rouge metairie new orleans 2 maine 1 portland maryland 9 annapolis baltimore 2 bethesda 2 gaithersburg greenbelt linthicum north bethesda massachusetts 8 boston michigan 9 minnesota 6 mississippi 1 jackson missouri 5 kansas city 3 st. louis nebraska 2 lincoln omaha nevada 1 new hampshire 1 new jersey 8 new mexico 2 new york 8 north carolina 10 ohio 8 oklahoma 3 10 oregon 2 pennsylvania 7 lancaster philadelphia 3 pittsburgh 3 rhode island 2 south carolina 6 tennessee 8 11 texas 26 utah 6 park city provo salt lake city 3 virginia 15 arlington 3 chantilly chesapeake dulles falls church fairfax herndon hume newport news norfolk richmond 2 tysons corner washington 3 west virginia 1 wisconsin 4 12 13 madison milwaukee 2 racine references edit marriott jumps 10 places in the sunday times best big companies to work for list . marriott hotels & resorts https www.marriott.com hotel search marriott hotels resorts and suites.hotels . retrieved 28 september 2013 . missing or empty title help hitting the mspot brisbane marriott hotel . brisbane australia hotels brisbane marriott hotelrecommended . marriott.com . retrieved 2014 02 18 . melbourne marriott hotel . luxury hotel melbourne melbourne marriott hotel . marriott.com . retrieved 2014 02 18 . sydney harbour marriott hotel at circular quay . sydney hotel sydney harbour marriott hotel at circular quay . marriott.com . retrieved 2014 02 18 . surfers paradise marriott resort & spa . gold coast australia hotels surfers paradise marriott resort & spa . marriott.com . retrieved 2014 02 18 . marriott niagara falls hotel fallsview & spa canadian fallsview . niagarafallsmarriott.com . 1999 02 22 . retrieved 2014 02 18 . marriott hotel jinqiao five star hotel shanghai business hotel mice hotel . marriott . hotel tulsa oklahoma marriott tulsa hotel southern hills . marriott . find tennessee marriott hotels & resorts hotels by marriott . milwaukee hotel milwaukee marriott downtown . marriott . hotels in milwaukee wi hotels milwaukee wi milwaukee wi hotels . marriott . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to marriott hotels . marriott hotels and resorts v t e marriott international marriott corporation 1929 1993 marriott international 1992 luxury 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