Financial Press Releases

BETHESDA, Md., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) to acquire the Gaylord brand and hotel management company for $210 million. The transaction is conditioned on Gaylord Entertainment's shareholders approving the com...

BETHESDA, Md., April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) will provide a live audio webcast of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on May 4.  To access the webcast on May 4, or as a recording through the end of the year, go to http://www.marriott.com/investor and click on the "Annual...

BETHESDA, Md., April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) and Oakwood Worldwide, a privately held company, today announced that they have signed an agreement for Marriott to sell its ExecuStay corporate and temporary apartment housing business to Oakwood, which is the leading global provider of corporate housing and ser...

LOS ANGELES and BETHESDA, Md., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) hosted more than 1,300 attendees from around the world to unveil future innovation and growth plans for its full-service portfolio and to celebrate an 85-year legacy of service. Aptly named "Brand New World," the conference represents the first ti...

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Fourth quarter adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $0.46, a 31 percent increase over prior year adjusted results;Fourth quarter worldwide comparable systemwide REVPAR rose 6.3 percent using actual dollars.  Average daily rate rose 3.7 percent using actual do...

BETHESDA, Md. and NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) today announced five new hotels for EDITION, a luxury lifestyle hotel brand created in partnership with Ian Schrager.  The company said that the brand is on track to have six hotels operating in major global gateway cities on three continents by 2015,...

DALLAS, January 11, 2012 - Room Key, a new venture owned by six of the world's leading hotel companies, today announced that it has launched Roomkey.com, an innovative new online hotel search engine that will provide the simplicity, transparency and breadth of choice consumers expect from a search engine, while delivering the flexi...

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Since its founding nearly 85 years ago, never has Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) been as fully focused on its core lodging management and franchise business as today, concluding the spin-off of its timeshare business.  To complete the spin-off, equity shares of the new company, Marriott Vacatio...

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE:  MAR) announced today that its Board of Directors approved the spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, through the distribution of shares to holders of Marriott International common stock.  The Board of Directors also set the ...

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) totaled $0.29, a 32 percent increase over prior year results;Worldwide comparable systemwide revenue per available room (REVPAR) rose 8.7 percent using actual dollars.  Average daily rate rose 5.3 percent using actual dollars;At the ...