"Marriott International, Inc. is an American international varied hospitality business that handles as well as franchises a wide profile of hotels and also related lodging facilities. Established by J. Willard Marriott, the business is currently led by his boy, executive chairman Costs Marriott, and head of state and president Arne Sorenson. Marriott International is the largest hotel chain on the planet. It has 30 brand names with 7,003 properties in 131 countries as well as territories around the globe, over 1,332,826 rooms (as of March 31, 2019), consisting of 2,035 that are managed with 559,569 rooms, 4,905 that are franchised or licensed with 756,156 spaces, and 63 that are possessed or leased with 17,101 rooms, [1] plus an added 475,000 areas in the growth pipeline and an additional 25,000 rooms approved for advancement yet not yet under signed contracts.

It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington, D.C. city. In 2017, Marriott was placed # 33 on Fortune's "" 100 Best Business to Help"" listing, its the twentieth look on the listing."