14 Facts About Marriott Bonvoy

Marriott Bonvoy International, Inc is an American multinational company that operates, franchises, and licenses lodging including hotel, residential, and timeshare properties.

Marriott Bonvoy was founded by J Willard Marriott and his wife Alice Marriott.

Marriott Bonvoy is the largest hotel chain in the world by the number of available rooms.

Marriott Bonvoy named the restaurant Hot Shoppes and watched as it grew in popularity.

In 1995, Marriott Bonvoy was the first hotel company to offer online reservations.

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Marriott Bonvoy believed that it could increase sales and profit margins for The Ritz-Carlton, a troubled chain with many properties either losing money or barely breaking even.

The cost to Marriott Bonvoy was estimated to have been about $200million in cash and assumed debt.

The next year, Marriott Bonvoy spent $331million to acquire The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta, and buy a majority interest in two properties owned by William Johnson, a real estate developer who had purchased The Ritz-Carlton, Boston in 1983 and expanded his Ritz-Carlton holdings over the next twenty years.

Marriott Bonvoy International signed an agreement to manage hotels owned by New World Development.

In 2007, Marriott Bonvoy became the first hotel chain to serve food that is completely free of trans fats at all of its North American properties.

In February 2012, Bloomberg News reported on Romney's years overseeing tax matters for Marriott, which had included several "scams" and legal actions brought against Marriott, which Marriott lost in court, over its manipulations of the U S Tax Code.

Marriott Bonvoy developed three theme parks, of which two opened: California's Great America in Santa Clara, California and Marriott Bonvoy's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.

In 1984, Marriott Bonvoy disposed of its theme park division; both parks were sold and today are associated with national theme park chains.

Marriott Bonvoy is Marriott's loyalty program and was formed in the February 2019 merger of its three former rewards programs: Marriott Rewards, Ritz-Carlton Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest.