Marriott International is undergoing a reorganization that will bring more of the operations of its luxury Ritz-Carlton brand under the corporate umbrella. Hotels editor Jeri Clausing talked with Simon Cooper, president of Ritz-Carlton’s global operations, about how the brand has fared during the downturn in luxury and meetings travel and what the new Marriott structure means for Ritz-Carlton’s future.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Marriott Executive Apartments Manama Hosts "Amex-Gulf Air Bahrain Fam Trip"
Manama, Bahrain – The Marriott Executive Apartments Manama, Bahrain has recently welcomed the group of American Express Travel who visited Bahrain for courtesy and familiarization. The fam trip was organized by the Gulf Air and Marriott Global Sales Office London with the purpose of tightening relationship between the Gulf Air, American Express and travel industries in both Bahrain and the United Kingdom. The group, which consists of 10 travel professionals from London, had an opportunity to visit the Royal Gulf Club, Bahrain International Circuit, Ritz Carlton, Al Dar island and some other places of interest in the Kingdom.
Director of Sales Marriott Executive Apartments Manama Marwan Haddad (back row, first from left), Sales Manager Marriott London Global Sales Jill Galt (front row, first from left) and Key Account Manager Gulf Air Gianni Salvadori (back row, first from right) with members of Amex-Gulf Air familiarization trip."We are pleased to welcome and host the Amex-Gulf Air Bahrain Fam trip, as we truly support travel industries in London to promote Bahrain in the UK market," said Director of Sales Marriott Executive Apartments Manama, Marwan Haddad.
Jill Galt from Marriott Global Sales Office based in London said that the tour was one of the efforts to promote Bahrain destination in the UK market. Looking at the current trend, Jill sees there is a significant demand in London for both business and leisure travel. Jill added, through a good consolidation with all stakeholders and particularly mutual cooperation with airline industries like the Gulf Air, Bahrain could be an international hub, linking to GCC countries and other destinations such as Asia Pacific.
"This is a great opportunity to visit Bahrain and meet our partners in the airlines, hotels and travel industry and I would like to thank Marriott Executive Apartments for giving us a wonderful stay at their luxury accommodation," said Jill.
Familiarization trip in airlines, travel and hospitality industry is a tradition among travel and hospitality professionals to visit various destinations with the purpose of maintaining good relationship, promoting destinations and therefore to enhance business opportunities.
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Marriott Executive Apartments, the upscale serviced apartment brand of Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) will nearly double in size in the next 36 months to respond to a growing need in many emerging markets for long-term stay lodging for executive expatriates needing spacious housing and hotel amenities. Including Bahrain, Marriott operates 17 Marriott Executive Apartments in 14 countries outside the U.S., and 14 more hotels are planned in countries such as Qatar, Thailand, Egypt, China, India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,200 lodging properties in 67 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 and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands as well as Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and had approximately 146,000 employees at 2008 year-end. It is recognized by BusinessWeek as one of the 100 best global brands, by FORTUNE® as one of the best companies to work for, and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2008, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of nearly $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com. For an interactive online version of Marriott's 2008 Annual Report, which includes a short video message from Chairman and CEO J.W. Marriott, Jr., visit www.marriott.com/investor.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Marriott Accelerates Green Hotel Development
Marriott International, Inc. is expanding its green hotel portfolio 10-fold over the next five years by introducing a green hotel prototype that will be pre-certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), an internationally recognized green building certification system designed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Marriott Executive Apartments Manama Hosted Hotel HR Leaders Meeting
In cooperation with the Specific Council for Training in Hospitality Sector, the Marriott Executive Apartments has recently hosted HR Leaders Meeting for 4 & 5-Star hotels in Bahrain.
More than 20 hotels’ senior Human Resources personnel and representatives of the Specific Council for Training in Hospitality Sector attended the meeting, as well as the Head of Corporate Service Bureau in the Ministry of Labour, Mr. Farooq Jaffar, the General Manager of Marriott Executive Apartments Hossein Garan, and Human Resources Manager, Loay Mamdouh.
The meeting started by a welcoming message from General Manager Hossein Garan and Human Resources Manager Loay Mamdouh, thanking the Ministry of Labour for their support during the opening of Marriott, as well as appreciating the government efforts and initiatives in the development of hotel industry.
On behalf of his Excellency the Minister of Labour, Mr. Farooq Jaffar expressed his sincere appreciation to all participants for their efforts to build two-ways communication between the government and private sector.
Discussion involved Bahrainization in hotel sector where Mr. Jaffar listened to the hoteliers’ concerns and showed his understanding to their challenges in the field of workforce. Mr. Jaffar said that the Ministry of Labour is keen to facilitate and work closely with all tourism stakeholders in order to enhance the Bahrainization program in hotel sector.
“On behalf of the Ministry of Labour, I am glad to attend this meeting and I would like to thank the Marriott Executive Apartments, who proposed such a great initiative to host this valuable gathering that I believe would have a positive impact on the future of human resources development in tourism and hotel industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain,” said Mr. Jaffar.
Mr. Jaffar continued, he is looking forward to attending follow up meetings to generate more beneficial cooperation between the Ministry of Labour and the hotel sector.
Speaking from his office in Al Fateh, Human Resources Manager Loay Mamdouh expressed his gratitude to the Specific Council for Training in Hospitality Sector, especially the Executive Director Mr. Ali Sulaybeekh, for giving the Marriott Executive Apartments the opportunity to host the event.
“I appreciate the cooperation extended from the Ministry of Labour during our opening and we look forward to a continuous support for all the upcoming Marriott International projects in Bahrain," said Loay Mamdouh who chaired the meeting.
"I believe, this meeting was an eye opener and an opportunity for generating ideas from the HR professionals in the hotels sector, on how to create a mutual cooperation between the sector and the government with regards to the Kingdom initiative of Bahrainization. Thanks to all the Specific Council representatives and hotel HR leaders for coming and being actively participating in the meeting,” added Loay.
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Marriott Executive Apartments, the upscale serviced apartment brand of Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) will nearly double in size in the next 36 months to respond to a growing need in many emerging markets for long-term stay lodging for executive expatriates needing spacious housing and hotel amenities. Including Bahrain, Marriott operates 17 Marriott Executive Apartments in 14 countries outside the U.S., and 14 more hotels are planned in countries such as Qatar, Thailand, Egypt, China, India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,100 lodging properties in the United States and 66 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 and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE®, and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
More than 20 hotels’ senior Human Resources personnel and representatives of the Specific Council for Training in Hospitality Sector attended the meeting, as well as the Head of Corporate Service Bureau in the Ministry of Labour, Mr. Farooq Jaffar, the General Manager of Marriott Executive Apartments Hossein Garan, and Human Resources Manager, Loay Mamdouh.
The meeting started by a welcoming message from General Manager Hossein Garan and Human Resources Manager Loay Mamdouh, thanking the Ministry of Labour for their support during the opening of Marriott, as well as appreciating the government efforts and initiatives in the development of hotel industry.
On behalf of his Excellency the Minister of Labour, Mr. Farooq Jaffar expressed his sincere appreciation to all participants for their efforts to build two-ways communication between the government and private sector.
Discussion involved Bahrainization in hotel sector where Mr. Jaffar listened to the hoteliers’ concerns and showed his understanding to their challenges in the field of workforce. Mr. Jaffar said that the Ministry of Labour is keen to facilitate and work closely with all tourism stakeholders in order to enhance the Bahrainization program in hotel sector.
Head of Corporate Service Bureau Mr. Farooq Jaffar (centre) poses together with the General Manager of Marriott Executive Apartments Manama, Hossein Garan (left) and the Human Resource Manager, Loay Mamdouh (right) at the Apartment's lobby after the meeting.
“On behalf of the Ministry of Labour, I am glad to attend this meeting and I would like to thank the Marriott Executive Apartments, who proposed such a great initiative to host this valuable gathering that I believe would have a positive impact on the future of human resources development in tourism and hotel industry in the Kingdom of Bahrain,” said Mr. Jaffar.
Mr. Jaffar continued, he is looking forward to attending follow up meetings to generate more beneficial cooperation between the Ministry of Labour and the hotel sector.
Speaking from his office in Al Fateh, Human Resources Manager Loay Mamdouh expressed his gratitude to the Specific Council for Training in Hospitality Sector, especially the Executive Director Mr. Ali Sulaybeekh, for giving the Marriott Executive Apartments the opportunity to host the event.
“I appreciate the cooperation extended from the Ministry of Labour during our opening and we look forward to a continuous support for all the upcoming Marriott International projects in Bahrain," said Loay Mamdouh who chaired the meeting.
"I believe, this meeting was an eye opener and an opportunity for generating ideas from the HR professionals in the hotels sector, on how to create a mutual cooperation between the sector and the government with regards to the Kingdom initiative of Bahrainization. Thanks to all the Specific Council representatives and hotel HR leaders for coming and being actively participating in the meeting,” added Loay.
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Marriott Executive Apartments, the upscale serviced apartment brand of Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) will nearly double in size in the next 36 months to respond to a growing need in many emerging markets for long-term stay lodging for executive expatriates needing spacious housing and hotel amenities. Including Bahrain, Marriott operates 17 Marriott Executive Apartments in 14 countries outside the U.S., and 14 more hotels are planned in countries such as Qatar, Thailand, Egypt, China, India, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 3,100 lodging properties in the United States and 66 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 and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE®, and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.
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