Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards Recognized 16 Marriott International Luxury Hotels

Twelve Ritz-Carlton Properties and Four JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts Honored by Readers and Travelers Around the World

Marriott International’s luxury hotel brands win multiple awards in Travel + Leisure’s recently unveiled annual World’s Best Awards. Twelve Ritz-Carlton properties and four JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts have been selected for the awards by travelers all around the world through a readers’ survey. The Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2016 are featured on www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best and will be included within the August 2016 issue of Travel + Leisure on newsstands July 15th.

Twelve Ritz-Carlton Properties And Four Jw Marriott Hotels & Resorts Honored By Readers And Travelers Around The World

“At Marriott International, we are committed to understanding the desires of our luxury travel guests around the world, and as a result our luxury brands continue to create new, rare, personalized and meaningful travel experiences” says Tina Edmundson, Global Officer, Luxury + Lifestyle Brands at Marriott International. “We are honored for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts to be recognized by the discerning readers of Travel + Leisure, one of the most renowned travel publications in the world.”

Among the esteemed Ritz-Carlton properties in the respective categories include: Penha Longa Hotel & Resort, Portugal; Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico; The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Hawaii; The Ritz-Carlton, Toronto; The Ritz-Carlton, Montreal; The Ritz-Carlton, Tyson’s Corner, Washington DC; The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore; The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong; The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo; The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing; The Ritz-Carlton Beijing, Financial Street; The Ritz-Carlton, Dubai.

JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts that were named to the coveted list include: JW Marriott Venice Resort & Spa, JW Marriott El Convento Cusco, JW Marriott Beijing, and JW Marriott Hong Kong.

Please visit www.ritzcarlton.com or www.jwmarriott.com for more information on the two brands.

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Imperial Suite at Penha Longa Resort , Portugal

Note on forward looking statements: The anticipated growth of Marriott International’s luxury and lifestyle brand portfolio and the expected future hotel locations are “forward-looking statements" within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws, not historical facts, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including supply and demand changes for hotel rooms; competitive conditions in the lodging industry; relationships with clients and property owners; the availability of capital to finance hotel growth; and other risk factors identified in Marriott International, Inc.'s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q; any of which could cause the actual numbers or locations of new hotels to be different. These statements are made as of the date of this press release, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise them or any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.