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Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a range of value and luxury hotels and related lodging facilities. Marriott currently has 2,300 accommodation properties in North America alone.^[2]

Its heritage can be traced to founder J. Willard Marriott's experience as a Mormon missionary^{[citation needed]} and later operating a root beer stand. He and his wife, Alice, opened the stand in Washington, D.C., in 1927. Today, Marriott International has about 3,150 lodging properties located in the United States and 67 other countries and territories.

Marriott's operations are grouped into the following five business segments:

• Full-service lodging - 65%
• Select-service lodging - 11%
• Extended-stay lodging - 5%
• Timeshare - 15%
• Synthetic fuel - 4% (primarily a tax shelter)^[3]