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NEWS ABOUT: Marriott

Marriott stories: 9 news summaries
MARKETS

 Flu Spooks Street; Dow Off 51 

Firms likely to be hurt by reaction to disease see shares drop

Apr 27, 09 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swine flu worried investors but wasn’t enough to spark a full-scale sell-off today, the Financial Times reports. AMR, parent of American Airlines, Marriott, and Expedia fell as investors bet against firms that may be specifically hurt. Shares of Gilead Sciences, developer of Tamiflu, were up nearly 4%, however. The... More »

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Dow Jones • American Airlines • Marriott • Nasdaq • Expedia • Tamiflu • S&P 500 • swine flu • Gilead Sciences

New England Killer Finds Victims on Craigslist

Police believe three hotel murders are related

Apr 17, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities believe a man suspected in attacks that left one woman dead and two others shaken in New England hotels found his victims through Craigslist, ABC News reports. Julissa Brisman, who advertised massage-therapy services on the site, was killed in a Boston Marriott on Tuesday; women offering similar services were... More »

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prostitution • FBI • crime • Boston • online advertising • robbery • murder • Craigslist • escort service • Marriott • online ads • classified ads • Julissa Brisman • Warwick, RI • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

CEO Pays $1M for Front-Row DC Gala for Disadvantaged

Wounded soldiers, poor, ill will be invited, catered to during 'People's Inauguration'

Dec 4, 08 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The fairy godmother of inauguration balls is Earl Stafford, a Virginia businessman who plans to host disadvantaged Americans at “The People’s Inauguration.” The devout Baptist paid $1 million for a build-your-own-ball opportunity at a hotel along the Washington parade rout, and promises to spend more to offer... More »

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Washington DC • Marriott • poor • inauguration • low-income families • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Earl W. Stafford • Unitech

Pakistan Bomb Near Miss for President, PM

Zardari was scheduled to be at reception when Marriott exploded

Sep 22, 08 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's president and prime minister were supposed to be at a reception at the Islamabad hotel where a huge bomb killed at least 60 people and injured 270, reports the Times of London. Asif Ali Zardari and Yousaf Raza Gilani were expected to attend a large dinner at the Marriott,... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Islamabad • Marriott • truck bomb • Asif Ali Zardari • Baitullah Mehsud • al-Qaeda • Yousaf Raza Gilani

Pakistan Bomb Toll Climbs
to 53, Al-Qaeda Accused

Nearly 300 wounded in Marriott blast

Sep 21, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani intelligence authorities have blamed al-Qaeda for a massive bomb attack that has so far claimed 53 lives, Reuters reports. The truck bomb slammed into an Islamabad Marriott yesterday, turning the busy hotel into an inferno of flame. The Czech ambassador to Pakistan, and an American and German national were... More »

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Pakistan • bomb • Marriott • truck bomb • Asif Ali Zardari • al-Qaeda

Hotel Porn Gets Spanking From Religious Right

Conservatives push Marriott to drop pay-per-view sex flicks

Jul 23, 08 9:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are pressuring Marriott to remove adult films from its pay-per-view programming, saying porn doesn't jibe with the hotel chain's commitment to families, the St. Petersburg Times reports. "It's corporate greed,'' said the head of a Christian group. Marriott contends nixing the flicks isn't so easy: It owns... More »

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travel • pornography • conservative • children • Marriott • hotel • adult films • movies

Marriott
Goes Green
to Gain Green

Helping rainforest
also helps hotel
chain's bottom line

Apr 8, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marriott is making a big environmental push, helping to protect Brazilian rainforests and implementing lower energy consumption and more recycling in many of its hotels worldwide, the Washington Post reports. And although consumer demand is one reason for the changes, the primary drive seems less altruistic. "We've got a... More »

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climate change • carbon footprint • environmentalism • rainforest • Marriott • hotel • JW Marriott Jr.

Hotel Pays Staff to Sniff Out Smoking Guests

Chicago's Swissotel turns its housekeepers into detectives

Feb 25, 08 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - That chocolate on your pillow may be a bit of a Judas kiss: Chicago's Swissotel isn't the first hotel to fine sneaky smokers who break its puff-free policy, but it is the nation's first to pay staff to sniff out offending guests, reports the Chicago Tribune. Spraying air freshener... More »

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Chicago • smoking • cigarettes • Marriott • smoking ban • hotel • Swissotel • fines • housekeeper

Top 10 DC Hotels for Hookers

Ananysis of DC Madam's phone records generates a mini-travel guide

Jul 14, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Direct from the phone records of the so-called DC Madam, Deborah Palfrey, here are the most-dialed local lodgings—or what the Consumerist calls the "Top 10 Most 'Ho-Friendly' DC Hotels."
  1. Marriott: 489 (18 numbers)
  2. Hyatt: 168 (6 numbers)
  3. Hilton: 151 (5 numbers)
  4. Holiday Inn: 132 (5 numbers)
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prostitution • DC Madam • list • Hilton Hotels • Marriott • Hyatt • Holiday Inn • Ritz Carlton • hooker

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