Marriott
Runs thousands of hotels around the world with brands like Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Sheraton.
📖 Its story
In 1927, husband and wife J. Willard and Alice Marriott opened a little root beer stand in Washington. Later they sold hot food and called it the Hot Shoppe. Thirty years later, in 1957, they opened their first hotel.
💵 How it makes money
It charges hotel owners fees for using its brands and for running their hotels.
🤯 Fun fact
Before it had hotels, Marriott started out selling root beer, a drink with no alcohol.
👍 The good part
It has lots of hotel brands and millions of members in its points program.
⚠️ The risk
If people travel less, for example during a crisis or a pandemic, it earns much less.
🧠 Did you get it?
What did the Marriotts sell before they had hotels?
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1927
- Founded by: J. Willard Marriott and Alice Sheets Marriott
- Home: Bethesda, Maryland, USA
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for MAR stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters MAR.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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