Marriott International to Speak at 13th Annual Bear Stearns Retail, Restaurant and Consumer Conference on March 1; Investors and News Media Invited to Webcast

WASHINGTON, Feb 27, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR), will give a keynote address at the 13th Annual Bear Stearns Retail, Restaurant and Consumer Conference to be held on March 1 at approximately 9:50 a.m., eastern time. Laura E. Paugh, senior vice president investor relations will also make a presentation at the conference at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Individual investors and news media are invited to live webcasts of these presentations on the Internet at http://www.marriott.com/investor (click on "Recent Investor News").

The webcasts will be available until August 31, 2007 at the same site.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading lodging company with more than 2,800 lodging properties in the United States and 67 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 Washington, D.C., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2006 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE(R). The company is also a 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR(R) Partner. In fiscal year 2006, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $12.2 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at http://www.marriott.com.

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SOURCE Marriott International, Inc.

Tom Marder of Marriott International, Inc., +1-301-380-2553,
thomas.marder@marriott.com

http://www.marriott.com/

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