WASHINGTON, June 11 /S Newswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) announced that it set a single-day company record in bookings on its web site Marriott.com, generating more than 10,000 reservations. Ranked as one of the industry\'s best lodging web sites, Marriott.com enables customers to easily make reservations at any of the company\'s 2,300 hotels worldwide.

\""Marriott.com is my favorite site for travel planning and making hotel reservations because it\'s fast and provides information about local activities, events and restaurants,\"" said Ken Leebow, a.k.a. \""Mr. Internet\"" and the author of 300 Incredible Things for Travel on the Internet.

Marriott.com features include:

• Vacation Planner - Provides vacation ideas by activity and location.
• Destination Information - Provides information on recreation, events and site seeing.
• Driving Directions - Maps and driving instructions are provided for all Marriott\'s hotels.
• Route Planner - Identifies hotels along your travel route.
• Golf Site - Details golf vacations worldwide and resorts offering golf lessons.
• Resort Finder - Highlights over 75 resorts.
• High Speed Internet Location Finder - Lists hotels that offer high speed Internet access.
• Marriott Rewards Award Redemption - Offers online redemption for free hotel rooms.

Best In Customer Satisfaction -- The Wall Street Journal reported on May 21, that Marriott International received the highest score in The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a customer survey conducted by the University of Michigan Business School.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE: MAR) is a leading worldwide hospitality company with over 2,300 operating units in the United States and 59 other countries and territories. Marriott Lodging operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Ramada International brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott, Ritz-Carlton and Horizons brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its ExecuStay by Marriott division; and operates conference centers. Other Marriott businesses include senior living communities and services, wholesale food distribution and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has approximately 154,000 employees. In fiscal year 2000, Marriott International reported systemwide sales of $19.8 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit http://www.marriott.com .

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