Marriott International Debuts Its 8,000th Property With Newly Opened Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ

Marriott Hotels | March 1, 2022

Marriott International today celebrated the opening of its 8,000th property – Marriott Bethesda Downtown at Marriott HQ, a 12-story stylish retreat adjacent to Marriott International’s soon-to-open new global headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. The hotel opening signifies both a growth milestone for the company, as well as a remarkable moment in the Marriott story, as the company celebrates its 95th year. Marriott’s first lodging property, the Twin Bridges Marriott, opened in 1957 and was a four-story motor hotel in Arlington, Virginia. “From the nine-seat root beer stand that my grandparents started nearly 95 years ago in downt...