1927: Newlyweds J. Willard and Alice Marriott open a nine-stool A&W Root Beer stand, which they later call “The Hot Shoppe.”

1939: Marriott signs its first food service management contract with the U.S. Treasury.
 
1945: First Hot Shoppes cafeteria opens in Washington, D.C.
 
1953: Marriott stock becomes public at $10.25/share and sells out in two hours.
 
1955: The company’s Highway Division opens several Hot Shoppes on the New Jersey Turnpike.
 
1967: Corporate name is changed from Hot Shoppes, Inc., to Marriott Corporation.
 
1967: Marriott acquires Camelback Inn, its first resort property.
 
1972: J.W. Marriott, Jr. is named CEO.
 
1981: Marriott opens its 100th hotel and first Hawai’i property, the 720-room Maui Marriott Resort.
 
1983: Marriott opens its first Courtyard hotel.
 
1993: The company splits into Marriott International and Host Marriott Corporation.
 
1995: The 356-room Kaua’i Marriott Resort opens as Marriott’s 1,000th property.
 
1997: The company acquires the Renaissance Hotel Group, and introduces TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Suites, and Marriott Executive Residences brands.
 
1999: Marriott acquires the ExecuStay corporate housing company.
 
1999: The 387-room JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa at Ko Olina brings a new level of Marriott excellence to O’ahu.
 
2000: The 1,310-room Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa opens in Waikiki.
 
2004: Marriott opens a second Wailea property – the 521-room Wailea Marriott Resort.
 
2004: The company expands to the Big Island with the 545-room Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort.
 
2004: Marriott’s 500,000th room opens at the West India quay Marriott Hotel in London.
 
2004: Marriott Rewards welcomes its 20,000,000th member.
 
2006: Marriott introduces plush new Revive bedding at all of its hotels and resorts.
 
2006: All Marriott lodging properties in the U.S. and Canada become 100% smoke-free, the industry's largest move to a non-smoking environment.