MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL TO MANAGE SECOND COURTYARD HOTEL IN PARIS
Contact: June Farrell
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 2000 – Marriott International, Inc. NYSE:MAR) will manage a 300-room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel being built in conjunction with Bouygues Immobilier at Roissy Park, Charles de Gaulle International Airport, outside of Paris, France. The hotel is expected to open in 2002 and will be the first Marriott International lodging product at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.
The Courtyard by Marriott Roissy Park will be located in the center of Roissy Park, a successful business park just outside the perimeter fence of the airport. The drive time from the airport terminals is about five minutes and a regular shuttle bus service runs between the terminals and hotels at Roissy.
“We are delighted to see our lodging portfolio in the greater Paris metropolitan area expand,” said Ed Fuller, president and managing director of Marriott International’s international lodging operations. “We expect strong, balanced customer demand at the Courtyard by Marriott Roissy Park and that all travelers will find this hotel to be a welcomed addition to their lodging options at Charles de Gaulle International Airport.”
For dining and entertainment, the Courtyard by Marriott Roissy Park will have a lobby lounge and brasserie styled restaurant. Other amenities will include a business center, a fitness center, 24-hour room service, in-room mini-bar, a gift shop and 266 spaces for parking.
For conferences and social events, the Courtyard by Marriott Roissy Park will offer 12,833 square feet of meeting space. This includes a 6,133 square-foot ballroom, that is divisible into five sections; and 6,700 square feet of additional space offering five interconnected meeting rooms, two stand-along meeting rooms and two 420 square-foot boardrooms.Elsewhere in Paris, Marriott International is represented by the 242-room Courtyard at Neuilly sur Seine, the 334-room Renaissance Hotel at La Defense and the 176-room Paris Marriott Champs Ellysees.
Elsewhere in continental Europe this year, a 154-room Courtyard hotel will open in May in Hannover, Germany.
Courtyard by Marriott hotels are aimed at business and leisure travelers who need consistent, high quality accommodations and services at moderate, affordable prices. The Courtyard brand was first introduced by Marriott in 1983 in the United States and, over the years, has been the leading choice in its category.
Services and amenities offered by Courtyard hotels outside the United States and Canada vary slightly from country to country, but are appropriate to the needs of the guest in the host country. All hotels feature superior quality guest rooms that are usually larger than rooms offered by other hotels in its segment. In-room business amenities include dataport, a large work desk and good lighting. There currently are 478 Courtyard hotels in the world, all but 37 of which are located outside the U.S. and Canada.