Here's how Marriott properties breakdown in terms of categories and tiers:
- Category 1 (257)
- Category 2 (742)
- Category 3 (1117)
- Category 4 (756)
- Category 5 (654)
- Category 6 (436)
- Category 7 (436)
- Category 8 (230)
- Category 9 (62)
- Tier 1 (19)
- Tier 2 (18)
- Tier 3 (31)
- Tier 4 (15)
- Tier 5 (13)
For those of us who are sitting on one or more Category 1-5 certificates, there are 3526 Category 1 through 5 properties worldwide that we could go to and use the certificates. This is 73.7% of the properties the website categorizes. However, it may be that many of us would prefer to use certs on the remaining 1164 Category 6 through 9 properties (24.3) or perhaps some how apply it at the 96 Tier 1 through 5 Ritz/Edition family locations (2%).
FWIW: When I do the addition of all of these categories and tiers, I only get 4786 properties - a difference of 111 less than the 4897 that the website cites.
David