New Properties in the U.K.
 

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Marriott International Adds Ten Hotels To Expand UK Presence Through Whitbread Conversions
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors to the United Kingdom can now choose from an additional 10 Marriott-branded hotels. With these 10 conversions of former Swallow Hotels, Marriott's lodging portfolio in the U.K. totals 47 properties offering 7,408 rooms and spanning three brands -- Marriott Hotels, Resorts & Suites; Renaissance Hotels, Resorts & Suites and Courtyard by Marriott Hotels.

The hotel conversions are a result of the acquisition of Swallow Hotels by Marriott International's U.K. franchise partner, the Whitbread Hotel Company, earlier this year.

An additional 16 Swallow Hotels are scheduled for conversion by the end of 2001.


The most recent conversions include:

* 231-room London West Hampstead
* 150-room The Huntingdon Marriott
* 146-room The Liverpool Marriott, City Centre
* 242-room Bristol Marriott Royal
* 120-room Northampton Marriott
* 98-room Birmingham Marriott
* 142-room Bexleyheath Marriott
* 94-room Marriott Sprowston Manor Hotel & Country Club
* 178-room Newcastle Marriott Gosforth Park
* 82-room Inverness Marriott

The hotels offer guests luxury accommodations with on-site restaurants, health clubs, swimming pools and business facilities. Many of the hotels have banquet facilities for large and small gatherings. The on-site amenities vary by hotel.

The recently converted hotels, along with over 1,800 Marriott-affiliated hotels worldwide, participate in Marriott Rewards, the guest reward program that allows members to earn their choice of points or airline miles for pounds spent during each stay