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Renaissance Austin Hotel
The Renaissance Austin is a luxury hotel providing a world class travel and lodging experience to both leisure and business professionals traveling into the Austin area. The newly renovated hotel offers 492 guest room accommodations and more than 65,000 square feet of meeting space and employees more than 240 people responsible for providing visitors with a truly uniquely Austin experience while serving as Ambassadors promoting the Austin destination.
Additional Culture Details
At Marriott we believe that the company’s roots and culture set it apart from other hotel companies. Culture is made up of behaviors, traditions, values—in other words it is how we do business. A few years ago we defined the five core values that are at the heart of Marriott’s culture:
• Put People First
• Pursue Excellence
• Act with Integrity
• Embrace Change
• Serve our World
In 1927, just after J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott were married, they drove their Model T Ford across the country to open an A&W Root Beer stand in Washington, D.C. Beginning in Salt Lake City, Utah, the trip took 11 days over dirt roads. That first restaurant had nine stools. They grew this small A&W into a restaurant chain called the Hot Shoppe, which quickly became a mid-Atlantic sensation. Eventually, in 1957, they opened the first Marriott motor hotel in Arlington, Va.
It is remarkable that a tiny root beer stand has, today, become the largest hotel company in the world. Marriott must continue to embed its values and culture into this growing company – it is the secret sauce to Marriott’s success.
• Put People First
• Pursue Excellence
• Act with Integrity
• Embrace Change
• Serve our World
In 1927, just after J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott were married, they drove their Model T Ford across the country to open an A&W Root Beer stand in Washington, D.C. Beginning in Salt Lake City, Utah, the trip took 11 days over dirt roads. That first restaurant had nine stools. They grew this small A&W into a restaurant chain called the Hot Shoppe, which quickly became a mid-Atlantic sensation. Eventually, in 1957, they opened the first Marriott motor hotel in Arlington, Va.
It is remarkable that a tiny root beer stand has, today, become the largest hotel company in the world. Marriott must continue to embed its values and culture into this growing company – it is the secret sauce to Marriott’s success.
Values
- Putting People First
- Taking care of associates and they will take care of the customers
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