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How We Serve Our World: In the Americas, we are focused on providing a World of Opportunity to disadvantaged youth through hospitality training, life and employment skills through partners such as the Bridges From School to Work program and the Youth Career Initiative. Additionally, the recently opened Marriott Port-au-Prince in Haiti supports local suppliers, hospitality training programs and has created more than 200 new hospitality jobs.

Major Hotel Openings: JW Marriott Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Renaissance Santiago (Chile)

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How We Serve Our World: In Asia Pacific, Marriott’s commitment to China’s youth begins at the elementary level where the company built a school for 678 students and 100 kindergarten children in rural china through the Yao Foundation. This commitment extends to higher education, where Marriott engages with 150 hospitality schools and in 2014 provided 4,726 student internships. Through the China Hospitality Education Initiative (CHEI), funded by The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Marriott participated in the first CHEI Teaching Conference with 85 hospitality teachers, provided 54 faculty internships, and presented guest lectures and field trips attended by 9,900 hospitality students.

Major Hotel Openings: Pier One Sydney Harbour, Autograph Collection (Australia); JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul (South Korea); Shanghai Marriott Hotel Parkview (China); Osaka Marriott Miyako Hotel (Japan)

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How We Serve Our World: Our hotels across Europe continue their support of youth employment through World of Opportunity Europe. In Continental Europe, funds raised benefit the SOS Children’s Villages Youth Programme and in the United Kingdom funds raised benefit The Prince’s Trust Fairbridge Employ Me courses and Get into Hospitality programs. Since the program started in 2012, nearly 600 disadvantaged youths participated in employment skills training with nearly 100 finding employment after finishing the training. Out of these, approximately 40 were employed at a Marriott. In addition, we have contributed more than $1.5 million (€1.4 million) in cash and in-kind donations to our charitable partners.

Major Hotel Openings: Moxy Milan Malpensa Airport (Italy); Courtyard Cologne (Germany); AC Bella Sky Copenhagen (Denmark); Renaissance Aix-en-Provence Hotel (France)

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How We Serve Our World: Our expanded partnership with the Akilah Institute for Women in Kigali, Rwanda offers African women between the ages of 21 and 30 the opportunity to participate in our job training partnerships in Dubai and Doha. Akilah offers a three-year business diploma with a focus in hospitality management, information systems or entrepreneurship. The 41 women now enrolled in the training program will help open the Kigali Marriott Hotel as supervisors and trainers in 2016. To date, this partnership has helped ensure that 92 percent of Akilah’s graduating classes have successfully launched sustainable careers in Africa.

Major Hotel Openings: Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf, Dubai (UAE); Residence Inn Kuwait City (Kuwait); Residence Inn Jazan (Saudi Arabia); Riyadh Marriott Hotel re-launch (Saudi Arabia)