Renaissance Reciprocates

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 24 2008 - In these uncertain economic times, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts is raising the bar for community engagement. From urban to suburban hotels, Renaissance associates are pitching in.

A sampling of how Renaissance Hotels & Resorts around the country reach out to their local communities:

— The Renaissance Orlando Hotel Airport reaches out to their community
    each year by painting a house for a family of five in the Kissimmee
    area through Habitat for Humanity. And in August, the hotel hosted the
    B.A.S.E Camp event for Central Florida children and families facing
    cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

— The Renaissance Nashville Hotel, for the 12th year in a row, has
    served the Kid’s Cafe program at Martha O’Bryan Center throughout the
    entire year, as well as hosted the Kid’s Cafe Holiday Party with 1000
    children, including providing food, toys, and pictures taken with
    Santa, games, face painting, and entertainment.

— The Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel helps the local community get into the
    holiday spirit by decorating themed Christmas trees sponsored by local
    companies, then auctioning them off at a reception to benefit the Boys
    & Girls Club of Las Vegas.

— The Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida
    participates yearly in the St. Johns County Festival of Trees where
    over 65 local organizations and companies donate uniquely decorated
    trees with the proceeds benefiting two local charities, The St.
    Augustine Record’s Empty Stocking Fund and the United Way of St. Johns
    County.

— The Renaissance Del Monte Lodge in Rochester, NY truly believes in the
    saying “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to
    fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.” The hotel plays a large
    role in the local Culinary Camp for the Boys and Girls Club of
    Rochester by donating time, staff and facilities.

— The Renaissance ClubSport in Walnut Creek, California strives to be a
    good corporate citizen by participating in many local and national
    fundraisers, such as the Lance Armstrong LiveStrong Foundation, Toys
    for Tots, and One Warm Coat.

— The Renaissance Schaumberg Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, reaches out to
    the community through Clearbrook, an organization that assists in
    connecting individuals with disabilities with corporate companies for
    hire. The hotel has become a training site for Clearbrook and has
    hired several individuals.

— The Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, has hosted
    students from area schools for a summer day camp/workshop experience
    for the 16th summer in a row. Students participate in a mixture of
    classroom instruction and hands on experience as an introduction to
    careers in the hospitality industry.

— The Renaissance Washington DC Hotel’s associates raise over $40,000
    each year through local fundraising efforts for Children’s Miracle
    Network. In addition, the hotel has given nearly $100,000 in in-kind
    room nights and meals to its selected charities.

— The Renaissance Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is the local host hotel for the
    nationwide Torch Relay for Children’s Miracle Network, and a majority
    of the hotel’s employees participate in the combined bike-a-thon and
    walk-a-thon, with proceeds benefiting an area hospital program.

— The Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel joins together each year
    for the Aids Walk, Breast Cancer Walk, Hotel Trades and Hotel
    Associates Walkathon for Sanctuaries for Families and City Harvest.

— The Renaissance Westchester Hotel reaches out to the local community
    many times throughout the year by participating in the annual March
    for Babies Walk with the March of Dimes, the Westchester Food Bank
    Food Drive, the American Red Cross White Plains Division Blood Drive,
    and the Children’s Miracle Network.

— The Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown prepared and provided Christmas
    Day meals for 200 attendees for the Atlanta Battered Women’s Shelter.

— The Renaissance Charleston Hotel Historic District donated food to the
    local fire station for Thanksgiving. Associates from the hotel have
    also donated various items to be shipped to soldiers in Afghanistan
    and Iraq with the organization Project Patriot.

— The Renaissance Waverly Hotel ordered an 800 lb. pumpkin and set-up in
    lobby. They invited elementary age children to decorate for Halloween,
    and then used the pumpkin(s) to make 200 pumpkin pies for the
    homeless/hungry at Thanksgiving.

— The Inn at Bay Harbor, a Renaissance Golf Resort in Bay Harbor,
    Michigan participates in the annual Spa Day for Aids, a unique,
    national one-day fundraising event benefiting women and children
    living with HIV/AIDS.

— The Depot Minneapolis, a Renaissance Hotel has partnered with a local
    charity, Hope for the City. This year alone the hotel has donated 842
    lbs of food, predominantly through employee donations.

Source: Marriott International, Inc.
 

CONTACT:  Colleen Evans, +1-301-380-8257, or Jackie Berra, +1-301-380-6756, , both of Renaissance Hotels & Resorts