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Marriott Golf, one of the world’s premier golf operators, is reaching out to families all over the world and promoting “togetherness in golf.”  Today, Marriott Golf launched its International Family Golf Festival program, a year long series of one day family golf events taking place at 34 leading Marriott Golf managed destinations throughout the world.  

Commencing on May 10th, the Marriott International Family Golf Festival, which encourages parents and children to learn and play the game together, invites families to Marriott Golf properties for an afternoon of FREE golf instruction, clinics, fun activities, interactive golf games, family golf programs, a chance to win a variety of prizes, and more.  In addition, after 3:00 p.m., families and children can play golf for free as part of Marriott Golf’s Kids Golf-4-Free program.  The 2008 Family Golf Festival will take place at designated Marriott Golf properties, from May through December, on the following dates:

Marriott Golf Property	Location	Date of Event
Starr Pass Country Club	Tucson, AZ	May 10, 2008
Desert Springs Golf Resort	Palm Desert, CA	May 10, 2008
Faldo Golf Institute	Orlando, FL	May 17, 2008
Grande Pines Golf Club	Orlando, FL	May 17, 2008
Hawk's Landing Golf Club	Orlando, FL	May 24, 2008
Seaview Resort & Spa	Galloway, NJ	May 31, 2008
Son Antem Golf Club	Mallorca, Spain	June 7, 2008
Camelback Golf Club	Scottsdale, AZ	June 8, 2008
The Rookery at Marco	Naples, FL	June 14, 2008
Royal St. Kitts Golf Club	Basseterre, St. Kitts	June 21, 2008
Crane’s Landing Golf Club	Lincolnshire, IL	June 22, 2008
Cattails Golf Club	Kingsport, TN	June 29, 2008
Los Sueños Golf Resort	Playa Herradura, Costa Rica	July 5, 2008
Kauai Lagoons Golf Club	Lihue, HI	July 13, 2008
Griffin Gate Golf Club	Lexington, KY	July 19, 2008
The Rock Golf Club	Ontario, Canada	August 2, 2008
Westfields Golf Club	Clifton, VA	August 24, 2008
Willow Crest Golf Club	Oak Brook, IL	August 24, 2008
Renaissance Vinoy Resort	St. Petersburg, FL	September 6, 2008
Breadsall Priory Country Club	Nr. Derby, Derbyshire , UK	September 7, 2008
Dalmahoy Country Club	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	September 7, 2008
Forest of Arden Country Club	Meriden, Warwickshire, UK	September 7, 2008
Hanbury Manor Country Club	Ware, Hertfordshire, UK	September 7, 2008
Hollins Hall Country Club	Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK	September 7, 2008
Meon Valley Country Club	Nr. Southampton, Hampshire, UK	September 7, 2008
Sprowston Manor Country Club	Norwich, Norfolk, UK	September 7, 2008
St. Pierre Country Club	Chepstow Wales, Wales, UK	September 7, 2008
Tudor Park Country Club	Maidstone, Kent, UK	September 7, 2008
Worsley Park Country Club	Worsley Park, Manchester, UK	September 7, 2008
Wildfire Golf Club	Phoenix, AZ	September 14, 2008
The Frog Golf Club	Villa Rica, GA	November 2, 2008
Stone Mountain Golf Club	Stone Mountain, GA	November 9, 2008
Shadow Ridge Golf Club	Palm Desert, CA	December 6, 2008
Doral Golf Resort & Spa	Miami, FL	December 14, 2008

 “At Marriott, we place great emphasis on family time, and this international event is designed specifically to allow families to enjoy a day of golf, together, at 34 of our premier golf destinations throughout the world,” said Claye Atcheson, Vice President of Marriott Golf.  “The game of golf is rapidly evolving as a family sport and we believe Marriott’s Family Golf Festival is an ideal way to showcase this great game as a way for Moms, Dads, and kids to spend quality time together on the golf course.”

The Marriott International Family Golf Festival is the latest effort by Marriott to promote family golf.  In 2005, Marriott Golf launched “Kids Golf-4-Free,” a first-of-its-kind program that enables kids up to 15 years old to golf for free when accompanied by a full paying adult after 3:00 p.m.  In addition, Marriott Golf also offers free lessons anytime to kids up to 15 years old when accompanied by an adult who is taking a fully paid lesson from a Marriott Golf instructor.  This program, which is available at some of Marriott Golf’s most prestigious resort destinations worldwide, was complemented in 2007 by the “Kids Rent-4-Free” program, which provides kids 15 years old and under with a free rental set of Accu-Length clubs when they participate in the “Kids Golf-4-Free” program.

About Marriott Golf
Marriott Golf manages 61 golf courses at 45 locations in 13 countries, offering more than 1,000 holes of championship golf.  Marriott has been managing golf operations since 1970 and is one of the world’s premier golf operators.  Marriott provides golf management and consulting services to a variety of operational environments including resort, private club, daily fee, golf school and franchises.  For more information, visit www.marriottgolf.com.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with about  3,000 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories.  Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers.  The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end.  It is ranked as the lodging industry’s most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE®, and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004.  In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion.  For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.

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