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...happy to sell an empire that included 1,040 restaurants (about a quarter of them , locally franchised,) plus 520 motor lodges for a tidy $630 million. But the deal did not bring lasting happiness to the Britons, and in 1985 they sold Howard Johnson's to the Marriott Corp. Marriott, which owns Bob's Big Boys, kept only about 400-odd company-owned Howard Johnson's restaurants, which magically began turning into Bob's Big Boy restaurants, and sold off the bulk of the empire to Prime Motor Inns...
...their defense, U.S. companies point to the large number of passengers they must feed on relatively short flights. Most carriers rely on a network of catering companies operating out of kitchens at major airports. The largest, Marriott In-Flite Services, prepares about 150 million meals a year on 150 different airlines -- including many foreign carriers. Thus while passengers on U.S. domestic flights wrestle with their rubbery entrees, Swissair passengers flying first class out of Atlanta may sample smoked salmon, caviar, lobster medaillons, foie gras, pan-fried trout or vacherin glace, among other esoterica. Even Swissair's coach-class passengers...
...University-hosted U.N. simulation held last week brought together nearly 1700 college students from more than 140 schools nationwide to discuss politics and policy at the Copley Place Marriott, conference organizers said yesterday...
...past years, Harvard's Model U.N. was complicated by security problems, said Andrea G. Cohen '90, general assembly undersecretary. But, Cohen added, this year was virtually problem-free because, due to hotel renovations at the Marriott, students stayed at six different local hotels, with only about one-third of the participating students housed at the Marriott...
...advertising agency Chiat/Day, insists that "it's all a matter of the ADI." That is no palate- tingling condiment, but rather the area of dominant influence, or the geographical area that a TV station predominantly reaches (and thus the potential audience for each commercial). That is why, for example, Marriott since June has opened 14 branches of Allie's in San Diego (where San'wiches is also being tested). Only after such saturation will Chairman J.W. Marriott Jr. convert more of his Bob's Big Boys, as well as Wag's and Howard Johnsons, to the new theme...