Youth
Marriott works to help address the global issue of youth unemployment and ensure a brighter future for our world’s youth by partnering with nonprofit organizations to identify, train and mentor youth for meaningful careers in our industry.
Empower Through Opportunity
Unemployment and underemployment are some of today’s most pressing issues, driven by inequality and lack of opportunity.
We partner with leading nonprofits to ensure workplace readiness and access to opportunity to our business, including our supply chain, focusing on youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees.
Youth
- By 2025, invest at least $35M to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- $23.5M+ invested in programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees since 2016, as of 2022.
- Nearly 80 youth trained in partnership with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance’s youth employability program at 14 Marriott hotels across India and Nigeria.Approximately 40 of the graduates received employment opportunities within Marriott.
- Over 1,300 students reached through The Ritz-Carlton’s signature Succeed Through Service program, which mentors students in disadvantaged communities to help them learn valuable skills, in 2022.
- Continued to grow our Tahseen program — a hospitality management development plan focused on fast-tracking next generation of hospitality leaders. In 2022, Marriott celebrated its first Tahseen graduating class in Egypt with 80 students graduating.
- The Global Voyage Leadership Development Program, initially launched by Marriott in 2013, is designed with the next generation of university graduates in mind. The program offers a combination of hands-on, discipline-specific training and a leadership-focused curriculum, all accessed through custom technology. In 2022, more than 550 Voyagers completed the program in the U.S. and Canada and were hired into the company.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Embracing differences and putting people first is part of our culture of inclusion and the way we do business. Our core strength lies in our ability to support diversity, equity, and inclusion by creating opportunities for our associates, guests, owners and franchisees, and suppliers.
- By 2025, invest at least $35M to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- Achieve gender representation parity for global company leadership by 2023*
- Increase representation of people of color in executive positions from 20.5% to 25% by 2025
*This goal was accelerated to 2023 – two years ahead of the original goal
- $23.5M+ invested in programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees since 2016, as of 2022.
- 47% of global executive positions are held by women, as of year-end 2022.
- 22% of U.S. executive positions are held by people of color, as of year-end 2022.
- At year-end 2022, there were more than 1,800 open diverse- or women-owned hotels in the U.S. and Canada, and nearly 940 are in the pipeline.
- By 2025, Marriott aims to achieve 3,000 diverse- or women-owned hotels in the U.S. & Canada.
- Launched “Marriott’s Bridging the Gap” Program in 2022. This new multifaceted owner incentive program aims to assist historically underrepresented ownership groups including Black, Native American/First Nation, Hispanic/Latino, and Women owners in the U.S. & Canada overcome specific obstacles to hotel ownership.
- $659,797,168M in inclusive purchasing, in 2022.
- More than $6B spent with diverse suppliers over the past eleven years.
- In 2021, Marriott pledged the first $1 million to the Arne M. Sorenson Hospitality Fund, which will support the critical programmatic and career development elements of the Marriott-Sorenson Center for Hospitality Leadership at Howard University. In 2023, the company continues to move forward as 19 students will be a part of the Center’s inaugural cohort.
Women
Women
We empower women and join in the effort by working with nonprofit organizations to develop skills and opportunities for women, supporting women-owned hotels, purchasing from women-owned businesses and providing development and advancement opportunities for our workforce.
- By 2025, invest at least $35M to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- Achieve gender representation parity for global company leadership by 2023*
*This goal was accelerated to 2023 – two years ahead of the original goal
- $23.5M+ invested in programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees since 2016, as of 2022.
- Over 47% of global executive leaders are women, as of 2022.
- At year-end 2022, there were more than 1,800 open diverse- or women-owned hotels in the U.S. and Canada, and nearly 940 are in the pipeline.
- Launched “Marriott’s Bridging the Gap” Program in 2022. This new multifaceted owner incentive program aims to assist historically underrepresented ownership groups including Black, Native American/First Nation, Hispanic/Latino, and Women owners in the U.S. & Canada overcome specific obstacles to hotel ownership.
- $239,075,621 in purchasing with women-owned businesses, in 2022.
People With Disabilities
People With Disabilities
The transformative power of a job is one of the most impactful ways to empower people with disabilities. Through our efforts with leading organizations, such as Bridges from School to Work, we support skills development, training, job placement, and business opportunities for people with disabilities.
- By 2025, invest at least $35M to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- $23.5M+ invested in programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees since 2016, as of 2022.
- Continued to support Bridges From School to Work, established by the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities, which helps more than 1,000 young people with disabilities prepare for the workplace and find a job that matches their interests and abilities.
- $4.3M+ spent with businesses owned by people with disabilities, in 2022.
- Marriott was named one of the “Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion” as part of the Disability Equality Index (DEI), in 2022 – a joint initiative of Disability: IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD).
Veterans
Veterans
When it comes to taking care of our communities, we have a “spirit to serve.” Our veterans truly know what that means. We provide support through access to meaningful careers, championing and purchasing from veteran-owned small businesses, and providing cash, in-kind, and volunteer support to leading veteran and military organizations.
- By 2025, invest at least $35M to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- $23.5M+ invested in programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees since 2016, as of 2022.
- Continued to collaborate with veteran organizations in local communities where we do business to assist hiring managers in veteran recruitment efforts. In 2022, Marriott hired over 1,000 veterans in the U.S.
- Spent over $16.3M with veteran- and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, in 2022.
Refugees
Refugees
We aim to help those most vulnerable among us. By providing skills development and training for jobs in our industry, we empower refugees to create a positive future for themselves, their families and their communities.
- By 2025, invest at least $35M to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- $23.5M+ invested in programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees since 2016, as of 2022.
- Marriott continued to support the International Rescue Committee’s Hospitality Link program to provide skills development training to resettled refugees, while introducing them to careers in the hospitality industry, as well as providing life skills and English language classes.
In 2022, Hospitality Link’s programs served nearly 200 resettled refugees, placing 75% into employment nearly half of whom are in the hospitality sector.
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