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Maryland-Based Marriott Announces Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Employees Maryland-Based Marriott Announces Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Employees
Maryland-Based Marriott Announces Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Employees Global hotel chain Marriott International is planning to lay off hundreds of employees by the start of the new year. According to a Maryland Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing, the company, based in Bethesda, listed 833 people slated to lose their jobs by Wednesday, Jan. 3. Despite the development, Chief Executive Officer Anthony Capuano said business is solid. "Our business momentum is excellent, and as a company that embraces change, we continue to evolve our business to support our global growth," Capuano said in a third-quarter earnings call late last month,…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Marriott Confirms Data Breach At Baltimore Hotel Marriott Confirms Data Breach At Baltimore Hotel
Marriott Confirms Data Breach At Baltimore Hotel Hackers stole approximately 20 gigabytes of data from a computer at one of Marriott International's Baltimore hotels. The data breach — a ransom attempt against Marriott — happened at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and involved primarily non-sensitive internal business files regarding property operation, according to a statement from a company spokesperson. Between 300 and 400 individuals will be notified. "The threat actor did not gain access to Marriott’s core network," the statement reads, in part. "The incident was contained to a short period of time. Marriott identifi…

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by Cecilia Levine