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Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate Employees
Marriott Plans To Lay Off Over 800 Corporate 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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'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests 'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests
'Massive, Extended' Marriott Breach Affects 500 Million Starwood Guests In one of the largest breaches of consumer data ever, up to 500 million guests' information may have been accessed as part of a breach of its Starwood guest reservation database, Marriott International announced on Friday morning. Following a three-month investigation, the company discovered there had been unauthorized access since 2014 and that an "unauthorized party" had copied and encrypted information. "The company has not finished identifying duplicate information in the database, but believes it contains information on up to approximately 500 million guests who made a r…

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by Joe Lombardi