WASHINGTON – Dec. 12, 2011 - Marriott Corporation plans to build up a travel space theme park and a grand hotel in Washington metropolitan area. The company will make an announcement concerning this decision on December 16th, 2011.
The new theme park near Dulles International Airport aims at providing amazing space travel experience and great enjoyment for its visitors. Designed to complement Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, a companion facility to the Art and Space Museum displaying thousands of aviation and space artifacts, the futuristic theme park and the center will rally to create a futuristic experience of a world in 2025.
The new, futuristic theme park will provide an amazing space travel experience within the world of 2025 for the visitors through virtual reality technology, including 20 futuristic rides and four entertaining theaters/shows.
The hotel with 800-room will open near the theme park as a companion facility, serving as a 30,000-square-foot convention destination with four restaurants, health club, banquet facilities, 28 meeting rooms that will accommodate up to 2000 and all feature wired and wireless high-speed Internet access.
Marriott Corporation has acquired 225 acres of land for the theme park and will cost an estimated $455 million. The hotel will cost additional 1.7 billion dollars.
Marriott Corp. has hired the architectural firm of Jones, Skinner and Smith to design both the hotel and theme park. The management team heading up the new Marriott initiative is chaired by John Marriott, son of CEO Bill Marriott.
Estimated visitors at the theme park are 25 thousand persons one day. Estimated employment at hotel is 550 people. Employment at theme park is 2,400.
“We are absolutely thrilled to bring another entertainment center to Northern Virginia. Not only does the enormous amount of meeting space make this an ideal hotel for large groups and business travelers, its proximity to so many of the historic attractions in the Nation’s Capital makes it very appealing to leisure travelers as well.”
George McGann, vice president, managing director and partner of SpaceVision Marriott Hotel & Convention Center.
”Since I first managed the Crystal City Marriott years ago, I’ve had a vision of building a visionary theme park for the high tech hub around Dulles International Airport. Thousands of visitors flock to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center and most would enjoy a companion adventure to a nearby state of the art theme park.”
John Marriott, Vice Chairman of the Marriott Corporation’s Board of Directors
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with nearly 3,700 lodging properties in 72 countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels, vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott, JW Marriott brands; provides furnished corporate housing; and operates conference centers..The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and had approximately 129,000 employees at 2010 year-end. Marriott Corporation aims at creating vacation club experience and providing personalized service for its customers
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18th December 2011
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