Sail Away - Marriott Rewards(R) Members Can Now Redeem Points for Trips on 17 Cruise Lines

BETHESDA, Md., May. 14 /PRNewswire/ --

BETHESDA, Md., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott Rewards(R) members who want to spend their vacations at sea can now redeem points for cruises through a partnership with World Travel Holdings, one of the world's premier cruise distributors.

World Travel Holdings offers trips with 17 different cruise lines to destinations around the world, including Alaska, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, New England and Bermuda. Points can be redeemed for certificates in the following amounts:

70,000 Marriott Rewards points for $250 certificate 110,000 Marriott Rewards points for a $500 certificate 145,000 Marriott Rewards points for a $1,000 certificate

Marriott Rewards points can be earned at over 2,800 Marriott International hotels around the world, including Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels & Resorts, Courtyard by Marriott, Residence Inn by Marriott, Fairfield Inn by Marriott, TownePlace Suites by Marriott, SpringHill Suites by Marriott, Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club and Grand Residences by Marriott Vacation Club.

Marriott Rewards points may be redeemed for hotel stays, frequent flyer miles, cruises, car rentals, brand-name merchandise and more. The program won the 2008 Freddie Award for Best Hotel Program, and has been named "Best Hotel Rewards Program" by the readers of Business Traveler, Global Traveler, Travel Savvy, Executive Travel and BusinessWeek magazines.

To make a reservation, members can call 1-800-228-9290 or visit Marriott.com. For information about Marriott Rewards, guests can call 1-800-450-4442 or log onto MarriottRewards.com.

About Marriott

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. is a leading lodging company with more than 3,000 lodging properties in the United States and 66 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Md., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best companies to work for by FORTUNE(R), and has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.

About World Travel Holdings (WTH)

With more than two decades of experience selling direct to consumers, World Travel Holdings (formerly NLG) is a global leader in the travel industry. WTH sells cruise and land vacations both through travel agents and direct to the consumer via several sophisticated websites and telesales centers. Their well-recognized brands include CruisesOnly, Cruise411, Vacation Outlet, rooms.com, Cruises.com, Creative Leisure International, Villas of Distinction, Trips of Distinction, Cruise One, and Cruises, Inc., as well as a wide array of private-label partner brands. Forbes listed WTH's cruise website as "Best of the Web" three years in a row and it is the only cruise site named to Travel+Leisure magazine's Top 35 Travel Websites. WTH's vast portfolio of partner brands includes BJ's Vacations, Hotwire Cruises, Orbitz Cruises, CheapTickets Cruises, Priceline Cruises, American Airlines Cruises, Continental Cruises, JetBlue Cruises, US Airways Cruises, and many others. For more information on WTH or its portfolio of brands, visit www.worldtravelholdings.com.

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