BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- As Europe prepares to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain that partitioned Europe, Marriott International, Inc. marks the 20(th) anniversary of its first hotel in the former Eastern Bloc, the Warsaw Marriott Hotel, with a special celebration on October 30 and the start of a great deal -- Marriott's Go East! Package -- at hotels in five major cities in Eastern Europe: Berlin, Budapest, Bucharest, Prague and Warsaw. The one-night package (with 20 percent room-only discounts for subsequent nights), is available from October 30 - March 20, 2010 and includes 20 percent off the lowest available room rate, free full breakfast, 20 percent off other food and beverage, and sightseeing passes to some of the most significant sights in cold war history: The Berlin Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Statue Park and the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, The Parliament Palace Museum in Bucharest, The Communist Museum in Prague and The Warsaw Uprising Museum in Warsaw. (See hotel and attraction photos at Marriott Eastern Europe Flickr.)

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To book Marriott's Go East Package, visit www.marriott.com, search for one of the hotels listed below and be sure that the promotional code S09 appears in the Corporate/Promotional code box when making your online reservation.

    --  Berlin, Germany: The Berlin Marriott Hotel's Go East! Package, priced at
        euro 199 for single occupancy and euro 239 for double occupancy,
        includes one overnight stay in a deluxe room, breakfast in the Midtown
        Grill, the Berlin Welcome Card and tickets to the The Berlin Wall Museum
        at the famous Check Point Charlie.  Visit www.berlinmarriott.com.

    --  Bucharest, Romania: The JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel   offers its
        Go East package, priced at 660-744 LEI, including one-night
        accommodation in a Deluxe room with American buffet breakfast for up to
        two persons in Cupola Restaurant and 20 percent discount for all food
        and beverage consumption throughout the stay.  Promotion also includes
        tickets for two to visit the Parliament Palace.  Rate does not include
        local taxes (12%). Visit www.marriott.com/buhro.

    --  Budapest, Hungary:  At the Budapest Marriott Hotel, the Go East! Package
        is priced from euro 183,- euro 223, double occupancy, and includes
        deluxe room with Danube view, American buffet breakfast at Peppers for
        two, 20 percent discount on all food and beverage consumption, the
        Budapest Card (for 48 hours of free public transportation and discounts
        on shopping and museums), tickets for Statue Park (displaying 42 pieces
        of art from the Communist era between 1945-1989) and House of Terror
        Museum (a memorial to the victims which also presents a picture of life
        for Hungarians in those times).  Visit www.marriottbudapest.com.

    --  Prague, Czech Republic: The four hotels in Prague are offering the Go
        East! Package which includes one-night accommodation in a Deluxe room on
        single or double occupancy, buffet breakfast for up to two persons, 20
        percent discount on all food and beverage consumption throughout the
        stay, two tickets for 24-hour free public transportation and two
        entrance tickets to the Communism Museum (www.muzeumkomunismu.cz). Rates
        start at CZK 3,120 at the Prague Marriott Hotel visit
        www.marriottprague.com , CZK 2,500 at the Marriott Executive Apartments
        Prague visit www.praguemarriottexecutiveapartments.com , CZK 2,100 at
        Courtyard Prague Flora visit www.courtyardpragueflora.com , CZK 2,750 at
        Courtyard Airport Hotel visit www.marriott.com/prgpa . Rates do not
        include 9%VAT.

    --  Warsaw, Poland: The Go East! Package at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel,
        priced at 350 PLN per night, is available on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
        and includes breakfast for two, 20 percent discount on all food and
        beverage, upgrade to corner junior suite based on availability, two
        Warsaw public transportation cards (good for  24 hours), and two tickets
        for the Warsaw Uprising Museum (www.1944.pl). Visit
        www.marriott.com/wawpl.

(For a video address from Bill Marriott, chairman and chief executive officer of Marriott International, and archival videos commemorating the 20(th) anniversary of the Warsaw Marriott, visit Warsaw Marriott on You Tube).

Marriott International has 24 hotels in operation and 10 additional properties currently under construction in the former Eastern Bloc nations including the Courtyard by Marriott Budapest and the Renaissance Budapest Hotel in Hungary; the JW Marriott Hotel Almaty in Kazakhstan; the Courtyard by Marriott Bucharest in Romania; and the Renaissance Moscow Monarch Center Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre; the Krasnodar Marriott Hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott Moscow Paveletskaya Station, the Courtyard by Marriott Kazan, and the Courtyard by Marriott Irkutsk, all in Russia. All are expected to open now through 2012.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, Inc. is a leading lodging company with more than 3,200 lodging properties in 67 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, The Ritz-Carlton Destination Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands as well as Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and had approximately 146,000 employees at 2008 year-end. It is recognized by FORTUNE(R) as one of the best companies to work for, and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as Partner of the Year since 2004. In fiscal year 2008, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of nearly $13 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com. For an interactive online version of Marriott's 2008 Annual Report, which includes a short video message from Chairman and CEO J.W. Marriott, Jr., visit www.marriott.com/investor.

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