Find a website that describes a full service resort that you would like to visit some time in your life. Describe the concept of the resort and review all the amenities that the resort offers other than guest rooms and restaurants.

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Marriott International Stacey Veden Global Director, University & Recruiting Operations Janet Bachtel National Recruiting and Property Staffing Manager - Western Region

Marriott Factoids Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland USA Employs 360,000 associates Operates and franchises 4200 hotels Properties in 80 countries and territories Single day record for number of reservations - 55,000

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Core Values and Culture Marriott’s core values drive its culture Culture influences the way that employees, guests and communities are treated by the company As the company founder has stated, “Culture is the life-thread and glue that links our past, present and future

If you take care of your employees, your employees will take care of your customers and your customers will keep coming back again and again. J. Willard Marriott

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luxury

lifestyle & collections

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signature

select services

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extended stay

destination entertainment

Notes on our Wednesday September 30 class session Our HMD 101 class sessions on Wednesday September 30th will be an online video class session. Please note that attendance for this class session will not be required. You are required to watch a video online and answer a set of questions that follow along with the video. The questions will appear on the Week 6 Quiz. The video, about 50 minutes long, is a historical portrayal of the Las Vegas during its early years when the city came into existence and began developing its gaming resort industry. To access the video, go to the link below and click on the video to start it up. The attached questions follow in order of the material presented in the video. https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9mqmIhT_sb4Qj IxR1hiLWdUV1E&usp=sharing

Vegas Early Years Video Question Set 1. According to the video Vegas Early Years, why did Black Canyon near Las Vegas in the 1930s look like paradise to many Americans

2. According to the video Vegas Early Years, what was the dusty little town where Hoover Dam construction workers went to party on payday

3. According to the video Vegas Early Years, Las Vegas was founded in 1905 as a

4. According to the video Vegas Early Years, how did Nevada solidify its reputation as the nation’s rogue state in early 1931

5. According to the video Vegas Early Years, from where did the first gambling operators come to Las Vegas

6. According to the video Vegas Early Years, who was the primary developer of the Flamingo Casino Resort in Las Vegas

7. According to the video Vegas Early Years, what was different about the Flamingo Casino Resort compared to other Las Vegas casinos at the time

8. According to the video Vegas Early Years, what happened to Benjamin Siegel as a result of cost overruns for the construction of the Flamingo Casino Resort

9. According to the video Vegas Early Years, what was the name of the 1950 U.S. Senate investigation into organized crime that eventually involved Las Vegas casino operators

10. According to the video Vegas Early Years, what was the result of the 1950 Kefauver hearings into organized crime

11. According to the video Vegas Early Years, in 1951 and for the next 12 years, 125 ______ were exploded at the Nevada Proving Grounds, some 65 miles from downtown Las Vegas

12. According to the video Vegas Early Years, Benny Binion, the owner of the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Las Vegas, maintained that if you want to get rich, then _____

13. According to the video Vegas Early Years, by 1955 the Las Vegas visitor count was ______ annually, more visitors to the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon combined

14. According to the video Vegas Early Years, during the 1950’s, what was located west across the railroad tracks from Fremont Street

15. According to the video Vegas Early Years, the Moulin Rouge Agreement granting African Americans access to Las Vegas Strip resorts, proved that the color that matters most in Las Vegas was _____