Marriott to Open Three Properties in Sochi, Russia

Marriott International will open three hotels in Sochi, Russia, site of the 2014 Winter Olympic games. The 150-room JW Marriott Sochi Golf Resort, slated to open early 2014, will have a championship 18-hole golf course and golf club, a 7,500-square-foot spa, two swimming pools, tennis courts and other state-of-the art sports facilities. The 398-room Marriott Krasnaya Polyana Hotel, set to open in 2013, will have 13,200 square feet of meeting space, two restaurants, a lobby bar and a fitness center. The 345-room Courtyard by Marriott Sochi Plaza Hotel, expected to open in late 2013, is part of the redevelopment of a former hotel that also will feature apartments, offices and shops.