Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort Hosts 2008 World Golf Championships – CA Championship

Guests Get Front-Row Seats & Chance to See Tiger With Golf Package: Daily Clubhouse Tickets to Big Event, Round of Golf & Breakfast

MIAMI – February 25, 2008 – For the second year in a row, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort will be hosting the 2008 World Golf Championships – CA Championship March 17 through 23.  To celebrate this widely-televised competition, broadcast in over 140 countries, the Miami resort is offering golf devotees the unique opportunity to see pros from around the globe hit the fairways while saving up to 40%!  For a limited time, golf aficionados looking to rub elbows with bold face names such as Tiger Woods (who will return to defend his title), Steve Stricker and Phil Mickelson, can book the World Golf Championship package.  Available March 20-23, starting at $329 per person, per night (based on double occupancy and two-night stay), this once-in-a-lifetime golf getaway features^*:

• Garden-view resort room (room-only rates start at $359)
• Full American breakfast buffet daily
• One golf round, including golf cart rental, per night’s stay on Great White or Gold course (regular tee time fees are $250 and $175, respectively)
• Daily Clubhouse tickets to the WGC-CA tournament (valued up to $195)

Located on the resort’s famed Blue Monster course, the 2008 World Golf Championships – CA Championship marks the 10^th year of the series.  These star players, including the top 30 from the 2007 FedExCup point standings, will compete for an $8 million purse with the grand prize of $1.35 million, the Gene Sarazen Cup and endless bragging rights.  The CA Championship is one of three World Golf Championships sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours.  Those who can’t whisk themselves away to Miami for the event can catch the first and second round on the Golf Channel and the third and final tee-off on local NBC affiliates.   

Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort serves as the ideal setting for this A-list event, having received nationwide recognition and 15 awards in 2007.  Highlights of these accolades include Best Golf Resort in Florida by Travel + Leisure Golf magazine, one of America’s 50 Best Teachers per Golf Digest and Best Three Holes in Golf in South Florida by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Single occupancy rates for World Golf Championship package are also available.  For reservations or additional information, please visit www.doralresort.com or call (800) 71-DORAL.

Situated on 650 tropical acres, the award-winning Doral Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort is one of Miami’s premier resorts.  All 693 luxuriously- appointed accommodations, including 96 suites, boast individual balconies/patios, guest-controlled air conditioning, direct-dial telephone with two-lines for high-speed Internet or fax access, electronic safes with rechargeable capabilities for your laptop, and more.  Featuring five 18-hole championship golf courses, including the famed Blue Monster, the Doral is continuously ranked one of the country’s leading golf destinations.  The European inspired Spa at Doral offers guests more than 100 spa services, 52 treatment rooms, an on-site registered dietician/nutritionist and state-of-the-art exercise center.  With over 90,000 square-feet of flexible meeting and function space Doral Golf Resort & Spa is the perfect location for corporate events, meetings, elaborate receptions and unforgettable social events.  For dining, guests can choose from five delectable restaurants including Windows on the Green, The Atrium, Terrazza Restaurant and Café, Champions Bar & Grill and Bungalou’s Bar & Grill.  Located only seven miles from Miami International Airport, the hotel also features the acclaimed Arthur Ashe Tennis Center, Jim McLean Golf Center, The Blue Lagoon aquatic recreation area and nine retail shops.

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with over 2,700 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 International, Horizons, 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. Marriott is also in the synthetic fuel business.  The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has approximately 143,000 employees.  In fiscal year 2005, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $11.6 billion.  For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.

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