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48-892: The Marriott Corporation was a hospitality company that operated from 1927 until 1993. It was founded by J. Willard Marriott and Frank J. Kimball as Hot Shoppes, Inc. In 1957, it opened its first hotel in Arlington County , Virginia , the Marriott Motor Hotel (demolished 1990). Marriott Corporation's first international property was opened in Acapulco, Mexico , in 1969. Hot Shoppes became Marriott Corporation in 1967, which subsequently split into Marriott International, Inc. and Host Marriott Corporation in 1993. J. Willard Marriott, who had moved away with his business partner Hugh Colton and his wife Alice from Utah to Washington, D.C. , in 1927, where he operated

96-591: A contract which they held for 35 years. The company went public in 1953. In 1957, the firm expanded into the hotel industry by opening the first Marriott hotel, the Marriott Motor Hotel , in Arlington County, Virginia. In 1964, Hot Shoppes, Inc. was renamed Marriott-Hot Shoppes, Inc. The company became Marriott Corporation in 1967. In 1967, Marriott acquired the Big Boy family restaurants chain from Bob Wian . The following year, Marriott acquired

144-491: A curbside food stand selling A&W Root Beer in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington at 14th Street and Park Road NW. He would later rename the food stand The Hot Shoppe, adding Mexican food items to the menu. Marriott's business expanded to Baltimore, Maryland , in 1934, shortly after which the company started its food services division. During Second World War , the business expanded to include

192-449: A female householder with no husband present, 2,038 (4.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 2,146 (5.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 312 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 10,906 households (25.4%) were made up of individuals, and 2,945 (6.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63. There were 27,936 families (64.9% of all households);

240-493: A few Hot Shoppe locations. Over the years, Marriott's company interests expanded. Continuing with food services, Marriott eventually became involved with airline in-flight food service . This segment of their enterprise continues to be a large part of their business, providing food services to many major airlines. In 1976, Marriott opened two theme parks named Marriott's Great America in California and Illinois . Another

288-470: A long-handled spoon and an unusually wide straw, both of which would stand upright by themselves in the thick drinks. Similarly thick orange sherbet drinks were served in the same tall glass with a spoon and a straw, often called a "freeze". These would become mainstays of the luncheon menu and be imitated forever thereafter. Then in the 1950s, Hot Shoppes, Inc. started providing food services to public schools and to Children's National Medical Center in 1955,

336-628: Is also home to California's Great America , an amusement park currently operated by Cedar Fair, L.P. Nearby is the Santa Clara Convention Center , one of Silicon Valley's largest event and meeting venues. Santa Clara also offers several museums such as the Intel Museum , Triton Museum of Art , and the Harris – Lass historical house. The Our Lady of Peace Shrine is notable for its 32-foot-tall (9.8 m) statue which

384-578: Is an important economic sector, contributing significantly to the country's GDP. According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism , in 2022, Vietnam had a total of 32,313 accommodation establishments with 611,352 rooms, including 1,576 hotels with three stars or higher with 334,487 rooms. Despite this, the Vietnamese hotel industry is still considered to have great potential for development in

432-462: Is drained by three seasonal creeks, all of which empty into the southern portion of San Francisco Bay ; these creeks are San Tomas Aquino Creek , Saratoga Creek , and Calabazas Creek . There are some significant biological resources within the city including habitat for the burrowing owl , a species of special concern in California due to reduction in habitat from urban development during

480-416: Is fueled by healthy domestic leisure and business travel demand, complemented by increasing foreign tourist arrivals. While new supply is expected at a 4-5% CAGR over 4-5 years adding over 50,000 branded rooms, this delayed catch-up will allow demand-supply dynamics to gradually align. The CareEdge report notes a better balance emerging across segments like upscale, upper midscale and midscale/economy, reducing

528-603: Is represented in California's 17th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives , currently represented by Ro Khanna ( D ). In the California Legislature , Santa Clara is part of California's 10th State Senate district and California's 26th State Assembly district , represented in the Senate by Aisha Wahab ( D ) and in the Assembly by Evan Low ( D ). The city operates

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576-606: Is visible from Highway 101 . The Mission City Center for Performing Arts is the city's venue for theatrical productions and entertainment. The Santa Clara Broncos are the Division I NCAA athletic programs of Santa Clara University . Santa Clara sponsors 19 different teams, most of which compete in the West Coast Conference . The red and white of the Santa Clara Broncos is featured on the flag of

624-622: The National Football League 's San Francisco 49ers , and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation 's California's Great America Park. Santa Clara is bordered by San Jose on all sides, except for Sunnyvale and Cupertino to the west. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 18th century, the Tamien tribe of the Ohlone nation of Indigenous Californians had inhabited the area for several millennia. The first European to visit

672-749: The Santa Clara City Library , which is not part of the Santa Clara County Library District . Santa Clara Unified School District is the public school district that serves Santa Clara and small portions of Sunnyvale and North San Jose. The city is home to nineteen K–8, elementary, and high schools. Many of the schools are named for former farmers, ranchers, and other notable Santa Clara residents such as Bowers and Bracher elementary schools, Buchser Middle School, Wilcox High School , Santa Clara High School , and Mission Early College High School. A small part of

720-637: The United States Department of Labor Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) defines the hospitality industry more broadly, including: In the United States, hotels are the most popular vacation accommodation. In 2022, the hotel and motel industry in the United States was a $ 224.9 billion market, measured by revenue. Horeca (also HoReCa , HORECA ) is the Dutch, German, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and French languages term for

768-539: The United States Department of Labor Standard Industry Classification (SIC) defines the hospitality industry more broadly, as noted above. The Dutch Uniforme Voorwaarden Horeca (UVH) is translated into English as Uniform Conditions for the Hotel and Catering Industry. This code covers hotels, bars, restaurants and related businesses in the Netherlands. Koninklijke Horeca Nederland is the Dutch trade association for

816-482: The East Coast. In 1988, Marriott purchased all 91 Wag's restaurants from Walgreens Corporation, but dissolved the chain in 1991. The Roy Rogers chain was sold to Hardee's in 1990 for $ 365 million in cash. The Marriott Corporation ended its existence as a single company in 1993, when it was split into two separate entities: 1) Marriott International Corporation, which operated the hotel and lodging aspect of

864-613: The Fort Wayne-based RoBee's, a roast beef sandwich fast-food chain, but later discovered that they would not be able to use the RoBee's name nationally. At the suggestion of the new Marriott board member Bob Wian, cowboy actor Roy Rogers was contacted to lend his name to the roast beef sandwich venture, and the Roy Rogers Family Restaurants was formed a few months later by converting RoBee's and

912-617: The National Park Service, more than 100 persons were killed at this site in the 1906 earthquake. The site is the former home to Sun Microsystems and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places . In 1963, Santa Clara City Council voted to knock down the eight-block grid of Downtown Santa Clara, in order to receive federal funding for urban renewal . Since 2017, there has been a grassroots movement to rebuild Santa Clara's historic downtown. Santa Clara

960-602: The UK industry are in London. There are around 1.5m restaurant workers, and around 0.5m work in hotels. The Food Safety Act 1990 introduced the training that staff have to follow. Around 25% of the hospitality workforce comes from the EU, making up around 25% of chefs and around 75% of waiting staff. In 2019, 1 in 50 applicants to Pret a Manger was British. The hotel industry in Vietnam

1008-681: The average family size was 3.18. The age distribution of the population was as follows: 24,774 people (21.3%) were under the age of 18, 12,511 people (10.7%) aged 18 to 24, 41,876 people (36.0%) aged 25 to 44, 25,628 people (22.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 11,679 people (10.0%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. There were 45,147 housing units at an average density of 2,452.7 units per square mile (947.0 units/km ), of which 19,747 (45.9%) were owner-occupied, and 23,274 (54.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate

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1056-803: The business and Marriott Vacation Club International , and 2) Host Marriott Corporation , the new name for the original Marriott Corporation and operating the Marriott Food Services Management. The last Hot Shoppes restaurant, located in the Marlow Heights Shopping Center , closed on December 2, 1999. Hospitality industry According to the Cambridge Business English Dictionary the "hospitality industry" consists of hotels and food service, equivalent to NAICS code 72, "Accommodation and Food Service". In 2020,

1104-719: The city and its residents. As a result, the going rate for electricity in Santa Clara is considerably cheaper than that offered by Northern California's dominant utility, Pacific Gas and Electric . Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) , Affymetrix , Agilent Technologies , Applied Materials , Arista Networks , Aruba , Auditoria.AI, Brillio , Chegg , Cloudera , Coherent , FileMaker , Hortonworks , Infoblox , Intel , Intevac , Marvell , McAfee , Move inc , National Semiconductor , Nvidia , OmniVision , Ooyala , Palo Alto Networks , Rovi , ServiceNow , SVB Financial Group , Trident Microsystems and Veritas Technologies are among

1152-404: The city and surrounding Valley of Heart's Delight ; little of its agricultural past remains. Santa Clara's first medical hospital was built in 1963. This structure, on Kiely Boulevard, was replaced in 2007 with a new Kaiser Permanente medical center located on Lawrence Expressway at Homestead Road. Santa Clara was also home to a major mental health facility, Agnews State Hospital . According to

1200-973: The city however is served by Cupertino High School and its feeder schools in the nearby town of its namesake. Private schools in Santa Clara include three Catholic schools operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose — Saint Clare School (the oldest elementary school in California), Saint Lawrence Elementary and Middle School, and Saint Justin School — and the Granada Islamic School ( Islamic school, grades K-12). Colleges and universities in Santa Clara include Santa Clara University (private Jesuit university), Mission College (public community college), UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley extension campus, and Golden State Baptist College (private Baptist college). Santa Clara

1248-546: The city, as is the Mission which lies at the heart of the campus. The George F. Haines International Swim Center is home and host to numerous local, regional, and international competitive swimming matches. The Santa Clara Vanguard , a competitive marching music organization, has been headquartered in Santa Clara since its inception. The organization runs and operates a winter guard , an indoor percussion ensemble , and two drum and bugle corps , all of which compete across

1296-687: The companies headquartered in Santa Clara. The North American offices of Bandai Namco Entertainment (formerly Namco ) was in Santa Clara until its consolidation with its existing offices in Irvine, California . According to the city's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: The current mayor of Santa Clara is Lisa M. Gillmor. Its city councilmembers are: Kathy Watanabe (District 1), Raj Chahal (District 2), Karen Hardy (District 3), Kevin Park (District 4), Suds Jain (District 5), and Anthony Becker (District 6). Santa Clara

1344-707: The company purchased the Howard Johnson's restaurant chain from the Imperial Group P.L.C. of London for $ 314 million with plans of converting the acquired restaurants to the Bob's Big Boy brand and to make Bob's the largest coffee-shop business in the country. In 1987, Marriott sold the Big Boy restaurants franchise rights to Elias Brothers for an undisclosed amount while keeping 208 company-owned Bob's Big Boy restaurants in California and selected locations on

1392-435: The country every year. All four ensembles have been very successful competitively, especially the two drum corps, one of which has won 6 Open Class titles and the other 7 World Class titles. The San Francisco 49ers National Football League football team has its headquarters and practice facilities in Santa Clara. On Wednesday, November 8, 2006, the 49ers announced their intention to move the team to Santa Clara in time for

1440-550: The earlier concentration in luxury/upper upscale. With high occupancies of 68-70% forecast for FY25, the strong RevPAR growth should aid in improving the credit profile of industry players. In 2015 the United Kingdom hospitality industry employed around 2.9m people – around 9% of the UK workforce. By employment, it is the UK's fourth-largest industry. The most jobs in the industry are found in London (around 500,000) and South East England (around 400,000); 18% of workers in

1488-563: The fall 2014 season, after negotiations failed with the city of San Francisco to build a new stadium. Santa Clara will host multiple matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Levi's Stadium . Santa Clara has two major train stations: the Santa Clara – Great America station and the Santa Clara station . Both stations are served by Amtrak 's Capitol Corridor train and the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE);

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1536-428: The following year to two different firms for undisclosed amounts. Newly formed Tenly Enterprises purchased 94 restaurants while Sizzler Restaurants International purchased the remaining 17. By 1984, Marriott had formed a vacation time-share division, now called Marriott Vacation Club International , through the purchase of American Resorts Group for an undisclosed amount and also a senior-living division. In 1985,

1584-774: The food & beverage service trade channel or the hospitality trade. The hotel industry in India is poised for continued strong growth, with CareEdge Ratings forecasting a 9-11% year-over-year increase in revenue for hotels in FY25. This comes after an estimated 12-14% growth in RevPAR (revenue per available room) in FY24, driven by robust demand outpacing supply. Average room rates across India are projected to rise from around ₹7,200-7,400 in FY24 to ₹7,700-7,900 in FY25, with RevPAR climbing to an average of ₹4,800-5,000 by end-FY24. The recovery

1632-633: The food service and hotel industries. The term is a syllabic abbreviation of the words Ho tel / Re staurant / Ca fé . The term is mostly used in the Benelux countries and Switzerland . "Horeca" is often not a one-to-one equivalent to the term "hospitality industry" used in English, which is often used more broadly. According to the Cambridge Business English Dictionary the "hospitality industry" consists of hotels and food service, equivalent to NAICS code 72, "Accommodation and Food Service". However,

1680-499: The future. According to the forecast of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Vietnam will be one of the top tourist destinations in the world in the coming years. This will create opportunities for the development of the Vietnamese hotel industry. According to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism , the Vietnamese hotel industry has had an average growth rate of 15% per year in

1728-458: The hotel and catering industry. This sector is one of the fastest growing in Europe. In 2004, more than 7.8 million people were employed and the sector generated more than $ 338 billion in turnover. Jobs tend to be temporary, with irregular hours, low pay, and few career prospects. There is a high proportion of young people working in the sector. Some distribution companies use this term to define

1776-501: The latter 20th century. This owl uses burrows created by ground squirrels and prefers generally level grasslands and even disturbed areas. Coyotes have also become active in the area in recent years. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city covers an area of 18.4 square miles (48 km ), all of it land. The average daily temperatures in July range from 82 °F (28 °C) to 53 °F (12 °C). Winters are mild, with

1824-422: The management of food services in defense plants and government buildings, such as the U.S. Treasury . They introduced popular items such as the "Mighty Mo" , a double hamburger served in a bun, topped with sesame seeds and divided into three slices. It was stacked with a dill pickle strip in the top layer and tomato, lettuce, and a distinctive dressing on the bottom layer. Very thick milk shakes were served with

1872-456: The mean daily temperatures in January ranging from 58 °F (14 °C) to 38 °F (3 °C). Most of the annual rainfall comes in the winter months; the summer months are generally rainless. The 2010 United States census reported that Santa Clara had a population of 116,468. The population density was 6,327.3 inhabitants per square mile (2,443.0/km ). The ethnic makeup of Santa Clara

1920-476: The one in Illinois was sold to Six Flags in 1984. They were both later renamed California's Great America and Six Flags Great America, respectively. In 1982, the company acquired Host International for $ 120 million and also Gino's Inc. , the owner of Gino's Hamburgers and Rustler Steak House restaurant chains, for $ 48.6 million. 108 Rustler Steak House Restaurants plus three other restaurants were sold in

1968-525: The period 2010-2022. Santa Clara, California Santa Clara ( / ˌ s æ n t ə ˈ k l ær ə / SAN -tə KLARR -ə ; Spanish for " Saint Clare ") is a city in Santa Clara County in the state of California . The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census , making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area . Located in the southern Bay Area , the city

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2016-528: The valley was José Francisco Ortega in 1769. The Spanish began to colonize California with 21 missions , and the Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded in 1777. The Battle of Santa Clara , one of the last battles of the Conquest of California , was fought between a contingent of Californios , led by Francisco Sánchez , against the invading American forces. In 1851, Santa Clara College

2064-505: Was 1.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 4.6%. 53,694 people (46.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 59,578 people (51.2%) lived in rental housing units. Santa Clara owns and operates an electric utility called Silicon Valley Power . In 2005 Silicon Valley Power brought online the Donald Von Raesfeld (DVR) Power Plant . The new combined cycle gas turbine plant produces 147 megawatts of electricity for

2112-417: Was 52,359 (45.0%) White , 3,154 (2.7%) African American , 579 (0.5%) Native American , 43,889 (37.7%) Asian (13.6% Indian, 6.9% Chinese, 6.2% Filipino, 3.9% Vietnamese, 3.0% Korean, 1.5% Japanese), 651 (0.6%) Pacific Islander , 9,624 (8.3%) from other races , and 6,212 (5.3%) from two or more races. There were 22,598 people (19.4%) who identified as Hispanic or Latino ; 14.6% of Santa Clara's population

2160-577: Was established on the grounds of the original Mission. In 1852, Santa Clara was incorporated as a town; it became state-chartered by 1862. For the next century, the economy centered on agriculture since orchards and vegetables were thriving in the fertile soil. By the beginning of the 20th century, the population had reached 5,000 and stayed about the same for many years. In 1905, the first public high-altitude flights by humans were made over Santa Clara in gliders designed by John J. Montgomery . The semiconductor industry , which sprouted around 1960, changed

2208-465: Was founded by the Spanish in 1777 with the establishment of Mission Santa Clara de Asís under the leadership of Junípero Serra . Santa Clara is located in the center of Silicon Valley and is home to the headquarters of companies such as Intel , Advanced Micro Devices , and Nvidia . It is also home to Santa Clara University , the oldest university in California, and Levi's Stadium , the home of

2256-406: Was of Mexican ancestry. The Census reported that 113,272 people (97.3% of the population) lived in households, 2,860 (2.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 336 (0.3%) were institutionalized. There were 43,021 households, out of which 14,477 (33.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 21,817 (50.7%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 4,081 (9.5%) had

2304-528: Was planned for in Maryland but local opposition prevented construction from ever beginning at any of the three proposed sites. Marriott had also reached an agreement to acquire Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio, but the deal was later called off. The theme parks had replicas of the first Hot Shoppes. Both parks were sold in the mid-1980s, the one in California was sold to the city of Santa Clara, California and

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