Achieve net rooms growth of 2.5 to 3 percent

Delivered by the deadline

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Announced: 6 Nov 2020
Due: 31 Dec 2020
Delivered: by 31 Dec 2020

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What the company said

“For full year 2020, we now expect 2.5 to 3 percent net rooms growth, including terminations of 1.5 to 2 percent.”

SourceMarriott International Form 8-K press release, 2020-11-06
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedFor full year 2020
Deadline used31 Dec 2020, the last day of the stated period
TypeProject
Permanent referenceKI-C-2020-MAR-012965
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2020-MAR-012965/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Marriott's 2020 system grew from 1,380,921 rooms to 1,423,044 rooms, representing a net growth of approximately 3.05%, which falls within the company's 2.5 to 3 percent target range.

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Marriott International 10-K filed 2021-02-18 Regulatory filing · published 18 Feb 2021 · retrieved 17 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 8794c61cc7d5
“In 2020, our system grew from 7,349 properties (1,380,921 rooms) at year-end 2019 to 7,642 properties (1,423,044 rooms) at year-end 2020” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +9.9% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (17 Feb 2021 to 22 Feb 2021). What this measures

Checked 17 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +1095 days
Scope drift +80.0%
3 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 6 Nov 2020

Deadline 31 Dec 2020 (“For full year 2020”) · target 2.5 percent · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 10 May 2021

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in 2021”) · target 6 percent · wording expected

“we expect gross rooms growth could accelerate to approximately 6 percent in 2021.”
Source for this version
Version 3 · stated 14 Feb 2023

Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“Year-End 2023”) · target 4.5 percent

“Net rooms growth 4% to 4.5%”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Project other
Indicative materiality: Low rules
Action: Achieve
Deliverable: net rooms growth
Target: 2.5 percent
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: Medium
Specificity: High

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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