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The Marriott hotel that's breaking the rules

Hotels
TTG Staff
6 August 2015

The international hotel chain has breathed new life into Haiti’s economy with a conscientious development in Port-au-Prince. Judith Baker finds out more

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The opening of big multinational chain hotels in the Caribbean can attract criticism, but the launch of a new Marriott hotel in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in March could not have received a warmer welcome.

Marriott itself has broken some of its own rules in Haiti. Visitors here find a different kind of hotel that has pulled out all the stops to become an ethical, sustainable model geared to rebuilding Haiti’s battered economy.