Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On January 7, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Marriott International, Inc. (the "Company"), upon recommendation of the Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, increased the size of the Board to eleven (11) members and appointed W. Mitt Romney to the Board. The Board also established a new Finance Committee of the Board and appointed Governor (Gov.) Romney as Chairman of that committee. There is no arrangement or understanding between Gov. Romney and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year through the present, there have been no transactions with the Company, and there are currently no proposed transactions with the Company in which the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and in which Gov. Romney had or will have a direct or indirect material interest within the meaning of Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Gov. Romney will receive compensation as a non-employee director in accordance with the Company's director compensation practices described in its most recent Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2008.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

Exhibit 99 - Press release issued on January 7, 2009.

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