THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, July 26, 1996 TAG: 9607260547
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D2 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Business Briefs
LENGTH: 52 lines
Marriott International to
plans overseas expansion
Marriott International, Inc. said it plans to double the number of upscale hotels it plans to add overseas. The lodging company, which only a month ago spoke of plans to add at least 50 overseas hotels by 2000, said it will add 100 full-service hotels in foreign countries in the next three and a half years. The additional 29,000 rooms will bring Marriott's system outside the United States to more than over 160 hotels with 47,000 rooms, the company said. Washington, D.C.-based Marriott said its expansion plan will focus on Japan, China, and India. (Bloomberg) Donnelley to expand plant in Lynchburg
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company said it plans to expand its printing plant in Lynchburg. The company expects to invest up to $30 million to build a 32,000-square-foot addition and will add two high-speed printing presses and an ink-solvent recovery system. Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley said the expansion will be completed by 1998 and will add as many as 40 jobs to the Lynchburg plant's 900-member work force. R.R. Donnelley's Lynchburg facility produces retail and mail-order catalogs. (AP)
Famed passenger liner
arrives in Philadelphia
The famed passenger liner United States arrived Wednesday in Philadelphia. Marmara Marine Inc., the ship's owner, reportedly plans to convert the vessel for use as a hotel, limited cruise ship or even a casino. Marmara said it will dock the United States at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard until it can arrange the $250 million in financing it needs for the conversion. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding, the United States was a fixture on the Hampton Roads waterfront until 1992 after she was retired from service after 17 years in 1969. Marmara had the ship towed back from Turkey, where she was going to be scrapped. (Staff)
ILA offering reward
for church-burning arrests
The International Longshoremen's Association said it will offer a $50,000 reward for information or evidence leading to the arrest and convictions of the people responsible for arson at black churches in the South. The ILA is asking its locals to contribute additional money to the reward fund and is challenging other unions to offer rewards. The ILA represents about 85,000 people nationwide, including 2,000 dockworkers in Hampton Roads. (Staff) by CNB