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| Industry | Hospitality |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee , |
Number of locations | 6[1] (September, 2020) |
| Services | Hotels |
| Parent | Marriott International |
| Website | Gaylord Hotels |
Gaylord Hotels is the large convention hotel brand of Marriott International. As of June 30, 2020, it consists of five large hotels with a total of 9,918 rooms, along with attached convention centers and one overflow support hotel property, in addition to one hotel with 1,903 rooms in the pipeline.[2] The properties are owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
Before changing its name and handing over the management of the hotels to Marriott, Ryman Hospitality was named Gaylord Entertainment Company.[3] Until the Nashville hotel's 1996 expansion to almost 3,000 rooms and subsequent announcement of a future Opryland Hotel Florida, the hospitality group was a modest division of the Opryland USA properties of Gaylord Entertainment.
A sixth property is planned:
In 2010, Gaylord struck a deal with DreamWorks Animation to create character breakfasts and other activities with Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and other DreamWorks characters.[citation needed]
On May 31, 2012, Marriott International agreed to buy the rights to manage Gaylord's four hotels for $210 million in cash.
From 2002 to 2009, Gaylord Hotels was the primary sponsor of the Music City Bowl, a postseason college football game held each year in Nashville. As of 2011, the company continues to be a secondary sponsor.
| Opryland Nashville Tennessee |
Palms Kissimmee Florida |
Texan Grapevine Texas |
National Ntnl. Harb. Maryland |
Rockies Aurora Colorado |
Bayfront Chula Vista California |
Sub- Total |
Inn at Opryland |
Rounding or timing difference |
Total per Marriott |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | [4] | 2,881 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 2,000 | 7,798 | 303 | |||||||||
| 2009 | [5] | 2,881 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 2,000 | 7,798 | 303 | |||||||||
| 2010 | [6] | 2,881 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 2,000 | 7,798 | 303 | |||||||||
| 2011 | [3] | 2,882 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,795 | 303 | |||||||||
| 2012 | [7] | 2,882 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,795 | 303 | 8,098 | [8] | |||||||
| 2013 | [9] | 2,882 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,795 | 303 | 8,098 | [10] | |||||||
| 2014 | [11] | 2,882 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,795 | 303 | 8,098 | [12] | |||||||
| 2015 | [13] | 2,882 | 1,406 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,795 | 303 | 8,098 | [14] | |||||||
| 2016 | [15] | 2,888 | 1,416 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,811 | 303 | (16) | 8,098 | [16] | ||||||
| 2017 | [17] | 2,888 | 1,416 | 1,511 | 1,996 | 7,811 | 303 | (6) | 8,108 | [18] | ||||||
| 2018 | [19] | 2,888 | 1,416 | 1,814 | 1,996 | 1,501 | 9,615 | 303 | 9,918 | [20] | ||||||
| 2019 | [21] | 2,888 | 1,416 | 1,814 | 1,996 | 1,501 | 9,615 | 303 | 9,918 | [22] | ||||||