The JW Marriott Grand Rapids is a hotel located in downtown

Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 198,917 which ranks it as the List of municipalities in Mi ...

. It was the first

JW Marriott JW Marriott is a luxury hotel brand owned by Marriott International. History The JW Marriott brand was established in 1984, with the opening of the first hotel in Washington, D.C. It was named as a tribute to J.W. Marriott, the founder of Marri ...

Hotel in the Midwest and is the sixth tallest building in Grand Rapids. Its theme is based on Grand Rapids's

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: Omihachiman, Japan; Bielsko-Biala, Poland;

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, Italy;

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, Ghana; and

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, Mexico. When the hotel was first opened, Amway Hotel Corporation hired photographer Dan Watts to travel to each of the sister cities and photograph them for the property. Each floor of the hotel features photography from one of the cities and is unique to that floor. The property was identified as the brand's best hotel for customer service in North America for 2008, 2009, and 2014.

References

External links

Marriott's Corporate Hotel Page

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