Orlando World Center Marriott is a hotel and convention center near

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. The resort, which is close to

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, is located off of World Center Drive, which was renamed from

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to the resort's namesake after the southern extension of International Drive was built.

Resort property

Marriott's Orlando World Center opened on March 24, 1986. At the time it was the largest hotel in Florida, and it is now the largest Marriott in the world. The 2,008-room, 28-story building contains a nine-story lobby atrium, and also has the largest pillar-free ballroom in the world featuring of meeting space. In total there is more than of meeting space, six swimming pools (the main lagoon pool is the largest in Orlando), and ten restaurants and lounges. The resort property is also home to the 18-hole Hawk's Landing Golf Course, and the

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resorts of Marriott's Sabal Palms, Marriott's Royal Palms and Marriott's Imperial Palm Villas. In 2002, the hotel completed building a brand new 500-room tower, making the hotel the world's largest Marriott. In 2007, the hotel added of meeting space called the Cypress Ballroom which now connects with the Convention Center. In 2008, the resort was awarded Green Lodging certification by the

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. In the

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show ''

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'', winning contestants could win trips to the Orlando Marriott World Center. Photos of the resort circa 1991–1993 can be seen on the show. Marriott currently partners with Encore Event Technologies to provide in-house audiovisual services to guests, corporations, and hotel staff.

AFPAC Conference

In 2022, the resort hosted the

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, a gathering promoting white-nationalist and far-right ideology.

References

External links

Orlando Marriott World Center

Orlando Marriott World Center Website - Marriott
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