How To Correctly Pronounce "Marriott" (You're Probably Saying It Wrong)

I'm more surprised about the first part of the pronunciation - Merriot rather than Marriot never even occurred to me!

I think at this point, marry-ott is the canonical pronunciation regardless.

Don't ask the Taxi driver to take you to the “Merry-ette” !

I scrolled up and down looking for the candid camera, checked the calendar if this could be an April fool (probably saying it wrong), but then it dawned on me that this was a serious blog post by an adult in a blog for adults……
Goodness me ‍♂️

Respectfully, Ben, “marry-et” is also incorrect. The correct pronunciation for Marriott is:

“You know that hotel group that used to be decent but now considers their guests to be products (like cattle) and can’t be arsed to enforce basic brand standards? Marriott.”

Although, ET called his human friend Elli-OTT. Hmmm.

That may be correct, but at times it doesn’t get you to your destination. I learned that in Bangkok best to pronounce it „Malli-ohd“ (not joking), but that was pre-uber.

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Apparently I have been pronouncing Marriott, chariot and Hyatt wrong this entire time.

In 1920's Mayfair, then one could even imagine Mare-(y)-ut!

not sure I've ever heard anyone use the "Ott" pronunciation! Seems bizarre -- but then I'm a pesky immigrant who should go back to my own country I suppose.

The correct pronunciation of Hyatt is one syllable as in ‘hiat’ /s

And I've been saying, "Five years later and still no daily housekeeping and $18 to park in an open, ungated, and unlit parking lot." - Good to know "MAIR-ee-ett" will do.

Or just say "The hotel loyalty program devoid of global promotions." But it's starting to look like Hilton wants to challenge for that title.

yeah, dont care. still pronouncing it the wrong way

So is Marriott going to correct their own pronunciation of their own name in their own commercials?

BTW, the correct pronunciation of Bonvoy is “bhon-vay” with the accent on “vay.” Or so somebody posted somewhere on the Internet. I can’t remember who or when, but it must be true or I wouldn’t have read it.

Shocked American-English gets it wrong.

After all, it's not pronounced "idi-OT", either.

Just say, "Bonvoyage, Marry-it!"

BTW, when everyone exclusively used FedEx instead of "Federal Express", the company did the logical thing and changed it's name to FedEx. Marri-it should do the same and change its name to Marri-OTT.

But it's a person's name. The name of the person in the video. And of other people who may or may not be participating in this conversatation.. It's Marriott as in Harriet.

OK Hair-rolled, be like that...

When they start doing loyalty correctly then I'll start making an effort to pronounce their name correctly.

It's how one family chooses to pronounce a name that is originally French but has deep British roots. Hervicus Mariot, noted as "The Builder of Churches," is an early recording in the register of the Knights Templars in Warwickshire in 1185. According to Google AI, "The word "mariot" would generally be pronounced with a soft "a" sound like in "father", a rolled "r" or guttural "r", a short "ee" sound for the "i", and the final "t" would be silent, resulting in a sound similar to "mah-ree-OH" or "mah-ree-OHT", with the stress on the final syllable."

Oh wow, can't believe I've been pronouncing it wrong all this time.

I thought it was pronounced Bonvoyed.

Oh wow, can't believe I've been pronouncing it wrong all this time.

I thought it was pronounced Bonvoyed.

I've been pronouncing it right all along, while everyone around me constantly told me I was wrong lol. Even as a kid, I would call it by what is the "correct" name, because I hated the "marri-ott" pronunciation and thought the "-ett" ending just sounded better lol. I refused to change my pronunciation because I was a stubborn kid. Turns out I was coincidentally right 🙂

I'm surprised to see people saying it wrong. I never gave it much thought but it turns out I've always been pronouncing it correctly and hear most people do too!

Thanks for pointing that out. As a non-American, I always wondered why so many people in the US, including friends and employees of the many Marriott hotels I stayed at, mispronounce it. Since you made this subject an article, perhaps you can also explain why Americans don't say "Eye-taly" for the home of pizza but many insist on saying "Eye-ran" or "Eye-raq"? Or why some people in the travel industry massacre the pronunciation of 'concierge'? lol

I thought it was pronounced "we hate guests" but then again guest services is not their native language either

Wow everyone stand up and bow to the almighty genius JB

Please also reference the Oxford English Dictionary, online. Aren't they the definitive source, even making the distinction (In Their Humble Opinion regarding US Englsh pronunciations)? And what would Webster say?
OED specifically says that the US pronunciation should be 'marry-uht'.
Maybe the CEO of Marriott is also pronouncing it wrong?
Ain't linguistics fun? Subscriber John D

I don’t mind British accents and pronunciations, it’s the Spanish and Chinese ones we need to watch out for.

So what? Someone above posted that the name comes from a Knight Templar in 1185 named Mariot, pronounced Mar-ee-oh. Should the Marriotts change their name's pronunciation to the way their ancestors pronounced it? After all, Mar-ee-oh was also a person's name.

Surely that depends where you live.

Overseas it's still Marriott noy et.

Don't care how you pronouce it. Stayed at a Marrio-et Courtyard this week the demolition would have been kind.

Crap brand, no matter how you say it.

Interesting. A very good friend and neighbor was a corporate executive at Marriott for many years before retiring. He reported directly to Steve Marriott, the son of the CEO. I showed him your story, and he said, "...No, Bill, not even Steve, my boss and friend, ever told me this."

Make of that what you will.

I always pronounced Hyatt as hy-att. Never heard anyone say hy-ett

I usually just pronounce it "shitty Marriott."

Tomato Tomaatoe, as long as you can find the hotel and have a good visit.
Recently in Paris visits to Marriott properties, including Le Meridian, Marriott CDG and Courtyard CDG, we have experienced, lets call it and "Itch".
Starts with small bites on legs and arms, then it grows around your body, and it the bed and pillows.
Kept the AC on very cold, which was successful, but then we noticed the red dots.
Really don't know what, we are not scientists, but we really suffered.
Yes compensation from Marriott, but what is going on with their corporation in Paris, where is the Hygienic standards?

At least he didn't say Bill and Steve pronounces "marry-ott", David was just trolling you dumbass.

I pronounce it “hatesconsumers”

This is an old topic. As a long-time reader, I remember Nice Paul's comment: like idiot.

Does the mispronunciation of Marriott affect the corporation's bottom line?