Marriott Family Values | The $11-billion Hotel Chain Reflects Its Founding Family's Values, Says Fortune's Marc Gunther | cnn.com

In 1927, J. Willard Marriott and new bride, Alice, opened a nine-stool root beer stand in Washington, D.C. It grew into a restaurant chain called Hot Shoppes and much later became a hotel company. Their son Bill Marriott worked in the kitchen as a young man. Last week, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the $11.5-billion-year Marriott Corp., Bill Marriott returned to the kitchen - this time as a volunteer, to prepare food for Washington's...