Renaissance(R) Long Beach Hotel Announces Partnership with Chef Suzanne Tracht.

Tracht's Restaurant to Debut as Part of Long Beach Hotel's $6.6 Million Renovation

LOS ANGELES -- The Renaissance[R] Long Beach Hotel, in partnership with Sunstone Hotel Investors and CZH Hospitality, announces a licensing deal with Chef Suzanne Tracht to open Tracht's, inspired by her successful Los Angeles restaurant, Jar, in Long Beach. The Renaissance[R] Long Beach is near completion of a lavish $6.6 million renovation to this prime property in the heart of the city, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to many attractions, including the Pike Complex, Pine Street entertainment district, Long Beach Convention Center, Aquarium of the Pacific, Belmont Village, and the Queen Mary. Tracht's is finalizing design touches to the restaurant and plans opening to the public in mid-June 2007.

The licensing agreement with Tracht was brought to the Renaissance[R] Hotels and its owner, Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., by The CZH Hospitality Group, LLC, as part of the Renaissance[R] Hotels and Resort's growing interest in creating superior dining by aligning themselves with top American chefs across the country. General Manager Nusrat Mirza is excited about bringing

Tracht's food to its new home in Long Beach. "I believe that with the opening of Tracht's, our hotel guests - and the city's residents - will finally have a chef-driven restaurant and the dining experience they've needed to match the dramatic changes in our city's lifestyle," says Mirza. "Suzanne now joins Todd English, Bradley Ogden, Michael Mina and Melissa Kelly in another great chef partnership with us, and helping to raise the culinary standards at the Marriott and Renaissance[R] Hotels & Resorts."

Jar is one of Los Angeles' most popular restaurants and is characterized by its exceptional American Chop House fare, neighborhood feel, and casually elegant ambiance. In Long Beach, Tracht's will feature many of the signature steaks, roasts and braised foods from the Jar menu, along with Tracht's imaginative market-inspired appetizers, salads and highly rated 'sides.' It will be the first venture outside of Los Angeles for Tracht, and her second restaurant.

The street-side restaurant, with 30 foot high windows providing a view of some of the city's major attractions, will have its own entrance from Ocean Boulevard, independent of the hotel lobby. The main dining room seats 85 and features a glass-encased temperature controlled wine cellar boasting 1100 bottles. Guests may also opt for the 62-seat outdoor patio with radiant heating and central fire pit. Two private dining rooms for special events complete the design.

Long Beach, like downtown Los Angeles, has been thriving with new construction and an influx of a younger, more urban audience seeking alternative living spaces. Contemporary lofts, artist communities, and creative neighborhood businesses have changed the face of the downtown area in recent years.

Tracht has been prominently featured in Bon Appetit, Los Angeles, Angeleno, Los Angeles Times, the Wall St. Journal, New York Times, InStyle, Elle, and New York. Tracht was also honored as one of Food and Wine magazine's America's Best New Chefs 2002; Jar restaurant was named as one of Los Angeles' top 25 restaurants by restaurant critic Patric Kuh in Los Angeles Magazine 2005, one of 99 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants by Jonathan Gold in the LA Weekly 2006 and was inducted into the Fine Dining Hall of Fame by Nation's Restaurant News in May 2007.

About Marriot International: MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NYSE:MAR) is a leading lodging company with nearly 2,900 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Bulgari brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Grand Residences by Marriott brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2006 year-end. It is ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE[R]. The company is also a 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR[R] Partner. In fiscal year 2006, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $12.2 billion. For more information or reservations, please visit our web site at www.marriott.com.

About CZH Hospitality Group, LLC: The CZH Hospitality Group, LLC is an independent advisory firm that specializes in re-concepting, creating and operating restaurants. In the course of his career, Founder and CEO, Carl A. Bruggemeier, has personally overseen $175 MM in total restaurant development, trained over 10,000 management and staff employees, and has spoken on numerous occasions for Fortune 500 Companies, colleges, and universities. The CZH Hospitality Group, LLC is equipped with the talent, resources, and experience necessary to add considerable value to independent restaurants and hotel properties. As restaurant operators, CZH has a unique perspective on how to develop a sense of place, decor, menu concepts, and implement clear management guidelines for local guidance teams. The scope of CZH's work ranges from very specific client driven engagements, to creating relationships with Celebrity Chefs, to full licensing partnerships, to restaurant management contracts, to feasibility and market studies, and several other short and long term services. Currently, The CZH Hospitality Group, LLC is engaged in projects with several Ritz-Carlton Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, W Hotels, among others. For more information, please visit our website at www.czhhospitality.com.

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                              562-437-5900

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