{"id":2539,"date":"2021-03-03T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2021-03-03T21:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T04:29:39","slug":"marriotts-late-ceo-arne-sorenson-loved-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/personalities\/2539\/marriotts-late-ceo-arne-sorenson-loved-chicago","title":{"rendered":"Marriott\u2019s late CEO Arne Sorenson loved Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When cancer took Marriott\u2019s CEO Arne Sorenson at age 62 on President\u2019s Day I was, of course, sad to hear of his passing. I\u2019d had the opportunity to spend some time with Sorenson, only the third CEO in Marriott history, in Chicago a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2540\" style=\"width: 404px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2540\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2540\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2540\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Sorenson\" width=\"394\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/03\/unnamed-6.jpg 394w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/03\/unnamed-6-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arne Sorenson relived his radio days with a local Chicago deejay. (Photo by Harrison Shiels)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marriott, under Sorenson, became the largest hotel company in the world, and we visited at what felt like the top of the world: a lounge on the 33rd floor of a new Marriott Marquis hotel looking over Chicago\u2019s iconic skyline after dark. We talked about how Chicago is known great hotels, food, architecture, and radio. It is home to the National Radio Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hosted a radio show at my small college in the late \u201870s called \u2018Night Breezes.\u2019 \u2018Night Breezes\u2019 had to be spoken with just the right inflection,\u201d he said. \u201cThe show aired from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. and I always opened with a song from Earth, Wind and Fire. I suspect I had a few dozen listeners but I enjoyed doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson said he enjoyed Chicago, too. \u201cIt has all the hurly-burly of a big city but extends an authentic, genuine welcome. Chicagoans love to see people come in,\u201d said Sorenson, who lived in Washington D.C. but said he spent 200 nights each year in hotel rooms ranging from Paris to Hong Kong in Marriott-owned brands including Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, Westin, Sheraton and more. \u201cI love traveling and the hotel business. It\u2019s a never-ending, interesting job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contact Michael Patrick Shiels at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:MShiels@aol.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em><span class=\"il\">MShiels@aol.com<\/span><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0\u00a0His radio program may be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotlightmediastudios.com\/network\/michigans-big-show-starring-michael-patrick-shiels\/\" target=\"_blank\">MiBigShow.com<\/a>\u00a0or weekday mornings\u00a0<a>from 9-noon<\/a>\u00a0on WJIM AM 1240<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent passing of Marriott\u2019s CEO Arne Sorenson, many continue to celebrate his life by reflecting on his legacy and life achievements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":2543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3427,1023738,1023739],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personalities","tag-chicago","tag-arne-sorenson","tag-marriott-hotel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2021\/03\/arne-sorenson-e1614832151776.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/2542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}