2021 SERVE 360 REPORT ESG PROGRESS AT MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL → 46 Supporting Youth Across the Globe We continue to support programs that strive to prepare youth for jobs in the hospitality industry. Through our work with The Global Travel & Tourism Partnership (GTTP), Marriott aims to inspire and enable hundreds of thousands of young people in secondary schools and universities around the world to build careers in travel and tourism. In 2020, Marriott’s funding helped provide training for more than 1,800 teachers across 15 countries, benefiting more than 4,000 schools and over 740,000 students. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increased focus in online training and webinars, which allowed an additional 6,000 students from more than 100 countries to access the curriculum entirely online. As part of a collaboration with the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, Marriott and several other hotel companies joined together to create an industry-relevant skills curriculum, to better prepare young people for on-the-job training and improve opportunities for job placements. To support industry and company efforts in this space, we support the Alliance’s Youth Employment Program (previously known as Youth Career Initiative), a three-month employability program, equipping vulnerable young people with the core skills and practical experience they need to start their career. In 2020, even with major disruptions and closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 180 young people were trained at 31 Marriott hotels across India, Vietnam, and Mexico. U.S. and Canada American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation: Opening Doors to Opportunity Since 2017, we have pledged to provide $50,000 each year over the next five years to the AHLA Foundation’s Opening Doors to Opportunity program to support academic scholarships, professional development, and research opportunities in the travel and tourism industry. Marriott’s support has enabled the Foundation to launch a COVID-19 Relief Fund, which provided more than $3.5 million worth of free education resources to help furloughed employees and establish the No Room for Trafficking Campaign to advance training and education to prevent human trafficking in the lodging industry. In 2020, the Foundation served over 20,000 individuals through its portfolio of programs. Global Voyage Leadership Development Program The Global Voyage Leadership Development program, initially launched by Marriott in 2013, was designed with the next generation of university graduates in mind. It offers a combination of hands-on, discipline-specific training and a leadership- focused curriculum, all accessed through custom technology. Prince’s Trust In partnership with Prince’s Trust Canada, Marriott hosted the Discovery Hospitality program at four Edmonton hotels in Alberta, Canada. Hotel leaders provided 21 youth with training on the hospitality industry, including on-site and interviewing skills. ProStart In 2019, Marriott launched a pilot program across five states and Washington, D.C. with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s ProStart program to support student exploration of restaurant management and culinary arts careers. Marriott provided coaches, mentors, and volunteers, participated in chef demos and school visits, and hosted property visits and job shadowing programs. By year-end 2020, over 2,000 students participated in the program from 22 schools across 13 states. Youth Marriott supports youth development and empowerment across the globe, supporting global, national, and local partnerships that connect with schools and youth-based organizations to provide career mentoring, career exploration, job shadowing, skills training, and work-study opportunities. Below: Youth training at the JW Marriott Hotel Quito (Quito, Ecuador)