Marriott International

Please stand by, your program is about to begin. Should you need audio assistance during today's program, please press star zero. Good day everyone and welcome to today's Marriott International's fourth quarter 2021 earnings call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later you will have an opportunity to ask questions during the question and answer session. You may register to ask a question at any time by pressing the star and 1 on your touchstone phone. Please note this call may be recorded and I will be standing by should you need any assistance. It is now my pleasure to turn today's program over to Jackie Burka, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations.

Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Marriott's fourth quarter 2021 earnings call. On the call with me today are Betsy Dahm, our Vice President of Investor Relations, Lene Oberg, our Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Business Operations, and Tony Casuano, our Chief Executive Officer.

Thanks, Jackie. Before we begin our prepared remarks, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on this day, which marks the one-year anniversary of Arne's passing. I know everyone on this call, especially our Marriott associates, miss our dear friend and inspirational leader a great deal. We can take comfort knowing his amazing legacy lives on in the incredible work of the thousands of people around the world who wear a Marriott name badge. Let me turn the call back over to Jackie to get us underway in discussing this quarter's results.