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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of April, 1997
RENAISSANCE HOTEL GROUP N.V.
(Translation of Registrant's Name Into English)
C/O RENAISSANCE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL
29800 Bainbridge Road, Solon, Ohio 44139
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.)
Yes NO X
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(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________.)
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EXISTING RENAISSANCE HOTEL GROUP
BONDS GUARANTEED BY MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL
Cleveland, April 11 /PRNEWSWIRE/ -- Renaissance Hotel Group N.V. today
announced that its parent company, Marriott International, Inc., (NYSE:MAR) has
irrevocably guaranteed the obligation of RHG Finance Corporation (a subsidiary
of Renaissance Hotel Group N.V.) under the existing $120 million 8 7/8%
Guaranteed Notes due 2005. Renaissance Hotel Group N.V.'s existing guarantee of
the Notes remains in effect.
Renaissance Hotel Group N.V. became a subsidiary of Marriott
International, Inc. on March 29, 1997. Marriott International, Inc. is the
world's leading hospitality company, with over 4,800 operating units in the
United States and 50 other countries and territories. Major businesses include
hotels operated and franchised under the Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Courtyard,
Fairfield, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites, Renaissance, New World, and Ramada
International brands; vacation ownership resorts; food service and facilities
management for clients in business, education and health care; senior living
communities and services; and food service distribution. The Company is
headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has approximately 225,000 employees. For
its 1996 fiscal year, Marriott International reported total sales of $10.2
billion.
SOURCE Marriott International, Inc.
04/11/97 /CONTACT: Mary Jo Alfirevich, Renaissance Hotels International,
216/519-8839 or Tom Marder, Marriott International, Inc., 301/380-2553
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SIGNATURES
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
RENAISSANCE HOTEL GROUP N.V.
By: /s/ Michael A. Stein
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Michael A. Stein
Executive Director
Date: April 11, 1997
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