Jakarta Blasts| Editorial

When the Marriott Islamabad was bombed september last year, I wrote this on Bill Marriott's Blog.

Posted By: Prabhjot Bedi (9/21/2008)
Comment: Dear Mr. Marriott, I sit here in shock and join you in prayers for the departed souls & the injured people. I also have an uncomfortable question. Do you think Marriott Hotels is targeted (world over) or is it just that you have hotels at key locations across the world?


I never got an answer from Bill, but my comment was picked up by Indian Express in the article A window in the marriott 


here a reproduction from that article

Although the Pakistan Marriotts are not owned by the US-headquartered Marriott International Inc and only operate under licence, the chain and the brand are true symbols of Pan-Americana, with about 3,000 properties in 67 countries. And the group, which reported sales of $13 billion in 2007 is no stranger to terror and tragedy either. So much so that on the blog of Bill Marriott, chairman and CEO of the chain, there is a response to his posting after the Islamabad attack by Prabhjot Bedi that asks: “Dear Mr Marriott, I sit here in shock and join you in prayers for the departed souls & the injured people. I also have an uncomfortable question. Do you think Marriott Hotels is targeted (world over) or is it just that you have hotels at key locations across the world?”

Bedi is not much off the mark.

I am asking the same question today, as I asked a year ago.
Is Marriott being targeted?

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