Marriott International Becomes Industry Leader on Web Accessibility

Posted by Carl Augusto on 4/8/2009 10:32:44 AM

We have exciting news today for travelers with disabilities. Marriott International has announced its commitment to making Marriott.com fully usable for people with disabilities by becoming a participant in AFB's Accessibility Assurance™ Program (AAP). The site will be designed for universal access and all visitors will benefit from these changes, including people with various degrees of vision loss. Mr. Marriott has a great post about this on his blog today.

Using the web to research travel has become extremely popular in today's world, but for those of us with disabilities, making travel plans online can be very difficult if a site isn't designed with accessibility in mind. By becoming an AAP participant, Marriott.com has made a commitment to address the needs of all of its customers, ensuring that people using screen readers and screen magnifiers can easily book reservations and research Marriott hotels online.

For those who aren't familiar with the AAP, we created it as an avenue for companies to actively engage the community of users with disabilities in order to improve web site accessibility. The program goes beyond traditional web site evaluation services and embraces the concept of user empowerment, allowing companies and organizations to proactively engage the community of users with disabilities.

Marriott International has become an industry leader on accessibility and we applaud its continued efforts to ensure Marriott.com serves all of its customers. We hope others in the travel and lodging industry follow Marriott's lead, and we invite them to read more at AFB Consulting. With baby boomers aging and the number of people experiencing vision loss projected to grow significantly, it is extremely important that all consumer-oriented companies take accessibility seriously. It is not only the right thing to do—it makes good business sense.

Re: Marriott International Becomes Industry Leader on Web Accessibility
Posted by Peter Parker [http://www.stream-max.com] on 12/15/2009 2:26:42 AM

Marriott International Inc., a hospitality company, operates and franchises hotels and related lodging facilities worldwide. It features industry leaders and high-quality speakers talking on topics such as web standards, accessibility, usability and other practices.

Re: Marriott International Becomes Industry Leader on Web Accessibility
Posted by Peter Parker [http://www.streamline-alliance.com/] on 4/17/2009 5:53:57 AM

Marriott International Inc., a hospitality company, operates and franchises hotels and related lodging facilities worldwide. It features industry leaders and high-quality speakers talking on topics such as web standards, accessibility, usability and other practices.

Re: Marriott International Becomes Industry Leader on Web Accessibility
Posted by Andrew Jacob [http://www.stream-max.com/] on 4/17/2009 5:30:49 AM

Marriott International, Inc., is a leading lodging company. Marriott International has more than 3,100 lodging properties located in the United States and 65 other countries and territories. Now he got grip on web industry too.

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