Marriott boss Arne Sorenson dies aged 62

Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson (Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)

Marriott chief executive Arne Sorenson, who grew the company into the world’s largest hotel chain and steered it through a global pandemic that has been catastrophic in the travel industry in the past year, has died aged 62.

Mr Sorenson reduced his schedule at Marriott this month to pursue a more aggressive cancer treatment.