Jim Cramer Notes "I Like Marriott for Travel"

Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:

) is one of the . Cramer highlighted the stock while showing a positive sentiment toward the travel industry, as he remarked:

I like Booking Holdings. I like Marriott for travel. I think the travel bull market lives. They won’t be brought down by Anthropic.

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Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR) operates and franchises hotels, residences, and timeshares, ranging from luxury to budget options. Cramer mentioned the company while discussing travel and leisure stocks during the episode aired on December 11, 2025. He said:

Not just the airlines. In logic, we’ve seen a nice move from Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel company, up about 14% since the end of October, in part because the company reported a strong quarter in early November. Marriott’s CFO also gave a presentation at an industry conference on November 21st, where he offered an upbeat outlook and said that ‘Leisure has completely and utterly held up exactly where we thought it would be.’ Wow, that’s throughout the year. He added that the government shutdown created some noise for business travel, but he didn’t seem all that worried about it. Love this stock, class by itself, and people were so worried about the shutdowns. It didn’t play a role.

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