** Shares of luxury hotel operator Marriott International Inc.
MAR.O up 1% at $154.39, after briefly hitting their month's
high
** On Monday, co signs agreement with Grupo Puntacana And
Mac Hotels MAHT.BO to bring luxury W Hotels brand to the
Dominican Republic urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN31P9IK
** Co bought five brands from Mexican hotel chain Hoteles
City for $100 million last week urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N30M00M
** YTD, stock down ~7% including session moves
(Reporting by Anirban Chakroborti in Bengaluru)
((Anirban.Chakroborti@thomsonreuters.com;))