** Shares of Sonder Holdings SOND.O rise 1.9% to $2.67
premarket
** Sonder, which provides apartment-style accommodations,
entered into an agreement with hotel operator Marriott MAR.O
** As per the agreement, over 9,000 live Sonder units are
expected to join the Marriott portfolio by the end of 2024
** About 1,500 additional units are anticipated to join the
Marriott system at later dates
** Sonder's properties will be available for booking on
Marriott.com and the Marriott Bonvoy mobile app
** YTD SOND down 22.7%
(Reporting by Aishwarya Jain in Bengaluru)
((Aishwarya.Jain@thomsonreuters.com;))