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    <periodOfReport>2006-03-22</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC /MD/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MAR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>RYAN JOSEPH J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>10400 FERNWOOD ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BETHESDA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>20817</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Exec. VP &amp; Gen. Counsel</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock - Deferred Stock Award Agmt.</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>2006-03-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>16291</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>69.46</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock - Deferred Stock Bonus Award</value>
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                <value>2006-03-22</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Disposition of shares for tax withholding related to distributions arising from elections described in Form 8-K filed on Augus 8, 2005.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Ward R. Cooper, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
