The Marriotts add hot food items to their menu--a first for A&W franchises--and the name "Hot Shoppes" is born.The Marriotts open two more Hot Shoppes, including the East Coast's first drive-in restaurant."In-flight" airline catering debuts when Hot Shoppes begins delivery of boxed lunches to passengers at Hoover Airport, south of Washington, D.C.Hot Shoppes, Inc. stock becomes public at $10.25/share and sells out in two hours of trading.Marriott made a historic shift into the hotel business in 1957. The world’s first motor hotel opened in Arlington, Virginia, under the management of J. Willard Marriott’s son, Bill. Over the next 25 years, Marriott became a diverse global enterprise, and Bill Marriott became a visionary CEO whose leadership transformed the hospitality industry.