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Sorenson will start treatment, beginning with
chemotherapy next week, and surgery is expected by the end of
2019, the company.
The cancer was discovered early and does not appear to have
spread, Sorenson said in message to employees.
Sorenson, who joined Marriott in 1996, has since held a number
of positions besides leading the nearly $14 billion acquisition
of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in 2016.
In March, Sorenson apologized before a U.S. Senate panel for a
massive data breach involving up to 383 million guests in its
Starwood hotels reservation system and vowed to protect against
future attacks.
Marriott is scheduled to announce first-quarter earnings next
week.
(Reporting by Rachit Vats and Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru;
Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and Arun Koyyur)
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