Marriott International Inc. was denied its request to move the chapter 11 case of a Washington, D.C., hotel to the nation’s capital, with a bankruptcy judge saying the property’s venue choice should carry significant weight and that in this case a transfer was unnecessary, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy reported. Marriott Wardman Park, which the hotel chain had managed, sought protection from creditors in January in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. The 1,152-room property’s secured lender and sole owner is Pacific Life Insurance Co. One of Marriott’s arguments was that other bankruptcy cases involving a single real estate property have been moved near to their location. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey said yesterday that those cases involved real estate businesses with significant day-to-day operations and many employees.
