While the companies, in a joint statement issued earlier this month, said the agreement would take effect in 2024, it gave no explanation about why the delay is occurring. The companies announced in July that the deal was expected to take effect with new details to be publicized in October. The launch of MGM’s licensing agreement with Marriott International, expected to attract thousands of Marriott customers to MGM properties nationwide, has been postponed until 2024. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal) cyberattack that crippled MGM Resorts International in September may have taken another financial bite out of Nevada’s largest private employer.
Anthony Capuano, left, president and CEO of Marriott International, and Bill Hornbuckle, president and CEO of MGM Resorts International, pose for a photo at Aria hotel-casino Monday, July 17, 2023, in Las Vegas.