Marriott's Orlando World Center opened on March 24, 1986 which at the time was the largest hotel in Florida and is now the largest Marriott in the World. The 2,008 room 28 story building contains a nine dtory lobby atrium 38,000 square foot (3,500) m2 and also has the largest pillar free ballroom in the world featuring 105,000 square feet (9,8000 m2 of meeting space. In total there is more than 450000 square feet (42,000 m2) of meeting space six swimming pools (the main lagoon pool is the largest and best rated in all of Orlando) and 10 restaurants and lounges. The 200 acre (0.81 km2) resort property is also home to the 18 hole Hawk's Landing Golf Course and the Marriott Vacation Club resorts of Marriott's Sabal Palms Marriott's Royal Palms and Marriott's Imperial Palm Villas.
In 2002 the hotel completed building a brand new 500 room tower which made the hotel the World's Largest Marriott. In 2007 the hotel added 104,000 square feet of meeting space called the Cypress Ballroom which now connects with the Convention Center. In 2008 the resort was awarded Green Lodging certification by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
