Gaylord Hotels is the large convention hotel brand of Marriott International. As of June 30, 2020, it consists of five large hotels with a total of 9,918 rooms, along with attached convention centers and one overflow support hotel property, in addition to one hotel with 1,903 rooms in the pipeline.^[2] The properties are owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

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Gaylord Hotels

Industry	Hospitality
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
Number of locations	6[1] (September, 2020)
Services	Hotels
Parent	Marriott International
Website	Gaylord Hotels

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Before changing its name and handing over the management of the hotels to Marriott, Ryman Hospitality was named Gaylord Entertainment Company.^[3] Until the Nashville hotel's 1996 expansion to almost 3,000 rooms and subsequent announcement of a future Opryland Hotel Florida, the hospitality group was a modest division of the Opryland USA properties of Gaylord Entertainment.

• Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee, along with the Inn at Opryland, a Gaylord Hotel
• Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, Florida
• Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas
• Gaylord National in National Harbor, Maryland (near Washington, D.C.)
• Gaylord Rockies in Aurora, Colorado

A sixth property is planned:

• Gaylord Pacific in Chula Vista, California (expected opening 2025)

In 2010, Gaylord struck a deal with DreamWorks Animation to create character breakfasts and other activities with Shrek, Kung Fu Panda and other DreamWorks characters.^{[citation needed]}

On May 31, 2012, Marriott International agreed to buy the rights to manage Gaylord's four hotels for $210 million in cash.

From 2002 to 2009, Gaylord Hotels was the primary sponsor of the Music City Bowl, a postseason college football game held each year in Nashville. As of 2011, the company continues to be a secondary sponsor.