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Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is an American hotel and leisure company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. One of the world's largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties under its 11 owned brands. As of 1 December 2014, Starwood Hotels and Resorts owned, managed, or franchised over 1,200 properties employing over 180,400 people, of whom approximately 26% were employed in the United States.
On November 16, 2015, Marriott International announced it would purchase Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide for $12.2 billion, creating the world's largest hotel chain.
Starwood Hotels and Resorts was originally formed by the real estate investment firm Starwood Capital to take advantage of a tax break; at the time the company was known as Starwood Lodging. Initially, Starwood Lodging owned a number of hotels throughout North America, all under different brand names. The Westin Hotel Company was purchased in 1994 from Aoki Corporation of Japan. Starwood acquired the Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, and The Luxury Collection brands from ITT Sheraton in 1998.
Big moves in the travel world as Marriott is tries to become the world's largest hotel operator by making a bid for Starwood. Jim Cramer gets the inside perspective on the deal. » Subscribe to CNBC: http://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC » Watch more Mad Money here: http://bit.ly/WatchMadMoney » Read more about Starwood & Marriott here: http://cnb.cx/1OcpgeN "Mad Money" takes viewers inside the mind of one of Wall Street's most respected and successful money managers. Jim Cramer is your personal guide through the confusing jungle of Wall Street investing, navigating through both opportunities and pitfalls with one goal in mind -- to try to help you make money. About CNBC: From 'Wall Street' to 'Main Street' to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experien...
With the acquisition of Starwood, Marriott offers dramatically more choices - choice of brands, choice of locations, choice of lifestyle. Get the scoop about the merger and linking loyalty accounts from Arne Sorenson and J.W. Marriott Jr. Join and link your accounts today: http://members.marriott.com
Hear what top global business leaders, from American Express Chairman Ken Chenault to celebrity chef Jose Andres, have to say about Marriott and Starwood combining to become the largest hotel company in the world. Learn more at members.marriott.com
Nov. 16 -- Marriott International’s agreement to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in a $12.2 billion deal, creating the world’s largest lodging company, signals more consolidation to come as hotel operators find being bigger is better to compete with each other and such upstarts as Airbnb. Starwood Capital Management Group Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht discusses the deal on "Bloomberg Markets."
From the 1977 STARWOOD album. Both songs were written by band members David James Holster and Haden Gregg. The other members of the band are Robert Carpenter, Bob Mason, Bernie Mysior, Michael Buono, and Brian Savage. This group lived and performed in and around Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado between 1975 and 1977. I used to play the cassette of this album in my car - cranking up the sound for SILVER AND GOLD, which is an iconic classic song in my opinion, equal to 'Hotel California.'
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