Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. - HOT- Profile

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Incorporated. The Group's principal activities are hotel and leisure operations, which comprises of worldwide hospitality network of more than 700 full-service hotels as well as vacation ownership resorts primarily serving two markets: luxury and upscale. The brand names of the Group includes Sheraton (r), Westin (r), The Luxury Collection (r), St. Regis (r), W (r) and Four Points (r) by Sheraton. The operations of the Group's are conducted by owned hotels. The operation of other hotels for a management fee pursuant to long-term management contracts, the receipt of franchise fees and the development, ownership and operation of vacation ownership resorts, marketing and selling vacation ownership interest in the resorts and providing financing to customers who purchase such interests. The Group conducts hotel business both directly and through its subsidiaries.