Articles tagged “marwood”

One major hurdle in Starwood's sale is overcome, but the company still has to see if it can complete its deal with Marriott by mid-year.

Just when we thought this would be a done deal ... Even so, it's business as usual, and as long as the Vistana spinoff closes before the Marriott one does, there shouldn't be any problems for Starwood.

Roots run deep between Host Hotels and Marriott, obviously. But the fact that Host also owns properties that fly under Starwood and Marriott's brands, among others, gives its perspectives on ownership and operations some serious weight when talking about the future of the big merger and the direct booking wars.

Marriott may have won Starwood in the bidding war of the year (thus far), but it's clear there's a lot of work that lies ahead for the company as it prepares to close its big deal by mid-year.

Unlike Starwood's deal with Marriott, which definitely had its share of ups and downs, its timeshare spin-off to Interval Leisure Group went pretty smoothly by comparison.

Preferred Guest members may be in for a lucrative year as Starwood starts offering up incentives.

The merger is approved and we're moving steadily towards the June closing date. How many of the combined companies' 30 brands will remain this time next year?

Picking up on anxiety within its loyalty program member ranks, Starwood is getting proactive on communication.

Anbang, who? We thought this day might never come, but here we are: Marriott and Starwood are now just a few months away from becoming the world's largest hotel company.

We can only imagine what Anbang and its investor group, as well as Starwood, must be thinking right now.