{"id":124076,"date":"2015-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/marriott-hotel-chain-acquired-starwood-hotel-chain\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:58:17","slug":"marriott-hotel-chain-acquired-starwood-hotel-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/marriott-hotel-chain-acquired-starwood-hotel-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott Hotel Chain Acquired Starwood Hotel Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>On November 16, Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR) and Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced that their boards of directors approved the merger of the two companies, an action leading to the creation of the world&#8217;s largest hotel company.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The transaction combines Starwood&#8217;s famous brands, which cover important luxury hotel market niches, and their international reach with Marriott&#8217;s strong presence in classic hotel markets, giving rise to a much more comprehensive portfolio.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Together, the companies operate or franchise a total of 5,500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms. The combined annual revenue of the two companies as of the end of September 2015 exceeds $2.7 billion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The transaction value is estimated at approximately $12.2 billion. Starwood shareholders will receive 0.92 Marriott Class A shares and $2 in cash for each Starwood share held. Starwood shareholders will own 37% of the new hotel group&#8217;s shares.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"\/poze_articole\/marriott__512.jpg\" alt=\"marriott__512\" title=\"marriott__512\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivestar-hospitality.ro\/\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Fivestar Hospitality<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the value of the Marriott-Starwood merger?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The transaction is estimated at approximately $12.2 billion, leading to the creation of the world&#8217;s largest hotel company.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many hotels will the new entity operate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Together, the two companies operate or franchise a total of 5,500 hotels, comprising 1.1 million rooms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do Starwood shareholders receive following this transaction?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They will receive 0.92 Marriott Class A shares and $2 in cash for each Starwood share held, owning 37% of the new group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 16, Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR) and Starwood Hotels &amp; Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced that their boards of directors approved the merger of the two companies, an action leading to the creation of the world&#8217;s largest hotel company. The transaction combines Starwood&#8217;s famous brands, which cover important luxury hotel market niches, and their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124076"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}