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|}} | operating_income = |}} | net_income = |}} | assets = |}} | equity = |}} | num_employees = 181,400 (2013)〔(STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.Form 10-K ), Securities and Exchange Commission, February 24, 2014〕 | homepage = (www.starwoodhotels.com ) | footnotes = 〔Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) annual SEC income statement filing. ''Wikinvest''. Retrieved 7 February 2011.〕〔Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) annual SEC balance sheet filing. ''Wikinvest''. Retrieved 7 February 2011.〕 }} Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is an American hotel and leisure company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.〔("Investor Overview" ). Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Retrieved April 7, 2013.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Starwood Hotels & Resorts (HOT) Details )〕 One of the world's largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties under its ten owned brands. , 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/company_info.html )〕 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. ==History== 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. In 1999, Starwood launched their "W" Hotels brand. In September 2005, Starwood announced the launch of Aloft, a new hotel brand based on W. Aloft Hotels catered toward business travelers. In 2005, Starwood purchased the Le Méridien brand. In 2004, Starwood's founder and CEO Barry Sternlicht stepped down as CEO to focus his attention on his other firm, Starwood Capital. He remained on the Board of Directors until 2005. He was succeeded as CEO by Steven J. Heyer, and Starwood began selling a number of its company-owned hotels, instead focusing on becoming a management company and franchiser for its current and future hotel brands. In April 2007, Steven J. Heyer left the company on the request of the Board of Directors because of an issue with Heyer's management style and after allegations of personal misconduct. Chairman of the Board Bruce Duncan served as interim CEO until September 2007, when the company announced Heyer's successor, Frits van Paasschen. Van Paasschen served as CEO until February 2015, when he announced that he was resigning in a mutual decision with the board of directors. Starwood has customer contact centers (CCC) in nine locations: Wichita, Kansas; Austin, Texas; Fall River, Massachusetts; St Thomas, Ontario; Cork, Ireland; Singapore; Tokyo, Japan; Guangzhou, China; and Gurgaon, India. In late May 2014 reports surfaced that the company had recently made a takeover bid for InterContinental Hotels Group worth $10 billion, which neither company confirmed or denied. In November 2015, it was announced that Starwood would be acquired by Marriott International for $12.2 billion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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