[2][1][7] Starwood had 11 brands and owned, managed, or franchised 1,297 properties comprising 370,000 hotel rooms in approximately 100 countries.

[8] Initially, Starwood Lodging owned a number of hotels throughout North America, all under different brand names.

[12] 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.

[13] In November 2009, Starwood announced that it would be moving its headquarters from White Plains, New York to Stamford, Connecticut by January 2012.

[14] Starwood had 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.

After the disclosure, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced an investigation into the data breach.

It began operating in 1937 and was sold to Starwood in 1998 by ITT Inc. Also under the Sheraton brand are seven vacation ownership properties.

[20] In February 1994, ITT Sheraton acquired a controlling interest in CIGA (Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi, or Italian Grand Hotels Company), an Italian international hotel chain which owned several luxury properties in Europe.

Though the hotels vary from newly built flagship properties to more modest conversions of previous hotels, they have a common theme of spare, minimalist modern decor and hip, informal names for categories of rooms and public areas.

W Hotels attempt to include the letter "W" wherever possible - the swimming pool is known as "Wet" and the laundry bag in every room is known as “Wash”.

Le Méridien was founded by Air France in 1972 and was acquired by Starwood in November 2005, by which point it was based in the UK.

Certain locations offer guests complimentary access to art galleries and museums through collaborations and partnerships.

[27] Element hotels are built eco-friendly from the ground up, from the floors made of recycled materials to energy-efficient lighting and plumbing fixtures.

In April 2018, Marriott began a pilot program offering vacation rentals under the Tribute Portfolio brand.