Sheraton Hotels and Resorts

{{Short description|American hotel chain}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox company | name = Sheraton Hotels and Resorts | logo = Sheraton (1).svg | logo_size = 215px | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{Start date and age|1937}} Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. | founders = Ernest Henderson Robert Lowell Moore | hq_location = Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. | num_locations = 431<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/b82978a6-9d28-4e38-9855-fc4ae2cebe11 |website=Marriott Annual Report | title=2024 Marriott Annual Report}}</ref> | num_locations_year = December 2024 | industry = Hospitality | revenue = | num_employees = 145,000<ref name="HOOVERS">[http://www.hoovers.com/company/Sheraton_Hotels__Resorts/rrkckti-1.html "Profile: Sheraton Hotels and Resorts"], ''Hoover's''</ref> | parent = Marriott International | website = {{URL|Sheraton.marriott.com}} }}

'''Sheraton Hotels and Resorts''' is an American international hotel chain owned by Marriott International. {{As of|2024|December}}, Sheraton operates 431 hotels with 150,640 rooms globally, including locations in North America, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.<ref name=":0" />

===Early years=== The origins of Sheraton Hotels date to 1933, when Harvard classmates Ernest Henderson and Robert Moore purchased the Continental Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In 1937, Henderson and Moore purchased the Standard Investing Corporation and the International Equities Corporation, combining them into the Standard Equities Corporation,<ref>{{cite book| title=The Henderson Brothers Group| publisher=United States Congressional Serial Set| year=1942| pages=2742–2750}}</ref> the company through which they would run their hotels. Also in 1937, they purchased their second hotel, and the first as part of the new company, the Stonehaven Hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts, a converted apartment building. Sheraton dates its founding to that year and considers that property its first hotel.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sheraton.marriott.com/about-us/ | title=About Us }}</ref>

The chain got its name from the third hotel the pair acquired, in Boston, in 1939.<ref name=57report>{{cite web |url=https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/6q182k79w?locale=en |publisher=Sheraton Corporation of America |title=Annual Report for the year ended April 30, 1957 |via=University of Houston Libraries: Digital Collections}}</ref> It had a large lighted sign on the roof saying "Hotel Sheraton," which was too expensive to change. Instead, Henderson and Moore decided to call all of their hotels by that name.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22Sheraton+sign%22%22&ymd=1960-06-05&t=591 |page=13C |title=How Sheraton Hotel Chain Got Its Start |newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News |date=5 June 1960}}</ref> The original name was probably a reference to furniture designer Thomas Sheraton.<ref>{{cite web | title=One Address, Many Stories | BU Today | date=27 September 2012 | url=https://www.bu.edu/articles/2012/one-address-many-stories/ }}</ref>

Henderson and Moore purchased Boston's famed Copley Plaza Hotel in 1941, and continued expanding rapidly, buying existing properties along the East Coast from Maine to Florida.<ref name=57report/>

In 1946, the Standard Equities Corporation merged with the United States Realty and Improvement Corporation, forming the Sheraton Corporation of America,<ref name=57report/> which became the first hotel chain to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1947.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=https://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/about/index.html?categoryId=brand.about.history |title=History |publisher=Starwood Hotels & Resorts |access-date=2018-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723190455/https://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/about/index.html?categoryId=brand.about.history|archive-date=23 July 2015}}</ref>

===Expansion === In 1949, Sheraton expanded internationally, buying the Ford Hotels chain, with three properties in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1949/08/17/archives/sheraton-seeks-ford-hotels-co-30-a-share-offered-for-all-stock.html| title=SHERATON SEEKS FORD HOTELS CO.; $30 a Share Offered for All Stock After Purchase of President's Holdings| newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 August 1949| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,811868,00.html| title=HOTELS: Six for Sheraton| date=6 February 1950| magazine=Time (magazine)| access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> They quickly resold the Toronto and Ottawa properties to finance their continued Canadian expansion in 1950, paying $4.8 million to purchase Cardy Hotels, a chain of six properties in Ontario and Quebec.<ref>{{cite court| litigants=Hilda M. Cardy v. Vernon G. Cardy| court=N.Y. App. Div.| year=1955| vol=6037| access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> In April 1951, the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York City would host the 1951 NBA draft, which was the second ever draft under the NBA name and fifth overall NBA draft in existence by that time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Robert D.|title=The Basketball Draft Fact Book: A History of Professional Basketball's College Drafts|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810890695}}, pg. 20</ref>

In 1956, Sheraton paid $30 million to buy the Eppley Hotel Company, which was then the largest privately held hotel business in the United States, with 22 properties across six Midwestern states.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,866996,00.html |title=Hotels: Closing the gap |date=June 4, 1956 |magazine=Time |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> Sheraton retained ten of the largest hotels and immediately resold the other twelve. That same year, Sheraton acquired its first motels, purchasing two properties in the suburbs of Syracuse, New York.<ref name=57report/> In 1957, Sheraton, which had previously focused on acquiring existing hotels, opened its first newly built hotel, the Philadelphia Sheraton Hotel.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98342853/abilene-reporter-news/ |page=7-A |title=Philadelphians Suddenly Find New Hotel in Midst; Sheraton Goes All Out| newspaper=Abilene Reporter-News| date=8 March 1957| first=J. A.| last=Livingston| access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> In 1958, Sheraton became the first hotel chain to centralize and computerize its reservations when it introduced ''Reservatron'', the hotel industry's first automatic electronic reservations system.<ref name=RFB>{{cite web| url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/21/ITT-SHERATON-CORPORATION.html| title=ITT SHERATON CORPORATION - Company Profile| publisher=Reference for Business}}</ref>

In 1959, Sheraton acquired its first properties outside North America, purchasing four hotels owned by the Matson Lines on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii - the Moana Hotel, the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, the SurfRider Hotel, and the Princess Kaiulani Hotel.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.matson.com/corporate/about_us/history.html |title=History| publisher=Matson Navigation}}</ref> That same year<ref>{{cite news| url=https://wnbf.com/binghamtons-new-sheraton-was-big-news-in-the-1950s/| title=New Binghamton Hotel Was Big News in the 1950s| first=Bob| last=Joseph| date=June 7, 2017| publisher=WNBF News}}</ref> Sheraton opened its first newly built motel, marketed as a "Highway Hotel," the Sheraton Inn, located in Binghamton, New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/5712m7334?locale=en |publisher=Sheraton Corporation of America |title=Annual Report for the year ending 30 April 1959}}</ref>

The early 1960s saw the arrival of the first Sheraton hotels outside the US and Canada, with the opening of the Sheraton-Tel Aviv Hotel in Israel in March 1961 and two Caribbean properties in 1962 - the Sheraton-Kingston Hotel in Jamaica<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/can-democracy-survive-in-newly-independent-jamaica-archive-1962| title=Can democracy survive in newly independent Jamaica? – archive, 1962| first=John| last=Putz| newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=24 March 2022| date=14 August 2018}}</ref> and the Sheraton British Colonial in Nassau, Bahamas.

In 1962, Sheraton created a franchise division, primarily to operate Sheraton Motor Inns, large highway motels providing free parking.<ref>{{cite book| title=The Motel in America| page=128| first1=John A.| last1=Jakle| author2=Keith A. Sculle| author3=Jefferson S. Rogers| publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press| year=2002| isbn=9780801869181}}</ref> In 1963 Sheraton opened its first hotel in South America, the Macuto-Sheraton Hotel, outside Caracas, Venezuela.<ref name=history/> In 1965 the 100th Sheraton property, the Sheraton-Boston Hotel, opened.<ref name=history/> In 1966 Sheraton opened its first hotel in an Arab country, the Kuwait-Sheraton Hotel.<ref name=67report>{{cite web |url=https://digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu/concern/texts/0z708x22n?locale=en |publisher=Sheraton Corporation of America |title=Annual Report for the year ending April 30, 1967 |website=University of Houston Libraries}}</ref> In 1967 Sheraton unveiled ''Reservatron II'', a computer system for personalized reservations.<ref name="RFB"/> That same year, Sheraton opened its first hotel in Asia, the Sheraton-Philippines Hotel in Manila; its first hotel in Europe, the Sheraton-Du Cap Hotel on the island of Corsica in France; and its first hotels in Australia, two Sheraton Motor Hotels in Melbourne and Sydney.<ref name=67report/>

===Purchase by ITT=== In 1968, the multinational conglomerate ITT Corporation purchased the chain and immediately sold eighteen aging Sheraton properties.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/md/md1700/md1713/data/md1713data.pdf#page=15 |title=Belvedere Hotel |publisher=Library of Congress| access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref> Under ITT's ownership, Sheraton quickly moved away from ownership and operation of its properties to a new model of franchising and management, as the chain expanded greatly both in the US and abroad.<ref name=FundingUniverse>{{cite web| url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/itt-sheraton-corporation-history/| title=ITT SHERATON CORPORATION History| publisher=Funding Universe}}</ref>

In late 1969, Sheraton introduced the hotel industry's first<ref name="RFB"/> nationwide toll-free number, which displaced two hundred local Sheraton reservation numbers.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.hotel-online.com/press_releases/release/nobody-asked-me-but-no-213-hotel-history-sheratons-classic-advertising-cam |title=Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 213: Hotel History: Sheraton's Classic Advertising Campaigns| first=Stanley| last=Turkel |journal=Hotel Online| date=14 May 2019}}</ref> The radio jingle for "Eight-Oh-Oh, Three-Two-Five, Three-Five Three-Five"<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovpkBX8qf08| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/ovpkBX8qf08| archive-date=2021-11-18| url-status=live|title=1970's Sheraton Hotel Radio Commercial - 800-325-3535| website=YouTube| date=14 July 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Gary |last=West |date=July 14, 2015 |url=http://mrpopculture.com/thereport/sheraton-radio-commercial-1970s-800-325-3535 |title=Famous Sheraton Radio Ad, 1970s, 800-325-3535}}</ref> "ran throughout the decade and into the eighties" but the jingle's lifespan went even beyond.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/plop-plop-jingles-drop-out-of-favor |title=Plop, plop: Jingles drop out of favor |first=Bob |last=Garfield |date=3 January 2006}}</ref>

In 1970, Sheraton introduced the Sheraton Towers concept, a line of luxury "hotel-within-a-hotel" facilities designed for business travelers and located within Sheraton's largest and most exclusive hotels. The first Sheraton Towers to open was in the chain's flagship Sheraton-Boston Hotel.<ref name="FundingUniverse" /> That same year, Sheraton opened its first hotel in North Africa, the Cario-Sheraton Hotel & Casino. In 1971 Sheraton opened its first hotels in Continental Europe, the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel and the Sheraton-Copenhagen Hotel. In 1972, Sheraton opened its first hotel in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sheraton-Mont Febe Palace in Yaounde, Cameroon. From 1977 to 1997 the company was headquartered at 60 State Street in Boston.

ITT built the Sheraton Palm Coast Resort in the early 1970s to house potential buyers for the Palm Coast development. It was a small hotel with 106 rooms, not a typical Sheraton property, and it was later demolished.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reichenbacher |first1=Bruce |title=Sheraton Palm Coast Hotel Memories |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1183106082089507/posts/2257076021359169/ |website=Facebook |publisher=Meta |access-date=27 April 2026}}</ref>

In 1985, Sheraton became the first western chain to operate a hotel bearing the name of an international company<ref name=Foot01/><ref name=Foot02/> in the People's Republic of China, when it assumed management of the Great Wall Hotel in Beijing, a financially troubled two-year-old Chinese-American joint venture,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/24/business/a-new-team-checks-in-at-the-great-wall-hotel.html |title=A New Team Checks In At The Great Wall Hotel| newspaper=The New York Times| date=24 March 1985| last1=Burns| first1=John F.| url-access=subscription}}</ref> which became the Great Wall Sheraton.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1985/03/19/sheraton-to-run-hotel-in-beijing/8d353460-2ea0-4da5-80aa-739becf0b9d9| title=Sheraton to Run Hotel in Beijing| first=Sari| last=Horwitz| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=March 19, 1985}}</ref>

By 1987, ''The New York Times'' described it as "50 years old, the world's largest hotel chain, and consumer-driven."<ref name=30Jan87>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/30/business/advertising-a-smiling-sheraton-campaign.html| title=Advertising; A Smiling Sheraton Campaign| newspaper=The New York Times| date=30 January 1987| last1=Dougherty |first1=Philip H.| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

On October 24, 1989, Sheraton was officially rebranded as ITT Sheraton.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fddexchange.com/view-fdd-docs/sheraton-hotels-2016-fdd-summary/ | title=Sheraton Hotels 2016 FDD - Franchise Information, Costs and Fees }}</ref>

===Development in the 1990s=== On January 13, 1992, ITT Sheraton designated 28 of its premier hotels and 33 of the Sheraton Towers as the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ITT+SHERATON+CORPORATION+EXTENDS+SEGMENTATION+BY+PREMIERING+THE+ITT...-a014695306 |title=ITT Sheraton Corporation Extends Segmentation By Premiering The ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection| via=Free Online Library |publisher=ITT Sheraton |date=January 13, 1994 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101231953/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/ITT+SHERATON+CORPORATION+EXTENDS+SEGMENTATION+BY+PREMIERING+THE+ITT...-a014695306 |archive-date=2017-01-01}} </ref> The flagship of the division was The St Regis in New York City.

In 1994, ITT Sheraton purchased a controlling interest in the Italian CIGA chain, the Compagnia Italiana Grandi Alberghi, or Italian Grand Hotels Company.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/10/business/company-news-itt-s-sheraton-unit-in-pact-to-buy-ciga-hotels-of-italy.html |title=ITT's Sheraton Unit in Pact To Buy Ciga Hotels of Italy |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 10, 1994 |agency=Bloomberg News}}</ref> The chain had begun by operating hotels in Italy, but over-expanded across Europe just as a recession hit, and had been seized from its previous owner, the Aga Khan, by its creditors.<ref>{{cite news| title=How the Aga Khan Stumbled| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978648-1,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022101520/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,978648-1,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=October 22, 2007| magazine=Time| date=June 7, 1993| first=Adam| last=Zagorin| access-date=2007-12-31}}</ref> The majority of these hotels were placed in the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection, though a few were placed in the Sheraton division.

In April 1995, ITT Sheraton introduced a new, mid-range hotel brand, Four Points by Sheraton, to replace the designation of certain hotels as Sheraton Inns.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://buffalonews.com/news/sheraton-inns-to-get-new-name/article_3a67e994-df8a-55a5-8738-c861cf69c228.html| title=Sheraton Inns to Get New Name| date=April 21, 1995| newspaper=The Buffalo News}}</ref>

===Purchase by Starwood=== In 1998, Starwood acquired ITT Sheraton for $13.3 billion, topping an offer by rival Hilton.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98344343/the-atlanta-constitution/| page=D6 |title=ITT Accepts Starwood's Offer| newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution| date=October 21, 1997| agency=Associated Press| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> Under Starwood's leadership, Sheraton began renovating many hotels and expanding the brand's footprint.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/starwood-hotels-confirms-4bn-sheraton-expansion/ |title=Starwood Hotels confirms $4bn Sheraton expansion |date=February 17, 2010 |website=Breaking Travel News! |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref> Starwood also began marketing The Luxury Collection as a completely separate brand, even though it contained a large number of hotels still named Sheraton. Most of those properties have since been renamed. Only three such hotels remain today - Sheraton Addis in (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in (Bangkok, Thailand), and Sheraton Kuwait in (Kuwait City, Kuwait). Also in 1998, Sheraton joined with the Arabella Hospitality Group in Germany to create ArabellaSheraton,<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.sug-munich.com/en/Press/the-schorghuber-corporate-group-changes-its-hotel-strategy~press166/| title=The Schörghuber Corporate Group changes its hotel strategy| date=August 25, 2010| publisher=Schörghuber Group}}</ref> a joint venture under which 14 Arabella Hotels in Germany, Switzerland and Spain were rebranded as ArabellaSheraton Hotels.<ref>{{cite press release| url=https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PressReleases1998/ITTSheratonAdds31Hotels_Feb1998.html| title=ITT Sheraton Adds 31 New Hotels in Nine Countries, Includes New Joint Venture with Arabella in Europe| date=February 1, 1998| publisher=ITT Sheraton}}</ref>

In 1999, Sheraton bought the outstanding shares in CIGA, giving it complete ownership.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/30/business/company-news-sheraton-makes-offer-to-buy-the-rest-of-ciga-of-italy.html |title=Sheraton Makes Offer to Buy The Rest of CIGA of Italy |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 30, 1999 |agency=Dow Jones |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 2015, Starwood introduced the "Sheraton Grand" brand, higher-end Sheraton properties located in urban or resort destinations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hospitality-on.com/en/marketing/starwood-launches-sheraton-grand-single-out-top-tier-sheraton-hotels |title=Starwood launches "Sheraton Grand" to single out top-tier Sheraton hotels |website=Hospitality On |date=August 19, 2015 |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>

===Takeover by Marriott=== In 2016, Marriott International purchased Starwood Hotels, and the newly merged company again became the world's largest hotel and resort company.<ref name=30Jan87/> Although the Sheraton brand expresses quality in Asia, aging properties have made the US market more problematic.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://viewfromthewing.com/500-million-to-fix-lagging-sheratons |title=$500 Million to Fix Lagging Sheratons |first=Gary |last=Leff |date=June 6, 2018 |website=View from the Wing |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref>

In 2023, Marriott announced a new spinoff brand of Four Points by Sheraton, called Four Points Express by Sheraton, targeting the mid-range market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its first property opened in Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey that fall.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.marriott.com/news/2023/09/27/marriott-international-continues-affordable-midscale-growth-with-announcement-of-four-points-express-by-sheraton | title=Marriott International Continues Affordable Midscale Growth with Announcement of Four Points Express by Sheraton }}</ref> In 2024, the brand was renamed Four Points Flex by Sheraton.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2024/10/09/marriott-unveils-four-points-flex-by-sheraton-brand/ | title=Marriott rebrands Four Points Express as Four Points Flex by Sheraton }}</ref>

==Accommodations== {| class="wikitable" |- !class="unsortable"| !! !! North America !! Europe !! Middle E. & Africa !! {{0}}Asia &{{0}} Pacific !! Caribbean Latin Am. !! Total |- | rowspan=2| 2016<ref>{{cite web| url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/ff009de0-7abe-4813-9342-f4d8e33b87d2| page=7| title=2016 Annual Report| website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}196 || {{nb5}}62 || {{nb5}}{{0}}30 || {{nb5}}{{0}}123 || {{nb5}}{{0}}38 || {{nb5}}449 |- | Rooms || {{0}}74,350 || {{0}}17,069 || {{0}}10,015 || {{0}}47,207 || {{nb5}}10,183 || {{0}}158,824 |- | rowspan=2| 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/057a8e1a-a5c5-4c20-a51c-0b20bf8a0bc1| page=7 |title=2017 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}192 || {{nb5}}62 || {{nb5}}{{0}}30 || {{nb5}}{{0}}122 || {{nb5}}{{0}}35 || {{nb5}}441 |- | Rooms || {{0}}73,074 || {{0}}16,847 || {{0}}10,236 || {{0}}46,143 || {{nb5}}9,450 || {{0}}155,750 |- | rowspan=2| 2018<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/8799734e-b9e0-4e53-b194-7bd24a381118| page=6 |title=2018 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}190 || {{nb5}}61 || {{nb5}}{{0}}31 || {{nb5}}{{0}}123 || {{nb5}}{{0}}36 || {{nb5}}441 |- | Rooms || {{0}}72,674 || {{0}}16,580 || {{0}}10,408 || {{0}}46,073 || {{nb5}}9,882 || {{0}}155,617 |- | rowspan=2| 2019<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/178683c9-c9d9-47b0-b115-726588f43130| page=6 |title=2019 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}189 || {{nb5}}62 || {{nb5}}{{0}}31 || {{nb5}}{{0}}130 || {{nb5}}{{0}}35 || {{nb5}}447 |- | Rooms || {{0}}72,039 || {{0}}17,054 || {{0}}9,910 || {{0}}47,878 || {{nb5}}9,682 || {{0}}156,563 |- | rowspan=2| 2020<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/c5e1faef-f1e5-40e3-bd70-5efbbb929a7f| page=13 |title=2020 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}183 || {{nb5}}62 || {{nb5}}{{0}}30 || {{nb5}}{{0}}136 || {{nb5}}{{0}}31 || {{nb5}}442 |- | Rooms || {{0}}70,245 || {{0}}16,900 || {{0}}9,299 || {{0}}49,399 || {{nb5}}8,613 || {{0}}154,456 |- | rowspan=2| 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/33ba0a19-8a68-4f3f-9f73-fef2c458c22e| page=6 |title=2021 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}178 || {{nb5}}57 || {{nb5}}{{0}}33 || {{nb5}}{{0}}139 || {{nb5}}{{0}}30 || {{nb5}}437 |- | Rooms || {{0}}68,824 || {{0}}16,008 || {{0}}9,699 || {{0}}50,315 || {{nb5}}8,396 || {{0}}153,242 |- | rowspan=2| 2022<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/c0fb865c-15b1-4166-9846-49b548da1ce4| page=6 |title=2022 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}172 || {{nb5}}50 || {{nb5}}{{0}}33 || {{nb5}}{{0}}146 || {{nb5}}{{0}}29 || {{nb5}}430 |- | Rooms || {{0}}66,621 || {{0}}14,096 || {{0}}9,516 || {{0}}52,487 || {{nb5}}8,226 || {{0}}150,946 |- | rowspan=2| 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/ac930e85-f477-4fa8-b873-bf4d2e09ca33| page=6 |title=2023 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref> || Properties || {{nb5}}168 || {{nb5}}51 || {{nb5}}{{0}}32 || {{nb5}}{{0}}155 || {{nb5}}{{0}}30 || {{nb5}}436 |- | Rooms || {{0}}64,923 || {{0}}14,279 || {{0}}9,234 || {{0}}55,316 || {{nb5}}8,442 || {{0}}152,194 |- | rowspan=2| 2024<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://marriott.gcs-web.com/static-files/b82978a6-9d28-4e38-9855-fc4ae2cebe11| page=6 |title=2024 Annual Report |website=Marriott International}}</ref>|| Properties || {{nb5}}166 || {{nb5}}49 || {{nb5}}{{0}}32 || {{nb5}}{{0}}155 || {{nb5}}{{0}}29 || {{nb5}}431 |- | Rooms || {{0}}64,254 || {{0}}13,469 || {{0}}9,513 || {{0}}55,313 || {{nb5}}8,091 || {{0}}150,640 |}

== References == <references> <ref name=Foot01>Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels had opened the Jianguo Hotel in Beijing in 1982{{cite news| url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2011-05/27/content_12594939_2.htm |title=Building boom in hotel industry| newspaper=China Daily| first=Andrew| last=Moody| date=May 27, 2011}}</ref> <ref name=Foot02>and Holiday Inn had opened the Beijing Lido Hotel in 1984,{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NU4FvLirwEC&q=%22holiday+inn%22+beijing+1984&pg=PA18| title=American Businesses in China: Balancing Culture and Communication| edition=2d| isbn=978-0-7864-5157-9| last1=Street| first1=Nancy Lynch| last2=Matelski| first2=Marilyn J| date=December 11, 2009| publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers}} but neither hotel operated under the name of an international chain as of 1985.</ref> </references>

== External links == {{commons category inline|Sheraton hotels}} * {{official|http://www.sheraton.com/ }}

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