In total, 30 hotel brands now fall under the Marriott umbrella to create the largest hotel chain in the world with more than 5,700 properties and 1.1 million rooms in more than 110 countries. That's more than 1 out of every 15 hotel rooms around the globe. Starwood owns 1,200 hotels worldwide, including the W Hotel chain. To get Starwood, Marriott had to outbid China's Anbang Insurance Group. Marriott and Starwood — like other hotel chains — own very few individual hotels.

Source: CBC News September 23, 2016 17:37 UTC