Sheraton is owned by Marriott (the United States, NASDAQ: MAR), which acquired the brand on 23 September 2016, as part of a $13 billion deal that also included Westin, W Hotels and St. Regis.[1][2] Sheraton was founded in 1937 in the United States and was independent until 2016.
Evidence: Marriott International, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Sheraton was the first hotel chain listed on the New York Stock Exchange and was the largest in the world for a time. Marriott acquired it with Starwood in 2016 and has been renovating the brand since, its reputation having slipped considerably.
Sentences about Sheraton from Marriott's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Owned, leased, and other revenue, net of owned, leased, and other expense increased primarily due to stronger results at our owned and leased properties, which included the results from the Sheraton Grand Chicago hotel that we acquired in the fourth quarter of the prior year.
The increase reflected a cash outflow in the prior year of $300 million in the "Restructuring and merger-related (recoveries) charges, and other" caption of our Statements of Cash Flows for the settlement of the guarantee liability associated with the purchase of the Sheraton Grand Chicago.
Capital and technology expenditures in 2025 decreased by $146 million compared to 2024, primarily due to approximately $200 million of spending related to the Sheraton Grand Chicago capitalized assets in 2024.
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
The USPTO record for the Sheraton mark lists THE SHERATON LLC as the owner of record (serial number 74278360). A trademark is often held by a group company rather than the listed parent, so the registrant's name can differ from the owner named above.[3]
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Marriott controls 26 brands on Brandtree, 26 of them in travel & transport.
The 57 brands in upscale hotels on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is H World, with 11; Marriott has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blossom House | H World | 🇨🇳 China |
| Genting Grand | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Andaz | Hyatt | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Avani Hotels & Resorts | Minor International | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Ascend Collection | Choice Hotels | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bahrain Airport Hotel | Gulf Hotels Group | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Lavande | Jin Jiang Hotels | 🇨🇳 China |
| Arjaan Hotel Apartments | Rotana | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
Marriott is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, United States, founded in 1927. Brandtree records 26 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MAR.
Marriott is the largest hotel company in the world by rooms and owns very few of the buildings its name appears on, operating instead through franchise and management agreements. Its 2016 purchase of Starwood brought thirty brands under one owner and created the largest loyalty scheme in travel.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sheraton is not one of them.
Marriott acquired Starwood Hotels & Resorts for about $13 billion, creating the largest hotel company in the world with around thirty brands. A rival Chinese-led bid pushed the price up during the process before being withdrawn.
The parent company of Sheraton is Marriott, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Sheraton originated in the United States in 1937 and its owner, Marriott, is also headquartered in the United States.
Marriott completed its acquisition of Sheraton on 23 September 2016, after announcing the deal on 16 November 2015. The deal, which also included Westin, W Hotels and St. Regis, was valued at $13 billion.
Sheraton was an independent company from its founding in 1937 until Marriott acquired it in 2016.
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Sheraton is still owned by Marriott. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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