The Marriott International brand has become the largest hotel chain in the world, after its $13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide closed on Friday morning. The new deal ...

Caesars Entertainment and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide are jointly promoting their customer loyalty programs, offering guests an incentive to spend more on rooms, shows and meals with both ...

New combined rewards from Marriott and Starwood and a new president at Sabre are the travel industry headlines to watch today. Now, for the first time, the three programs are offering the same ...

Ben Greenstein didn’t expect to spend more than four hours on the phone over three days just to redeem points for a hotel booking in Boston. But Greenstein, an entrepreneur from Baltimore who travels ...

DALLAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) announced today the addition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. as a new Partner of ...

Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Uber are teaming up to offer the hotel brand’s Preferred Guest members the ability to earn more rewards points each time they take a ride with an Uber vehicle, ...

Uber likes to promote its service as an easy way to get from point A to point B with a smartphone. Now the company wants to reward you for making one of those points a hotel. The ride-hailing service ...

Tim Winship discusses the outlook for frequent flier and hotel-rewards programs Feb. 15, 2011 — -- The outlook for frequent-flier miles and points in 2011? It depends. While travel overall is ...

Twenty years ago, the hotel magnate stepped down from Starwood, which later sold to Marriott for $13 billion. Now, he wants to give it another go. By Michael J. de la Merced The big companies have ...