BUSINESS SEGMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

BUSINESS SEGMENTS

We are a diversified global lodging company. During the 2014 first quarter, we modified the information that our President and Chief Executive Officer, who is our “chief operating decision maker” (“CODM”), reviews to be consistent with our continent structure. This structure aligns our business around geographic regions and is designed to enable us to operate more efficiently and to accelerate our worldwide growth. As a result of modifying our reporting information, we revised our operating segments to eliminate our former Luxury segment, which we allocated between our existing North American Full-Service operating segment, and the following four new operating segments: Asia Pacific, Caribbean and Latin America, Europe, and Middle East and Africa.

Although our North American Full-Service and North American Limited-Service segments meet the applicable accounting criteria to be reportable business segments, our four International operating segments do not meet the criteria for separate disclosure as reportable business segments. Accordingly, we combine our four operating segments into an “all other” category which we refer to as “International” and have revised our business segment information for earlier periods to conform to our new business segment presentation.

Our three reportable business segments include the following principal brands:

• North American Full-Service, which includes The Ritz-Carlton, EDITION, JW Marriott, Autograph Collection Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Delta Hotels and Resorts, and Gaylord Hotels located in the United States and Canada;

• North American Limited-Service, which includes AC Hotels by Marriott, Courtyard, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites, Fairfield Inn & Suites, and TownePlace Suites properties, located in the United States and Canada; and

• International, which includes The Ritz-Carlton, Bulgari Hotels & Resorts, EDITION, JW Marriott, Autograph Collection Hotels, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Marriott Executive Apartments, AC Hotels by Marriott, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Protea Hotels, and Moxy Hotels located outside the United States and Canada.

We evaluate the performance of our operating segments using “segment profits” which is based largely on the results of the segment without allocating corporate expenses, income taxes, or indirect general, administrative, and other expenses. We allocate gains and losses, equity in earnings or losses from our joint ventures, and direct general, administrative, and other expenses to each of our segments. “Other unallocated corporate” represents a portion of our revenues, general, administrative, and other expenses, equity in earnings or losses, and other gains or losses that we do not allocate to our segments. It also includes license fees we receive from our credit card programs and license fees from MVW.

Our CODM monitors assets for the consolidated company but does not use assets by operating segment when assessing performance or making operating segment resource allocations.

Segment Revenues

($ in millions)	2015		2014		2013
North American Full-Service Segment	$	8,825	$	8,323	$	7,978
North American Limited-Service Segment	3,193		2,962		2,583
International	2,200		2,255		1,957
Total segment revenues (1)	14,218		13,540		12,518
Other unallocated corporate	268		256		266
Total consolidated revenues	$	14,486	$	13,796	$	12,784

⁽¹⁾  Revenues attributed to operations located outside the United States were $2,761 million in 2015, $2,518 million in 2014, and $2,149 million in 2013.

Segment Profits

($ in millions)	2015			2014			2013
North American Full-Service Segment	$	561		$	524		$	490
North American Limited-Service Segment	651			574			479
International	292			295			228
Total segment profits (1)	1,504			1,393			1,197
Other unallocated corporate	(111		)	(220		)	(203		)
Interest expense and interest income	(138		)	(85		)	(97		)
Income taxes	(396		)	(335		)	(271		)
	$	859		$	753		$	626

⁽¹⁾  Segment profits attributed to operations located outside the United States were $329 million in 2015, $327 million in 2014, and $269 million in 2013. The 2015 segment profits consisted of segment profits of $98 million from Asia Pacific, $94 million from Europe, $63 million from the Caribbean and Latin America, $37 million from Canada, and $37 million from the Middle East and Africa.

Depreciation and Amortization

($ in millions)	2015		2014		2013
North American Full-Service Segment	$	55	$	52	$	57
North American Limited-Service Segment	21		22		21
International	40		42		42
Total segment depreciation and amortization	116		116		120
Other unallocated corporate (1)	23		32		7
	$	139	$	148	$	127

⁽¹⁾  Includes impairment charges of $12 million in 2015 and$25 million in 2014 on EDITION hotels and residences. See Footnote No. 3, “Acquisitions and Dispositions” for more information.

Capital Expenditures

($ in millions)	2015		2014		2013
North American Full-Service Segment	$	120	$	251	$	145
North American Limited-Service Segment	7		5		8
International	86		87		93
Total segment capital expenditures	213		343		246
Other unallocated corporate	92		68		50
	$	305	$	411	$	296