Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA, EBITDA from Unconsolidated Ventures, Capital Expenditures, Total Assets, and Investments

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Revenues:
Americas (a)	$	403	$	397
EAME		106		112
Asia Pacific		82		69
Vacation ownership and residential		508		147
Total segment revenues		1,099		725
Other revenues from managed and franchised hotels		598		555
Other corporate revenues- unallocated		18		15
	$	1,715	$	1,295

(a) Includes revenues of $274 million and $278 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, from hotels located in the United States of America. No other country contributed more than 10% of the Company’s total revenues.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012			2011
Segment earnings:
Americas	$	127		$	122
EAME		21			24
Asia Pacific		56			48
Vacation ownership and residential		116			36
Total segment earnings		320			230
Other corporate unallocated		19			15
Corporate selling, general, administrative and other—unallocated		(42	)		(37	)
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		(7	)		(33	)
Restructuring, goodwill and other special charges (credits)		11			—
Adjustments to equity earnings (a)		(8	)		(13	)
Interest expense		(49	)		(55	)
Depreciation and amortization		(63	)		(68	)
Discontinued operations, net		(1	)		(1	)
Income taxes		(52	)		(10	)
Net income attributable to Starwood	$	128		$	28

a) Includes interest expense, depreciation, and amortization expense related to equity earnings not allocated to segment earnings.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Earnings from unconsolidated ventures included in segment earnings is as follows:
Americas	$	8	$	7
EAME		—		—
Asia Pacific		10		10
Vacation ownership and residential		—		—
Total earnings from unconsolidated ventures	$	18	$	17

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Capital expenditures:
Americas	$	32	$	29
EAME		20		12
Asia Pacific		1		1
Vacation ownership and residential (a)		9		29
Total segment capital expenditures		62		71
Other corporate unallocated		18		18
	$	80	$	89

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Assets:
Americas	$	2,415	$	2,307
EAME		879		830
Asia Pacific		621		610
Vacation ownership and residential		1,694		2,056
Total segment assets (a)		5,609		5,803
Other corporate assets		3,915		3,757
	$	9,524	$	9,560

(a) Includes long-lived assets of $1.8 billion and $1.8 billion at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, located in the United States of America. No other country contributed more than 10% of the Company’s total long-lived assets.

	March 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Investments in unconsolidated ventures:
Americas	$	78	$	70
EAME		22		22
Asia Pacific		141		137
Vacation ownership and residential		30		30
Total investments in unconsolidated ventures	$	271	$	259