Variable Interest Entities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 20, 2011	Dec. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Jan. 01, 2010
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest income		$ 1,088,000,000		$ 1,221,000,000		$ 1,123,000,000
Interest expense		164,000,000	[1]	180,000,000	[1]	118,000,000	[1]
Lower Limit
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Limit to repurchasing defaulted mortgage notes at the outstanding principal balance		10.00%
Upper Limit
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Limit to repurchasing defaulted mortgage notes at the outstanding principal balance		20.00%
CTF Entity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Percent of tenant entities owned by CTF		100.00%
Number of properties fully released from guarantees with CTF		5
Number of properties partially released from guarantees with CTF		3
CTF trust account		0
Number of hotels liable cash flow shortfalls		5
Number of additional hotels liable cash flow shortfalls		3
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Securitized Notes Receivable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest expense	39,000,000			51,000,000
Debt issuance cost amortization	3,000,000			4,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | CTF Entity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of hotels managed		8
Number of tenant entities to whom hotel management services provided		3
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | CTF Entity | Seven of Ten Hotels | Secondarily Liable | Upper Limit
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Future lease payment		20,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary | CTF Entity | Three of Ten Hotels | Secondarily Liable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Future lease payment		11,000,000
Former Timeshare Segment
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest expense		43,000,000		55,000,000
Defaulted notes voluntarily repurchased	43,000,000			68,000,000		81,000,000
Non defaulted notes voluntarily repurchased	21,000,000			25,000,000
Interest Income
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest income		143,000,000		187,000,000		46,000,000
Interest Income | Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary | Securitized Notes Receivable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 116,000,000			$ 147,000,000

[1] See Footnote No. 22, "Related Party Transactions," of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of related party amounts.