Variable Interest Entities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended										11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2012		Dec. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010		Dec. 28, 2012 Lower Limit	Dec. 28, 2012 Upper Limit	Dec. 28, 2012 CTF Entity location	Dec. 30, 2011 CTF Entity	Nov. 20, 2011 Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary Securitized Notes Receivable	Dec. 31, 2010 Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary Securitized Notes Receivable	Dec. 28, 2012 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary CTF Entity Entity location	Dec. 28, 2012 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary CTF Entity Liability Exposure for Rent Payments Secondarily Liable	Dec. 28, 2012 Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary CTF Entity Partial Liability Exposure for Rent Payments Secondarily Liable	Nov. 20, 2011 Former Timeshare Segment	Dec. 30, 2011 Former Timeshare Segment	Dec. 31, 2010 Former Timeshare Segment	Nov. 20, 2011 Interest Income	Dec. 31, 2010 Interest Income	Nov. 20, 2011 Interest Income Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary Securitized Notes Receivable	Dec. 31, 2010 Interest Income Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary Securitized Notes Receivable
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Interest income	$ 0		$ 1,088		$ 1,221														$ 143	$ 187	$ 116	$ 147
Interest expense	137	[1]	164	[1]	180	[1]					39	51					43	55
Debt issuance cost amortization											3	4
Limit to repurchasing defaulted mortgage notes at the outstanding principal balance							10.00%	20.00%
Defaulted notes voluntarily repurchased																43		68
Non defaulted notes voluntarily repurchased																21		25
Percent of tenant entities owned by CTF									100.00%
Number of hotels managed													5
Number of tenant entities to whom hotel management services provided													3
Number of properties fully released from guarantees with CTF									3
Number of properties partially released from guarantees with CTF									2
CTF trust account										0
Number of hotels liable cash flow shortfalls									3
Future lease payment														$ 12	$ 5
Number of additional hotels liable cash flow shortfalls									2

[1] See Footnote No. 19, "Related Party Transactions," to our Consolidated Financial Statements for disclosure of related party amounts.