BUSINESS SEGMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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 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 new operating segments do not meet the criteria for separate disclosure as reportable business segments. Accordingly, we combined our four new 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 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, 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, before its sale in the 2012 second quarter, our Marriott ExecuStay corporate housing business; 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, SpringHill Suites, Fairfield Inn & Suites, TownePlace Suites, Protea Hotels, and Moxy Hotels located outside the United States and Canada.

We evaluate the performance of our business 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 business segment when assessing performance or making business segment resource allocations.

Revenues

($ in millions)	2014		2013		2012
North American Full-Service Segment	$	8,323	$	7,978	$	7,276
North American Limited-Service Segment	2,962		2,583		2,456
International Segment	2,255		1,957		1,794
Total segment revenues (1)	13,540		12,518		11,526
Other unallocated corporate	256		266		288
	$	13,796	$	12,784	$	11,814

⁽¹⁾  Revenues attributed to operations located outside the United States were $2,518 million in 2014, $2,149 million in 2013, and $1,912 million in 2012.

Net Income

($ in millions)	2014			2013			2012
North American Full-Service Segment	$	524		$	490		$	442
North American Limited-Service Segment	574			479			472
International Segment	295			228			251
Total segment profits (1)	1,393			1,197			1,165
Other unallocated corporate	(220		)	(203		)	(196		)
Interest expense and interest income	(85		)	(97		)	(120		)
Income taxes	(335		)	(271		)	(278		)
	$	753		$	626		$	571

⁽¹⁾  Segment profits attributed to operations located outside the United States were $327 million in 2014, $269 million in 2013, and $283 million in 2012. The 2014 segment profits consisted of segment profits of $99 million from Asia Pacific, $95 million from Europe, $74 million from the Caribbean and Latin America, $32 million from Canada, and $27 million from the Middle East and Africa.

Depreciation and Amortization

($ in millions)	2014		2013		2012
North American Full-Service Segment	$	52	$	57	$	46
North American Limited-Service Segment	22		21		16
International Segment	42		42		33
Total segment depreciation and amortization	116		120		95
Other unallocated corporate (1)	32		7		7
	$	148	$	127	$	102

⁽¹⁾  Includes a$25 million net impairment charge we recorded in 2014 on three EDITION hotels. See Footnote No. 3, “Acquisitions and Dispositions” for more information.

As a result of the changes to our operating segments discussed above, in the 2014 first quarter we reallocated goodwill among our affected reporting units based on the relative fair value of each remaining or newly identified reporting unit. We also determined that the estimated fair value of each reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount. The following table presents the reclassification of the goodwill we previously associated with our former Luxury segment to our North American Full-Service and International segments. The table also reflects goodwill added as a result of our acquisition of the Protea Hotel Group's brands and hotel management business in the 2014 second quarter. See Footnote No. 3, “Acquisitions and Dispositions” for more information.

Goodwill

($ in millions)	North American Full-Service Segment		North American Limited-Service Segment			International Segment		Total Goodwill
Year-end 2012 balance:
Goodwill	$	392	$	125		$	411	$	928
Accumulated impairment losses	—		(54		)	—		(54		)
	$	392	$	71		$	411	$	874
Year-end 2013 balance:
Goodwill	$	392	$	125		$	411	$	928
Accumulated impairment losses	—		(54		)	—		(54		)
	$	392	$	71		$	411	$	874
Year-end 2014 balance:
Goodwill	$	392	$	125		$	431	$	948
Accumulated impairment losses	—		(54		)	—		(54		)
	$	392	$	71		$	431	$	894

Capital Expenditures

($ in millions)	2014		2013		2012
North American Full-Service Segment	$	251	$	145	$	257
North American Limited-Service Segment	5		8		19
International Segment	87		93		96
Total segment capital expenditures	343		246		372
Other unallocated corporate	68		50		65
	$	411	$	296	$	437