Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. operates as a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT), with its operations conducted through Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. The Company is an owner of luxury and upper upscale hotels. It operates through the hotel ownership segment. Its hotels operate in urban and resort markets either as luxury properties under such brand names as 1 Hotels, Alila, Andaz, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Grand Hyatt, JW Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, The Don Cesar, The Luxury Collection and W, or as upper upscale properties under such brand names as Autograph Collection, Curio - A Collection by Hilton, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Hilton, Hyatt Regency, Marriott, Marriott Marquis, Sheraton, Swissotel, Tribute Portfolio and Westin. The Company owns 76 properties in the United States and five properties internationally, totaling approximately 43,400 rooms. It also holds non-controlling interests in seven domestic and one international joint venture.
