Financial Times reported on Thursday the InterContinental Hotels (IHG.L) and rival Starwood Hotels (HOT.N) have held early deal talks.
The informal talks are very tentative and Starwood may choose another suitor or pursue another strategy, cautioned people familiar with the discussions, the FT reported.
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A merger would create the world’s largest hotel operator, with more than 1 million rooms in 100 countries. The talks are tentative and Starwood may chose a different partner or follow another strategy, the FT reported, citing two people familiar with the discussions.
“We never comment on speculation, and if somebody makes an offer, we’re a British company, and we’d consider it, ” InterContinental Chief Executive Officer Richard Solomons said in an interview on Bloomberg Television on Thursday. Solomons made the comments following the company’s first-half earnings release, before the Financial Times published its article.
Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood is one of the world’s largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties under its ten owned brands.
As of 1 December 2014, Starwood Hotels and Resorts owned, managed, or franchised over 1, 200 properties employing over 180, 400 people, of whom approximately 26% were employed in the United States.
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