Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Largest US lodging REIT owning luxury and upper-upscale hotels

What Host Hotels & Resorts does

Host Hotels & Resorts owns high-end hotels and resorts, mostly in the United States. It doesn't run the hotels under its own name. Well-known brands like Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and Hilton operate them, while Host owns the buildings and manages them as investments.

How Host Hotels & Resorts makes money

As a REIT, Host earns revenue from its hotels' room, food and beverage, and other guest spending, and pays management and brand fees to its operating partners. It aims to grow returns through disciplined buying and selling of hotels and active asset management.

Products & services

• Luxury and upper-upscale hotel portfolio (~41,300 rooms)
• Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Westin and W branded hotels
• Hyatt, Hilton and Fairmont branded hotels
• 1 Hotels, Swissôtel, ibis and Novotel properties
• Independent-brand hotels and resorts
• Hotel joint venture interests