Marriott to buy Starwood in deal valued at $12.2 Billion

[Pete]

I didn't even realise they were up for sale...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... -2-billion

Wonder how they will sort out the loyalty programmes?

Hopefully they will keep Starwoods as its one of the best out there

Raffles at HFP mentioned the sale a couple of weeks ago, although the rumour was that Hyatt were the buyers.