Starwood clients fear losing perks after Marriott merger
New York
FREQUENT customers of Starwood Hotels & Resorts are reacting emotionally to the news that Marriott International is acquiring Starwood, which owns the Westin, Sheraton and W hotel chains. It seems less as if a company they do business with is merging and more as if their mother is marrying a man they disapprove of.
"I'm livid," Hugo Espinoza, a San Franciscan who has spent 203 nights in Starwood hotels this year, said. "I dread to think what the merger will do to my platinum-for-life status."
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