Starwood Hotels & Resorts Board of Directors Determines Revised Proposal from Consortium Consisting of Anbang Insurance Group, J.C. Flowers and Primavera Capital is Reasonably Likely to Lead to a “Superior Proposal”

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) (“Starwood”) today announced that its Board of Directors, in consultation with its legal and financial advisors, determined that a revised, non-binding proposal from a consortium consisting of Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd., J.C. Flowers & Co. and Primavera Capital Limited (the “Consortium”) is reasonably likely to lead to a “Superior Proposal” as defined in Starwood’s merger agreement with Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) (“Marriott”).