Ngaba ucinga ukuba ukudityaniswa kweStarwood-Marriott kwenziwe isivumelwano? Ayikho njalo. Kwiveki emva kokuba uMarriott eyinyusile inkampani yotyalo-mali yase-China i-Anbang ngesithembiso sokuthenga ii-Starwood Hotels & Resorts kwihlabathi liphela, u-Anbang ubuyile nesicelo esiphezulu. Ngokwe- Ijenali yeWall Street , Isibonelelo sikaMarriott samva nje esinexabiso lezabelo zeStarwood kwi-79.53 yeedola enye; Ikhawuntari ka-Anbang yangena ngeedola ezingama-81, kwaye emva koko yonyuswa yaya kuthi ga kwi-82.75 yeedola ngesabelo ngasinye.

Njengoko besixele kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo xa umnikelo wokuqala ka-Anbang uqhekeziwe, ukufunyanwa yinkampani yaseTshayina kungagcina imeko yokusebenza e-Starwood-apho zombini iimveliso kunye nenkqubo yokunyaniseka ichaphazelekayo. Ukudibana noMarriott, kwelinye icala, kuphakamisa imibuzo malunga nokuba i-Starwood ingangakwazi njani ukugcina umoya wayo we-indie okanye inkqubo ethandekayo ye-SPG. Ukuxhaswa kwezinto ezinokubakho ekufumaneni iMarriott: ukudala eyona nkampani inkulu yehotele ehlabathini, kunye nokubanakho kwenkqubo yokunyaniseka enamandla kakhulu kwihlabathi.

Ke kwenzeka ntoni ngoku? Abanini bamasheya kuya kufuneka babe ne-8 ka-Epreli yokuvota kwisivumelwano abanqwenela ukusibona sihamba. Ukuba bakhetha ukwahlukana noMarriott-kwakhona-uStarwood uya kuba semgceni we-450 yezigidi zeedola kwimirhumo. Kwaye kwakhona, akukho kuthintela uMarriott ukuba abuye nomjikelo omnye wengxoxo. Njengoko u-CEO u-Arne Sorenson ethe wathetha kutshanje kumajelo eendaba, u-Marriott akakafoneli nasiphi na isithembiso esifanelekileyo kunye nesokugqibela.