Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the management of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland and currently employs 163 full-time employees. The firm is an owner of luxury and upper-upscale hotels. The company operates through a single segment, hotel ownership. Its hotels operate in urban and resort markets either as luxury properties under brand names, such as 1 Hotels, Alila, Andaz, Fairmont, Four Seasons, Grand Hyatt, JW Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, The Don Cesar, The Luxury Collection and W, or as upper upscale properties under such brand names as Autograph Collection, Curio - A Collection by Hilton, Embassy Suites by Hilton, Hilton, Hyatt Regency, Marriott, Marriott Marquis, Sheraton, Swissotel, Tribute Portfolio and Westin. The firm owns approximately 74 properties in the United States and five properties internationally totaling approximately 42,700 rooms. The company also holds non-controlling interests in seven domestic and one international joint venture.