Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Accounts Receivables

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Accounts Receivables
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Receivables [Abstract]  
Accounts and Nontrade Receivable
5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company generates trade receivables in the ordinary course of its business and provides for estimated bad debts on such receivables. The Company measures the expected credit losses of its receivables on a collective (pool) basis which aggregates receivables with similar risk characteristics and uses historical collection attrition rates for ten years to estimate its expected credit losses. As such, the Company measures the expected credit losses of its receivables by segment and geographical area. The Company provides an estimate of expected credit losses for its receivables immediately upon origination or acquisition and may adjust this estimate in subsequent reporting periods as required. When the Company determines that an account is not collectible, the account is written-off to the allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company also considers whether the historical economic conditions are comparable to current economic conditions. If current or expected future conditions differ from the conditions in effect when the historical experience was generated, the Company would adjust the allowance for doubtful accounts to reflect the expected effects of the current environment on the collectability of the Company’s trade receivables which may be material.
The following table sets forth the activity in the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts on trade accounts receivables for the years ended:
December 31, 2023 December 31, 2022 December 31, 2021
Beginning balance $ 64 $ 81 $ 72
Provision for/(recovery of) doubtful accounts 3 (2) 21
Bad debt write-offs (7) (15) (12)
Ending balance $ 60 $ 64 $ 81

Notes Receivable
As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had notes receivable of $28 million and $3 million, respectively, net of $1 million allowance for both years, which is primarily included in other non-current assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. For a significant portion of such notes receivable, the Company has received guarantees from the owners of these hotels. In addition, the Company had $15 million and $12 million of notes receivable, which is included in other current assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which are fully offset by a corresponding amount in deferred revenues.