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System Fund (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of System Fund Revenues | System Fund revenues comprise:
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | $m |  |  | $m |  |  | $m |
Assessment fees and contributions received from hotels |  |  | 1,036 |  |  |  | 979 |  |  |  | 934 |
Loyalty programme revenues a |  |  | 337 |  |  |  | 254 |  |  |  | 308 |
|  |  | 1,373 |  |  |  | 1,233 |  |  |  | 1,242 |
a | Loyalty programme revenue is shown net of the cost of point redemptions.
Summary of System Fund Expenses | System Fund expenses include:
|  |  |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | 2019 |  |  | R es tated |  |  | R es tated |
|  | $m |  |  | $m |  |  | $m |
Marketing |  |  | 461 |  |  |  | 427 |  |  |  | 405 |
Payroll costs (note 4) |  |  | 313 |  |  |  | 347 |  |  |  | 339 |
Depreciation and amortisation |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 49 |  |  |  | 41 |

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