Onity Chosen to Become ASFONA Associate Member

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. October 14, 2008

ORLANDO, FL, JUNE 4, 2008. Onity announced today that the Association of Starwood Franchisees & Owners - North America (ASFONA) has chosen Onity as an Associate Member, and appointed Onity's director of sales / hospitality division, Daniel Foxworth, as Honorary Board Member. Onity, one of the world's leading providers of electronic locking solutions, is part of UTC Fire & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX).

ASFONA's mandate is to interact with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.(R) (NYSE:HOT) in the development of brand policies, standards, technology and all other issues impacting its members businesses. The overall objective of ASFONA is to ensure that all ownership groups and those in membership have a solid platform upon which owners and investors can work together with Starwood Hotels & Resorts' senior management team in building the best and most successful brands in the hotel industry. In this capacity, each Honorary Board Member is invited to join together with the Board of Directors and other invited hotel company participants at strategic meetings held in North America throughout the year.

"With membership offered by invitation only, Associate membership in ASFONA is strictly limited," stated John Shingler, president of ASFONA. "This exclusivity ensures our membership comprises a small, select group of companies qualified as highly regarded providers of products or services to the hospitality industry."

Commenting on Daniel Foxworth's appointment as a Honorary Board Member, Shingler stated, "Dialogue with Daniel just reinforces the importance of guest room security and the incredible advances in technology that have been made recently in setting the standard for securing guest room doors electronically and how this technology can be interlinked with energy management systems."

For additional information, please contact Terri Gray at 1-866-86-ONITY (66489), or visit www.onity.com.

Editor's Note: Electronic images are available by contacting Andrea Roland at Plan A PR & Marketing, Inc. Phone: 407-905-0608 or email: [email protected].

About Onity

Onity (formerly TESA Entry Systems, Inc.), a leading global provider of electronic locking systems, offers innovative technological solutions and services for the Hospitality, Corporate, Education, Government and Marine markets. The company's ever-expanding family of facility management solutions includes electronic locks, in-room safes, and Senercomm(R) energy-management systems. Headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, Onity has R&D and manufacturing operations in Spain, Mexico, China, and the U.S., as well as an extensive sales and service network that spans more than 115 countries around the globe. For information about Onity's electronic hospitality solutions please visit www.onity.com.

About UTC Fire & Security

Onity is part of UTC Fire & Security, which provides fire safety and security solutions to more than one million customers around the world. Headquartered in Connecticut, UTC Fire & Security is a business unit of United Technologies Corp., which provides high technology products and services to the building and aerospace industries worldwide. More information can be found at www.utcfireandsecurity.com.

About ASFONA - Association of Starwood Franchisees & Owners - North America

ASFONA is an organization comprising Sheraton(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, St Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Le Meridien, W Hotels, Westin(R), element(R) and aloftsm owners and owners' representatives. The overall objective is to ensure that all ownership groups and obviously those in membership have a solid platform upon which owners and investors can work together with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.(R) (NYSE:HOT) senior management team in building the best and most successful brands in the hotel industry. For more information, visit www.asfona.com.

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