Starwood News And Developments Update - September 2005

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. October 14, 2008

UNITED KINGDOM, October 13, 2005.

ST. REGIS AND BOTTEGA VENETA PARTNER TO CREATE THE BOTTEGA VENETA FOR ST. REGIS WEEKEND BAG

St. Regis and Bottega Veneta, announce the creation of the Bottega Veneta for St. Regis Weekend Bag, the first travel-inspired fashion accessory of its kind. The limited edition bag, only 25 produced, ensures immediate collector's status, available in Bottega Veneta's New York and San Francisco stores, commemorating the 100th anniversary of The St. Regis Hotel, New York and welcoming the arrival of St. Regis Hotel & Residences, San Francisco this autumn. The bag functions as a men's or women's travel bag, and is fashioned of supple nappa leather in Bottega Veneta's signature Intrecciato weave, retails for $4500. www.stregis.com

ST. REGIS TO DEBUT IN LATIN AMERICA WITH THE NEW ST. REGIS HOTEL, MEXICO CITY

Starwood announces plans to build the first St. Regis Hotel in Latin America. Scheduled to open in 2007, the St. Regis Hotel, Mexico City is owned by Grupo 1818, and developed by Ideurban Consultores. It will boast the city's most luxurious accommodations, with 189 luxurious guest rooms and suites and approx. 100 stunning private residences. The hotel will also feature a second-to-none location, butler service, an exclusive Rem`ede Spa, fine dining restaurants and wine cellar. www.stregis.com

KERRY D. HATCH IS NEWLY APPOINTED PRESIDENT FOR ST REGIS AND THE LUXURY COLLECTION

Starwood announces the appointment of Kerry D. Hatch to President of St. Regis and The Luxury Collection. In this newly created role, Ms. Hatch will report to Steven J. Heyer, Starwood's CEO, and will be based in the company's headquarters in White Plains, NY. Ms. Hatch joins the company as its highest ranking woman and one of the most senior women in the travel industry. In her new role, Ms. Hatch will oversee all aspects of Starwood's ultra-deluxe St. Regis brand and The Luxury Collection, comprised of some of the world's most revered and celebrated hotels.

WESTIN

STARWOOD HOTELS ANNOUNCES FIRST WESTIN HOTEL IN DOWNTOWN PARIS

Starwood has entered into a long-term management agreement with an affiliate of GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd to operate the formerly Intercontinental Paris Hotel. The Westin Paris will featuring 438 rooms, a 4,300 sq ft ballroom and 11 meeting rooms, providing a total of 21,500 sq ft of versatile meeting space. The hotel also boasts 1 gourmet restaurant, a bar and a health & spa area. It will remain open for business throughout the conversion period which is due to completion by Jan 06. The hotel underwent a EUR46m refurbishment in 1998 and the owners will invest an additional EUR12m to convert this property to Westin Brand standards, including all of Westin's signature standards and products. www.westin.com

WESTIN DEBUTS IN CHICAGO SUBURB WITH 500-ROOM HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTRE

Starwood, the Village of Lombard and Mid-America Hotel Partners, LLC announce a new hotel and conference centre in Lombard, IL, USA. The Westin Lombard, Yorktown Centre, just 20 miles of downtown Chicago, to be completed within 24 months, will feature Westin's signature Heavenly Bed(R), Heavenly Bath(R), WestinWORKOUT(R) fitness centre and guest rooms. Also featuring a fully equipped 50,000 sq ft of meeting space, 15,000 sq ft of pre-function space and a 20,000 sq ft Grand Ballroom. Harry Caray's Restaurant Group will operate Harry Caray's Restaurant, and its new restaurant concept, Holy Mackerel! American Fish House in the Westin. www.westin.com

WESTIN TO BE CORNERSTONE OF MIAMI'S PREMIER WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

Starwood and Flagstone Property Group announce plans for a 350-room Westin hotel on Miami's Watson Island, USA. Situated on Biscayne Bay it will be part of a $480m mixed-use Island Gardens project, in addition to Westin's signature services and amenities, the project include a 50-slip "super yacht" harbour; sophisticated shops and restaurants, a world-class destination spa plus luxury residences. The Westin Miami at Island Gardens is due to open in early 2008. www.westin.com

SOPHISTICATION DELIVERED TO YOUR ROOM

The Westin Dublin has introduced a new concept - in partnership with the premium vodka brand Ketel One, the hotel has created the 'Sophistication Delivered To Your Room' cocktail menu - where guests can order a 'Westini' delivered to their room. The menu offers a selection of five Westini cocktails, served from a silver shaker on a silver platter. The in-room cocktails have proved very popular with guests - in particular for smoking guests who can no longer enjoy a drink and a cigarette in Ireland's bars. The cocktails on offer, for lb8.90 include The Ultimate Apple Westini, The Ultimate Vodka Westini and appealing mainly to female guests The Ultimate Chocolate Orange Westini, Ketel One Vodka shaken with Cr`eme de Cacao, Cointreau and orange juice. www.westin.com/dublin

THE SENIOR BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP, COMES BACK TO TURNBERRY IN 2006

The Westin Turnberry Resort, Ayrshire, has announced that the prestigious Senior British Open Championship, presented by Aberdeen Asset Management, will come back to Turnberry on July 27-30, in the hotel's centenary year, 2006. Following the success of the last Senior British Open Championship at Turnberry in 2003, it will be played on the magnificent Ailsa course, host to three Open Championships in 77, 86 & 94 and five Senior British Open Championships including the inaugural tournament in 1987. The Ailsa is regularly acknowledged as one of Britain's top three courses as well as consistently being ranked in the world's top 20 courses. With spectacular views sweeping across the Irish Sea to the Ailsa Craig, the Isle of Arran and the Mull of Kintyre with the picturesque lighthouse on the horizon, the Ailsa will provide a magnificent and memorable setting for this championship. www.westin.com/turnberry

SHERATON

STARWOOD GROWS IN ALGERIA WITH THE OPENING OF SHERATON ORAN HOTEL & TOWERS

Starwood announces the opening of the new Sheraton Oran Hotel & Towers. With a total investment of $22m, it is owned by Soci'et'e de D'eveloppement Hotelier and will be managed by Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. The 18-storey hotel offers 321-rooms, a large conference centre, a French Brasserie, a Spanish restaurant, "The Ciel d'Oran" offering daily fresh seafood and sushi, "The Lobby Bar", "The Pub", a typical English pub in a warm and cosy atmosphere for informal gatherings, "L'Atmosph`ere" the hotel's premium late night spot, a health club with indoor and outdoor pools. www.sheraton.com/oran

STARWOOD CELEBRATES THE GRAND OPENING OF ITS 8TH PROPERTY IN ARGENTINA

Starwood announces grand opening of the Sheraton Salta, the first international hotel in the historic city of Salta, Argentina, owned by Complejo Monumento G"uemes S.A. It will be the first internationally branded hotel in Salta, with 145 rooms offering panoramic views of the city, featuring brand's signature Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed, and high-speed Internet access. The hotel also features over 4,500 sq ft of meeting space and fully equipped business centre. Dining options include a gourmet restaurant serving regional cuisine, a buffet-style restaurant and lobby bar. The outdoor swimming pool features a Jacuzzi, sun deck, and poolside snack bar. Additional guest services include a spa, sauna and a fitness centre. www.sheraton.com/salta

HOTEL'S $32 MILLION EXTREME MAKEOVER TO FEATURE SMART, STYLISH NEW LOOK

Western Hotel Properties, LLC, announce a franchise agreement with Sheraton, following an expansive $32m renovation, the 490-room Coast Anaheim Hotel, California USA, will be re-flagged as the Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort in the spring of 2006. The sprawling 11-acre property is located adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Centre and one block from Disneyland`O. www.sheraton.com

BUDDING BELLES OF BELGRAVIA

The Sheraton Belgravia has launched Miss Belle-gravia, an exclusive pampering package developed for teenage girls who would like to indulge themselves with some pampering time away from grown ups. Teenage beauty queens can check into the boutique style hotel, together with their friends, for an exclusive sleep over of pampering and Chick Flicks. The hotel is the ideal venue for Teens to organise a get together with their friends to celebrate a birthday or end of exams, to enjoy an in-room manicure, a pampering pack, glossy magazines, a Chick Flick movie and a choice of naughty or nice breakfast smoothies. The Miss Belle-gravia package, on offer to girls from 14 to 18 years old, including the elements listed above, as well as Continental buffet breakfasts, starts from lb299 per night plus tax, based on two or three people sharing. To book visit www.sheraton.com/belle-gravia, e-mail [email protected] or call 0870 35 35 353, quoting Miss Belle.

FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON

OFFICIAL OPENING OF FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON PANORAMAHAUS DORNBIRN, AUSTRIA

Starwood announces official opening of the new Four Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus Dornbirn in Austria. A franchise agreement with Panoramahaus Hotel und Gesundheitszentrum Betriebgesellschaft mbH, developed with an investment of approx. EUR50m. It's located on the upper floors of the glass-aluminium ellipse Panoramahaus, the highest building in Vorarlberg, next to Dornbirn's Trade Fair Convention Grounds, which features almost 50,000 sq m of exhibition space. The 106 rooms-hotel includes 4 Wellness-Suites, 5 meeting rooms and a 450 sq m ball room and rooftop Sky restaurant and bar. www.fourpoints.com/dornbirn

NEW FOUR POINTS IN LONG ISLAND, USA

Starwood's moderately-priced brand, announces the grand opening of its first hotel on Long Island - Four Points by Sheraton Plainview. The newly constructed 103-room hotel is conveniently located off the island's main east-west highway, only 45 min from midtown Manhattan and 35 miles from New York City's major airports. The hotel is owned by 333 South Service Road, LLC and will feature the brand's new Four Points by Sheraton Four Comfort Bed, 5,000 sq ft of meeting space, complimentary high-speed Internet access, marble bathrooms, Jacuzzi Suites, state-of-the-art fitness centre, 24-hour business centre, Super's Caf'e & Bar and an outdoor swimming pool. www.fourpoints.com/plainview

OTHER NEWS

W HOTELS IS GOING ALOFT: NEW STARWOOD BRAND TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS

Starwood and its stylish W Hotels division reveals the official name and concept details for its much-anticipated new brand in the select-service hotel category: aloft. Conceived by the same W Hotels team that is widely regarded as creators of one of the most successful new brands in decades, the aloft brand will bring this tired, stagnant travel segment to new heights. aloft will raise the bar in the select-service category, offering urban-inspired, loft-like guest rooms, enhanced technology services, landscaped outdoor spaces for socializing day and night, and an energetic lounge scene. The first aloft properties will be located in Lexington, Massachusetts, Tucson, Arizona, San Francisco Airport, Philadelphia Airport, and Cherry Creek, Colorado. Starwood anticipates the first hotels to break ground in early 2006 and open in early 2007, with 500 properties worldwide expected by 2012. www.starwoodhotels.com