Starwood Execs Packing For China

How cool would it be if you were a Starwood exec? Well Starwood announced that it will move its top execs to China for a month so they can immerse themselves in Chinese culture and their ways of doing business. This announcement also stated that Starwood has more hotels outside of the U.S. than inside [...]

St. Regis Announces 10 Hotel Openings Over The Next 12 Months

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts continues its dynamic global expansion plans with the debut of new hotels and resorts in Bangkok, Florence, China, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Mauritius and Bal Harbour within the next 12 months. Within this time frame, St. Regis will open ten new properties, which is the most the brand has ever debuted [...]

W Hotels Set To Unveil Six Newly Designed Hotels In 2011

W Taipei (February 14, 2011) – GA Design International has created a “nature electrified” design concept that fuses the rural surroundings of Taipei with the vibrant, high voltage core of the city. W Hotels Designer of the Future winner Zigelbaum + Coelho has also been commissioned to create an interactive chandelier for the hotel. W [...]

Starwood to open Westin Phoenix Downtown

Starwood Hotels & Resorts today announced plans to open its first Westin hotel in Phoenix, Arizona in February 2011. The Westin Phoenix Downtown will offer a prime location just one block from the Phoenix Convention Center, the city’s largest convention and entertainment facility. The 242-room hotel will feature sophisticated oversized guest rooms, averaging 550 square [...]

Le Meridien opens in Philadelphia

Starwood Hotels & Resorts officially opened the doors of their newest hotel, Le Méridien Philadelphia on May 6th. Located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia, the hotel is housed in the former YMCA building designed by prominent American architect Horace Trumbauer, who also designed Philadelphia’s Union League and Museum of Art, among other well [...]