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Starwood to extend Latin America hotel footprint by 50%

October 6, 2016 • Alicia
Starwood Hotels & Resorts increases its operating hotel footprint in Latin America by 50 percent through the next five years, opening an ordinary of 7 new hotels per year within the region. Emphasizing Latin American’s growth potential as one of the most world’s fastest growing hotel and travel markets, Starwood’s CEO Frits van Paasschen and members of the company’s senior executive team visited Latin America last week, traveling to key growth markets, including Brazil and Colombia. “Macro-economic trends continue to reshape the Latin American travel and business landscape, creating strong growth in lodging demand and lots opportunities for Starwood to expand inside the region,” said Frits van Paasschen, President and CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts. “At an analogous time, Latin America’s middle class grew by 50 percent within the last...
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News: Starwood Hotels concludes month-long immersion in Dubai

June 30, 2015 • admin
Marking the belief of Starwood’s month-long relocation to Dubai, Frits van Paasschen, President & CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has shared highlights and insights from the company’s immersion within the Middle East. Throughout the month of March, van Paasschen and members of Starwood’s Senior Leadership Team met with 3,000 associates, conducted nearly 50 owner meetings and visited all 14 Starwood hotels in Dubai, that is the company’s second largest hotel market behind only Ny city. The team also took good thing about Dubai’s strategic location to travel to 19 cities across 12 countries, meeting with government officials and potential development partners in fast-growing markets, including Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and India. In the course of the five-week relocation, the team travelled 61,000 kilometres (38,000 miles)...
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News: Starwood Hotels luxury footprint doubles in five years

June 24, 2015 • admin
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced its luxury footprint has nearly doubled worldwide in five years to fulfill growing global demand. Starwood is lengthening its lead in luxury hospitality with greater than 160 hotels in 39 countries as portion of The luxurious Collection, St. Regis and W brands, offering guests and residents personalised service and exceptional experiences world wide.  Looking ahead, Starwood will add 50 luxury hotels in 12 new countries over the subsequent five years. Today, 85 percent of Starwood’s luxury guests hail from generations X and Y, and the corporate is uniquely positioned to cater to this emerging and ever-more global generation of affluent travellers. Starwood continues to aggressively spend money on the creation, renovation and restoration of its luxury pipeline in anticipation of a seismic growth of...
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New leadership for Starwood in Europe

April 19, 2015 • admin
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced Roeland Vos, long-time president of Starwood Europe, Africa, & Middle East, will step down and be succeeded by Michael Wale, a 35-year Starwood veteran who most recently served as senior vice chairman and director of operations for Western Europe. Vos will transition right into a consulting role with the corporate, effective June 1st, 2013. Frits van Paasschen, president and chief executive, Starwood, stated: “We are grateful to Roeland for his many outstanding contributions to Starwood during his greater than 30 years with the corporate. “One of one of the most respected operators within the industry, Roeland has overseen Starwood’s growth across a various region, and through his 12-year tenure leading EAME we’ve nearly doubled our hotel footprint within the region and accelerated our business...
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Starwood Hotels luxury footprint doubles in five years

February 22, 2015 • admin
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has announced its luxury footprint has nearly doubled worldwide in five years to fulfill growing global demand. Starwood is lengthening its lead in luxury hospitality with greater than 160 hotels in 39 countries as portion of The posh Collection, St. Regis and W brands, offering guests and residents personalised service and exceptional experiences worldwide.  Looking ahead, Starwood will add 50 luxury hotels in 12 new countries over the following five years. Today, 85 percent of Starwood’s luxury guests hail from generations X and Y, and the corporate is uniquely positioned to cater to this emerging and ever-more global generation of affluent travellers. Starwood continues to aggressively put money into the creation, renovation and restoration of its luxury pipeline in anticipation of a seismic growth of worldwide...
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