Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release Date

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it will release the Company's second quarter financial results prior to market open on Thursday, July 27, 2006, followed by a conference call at 10:30 a.m. (eastern). The conference call will include a brief discussion of the quarter followed by questions and answers. The call will be moderated by Alisa Rosenberg, Vice President, Investor Relations.

Participants may listen to the simultaneous webcast of the conference call by logging onto the company website , choosing Investor Relations within the Corporate Information section of the website at 10:30 a.m. eastern or by calling 719-457-2621 fifteen minutes prior to the call.

In addition, a replay has been arranged, which will air from Thursday, July 27, 2006 at 12:30 p.m. (eastern) through Thursday, August 3, 2006 at 12:00 midnight. The replay will be available on the Company's website or by dialing 719-457-0820 (access code is 4870671).

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced Aloft(SM). Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit .

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 1,200 properties in some 100 countries and over 180,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St.