Starwood Names Edward S. Netzhammer as Vice President of Global Revenue Management

Netzhammer brings to the position more than 15 years of experience in hotel management at leading properties throughout the United States. Most recently, he was managing director of The Westin Century Plaza Hotel, West Los Angeles' premier meeting, convention and exhibition destination. Prior to that, he was area managing director for The Westin Mission Hills Resort, Rancho Mirage, California and spent two years as area managing director at The Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego. In addition, Netzhammer oversaw such luxury properties as The Westin La Paloma, Tucson; Arizona Sheraton El Conquistador, Tucson; The St. Regis, Aspen, Colorado; and The Phoenician, Phoenix.

Before Netzhammer began his career with Westin in 1996, he held key positions at the San Diego Marriott Suites -- where he received the David Ling Award for Sales Leadership -- the Houston Marriott North at Greenspoint; the Radisson Plaza Hotel in Manhattan Beach, California; and several luxury hotels in Florida, Missouri and Louisiana.

Netzhammer received a B.S. degree in general business at Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA. Netzhammer and his family are relocating to the New York area from Los Angeles.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., through its St. Regis, Luxury Collection, Westin, Sheraton, Four Points and W subsidiaries, is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 700 hotels in 77 countries and 130,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.