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 28 October 2005
Starwood Announces Status of South Florida Hotels after Wilma
 WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that following the recovery efforts from Hurricane Wilma, five of its 13 hotels in South Florida are fully operational and guest-ready with an additional seven hotels expected to open in the next few days. Because of the hurricane preparedness plans that each of Starwood's South Florida properties implemented, Starwood's recovery teams were able to work immediately to bring the hotels back on line resulting in swift re-openings. The Sheraton and Westin at Our Lucaya Beach & Golf Resort on Grand Bahama Island were virtually spared from any damage and never closed.
As of today, Thursday, October 27, 2005 the following hotels are open for business:
- The Atlantic, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Sheraton Yankee Trader, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Sheraton Miami Mart, Miami, FL
- Four Points by Sheraton Miami Beach, Miami, FL
- Sheraton Beach Resort Key Largo, Key Largo, FL
The following is a schedule of hotels due to open in the next several days:
- Sheraton Suites Key West, Key West, FL. - Friday, October 29, 2005
- The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, FL - Saturday, October 29, 2005
- The Diplomat Country Club & Spa, Hallandale Beach, FL - Saturday, October 29, 2005.
- The Sheraton Suites Cypress Creek, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Monday, October 31, 2005.
- The Westin Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Monday, October 31, 2005.
- Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Tuesday, November 1, 2005
- Sheraton Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour, FL - Friday, November 4, 2005.
The Sheraton Yankee Clipper remains closed due to storm damage and scheduled remodeling. Unfortunately, due to the direct hit by Hurricane Wilma to the Cancun resort area, the Sheraton Cancun Resort and Towers and The Westin Regina Resort are not scheduled to reopen until December 20, 2005.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 750 properties in more than 80 countries and 120,000 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, and W(R). 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 www.starwoodhotels.com. Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and involve risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks and uncertainties include the risk that developers who delivered the non-binding letters of interest referred to above will not develop the properties indicated as well as other risks and uncertainties presented in detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained or that results and events will not materially differ. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Ellen Gallo
Phone: 914 640-8167
Email: ellen.gallo@starwoodhotels.com
 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
www.starwoodhotels.com
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- Stamford, NY 06902
Phone: (203) 964-6000
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