Starwood Hotels brands include Sheraton, Westin, The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, W, and Four Points. SAP HR is a component of the mySAP.com(TM) Internet business strategy, which provides personalized solutions on demand.

The scope of the project involves combining and converting third-party payroll processors, primarily ADP and Ceridian, to SAP HR for Starwood's approximately 52,000 U.S. employees. Delphi also will work with Starwood to streamline master data processing and organizational management.

"Starwood chose SAP HR because of the ROI to our human resources and payroll communities, as well as the requirement to have a single, integrated human resources management system for our diversified hotel and resort properties," said Mike Morgan, vice president, Corporate Information Systems - Finance at Starwood. "We chose Delphi because they are a leader in implementing SAP HR and SAP Payroll in the United States. They have an experienced group to assist us with our efforts, which we believe would minimize costs and streamline the implementation. We wanted a consulting company that could get us live quickly and provide thorough knowledge transfer."

Other recent Delphi installations of SAP HR and SAP Payroll solutions include: On Semiconductor, Inc., Phoenix (September 1999); BHP Minerals, Inc., San Francisco (January 1999); Halliburton, Inc., Houston (January 1999); Public Service Electric and Gas, Newark, N.J. (January 1999); County of Sacramento, Calif. (January 1999); Burger King Corporation, Miami (April 1998); Sound Elevator, Seattle (July 1998); and BHP Hawaii, Inc. (January 1998).

"Starwood's implementation of SAP HR will be one of Delphi's largest implementations to date and contributes to the trend away from outsourcing payroll to third parties," said John Pask, managing member of Delphi Consultants, LLC. "Companies are demanding the control of their HR environments to quickly deal with personnel and cost issues facing companies in today's resource shortage. By implementing SAP HR, Starwood is demonstrating that it cares about how it manages, develops and retains its employees."

Delphi Consultants, LLC., is a SAP National Implementation Partner for the United States; its wholly owned subsidiary, Consultoria Delphi, in Monterrey, Mexico, services Latin America for SAP HR and SAP Payroll implementations.

Delphi offers the most experienced consultants in the industry and delivers a full range of functional and technical SAP HR and SAP Payroll skills for companies in the United States, Latin America and abroad. Delphi offers consulting services to configure and interface SAP solutions to the entire human resources organization, including time management, benefits, payroll, organization and employee management areas. This integration empowers HR organizations to quickly analyze resource requirements to better optimize the organization and supply chain. More information about Delphi Consultants, LLC can be accessed at www.delphis.com.

Starwood is one of the world's largest hotel and gaming companies, which, through its subsidiaries, operates the Sheraton, Westin, St. Regis, Luxury Collection, Four Points by Sheraton and W brands. Starwood's portfolio of owned, managed and franchised hotels and casinos includes more than 700 hotels and casinos in 72 countries with more than 223,000 rooms. SAP, SAP Human Resources, SAP HR, mySAP.com and all SAP product and service names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.