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New York, NY | W Hotels Worldwide proudly presents The Sound of Wonderlust: W Hotels Worldwide Tour, a celebration of the W brand’s year long musical journey. Produced by SONY BMG’s Commercial Music Group, W Hotels’ groundbreaking new CD features music from award-winning and emerging artists such as Kylie Minogue, Natasha Bedingfield and Mark Ronson. Offering guests and brand loyalists contemporary style and sounds from global talents, the latest volume in W Hotels’ ultra popular CD series highlights music from the W brand’s current and upcoming destinations including, W Istanbul, W Doha, W Hong Kong and more. The Sound of Wonderlust: W Hotels Worldwide Tour is the latest addition to the W brand’s year-long musical celebration, W WonderLust Live Music Series, an exclusively curated musical journey. This year, W Hotels hosted performances by award-winning and emerging SONY BMG artists including Natasha Bedingfield at W New York–Union Square and Paddy Casey at W Los Angeles, with more performance dates and artists to be announced soon.

The first hotel brand to produce a CD that captured the vibe of its public spaces, W Hotels’ first CD titled Boite de Nuit featured the likes of Chaka Kahn, Marvin Gaye and Les Nubians. As the sixth CD compilation in W Hotels’ exclusive series, The Sound of Wonderlust: W Hotels Worldwide Tour, is packaged in the most eco-friendly CD packaging available: 35% post-consumer material and 100% recycled fibers. Designed to transport listeners and help them discover their own W Hotels’ Wonderlust beat, the playlist includes:

W Hotels Whirlwind Weekender Package:
Jetsetters can fly to any W Hotel in the world for a musical adventure all their own thanks to the Wonderlust Whirlwind Weekend Package, presented by MasterCard Worldwide. Each package includes a copy of The Sound of Wonderlust: W Hotels Worldwide Tour; the latest CD by one of the WonderLust Live Music Series Performers; an Altec Orbit-MP3 Speaker System; a copy of Glam! An Eyewitness Account Photo Book by WonderLust Live Photographer, the legendary Mick Rock; two cool cocktails, and a Wonderful Room. The Wonderlust Whirlwind Weekend Package is available at all W Hotels Worldwide (except W Maldives) on Thursday through Sunday stays from August 21, 2008 – December 30, 2008 and must be booked using a valid MasterCard card. Rates vary by property. For more information or to book, please visit www.whotels.com/wonderlust.

The Sound of Wonderlust: W Hotels Worldwide Tour CD is available for purchase in the Munchie Boxes of W Hotels, at W Hotels The Store locations and via www.whotelsthestore.com. It retails for $15.00.

About W Hotels Worldwide
W Hotels is a global luxury lifestyle brand with 24 properties in the most vibrant destinations around the world. Inspiring, iconic, innovative and influential, W Hotels provides the ultimate in insider access. Each hotel offers a unique mix of sophisticated design, chic comfort, and cultural influences from fashion to music, pop culture to art, and everything in between. W Hotels are unique and individual expressions of modern travel and stylish living, featuring world-class cuisine, destination bars and signature spas. In North America and Latin America, W Hotels have been announced in Austin, Buckhead Atlanta, Downtown Atlanta, Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Hoboken, Hollywood, Huntington Beach, Downtown New York, Santiago, Scottsdale, South Beach, and Washington, D.C. In Europe, W Hotels have been announced in Athens, Barcelona, London, Manchester, Milan and St. Petersburg. In Asia, W has announced properties in Bangkok, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao-Studio City, Shanghai and Yokohama. In Africa and the Middle East, W has announced properties in Amman, Doha, Dubai-Festival City, Dubai-The Palm and Marrakech. W has plans to open W Retreat & Spa properties in Bali, Koh Samui, Vieques Island and Verbier, the latter of which will serve as W Hotels’ first ski retreat. For more information, visit www.whotels.com.