About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 900 properties in more than 100 countries and 155,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched AloftSM, and ElementSM. 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
With more than 2 decades of hospitality experience, Peter Hildebrand has worked in many key cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, where he had the great opportunity to become part of the local scene, understanding the local cultures as well picking up a smattering of Cantonese and Mandarin along the way. Peter started his career as a Corporate Management Trainee with Hyatt ...
Aloft Hotel Denver International Airport, a full service hotel close to DIA, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alissa Harvey as Director of Sales and Marketing. Alissa brings to the Aloft Hotel over 7 years of hospitality sales and marketing experience. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University with a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management.
W Hotels Worldwide today announced the appointment of Jenné Lombardo, entrepreneur and style maven, as its new Global Fashion Director. For more than 12 years, W Hotels has had a continuous commitment to fashion, and in 2010 appointed the first-ever Global Fashion Director for a hospitality brand – Amanda Ross. As the W brand continues to expand its international footprint and opens in fashion ca...
Jacobs joins Starwood with more than 20 years of brand management and marketing communications experience at Procter & Gamble (P&G). He has held assignments with P&G in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Connecticut and Ohio. Most recently, Jacobs was the North America Marketing Director for the Duracell Brand, where he led all aspects of marketing for the business and drove a turn-around in shar...
Ms Schoefl’s career began at Sheraton Frankfurt Hotel in 1988 after graduating from the Hotel Management School Schloss, Klessheim in Salzburg, Austria. She started in food and beverage before moving to the front office. After 10 years in Frankfurt, she took the Front Office Manager’s post at the Arabella Sheraton Pelikan Hotel in Hanover, Germany.
Eager to travel and meet new challenges, Ms Sch...
Hotel industry veteran and award-winning marketer Jennie Hoffman has been named an area director of sales & marketing, Los Angeles for Starwood’s Western Region. She will continue to serve as director of sales & marketing for The Westin South Coast Plaza, a post she came to in 2009.
The list of hotels she will oversee includes the W Los Angeles, the W Hollywood, the SLS Beverly Hills, The Wes...
The new W Taipei is pleased to announce that it has appointed one of Taipei’s brightest personalities, Charlie Lin, as the official W Insider – a clued-in concierge to connect the hotel’s savvy guests to Taipei’s hottest events, happenings and entertainment. In addition, W Taipei also introduces the first W Insider Guide for W hotels in Asia – the W Taipei Insider Guide; the quintessential guide...
With more than 20 years of brand and marketing experience, Povinelli has spent the last five years at Starwood in senior marketing roles. Most recently, Povinelli served as Vice President of Brand Management for the company’s North America division, overseeing marketing, advertising, brand management and strategic positioning for Starwood’s two largest and most global brands, Westin and Sheraton....
Besides managing the operations of the hotel and responsible for the continued success of Sheraton as the leading hotel providing luxurious comfort in Hong Kong, Charles also oversees Starwood’s footprints in Hong Kong and Macau, including W Hong Kong, Le Méridien Cyberport and The Westin Resort, Macau.
A native of Hong Kong, Charles’ experience in hospitality industry spans 33 years. He began ...
Roby brings to Starwood more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience. Most recently, Roby served as President and CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, a position he held since 2006. In that role, he was responsible for leading the sales and marketing organization charged with bringing business and leisure travelers to Chicago. He also directed the sales and marketing strategies...
From Paris Fashion Week, W Hotels Worldwide, the hotel category buster and industry innovator, tonight celebrates an industry first, the appointment of international stylist and fashion authority Amanda Ross as the brand’s first ever Global Fashion Director. For more than 10 years, W has continually broken new ground through innovative and first-of-its-kind fashion initiatives and programs. As ...
Prabhu, whose new title is Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, will continue to report to van Paasschen. In his new role, he is not a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Prabhu, 50, joined Starwood in 2003. Prior to joining Starwood, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Safeway Inc., one of North America’s largest food retailers. He also served as P...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has named Ralph Burnet, and his company RWB Development, 2009 Developer of the Year. The honor was announced at the recent Starwood North America Owners Conference held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The award was presented in recognition of Burnet’s two Starwood-managed properties, W Minneapolis – The Foshay and the recently converted, Le Meridien Chambers, bo...
W Hotels Worldwide has announced the appointment of Kevin Rockey as general manger of W London-Leicester Square, the contemporary lifestyle branded hotel operated by Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Rockey joins the 192-bedroom hotel from the Morgans Hotel Group where for the past 10 years he has held several positions including hotel manager at the Sanderson hotel and most recently as hotel manager at...
In his new role, Jacobs will head a team in charge of setting the creative vision for Starwood’s luxury and design-driven brands, including W Hotels, Le Méridien, St. Regis and The Luxury Collection. Specifically, Jacobs will oversee the design studio that directs the interior creative concepts and executes all style guidelines for the four brands across Starwood’s leading global portfolio. He ...
Scott Brooks has been named general manager for W Fort Lauderdale, which is scheduled to open this spring. Brooks has more than 20 years of hotel industry experience. Previously, he was the general manager for the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa in Hawaii, as well as the Westin Santa Clara in California. Brooks also served as the West Coast director of operations for Grand Heritage Hotel Group,...
In her new role, Vienna-born Ziegler will be responsible for leading the global development and growth strategy for the innovative and category-busting W Hotels Worldwide. With 10 years of proven success, largely in North America, W Hotels will triple its footprint by 2011, assuming its role on the global stage with properties scheduled to open in primary, vibrant international markets from Paris...
Two years after leaving Vietnam for a stint as general manager of the Sheraton Bandung Hotel and Towers in Indonesia, Scott Hodgetts has returned to launch the 281-room Sheraton Nha Trang Hotel and Spa. The veteran Sheraton executive expects to open the commanding, 30-storey tower on the Bay of Nha Trang in July as the first internationally renown 5-star hotel on the beach in Vietnam. In his firs...
Jeremy McCarthy, Director, Spa Operations, Development and Marketing at Starwood Hotels & Resorts, has been named Vice Chairman of the International SPA Association’s Board of Directors. McCarthy will begin his term in November during the 18th annual ISPA Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. McCarthy was elected to the ISPA Board of Directors following an extensive interview and selection proc...
Wednesday 29 October 2008
VIDEOS
Time to Check In to Starwood? | Frits van Paasschen Interviewed by CNBC's Jim Cramer
Finding bargains in a market that just went through the roof, like Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, with CNBC's Jim Cramer and Frits van Paasschen, Starwood Hotels & Resorts pres. & CEO.
Chinese Travel Boom | Interview with Starwood's Frits Van Paasschen
Discussing the business opportunities in China, Frits Van Paasschen, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, who just wrapped up a month-long re-location.
Video: Starwood Hotels Relocates to China
Discussing the company's move to China; the health of the hotel industry, and the direction of the economy, with Frits Van Paasschen, Starwood Hotels & Resorts CEO.
Starwood CEO Sees Recovery in Sector
"We are continuing to see the strength of the recovery," Frits van Paasschen, CEO & Chairman of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, said of the travel and leisure sector. He added that occupancy had improved in 2010 and that the focus this year is on rates.
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