WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) will be making a presentation during the Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Consumer Conference in New York on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 11:30am Eastern time. Vasant Prabhu, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, will be speaking at the conference.

Audio of the presentation will be provided through a live webcast via Starwood’s investor relations website at . In addition, the presentation slides may be accessed by following the same link aforementioned. The webcast will remain on the website for 30 days following the conference.

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 940 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 and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, W®, Le Méridien® and the recently announced AloftSM. 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 .

Jason Koval
Vice President, Investor Relations
914-640-8165
Starwood