WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it will release the Company’s first quarter financial results prior to market open on Thursday, April 30, 2009, followed by a conference call at 10:30am ET. The conference call will include a brief discussion of the quarter followed by questions and answers. The call will be moderated by Jason Koval, Vice President, Investor Relations.

Participants may listen to the simultaneous webcast of the conference call by logging onto the company website and choosing Investor Relations within the Corporate Information section of the website at 10:30am ET or by calling 719-325-4751 fifteen minutes prior to the call. In addition, a replay has been arranged, which will air from Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 1:30pm ET through Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 12:00 midnight. The replay will be available on the Company’s website or by dialling 719-457-0820 (access code is 9647010).

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 942 properties in 100 countries and approximately 145,000 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 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 .

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