Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Marriott International are among the large U.S. hotel companies that have stepped up efforts to broaden mobile apps and website features for meetings planners who want to remotely set up and tweak details for their events. Starwood, which debuted its eVent Portfolio Web-based app last October, has more than doubled the number of hotels for which the app can be used to 35. It is looking to make it available for 575 properties by year’s end.

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