Press Release: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
January 8, 2002
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- The travelers have spoken! Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) has earned
the distinction of having 56 of its hotels and resorts included on Conde Nast Traveler's prestigious Gold List
and Gold List Reserve featured in the magazine's January 2002 issue. More than 29,000 Conde Nast Traveler subscribers
voted for their favorite hotels, resorts and cruise lines around the world to make up the winners in the magazine's
annual Gold List.
Starwood boasts more hotels on Conde Nast Traveler's 2002 Gold List and Gold List Reserve than any other hotel
company. The hotels and resorts that won raves from Traveler's readers include many of Starwood's world-class properties
from the company's diverse portfolio of brands including: The Luxury Collection, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts,
Sheraton, Westin and W. Conde Nast Traveler's 2002 Gold List and Gold List Reserve sections include the following
Starwood properties:
THE AMERICAS (including North/South America, Mexico and the Caribbean):
- The Phoenician, Scottsdale, AZ (The Luxury Collection)
- The Westin La Paloma Resort and Spa, Tucson, AZ
- The St. Regis, Aspen, CO
- Princeville Resort, Kauai, HI (The Luxury Collection)
- The Lodge at Koele, Lana'i, HI (The Luxury Collection)
- The Manele Bay Hotel, Lana'i, (The Luxury Collection)
- The Orchid at Mauna Lani, Hawaii, HI (The Luxury Collection)
- The St. Regis, New York, NY
- The Essex House, A Westin Hotel, New York, NY
- The Westin La Cantera Resort, San Antonio, TX
- The Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX
- W Seattle, Seattle, WA
- The St. Regis, Washington, D.C.
- The Westin Resort, Hilton Head Island, SC
- Kapalua Bay Hotel, Maui, HI (The Luxury Collection)
- The Westin Maui, Maui, HI
- Sheraton Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Oahu, HI
- The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA (The Luxury Collection)
- The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, CA
- W San Francisco, CA
- W Los Angeles - Westwood, CA
- The Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa, Grand Cayman, BWI
- The Westin Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Sheraton Suites Le Soleil, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, BC, Canada
- The Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Park Tower, Buenos Aires, Argentina (The Luxury Collection)
- The Westin Regina Golf & Beach Resort, Los Cabos, Mexico
EUROPE:
- Hotel Bristol, A Westin Hotel, Vienna, Austria
- Hotel Imperial, Vienna, Austria (The Luxury Collection)
- Hotel Goldener Hirsch, Salzburg, Austria (The Luxury Collection)
- Sheraton Salzburg Hotel, Salzburg, Austria
- Prince de Galles, Paris, France (The Luxury Collection)
- Hotel Pulitzer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (The Luxury Collection)
- Grand Hotel, Florence, Italy (The Luxury Collection)
- The Westin Excelsior, Florence, Italy
- Hotel Gritti Palace, Venice (The Luxury Collection)
- Villa Cipriani, Asolo, Italy (Sheraton)
- Principe di Savoia, Milan, Italy (The Luxury Collection)
- Hotel Danieli, Venice, Italy (The Luxury Collection)
- The Westin Europa & Regina, Venice, Italy
- St. Regis Grand, Rome, Italy
- The Westin Excelsior, Rome, Italy
- The Turnberry Hotel, Golf Courses and Spa (A Westin Hotel), Ayrshire, Scotland
- The Westin Palace, Madrid, Spain
- Hotel Alfonso XIII, A Westin Hotel, Seville, Spain
- Hotel Maria Cristina, A Westin Hotel, San Sebastian, Spain
ASIA/AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC NATIONS:
- The St. Regis, Beijing, China
- Sheraton Laguna Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia (The Luxury Collection)
- Sheraton Towers Singapore, Singapore
- Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Bangkok, Thailand
- Sheraton Royal Denarau Resort, Nadi, Denarau Island, Fiji Islands
- Sheraton Mirage Resort, Port Douglas, Australia
- The Westin Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Sheraton on the Park, Sydney, Australia
Members of Starwood Preferred Guest(sm), Starwood's award-winning hotel rewards program, can earn and redeem
points at more than 700 Starwood hotels in 80 countries with no blackout dates.
Reservations for any of the above-referenced hotels and resorts can be made by contacting the following: for Westin
Hotels & Resorts, please call 1 800 WESTIN-1. For Sheraton reservations, please call 1-800-325-3535. For W
hotel reservations, please call 1-877-WHOTELS. Reservations for Luxury Collection hotels/resorts may be made through
the worldwide Luxury Collection Reservations offices, reachable toll-free in 34 countries (1-800-325-3589 in the
U.S. or Canada). For additional information, please visit Starwood's brand websites at www.sheraton.com;
www.westin.com; www.stregis.com; www.luxurycollection.com;
www.whotels.com and www.fourpoints.com.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with
750 properties in more than 80 countries and 110,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. With internationally
renowned brands, Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchiser of hotels and resorts including:
St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, W brands, as well as Starwood Vacation
Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.
For more information, please visit www.starwood.com.
Please contact Starwood's new, toll-free media hotline at (866) 4-STAR-PR (866-478-2777) for photography or additional
information.
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Contact:
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Mark Ricci, 914/640-8496
E-mail: mark.ricci@starwoodhotels.com