Starwood Preferred Guest Is Giving Away More Than 200 Trips and Millions of Miles! From Bali and Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro and Rome

Visit www.win-the-world.com October 16th - November 15th For Your Chance to Win

Press Release
October 16, 2000
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- Your own vacation villa one week a year for 25 years, a four-week trip around the world, millions of United Mileage Plus(R) miles, luxurious 7-night vacations and amazing weekend getaways are all part of Starwood Preferred Guest's www.win-the-world.com sweepstakes. From October 16th - November 15th more than 200 trips and 18 million United Mileage Plus miles will be given away, with travel prizes being awarded daily.

To be entered into the sweepstakes, visitors must play Guess the View and try their luck in naming one of the featured hotels based on a photo and four clues. Hotels included in Guess the View will be comprised of Starwood's renowned brands including Westin Hotels & Resorts, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Four Points by Sheraton, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, and Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc.

With daily giveaways, weekly prizes, and spectacular grand prizes, visitors to http://www.win-the-world.com will have plenty of chances to win.

DAILY PRIZES - Four weekend getaways to fabulous hotels will be awarded daily including:

• W New York
• Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin in Orlando
• Sheraton Bal Harbour in Miami
• The Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California
• W San Francisco

In addition to these weekend getaways, four additional winners will win 25,000 United Mileage Plus miles daily.

WEEKLY PRIZES - Every week, five lucky players will win a seven-day vacation package to exotic destinations and award winning hotels including:

• The Westin Excelsior in Florence
• The St. Regis Grand in Rome
• Turnberry Hotel, Golf Courses & Spa, A Westin Resort in Scotland
• Sheraton Laguna Nusa Dua Beach in Bali
• Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast Hotel in Australia
• Sheraton Rio Hotel & Towers in Rio de Janeiro.

    Three lucky players will win 100,000 United Mileage Plus miles each week.

GRAND PRIZES - At the end of the contest several grand prizes will be awarded including:

• Premier Grand Prize: Your own vacation villa, one week per year for 25 years at Sheraton's Vistana Villages in Orlando, Florida.
• Grand Prize: A four-week around the world vacation with stops in Hawaii, Australia, Hong Kong, London and New York.
• First Prizes: (2 winners) One-million United Mileage Plus Miles
• Second Prizes: (10 winners) An 8-day/7-night air-inclusive vacation.
• Third Prizes: (20 winners) A 4-day/3-night air-inclusive getaway.
• Fourth Prizes: (30 winners) A 3-day/2-night hotel stay.

For more information, and your chance to win a trip of a lifetime, logon to http://www.win-the-world.com.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT), is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 725 properties in 80 countries and 120,000 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 and W brands, as well as Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. More information is available from the company's web site: http://www.starwoodhotels.com.