Luxury is alive! We’ve recently heard from two luxury brand hotel chains, Starwood⎯regarding W Hotels, St Regis, and Luxury Collection⎯as well as Marriott’s Ritz-Carlton Hotels, confirming that meeting and incentive travelers are back and booking business with shorter lead times. Starwood reports a 28% increase for the W Brand over 2009 and 15% for St. Regis and Luxury Collection. Marriott also gave a positive report for business travel and stated [...]
by Carol Lynch on May 7, 2010
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Interviewed by Maryann Hammers December 2007 Though Starwood Hotels & Resorts launched less than 15 years ago, it has established itself as one the world’s leading and largest hospitality companies, with more than 850 hotels in 90 countries, 300 new properties slated to open in the next three years, and nine distinct brands ranging from economy to luxury. Starwood takes extraordinary measures to differentiate its brands in everything from design [...]
by Susan Campbell on December 28, 2008
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