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- Travel Roundup: Starwood Sues Hilton, Icahn Pushes MGM Mirage, Florida Wants Staycations and More
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts sues Hilton for industrial espionage -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. is suing Hilton Hotels Corp. and two of its executives, saying its competitor stole company secrets. Starwood alleges that the two of its former employees, now at Hilton Hotels, stole more than 100,000 electronic files before...
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Travel Roundup: Injunction on Hilton's Denizen Brand, JetBlue's Sabre Makes Surcharges Easier, Motel Turns Affordable Housing and More
- U.S. District Court places temporary injunction on Hilton's Denizen brand -- Judge Stephen C. Robinson, U.S. District judge for the Southern District of New York, placed a preliminary injunction on any further work on the Hilton Hotels Corp.'s Denizen brand and using any of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.'s documents...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Hilton Gets Subpoena in Starwood's Industrial Espionage Lawsuit
- Just when you thought all hotel news was about falling prices and the recession, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. kicks it up a notch, announcing late last week that it's suing Hilton Hotels Corp. and its employees for stealing more than 100,000 documents and files from Starwood to create their own luxury brand...
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Starwood Sells Bliss Spas to Shore Up Profit
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced its plans to sell off its Bliss spa and product unit of its company to Steiner Leisure Limited for $100 million after a disappointing third-quarter profit." As part of the agreement, Bliss and Remede spas and amenities will be exclusively at W Hotels and St. Regis...
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Starwood to Start Think Tank
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced today it would move its luxury brands to Soho and create a "design, branding and retail think tank." That means teams from W Hotels, Le Méridien, St. Regis and The Luxury Collection will join forces with Starwood's Bliss and Remède Spa to come up with...
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- Starwood Lured to Connecticut With Tax Credits and Loans
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. will move its headquarters from White Plains, N.Y. to Stamford, Conn. by 2012 because of $80 million in tax credits and an almost $10 million loan from the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Starwood announced today. Frits van Paasschen, Starwood's president...
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Travel Roundup: Starwood's $4B Sheraton Overhaul, Cuban Travel Rules Lifted, Amtrak's Pacific Northwest Improvements and More
- Starwood's $4 billion Sheraton overhaul -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide said it would spend $4 billion to overhaul its Sheraton brand. The initiative to upgrade its hotels began in 2007, when the company designated $2 billion for new hotels, $1.3 billion for renovations and $400 million for other changes. Starwood plans...
- Blog posts 2009-04-13
- Travel Roundup: Starwood Drops Stars, Galveston Cruise Ship Rates Stay, Sands Bethlehem Wants Smokers and More
- Starwood joins others in dropping prices and amenities -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. announced it will drop prices and amenities, including stars, to complete with rivals Hilton Hotels Corp. and InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, who have already cut their ratings. Luxury hotels are the hardest hit in the recession, and most operators know...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Travel Roundup: Hilton's Settlement with Starwood, Biden-LaHood's High-Speed Rail, Delta Drops Atlanta-Nairobi and More
- Hilton reportedly looking to settle Denizen lawsuit with Starwood --Â Hilton Hotels Corp. may be seeking a negotiated settlement over its industrial espionage case with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Starwood has accused competitor Hilton of hiring former employees who allegedly left the company with documents detailing its new high-end W...
- Blog posts 2009-06-03
- Travel Roundup: Las Vegas Sands' Macao IPO, Cruise Industry OKs Peepholes, Hong Kong Investors Buy S.F. W Hotel and More
- Las Vegas Sands Corp. may offer Macau IPO to raise cash -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. is considering an initial public offering of its Macao properties along with some business sales to raise a much-needed $3.5 to $4 billion. The company needs about $2 billion to finish a Macau hotel and...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Travel Roundup: JetBlue Fights Virgin, Royal Caribbean Drops Alaska, Starwood Loses Money and More
- JetBlue plans to compete with Virgin -- JetBlue plans to compete head-on with Virgin America and launch service to Los Angeles International Airport from Boston and New York City beginning June 17. Virgin America will launch its Boston-San Francisco and Boston-Los Angeles routes Feb. 12. JetBlue previously planned the Los Angeles route...
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- Travel Roundup: Amtrak CEO Resigns, Thanksgiving Travel Steady, Wyndham New CEO and More
- Amtrak CEO steps down --  Amtrak CEO Alex Kummant resigned Friday after differences with the railroad's board. Despite an Amtrak spokesman saying the last two years under Kummant "were the best" in the company's history, the board and Kummant had "differences" in both direction and management philosophy. Hunter Biden, son of vice president-elect Joseph Biden...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Travel Roundup: Airbus Warns of Jet Speed, Hotel Leaders Cope With Economy, US Airways Worker's Gun Smuggling and More
- Airbus reissues jet speed warning after Air France investigation -- Airbus reissued emergency warnings about jet speed to pilots after experts said a missing Air France jet may have had false speed readings. Investigators said that messages broadcast by the plane before it vanished showed the plane's systems were giving different speed readings. The Airbus...
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Bank Forecloses on St. Regis Monarch Beach
- The luxury hotel where the term "AIG Effect" was coined (due to AIG having a lavish corporate retreat after receiving government bailout money) was taken over by Citigroup Inc. Monday. The resort was in default for a $70 million loan. With occupancy of only about 15 percent this summer,...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
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