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• Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-22

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Joe Greff - JP Morgan. Joe Greff - JP Morgan Vasant, you comment on 2010 group pace and then you had a comment on 2010, 2011 group and I know this amplifies is probably very small, but we look at...

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• Travel Roundup: Hilton's Settlement with Starwood, Biden-LaHood's High-Speed Rail, Delta Drops Atlanta-Nairobi and More

  BNET - 2009-06-03

  Hilton reportedly looking to settle Denizen lawsuit with Starwood -- 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...

  Tags: Settlement, Hilton Hotels Corp., Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Rail, Governor, Kenya, Litigation, Branding, Business Operations, Marketing, Barbara E. Hernandez

• Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-04-30

  Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Joseph Greff – JP Morgan. Joseph Greff – JP Morgan Vasant, kind of going back to your 2009 outlook, I was hoping you could just revisit relative to your, I guess, new baseline '09 RevPAR outlook, what percentage...

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• Starwood to Start Think Tank

  BNET - 2009-03-26

  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...

  Tags: Hotel, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Think Tank, Food & Beverage, Branding, Manufacturing, Marketing, Barbara E. Hernandez

• Robust development period on its way back

  - 2005-03-07

  Even as most hotel companies can look back on 2004 as a welcome return to the robust part of the development cycle, they are cautiously watching to make sure the products they are selling have long-term appeal to customers. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is banking on "lifestyle branding"...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Hilton Hotels Corp., MARKETING, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

• United Airilnes announces new luxury travel club Ameniti; Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Cunard Line, Conde Nast Traveler and IMG join to deliver new level of sophistication, service and privilege to the high-end traveler.

  - 2004-01-30

  M2 PRESSWIRE-30 January 2004-UNITED AIRLINES: United Airilnes announces new luxury travel club Ameniti; Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Cunard Line, Conde Nast Traveler and IMG join to deliver new level of sophistication, service and privilege to the high-end travelerC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01282004 ...

  Tags: Benefits, Canada, FINANCE, Government, MARKETING, Queen, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Taxes, U.S., United, United Airlines

• Top-floor talent. (Hotels).(hotel industry executives)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2002-04-29

  Michelle Anseeuw Club Med North America Michelle Ansecuw joined Club Med in 1999 with a specific challenge--to replicate the company's European success with the group and incentive market here in North America. A TRAVEL AGENT Rising Star for two...

  Tags: agency, agent, director, Hilton Hotels Corp., incentive, Jamaica, Loews Corp., MARKETING, Patterson, SALES, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, talent

• Meetings business to remain flat in 2002

  - 2002-03-04

  Alexandria, Va.--It doesn't appear there will be a considerable increase in what corporations spend at hotels this year. Corporate travel managers project hotel room use to remain constant in 2002, according to a survey conducted by the National Business Travel Association and Deutsche Bank. The survey asked 200 corporate-travel...

  Tags: Hilton Hotels Corp., MARKETING, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, survey

• Ritz retains top deluxe spot, St. Regis slides into second

  - 2002-02-11

  Special Report: Top U.S. Hotel Chain SurveyTraditionally, the most intense rivalry for the number-one spot in the deluxe hotel category has been between Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons. Last year, in fact, the two were locked in a dead heat for first place. This year, however, a third contender-St. Regis-gained sufficient...

  Tags: brand, Branding, Cooper, MARKETING, Ritz-Carlton, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

• Guest satisfaction index: Hilton leads competition

  - 2000-07-17

  NATIONAL REPORT--Hilton Hotels Corp. is paramount. According to the American Customer Satisfaction Index, Hilton is doing the best job of satisfying customers in the lodging industry. Hilton earned a score of 77 points out of a possible 100 and ranked first out of six major hotel companies or franchises...

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