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Starwood to Open a Sheraton Hotel in Samsun

2013-08-27 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Samsun

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) signed an agreement with Tanriverdi Mensucat Sanayii A.S. to open a Sheraton Hotel in Samsun, Turkey, in late 2014. This will be the 11th hotel in Turkey owned by Starwood, and the chain’s first in Samsun. Samsun is a major Black Sea port, and an important tourist destination […]

Tags: Samsun, Sheraton Hotel, Starwood Hotels, Turkey

Starwood Hotels & Resorts to Open Aloft Hotel in Kiev

2013-08-23 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) plans to open a hotel in Kiev by 2015: Aloft.

Tags: Aloft Hotel, Starwood Hotels

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Beats Q1 Expecations

2013-04-30 by Rhett Butler

Good news in the hospitality sector, at least for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., first quarter earnings exceeded Wall Street expectations. According to RevPAR, performance of Starwood same-store hotels grew worldwide by some 3.4 percent.

Tags: hotel profits, hotels, RevPAR, Starwood Hotels, Wall Street, World hotels

Le Méridien Dusts Off 13 MEA Hotels

2013-04-01 by Rhett Butler

View from the Hotel

Starwood Hotels brand Le Méridien has announced plans for investing some $200 million in 13 hotels across the MEA over the next three years. The French brand has served the Middle East and Africa region for over three decades, and this announcements ensures the firming up of the hoteliers’ international footprint.

Tags: Africa Travel, hotels, MEA hotels, MEA region, MEA travel, Middle East, Starwood Hotels, World hotels

A Return to Elegance: Starwood’s Hotel Bristol, Warsaw

2013-02-11 by Liliana Steffens

Hotel Bristol

If you’re headed to Warsaw, and need a luxury stay with the crispest of pillow cases, Hotel Bristol there has brand new ones. A multi-million dollar revamp recently is sure to have included new linens. Aside this, the Warsaw city center icon also joins The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts’ group of the world’s finest hotels.

Tags: Belle Époque era, Luxury Collection, Luxury Hotels, Poland hotels, Starwood, Starwood Hotels, W Hotels, warsaw, Warsaw Five Star

Accor & Other Hotels Say Bye Bye to Summer Profits

2012-09-02 by Phil Butler

Sun, sea and sand: part 3 - via Accor

Just as some have feared but so few forecast officially, this Summer’s travel was not as big a hit as expected. When Accor Hotel Group warned their investors profit may not meet expectations last week the recession’s effect on hoteliers was cemented for the season.

Tags: Accor Hotel Group, economy, EU rooms, Europe hotels, Europe rooms, GBTA, hospitality, hotel revenue, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Southern Europe, Starwood Hotels, World hotels

London’s Sheraton Park Tower – Starwood Digital Superstar

2012-03-09 by Phil Butler

Sheraton Park Towers London

There are a lot of hotels engaged in social media, and presenting their wares online. Hilton to the smallest Mom & Pop cabins on the remotest river, everyone wants in on the digital superhighway. Today, a lone tweet sent me reeling back toward an old friend from childhood, Sheraton and Starwood Hotel’s fine Kightsbridge luxury hotel, the Sheraton Park Towers.

Tags: Global Hotel Exchange, Google hotel finder, london hotels, London scenery, London travel, Roomkey, Sheraton Hotels, Starwood Hotels, The Sheraton, Tom Magnuson, TripAdvisor

Starwood Hotels Target Eastern Europe for Growth

2012-03-07 by Liliana Steffens

starwood logo

Starwood’s growth in Europe is being accelerated by a focus on key fast-growing markets in the East. These include Russia, Ukraine and Turkey.

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Hoteliers, Are You Using the Right Channels?

2011-10-26 by Phil Butler

From the Slaley Hall gallery of De Vere

For businesses busying themselves trying to catch the social wave, to engage customers via digital channels, the learning curve can be steep. All along the path to competitive edge in online marketing, the pitfalls of “not knowing” end up costing companies before the online lesson is learned. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hotel industry. Using the wrong communicative channels, or using them in the wrong way, can determine who does and does not survive.

Tags: best hotel, best practices, booking hotels, Booking.com, Calum Russell, channel management, De Vere Hotel Group, De Vere Hotels, digital channels, digital media, Global Hotel Exchange, hotel news, hotel outreach, Magnuson Hotels, Michael McCartan, p3, Rate Tiger, Starwood Hotels, TripAdvisor

Starwood to Open Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona

2011-07-19 by Liliana Steffens

Barcelona beaches

Starwood Hotels & Resorts will link up with Amrey Hotels S.L. to operate a Four Points Hotel in Barcelona. The hotel, Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal, is scheduled to open this fall spreading the Starwood Four Points brand into Spain. The hotel will offer 154 guest rooms, 24 hour dining, as well as other typical “Four Points” amenities, according to the news.

Tags: Barcelona hotels, Barcelona tourism, Sheraton, Spain hotels, Spain tourism, Spain tourists, Spain travel, Starwood Hotels

Sheraton to Open Soon In Azerbaijan

2011-06-25 by Liliana Steffens

Baku, Azerbaijan

In news from Azerbaijan, Starwood Hotels and Silk Way Airlines have penned a deal to open a Sheraton there as part of the hotel chain’s massive expansion. The new hotel, located in the capital city of Baku, will feature over 200 guest rooms and customary Sheraton amenities. The hotel is scheduled to open in the fall of this year, according to the press.

Tags: Azerbaijan travel, Baku hotels, Baku Travel, Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Link@Sheraton, Sheraton Baku Airport Hotel, Sheraton Club Lounge, Sheraton Hotels, Silk Way Airlines, Starwood Hotels

Cyber Booking Travel Deals to Die For

2010-11-29 by Phil Butler

Take off with Virgin America this Cyber Monday

If you thought Cyber Monday deals were just for online retails shops you were wrong. The online travel industry has hopped on the Cyber Monday bandwagon big time this year. Early bookings and other special arrangements equal huge savings for the cyber savvy traveler.

Tags: Christmas travel, Cyber monday, Cyber Monday deals, holiday deals, holiday travel, Hotels.com, JetBlue, Smarter Travel, Starwood Hotels, travel deals, travel news, Virgin America




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