About Us

Starwood Hotels is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with nearly 1,000 hotels reaching across 100 countries through nine world-class brands, backed by the dedication of 145,000 employees. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotel, resorts and residences with the following internationally celebrated brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points by Sheraton®, and the recently launched AloftSM and ElementSM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality interval ownership resorts.

As one of the largest operators of upper-upscale and luxury hotels, our global portfolio is unmatched. Starwood remains on track to increase its world-wide footprint by 20% over the next five years through smart, carefully targeted growth that will expand our presence in the upper upscale and luxury hotel categories, as well as in the vital limited service segment.

Our international portfolio of 1,000 hotels is one of the strongest and most coveted in the industry. 60% of our properties are less than three years old or newly renovated.

Distribution

As of 12/31/2009
992 hotels worldwide

Divisions

North America
 
533 (174,921 rooms)
Europe, Africa, Middle East
 
250 (60,068 rooms)
Latin America
 
60 (12,343 rooms)
Asia Pacific
 
158 (51,190 rooms)
Brand Hotels Rooms
Sheraton 392 139,411
Westin 165 65,521
Four Points by Sheraton 148 24,930
Le Méridien 105 27,381
The Luxury Collection* 72 11,336
Aloft 39 5,905
W Hotels 34 10,632
St. Regis 19 3,825
Element 6 762
Vacation Ownership 13 6,884

*Includes 9 dual branded properties

Ownership

7
7% Owned ownership
45
45% Managed ownership
48
48% Franchised ownership