About Us

Starwood Hotels is the most global high-end hotel company in the world with 1,100+ hotels reaching across nearly 100 countries through nine distinct lifestyle brands, backed by 171,000 associates at our owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally celebrated brands: St. Regis^®, The Luxury Collection^®, W Hotels^®, Westin^®, Le Méridien^®, Sheraton^®, Four Points by Sheraton^®, and the recently launched Aloft^® and Element ^®. 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 worldwide 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 1,100+ hotels and resorts is one of the strongest and most coveted in the industry, with 60% of our properties less than three years old or newly renovated.