After a year of tremendous growth that made it one of the fastest and most successful hospitality industry launches ever, Aloft Hotels this week announced expansion plans for key global markets from Brussels to Bangalore—and one of Aloft's first New York City properties, in downtown Brooklyn.
Aloft, a Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. brand, is set to open 10 new hotels in the coming year, with half of its 2010 pipeline consisting of international properties. With nearly 40 hotels open since its June 2008 debut, the Aloft brand became the talk of the hospitality industry by going global while in launch mode, opening China's Aloft Beijing Haidian and Aloft Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in the brand's first 15 months.
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