Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is on a hotel opening spree. Last year, the global company — whose nine brands include Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, St. Regis and Element — added 81 new hotels around the world.
This year, another 80 or so are on tap to open — and 2012 has gotten off to a strong start in South Florida,
where both the luxury St. Regis Bal Harbour and the earthy Element Miami International Airport have opened since the beginning of the year. They follow the 2009 opening of W South Beach and W Fort Lauderdale and upgrades at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale. Frits van Paasschen, the Stamford, Conn.-based company’s president and CEO, was in town recently for opening ceremonies at the St. Regis and Element, where he and other executives demonstrated pedal-powered generators on stationary bikes that will be placed in the brand’s fitness centers. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/01/2721646/starwood-chief-has-no-reservations.html?utm_source=hospitalitynet&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=hn#storylink=cpy
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where both the luxury St. Regis Bal Harbour and the earthy Element Miami International Airport have opened since the beginning of the year. They follow the 2009 opening of W South Beach and W Fort Lauderdale and upgrades at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale. Frits van Paasschen, the Stamford, Conn.-based company’s president and CEO, was in town recently for opening ceremonies at the St. Regis and Element, where he and other executives demonstrated pedal-powered generators on stationary bikes that will be placed in the brand’s fitness centers. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/01/2721646/starwood-chief-has-no-reservations.html?utm_source=hospitalitynet&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=hn#storylink=cpy
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