From the 2013 American Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announced today that it opened 23 hotels in North America in 2012 and signed more new deals than in the previous two years, including 21 conversions. Looking ahead to 2013, Starwood anticipates its strongest year of openings in North America since before the global economic crisis with 28 scheduled openings. Conversions will continue to fuel growth with in-the-year conversions expected to result in additional new hotel openings this year.
"North America remains our largest market with 576 hotels and saw more hotels signed in 2012 than any other region in our vast network"
"North America remains our largest market with 576 hotels and saw more hotels signed in 2012 than any other region in our vast network," said Simon Turner, President of Global Development. "We have opened over 135 new hotels in North America since the global economic crisis and expect pent up demand and limited new supply to continue to drive our growth in 2013."
"There are a number of positive trends in the North American hospitality market and we expect more than one-third of Starwood's hotel openings around the world to be in the U.S. and Canada in 2013," said Allison Reid, Senior Vice President of North America Development, Starwood. "Our strong brands, global scale and presence, powerful systems and growing base of loyal customers continue to set Starwood apart from our competition. We are seeing increased interest among owners in initiating new hotels with Starwood especially around conversions."
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