|
|
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1999 - Conde Nast Traveler
readers named 50 Starwood hotels and resorts to the magazine's 1999 Gold
List which features the world's top 500 places to stay. Earning 10 percent
of the listing's coveted spots, Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
(NYSE: HOT) boasts more Gold List winners than any other hotel company
in the world.
Appearing in Conde Nast Traveler's January 1999 issue, the Gold List is determined via the magazine's Reader's Choice Poll. 37,000 readers voted in this year's poll. "Conde Nast Traveler's readers are among the world's most sophisticated travelers," said Barry S. Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO of Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. "Starwood is proud that such a discerning group chose so many of our hotels as the best of the best. It is a wonderful endorsement that has, and should continue to influence travel decisions. "Starwood Preferred Guest, our new frequency program which launches on February 4 and will replace Sheraton Club International and Westin Premier, will allow customers of all our brands -- Westin, Sheraton, Four Points, St. Regis/Luxury Collection, W and Caesars -- to redeem their travel awards at these luxury hotels, representing some of the most spectacular properties around the globe. This is an enormous competitive advantage -- one that no other hotel company in existence can match," Mr. Sternlicht said. Four Starwood brands earned Gold List honors. 23 of The Luxury Collection's 56 hotels were named to the Gold List, followed by 20 Westin Hotels Resorts; six Sheraton Hotels Resorts; and Caesars Palace, the flagship of the Caesars gaming brand. Starwood's Gold List winners are as follows:
|
|
Also See: | Conde Nast Reader�s Choice Poll Ranks The Greenbrier #1 Resort in North America / Nov 1998 |
Conde Nast Reader's Choice Poll Ranks New Orleans's Windsor Court #1 in the U.S./ Oct 1998 |