Overlooking the Pete Dye Golf Course, Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas is adjacent to the hotel and offers its owners and guests full access to the multiple swimming pools, fitness center and spa, restaurants and recreational facilities of the Westin Mission Hills Resort.

�Brands such as Sheraton and Westin will have a major impact on the future growth of the vacation ownership industry. Industry trends show that brands are an important component of the decision making process and we believe that there is a significant market for a Westin-branded vacation ownership product,� said Raymond L. �Rip� Gellein, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc.
 

The Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas will begin presales later this year. The 158 villa resort is located on nearly 20 acres adjacent to the hotel overlooking the Pete Dye Golf Course and offers guests the combination of first class accommodations in a spectacular setting. The interiors feature soothing desert colors with jewel tones. The furniture is traditional with a cutting edge attitude to create simple elegance and modern casual comfort. Each villa comes with the luxuries of a well appointed home including a fully-equipped kitchen, living and dining room, televisions in each of the private bedrooms, a fireplace in the master bedroom, a large whirlpool tub in the master suite, private balcony and a television and stereo system in the living room. No details have been overlooked including ceiling fans, black out draperies in the bedrooms, stone kitchens and baths as well as multiple showerheads in the large walk-in shower. �This resort is the perfect complement to the existing features of the Westin Mission Hills. Our owners and guests will have full access to all the amenities at the resort including the two championship golf courses, fitness center and spa and the Westin Kids Club. We are extremely excited to add this resort to our other Starwood Vacation Ownership Resorts,� said Gellein. Those guests and owners who choose to use the Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas� amenities will enjoy the �oasis� theme carried throughout the property with dramatic water features. One of the

Vistana, Inc., a leading developer and operator of high quality vacation ownership resorts changed its name to Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. on July 24, 2000. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT), one of the world�s largest hotel and leisure companies.   The Company�s principal operations consist of acquiring, developing, and operating vacation ownership resorts, marketing and selling vacation ownership interests (VOIs) in its resorts (which typically entitle the buyer to the ownership of a fully-furnished unit for a one-week period on an annual or alternate year basis), and providing financing to customers who purchase VOIs at its resorts. Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. also furnishes management, operations, maintenance, and telecommunications services at its resorts and provides telecommunications services to other customers.   Starwood is currently the second largest vacation ownership developer among the major hospitality companies with nearly 100,000 owners and one dozen resorts.  Starwood plans to add to its portfolio of Westin-branded vacation ownership properties by developing resorts at the Westin Mission Hills and in Hawaii and Arizona.  The first Westin-branded vacation ownership resort is the Westin St. John in the U.S.V.I.   The Company is also in the planning stages for vacation ownership at The Phoenician in Arizona.   Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. recently began construction and presales on a joint venture with Sun International (NYSE:  SIH), the Harborside Resort at Atlantis in The Bahamas.  This high-end resort is located adjacent to the world-class Atlantis Resort and will feature 198 villas overlooking the new Marina.

Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas is the second Westin Vacation Ownership resort built adjacent to an existing Westin hotel.  The first opened in 1997 at the Westin Resort, St. John in the U.S.V.I. Since its formation last year, Starwood Vacation Ownership has branded the following resorts under the Sheraton flag: Sheraton�s Vistana Resort in Orlando, Florida; Sheraton�s Vistana Resort at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida; and Sheraton�s PGA Vacation Resort in Port St. Lucie, Florida. In addition, resorts under construction will also fly the Sheraton flag including: Sheraton�s Mountain Vista in Avon, Colorado and Sheraton�s Vistana Villages in Orlando, Florida.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 725 properties in 80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.