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This Week in Hotel Delays :: Starwood Hotels Not Immune to Delays

HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

We always enjoy, and well, it drives us crazy at times too, watching hotel opening dates slowly but surely get pushed back. Some hotel operators are infamous for it, and some manage to keep it on the DL. Starwood Hotels & Resorts is one of the companies that try to keep it on the DL but since some of their locations have such high visibility, it's impossible to not notice. After the jump, we...

10/09/2008 - ALGERIA : Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Maghreb Confidential (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. will manage the Meridien hotel in Oran, Algeria, again under an agreement with Sonatrach, which owns the premises. (...)[37mots] [1,5€]

Miami Beach: W South Beach Not Opening Until Summer 2009

HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | yesterday

We spoke too soon when we rounded up Starwood Hotels upcoming properties yesterday and told you the W South Beach would be opening on March 1, 2009. True, this is what it says on W Hotels own website. But we came across this press release this morning about a loan for the hotel. There's a lot of financial speak that may confuse those of us without an MBA or even a basic Intro to Finance class,...

Aloft Hotel to open first Texas location in Las Colinas on Thursday

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

The trendy Starwood Hotels & Resorts brand is a smaller, limited-service version of the W Hotel with modern design and many high-tech features aimed at younger travelers. Its 136 rooms feature nine-foot ceilings and large windows, oversized walk-in showers, fitness center and a pool.

Sales Compensation Industry Veteran Andy Armstrong Joins Varicent

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Former Callidus Vice President Joins Varicent to Head Varicent's Global Expansion TORONTO and LONDON, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Varicent Software, an innovator and provider of sales performance management (SPM) solutions, today announced the appointment of Andy Armstrong as Vice President and General Manager International. Formerly Vice President and General Manager International with Callidus Software,...

AIG Execs Celebrate Bailout With $500K Resort Retreat

Triphow (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

... massage, performed by two masseuses simultaneously, which clocks in at $350. Photo copyrights - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Would you consider spending $350 on a 60 minute massage? No? Then why should someone else enjoy it on your dime? Especially not if the same people were responsible for all the financial pain and the drop in the value of your investment portfolio.

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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

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MS Surface SDK available later this month

Electronista (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

Microsoft will release the long-promised Software Development Kit (SDK) for its tabletop computer at its Professional Developer Conference set to begin on October 27. according to a Tuesday . Apart from distributing the SDK to developers other than current partners and Starwood hotels, both of whom have been using Surface computers in their retail and hotel locations, the software giant will...

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Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

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Travel Industry Tanks Along with Wall Street

Triphow (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

... and hotel occupancy down 5%. Marriott International Inc. (MAR) is now down 29% for the year and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (HOT) is down 41%. Shares in the Walt Disney Co. dropped 4% on Monday to $28.26 , the lowest since January. Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. lost 40% in the third quarter alone. And the revenue per room (revpar) for upscale hotels in 2009 is going to be even...

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More hotel builders find Tempe inviting

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008

... the five-story, 136-room "aloft" hotel south of Loop 202 and east of Rural Road. Its builders are Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Triyar Hospitality and Warburg Pincus Real Estate. Triyar Chief Executive Officer Michael Mahoney said the new hotel will cater to seasoned travelers who want to be able to check in and out quickly, who want high-tech rooms that ease electronic communication and who...