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History of Starwood Capital’s Louvre Hotel Group

| November 29, 2009 | 0 Comments

Small excerpt from a GulfNews.com article which gives a quick and short history of how the Louvre Hotel Group has expanded by purchasing different hotel brands through the centuries (yes, century).

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Starwood Looking To Sell Societe Du Louvre Hotels Piece by Piece

| September 6, 2009 | 0 Comments

Starwood Capital’s sale of the Hotel de Crillon is on rocky ground as the purchaser – JJW Hotels and Resorts looks to be unable to complete the financing of the deal. Starwood Capital also seems to be heading toward selling each property individually so as to get a better return on investment for its investors due to the economy not providing the returns Starwood had once expected.

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Starwood Capital Purchases Golden Tulip Hotels

| June 14, 2009 | 2 Comments

I think we’ll be seeing more of this in the near future – but on Friday Starwood Capital announced their intentions to purchase Golden Tulip Hotels. This seems like it’s going to be a complete purchase of the company – management contracts, company owned hotels, and any future deals that Golden Tulip may be involved [...]

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Starwood Capital Puts It’s Crillon Hotel On The Market

| June 10, 2009 | 6 Comments

Starwood Capital placed the Crillon hotel in Paris on the market earlier this week, an extremely surprising move since Starwood has spoken so highly of the asset, and even intended to create a hotel brand based on the initial, historic location in Paris.

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Starwood Capital’s 1 Hotels and Baccarat Brands Expanding First Into China

| June 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

A story from the South China Morning Post states that Starwood Capital is investing $2 billion over the next 5 years in its 1 Hotel & Baccarat Hotel brands – in China. The story has so many conflicting statements, both within the story and based on news that’s occurred over the past few months.. I’m almost not sure to believe anything in the article!

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