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Starwood Hotels Moving Headquarters 20 Minutes Away to Stamford, CT

After a 3 1/2 year search, Starwood Hotels is moving their headquarters to Stamford, CT in January 2012 in a building that Starwood is calling a “brand showcase”.

Nov. 20, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 1 comment | Continued
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1Hotels.com Finally Gets A Refresh

Starwood Capital’s 1Hotel.com website did a light renovation – demonstrating that the brand is not forgotten or canceled.

Oct. 19, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital Shows Interest In Extended Stay Hotels

Its been awhile since if written anything – but I think its time to start up again.
Today’s big story (in my mind at least) is a Wall Street Journal article today that brought to light Starwood Capital’s new found interest in the Extended Stay bankruptcy battle. (I’m writing this directly from my blackberry so I [...]

Sep. 30, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Everyone is Jumping the Gun on the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas

There has been of reports that Hilton will be managing and branding the new Cosmopolitan Casino and Resort in Las Vegas – but I think the odds of that are nil to none due to the Starwood/Hilton Lawsuit.

Jul. 29, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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W Hotels Gets Its Own Fashion Director and Music Curator

W Hotels is about to announce two new positions: Fashion Director and Music Curator. Two positions that you’d never think to find in a international boutique hotel brand.

Jun. 30, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital Purchases Golden Tulip Hotels

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 [...]

Jun. 14, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 2 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital Puts It’s Crillon Hotel On The Market

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.

Jun. 10, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 6 comments | Continued
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Starwood Capital’s 1 Hotels and Baccarat Brands Expanding First Into China

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!

Jun. 10, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Just Can Never Catch A Break

The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas gets caught up in another delay – this time the lawsuit between Starwood & Hilton.

Apr. 24, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 0 comments | Continued
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Work Is Suspended on Hilton’s Denizen Brand

Things have gone from bad to worse for Hilton. They were recently served a subpoena for their actions involving Starwood, which has forced them to suspend all activity on the Denizen brand development as well as placing most of the employees involved in Hilton’s Prestige Portfolio on paid administrative leave – including Ross Klein and Amar Lalvani.

Apr. 21, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 4 comments | Continued
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Starwood Hotels and Resorts Has A New Modern, Playful and Fun Logo

It looks like Starwood Hotels & Resorts is going to be updating their corporate logo to reflect a new, modern, playful feel, vs their current logo which is essentially all “corporate”.

Apr. 19, 2009 | Andrew Calvo | 2 comments | Continued
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