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First Picture & Info on Starwood Capital & Tribeca Associates 53rd Street Hotel Project

| June 18, 2011 | 0 Comments
First Picture & Info on Starwood Capital & Tribeca Associates 53rd Street Hotel Project

After looking at Tribeca Associates website for information on their new hotel project with Starwood Capital, I came across a picture and some basic information on this large project.

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Starwood Hotels Moving Headquarters 20 Minutes Away to Stamford, CT

| November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

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”.

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1Hotels.com Finally Gets A Refresh

| October 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
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.

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Starwood Capital Shows Interest In Extended Stay Hotels

| September 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

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 [...]

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Everyone is Jumping the Gun on the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas

| July 29, 2009 | 0 Comments

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.

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W Hotels Gets Its Own Fashion Director and Music Curator

| June 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

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.

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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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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Just Can Never Catch A Break

| April 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

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

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Work Is Suspended on Hilton’s Denizen Brand

| April 21, 2009 | 9 Comments

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.

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