What is Starwood?
Starwood is a brief of 'Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc, the Iconic hospitality and leisure group in the Globe and based in United States. The group is a proprietor of 1,200 properties, which operates under nine banners name such as The Luxury Collection, St. Regis, W, Le Meridien, Westin, Sheraton, Aloft, Element and Four Points by Sheraton.
Entire 9 brands or subsidiaries of 'Starwood' keeps its existence in around 100 nations of the globe and totally owned by 'Starwood' including owner, franchisor and operator. Its hotels are fully furnished with various royal and luxurious facilities/amenities.
Its leisure business runs under the name of 'Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc', which is sustain in its work almost 30 years. The leisure division serves the customers through Starwood Preferred Guest program (SPG). In this way, the entire managed and owned properties of 'Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc' is handled by nearly 181,400 employees.
'Starwood' commenced its operations in the year 1969 as a real estate investment trust. The company is registered on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HOT". As of March 2014, It has strength of approximately 1,81,400 employees and Revenue of US$5.62 billion. The corporate office of the group is placed in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
The hotels and leisure group has attained honor after received various awards like American Red Cross Disaster Fund-raising Relief Award 2012, 'Microsoft Environmental Vendor Excellence Award 2010, UNICEF Exceptional Partner of the Decade Award 2006 etc.
The customer can also get the information about 'Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc through its web-poral www.starwoodhotels.com, which is available on the Internet in nine different languages.