It's Double Happiness in Shanghai: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Announces Opening Of Two Hotels in The Same City On 28th March 2007

It's Double Happiness in Shanghai: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Announces Opening Of Two Hotels in The Same City On 28th March 2007

March 28, 2007

Openings Include Sheraton Shanghai Hotel & Residences
and 
Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning 


    SHANGHAI, China, March 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Starwood Hotels & Resorts announces the opening of 2
new hotels in Shanghai : Sheraton Shanghai Hotel &
Residences and Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning on
28th March 2007, an auspicious "double
prosperity" (in Mandarin language) day in the Chinese
calendar.

    In addition to the opening of the two hotels in
Shanghai, Starwood also announced the opening of its first
Sheraton in Changsha, China in the same week.  As one of
the largest international upscale hotel operators in
Greater China, Starwood has expanded its footprint
aggressively during the past 24 months and expects to open
8 new hotels in China alone this year, including 5
Sheratons in Shanghai, Changsha, Shenzhen, Guiyang and
Dameisha; 2 Four Points by Sheraton hotels in Daning,
Shanghai and Changshu; and a Westin in Guangzhou.

    "We are delighted to welcome these 2 hotels to our
Starwood portfolio in Shanghai.  With the opening of these
two hotels, we now offer travelers to the cosmopolitan city
of Shanghai a choice of 8 hotels under the brands of St.
Regis, Westin, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton and Le
Meridien, with a W hotel expected to open in 2008,"
commented Miguel Ko, President of Starwood Hotels &
Resorts, Asia Pacific.  

    "Shanghai is the largest trade and economic center
of China, and with the impressive efforts by the Shanghai
municipal government to attract business and leisure
travelers to Shanghai, visitor arrivals into Shanghai have
grown exponentially in the past few years. We are glad to
be able to offer travelers a choice of different hotels
under the different brands, each offering travelers unique
and different brand experiences during their stay,
depending on their travel needs and objectives," added
Ko.  

    Sheraton Shanghai Hotel & Residences, Pudong

    The hotel is part of the multi-purpose You You
International Plaza Complex that comprises the hotel,
residences, an office tower, a large retail complex and
also the Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Pudong.   

    Centrally located in Lujiazui, the financial and trade
district in Pudong, the hotel is near to the Shanghai New
International Expo Center, the venue of the Shanghai World
Expo in 2010. The hotel enjoys convenient access to
Shanghai's legendary waterfront (the Bund) and Nanjing Road
(China's most famous shopping street), as well as easy
access to both the old Shanghai (Yu Gardens) and the
contemporary Shanghai (Xintiandi).

    Sheraton Shanghai Hotel & Residences features 525
rooms including 155 Superior Rooms, 224 Premier Rooms, 78
Executive Rooms, 63 Suites, and plus 141 fully serviced 1-
to 3-bedroom apartments.  All 666 rooms (including the
hotel's 63 suites) are designed with each guest's utmost
comfort in mind, and feature a warm and contemporary
design, with each room featuring Sheraton Sweet SleeperSM
Bed.  

    Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning

    Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning forms part of
the exciting new integrated complex - Daning Life Hub, the
first of its kind in Shanghai, an open-air, innovative
urban lifestyle concept, consisting of hotel, offices,
retail, food & beverage, entertainment, culture,
education and ancillary services.

    Located in the Zhabei, north of Shanghai central
business district, Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning
is just a few minutes walk to the subway station, close to
the inner ring road and within only 15 minutes drive to the
Shanghai Bund, Huaihai Road and Nanjing Road business
district. 

    The hotel will offer 326 comfortable guest rooms with
modular furniture, large plasma TV and high speed internet
access. The rooms and suites are tastefully decorated, with
separate bath and shower cubicles equipped with rainforest
showers.

    The hotel also offers meeting planners and corporations
over 1,600 square meters of meeting space - including a
grand ballroom and 7 functions rooms as well as three
dining outlets, a business center, fitness center, indoor
heated pool, spa, gift shop and an underground car park.
Wireless Internet is available in the public areas and in
all meeting rooms.

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of
the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with
approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and
145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.
Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and
franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following
internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury
Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by
Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced
AloftSM and ELEMENTSM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood
Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and
operators of high quality vacation interval ownership
resorts.


    For more information, please cotact:

     June Seah
     Marketing Manager, Greater China & Taiwan
     Starwood Hotels & Resorts
     Tel:   [phone]
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