Second Year Westin Hotels & Resorts Tops Business Travel News'
U.S. Hotel Chain Survey
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row,
Westin Hotels & Resorts has been named number one in the upper-upscale
category of Business Travel News' "2001 Survey of Top Hotel Chains." Westin
received an overall average score of 8.17 out of 10 points, and beat other
upper-upscale brands including Intercontinental, Loews, Swisshotels, Meridian
and the Peabody Hotel Group, to return to Business Travel News' top spot in
this category. And W Hotels, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.'s
(NYSE: HOT) newest hotel brand, just two years old, debuted this year at the
number-five spot in the same category.
Business Travel News, an established trade publication, annually surveys
more than 1,500 professional business travel decision-makers, representing
Fortune 500 and other companies, for its prestigious hotel chain survey.
"We are honored to receive this award, and are grateful to the dedicated
employees at every one of our more than 115 Westin hotels who make business
travel a pleasure for our guests," said Sue Brush, vice president of
marketing, Westin Hotels & Resorts. "This recognition just reinforces
Westin's continued focus on comfort, customer service, and our quest for
introduction of new products like the Heavenly Bed."
Of the categories rated in the survey, Westin placed first for its overall
price-value, meeting facilities and its corporate rate program. Other
categories included physical appearance, staff, rooms, food and beverage,
group travel arrangements, commission payments, and frequent guest programs.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and
leisure companies in the world with more than 725 properties in 80 countries
and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. With
internationally renowned brands, Starwood is a fully integrated owner,
operator and franchiser of hotels and resorts including: St. Regis, The Luxury
Collection, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton, W brands, as well as
Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators
of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information,
please visit us at http://www.starwoodhotels.com.
SOURCE Westin Hotels & Resorts
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