WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts
Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) has announced the opening of The Westin Rotterdam.
The new hotel is Starwood's third hotel in The Netherlands.
Located in the heart of the business and financial district of Rotterdam,
the newly-constructed, 231-room Westin is situated opposite the city's Central
Station, offering guests simple access to high-speed train transport to
Brussels, Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam. The hotel is connected with The
Concert & Congress Center "De Doelen" via a skybridge, is adjacent to the
upscale Plaza shopping center and casino.
The Westin Rotterdam is the first hotel in Europe to feature the
extraordinary "Heavenly Bed" in all rooms and suites. Introduced in the U.S.
last year, Westin's Heavenly Bed features a custom designed pillow-top
mattress set, cozy down blanket, high quality, high thread count linens, crisp
white duvet coverlet and five queen size and king size pillows.
Inside a world of luxury and refinement, the hotel also features six
modular meeting rooms and a full service restaurant.
"We are proud of this new addition to the Westin family in Holland as we
continue to expand in Europe with all our brands and Westin in particular, "
said Bob Cotter, Chief Operating Officer, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Inc. "This year we have converted nine historical properties throughout the
continent to the Westin brand in order to allow our worldwide guests to
benefit from the extraordinary Westin hospitality in key destinations and
Rotterdam is another great step in that direction."
With the addition of The Westin Rotterdam, Westin brands in Europe now
total 15 properties including The Westin Palace, Madrid; The Westin Excelsior,
Rome; The Westin Excelsior, Florence; The Westin Trianon Palace, Versailles,
France; Turnberry Hotel, Golf Courses and Spa, A Westin Resort, Ayrshire,
Scotland and The Westin Grand, Berlin. The Westin La Quinta Golf Resort is
also scheduled to open this fall in Marbella, Spain.
Within The Netherlands, Starwood also operates the Sheraton Amsterdam
Airport and the luxurious Hotel Pulitzer in Amsterdam's city center.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) 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 and 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 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
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Worldwide, Inc.
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