Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

EXCLUSIVE: Hotel operator says partnership struggled to seal financing.

It was never our intention to offend anyone, says beach bar at centre of storm.

Hotel group says two St Regis properties planned in UAE, one in Qatar by 2015.

Dubai's GMs from the Creek to the Marina gathered at The Radisson Blu Residence, Dubai Marina, to share strategies and concerns amid the economic crisis. Business may be down, but spirits certainly are not, with staff selection, development and retention the current buzz words.

Architecture is heading towards a more sustainable future in the Middle East, with design and service placed in parallel. Laura Warne highlights some of the latest trends and upcoming hotel developments.

All eyes are on tourism-related developments in Abu Dhabi as the UAE capital gears up to attract more than 2.7 million visitors a year by 2012.

Starwood vice president sales Europe, Africa & Middle East Kip Horton explains why hotel investment will continue despite difficult times.

Following on from earlier articles - Back to the Future: the hotel guest of 2020 (September 2008) and Five Future Developments that will revolutionise online hotel marketing (November 2008) -here are some thoughts on the role of choice in successful hotel marketing of the future.

E-marketing expert Jitendra Jain extols the values of having a savvy e-marketer on board and explains how they can help hotels in the uncertain financial times ahead.

The dates for next year's investment industry must-do events have been released.

Hotel marketing expert Jitendra Jain examines the bold changes expected to shake up the way properties are marketed online.

Starwood launches enormous hotel development in Saudi Arabia's holy city.

A boom in mixed-use developments has laid the ground work for a flurry of hotel openings across Jordan, as the kingdom works to attract 12 million arrivals by 2010.

Starwood Hotels and Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC) have announced a new Element Hotel, which will be part of the Capital Centre project.

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Caterer Middle East discovers how the Westin Dubai's newly-opened convention centre managed its very first corporate function.

State-owned Leisurecorp to acquire Turnberry, 2009 Open Championship venue.

The first ever Hotelier Middle East GM Survey looks certain to start some interesting conversations once the results are published in next month's issue.

The recent hotel industry trend of properties souping up their meetings facilities has gone as far as it can, according to one hotelier.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts' Middle East expansion will continue to aim at the top end of the market, with the announcement of several brands set to debut across the region.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has announced that it is to make its debut in Bahrain.

Emirate tees up to buy premier Scottish courses Turnberry, Gleneagles and Loch Lomond, press reports.

Chris Jackson and Lucy Taylor look into their crystal ball to predict the industry's future.

Industry leaders have overwhelmingly selected human resources as the biggest challenge facing hoteliers in the coming year.

The eagerly-awaited details of the 2008 Vacation Ownership Investment Conference (VOIC) were announced this month.

As travel to Australasia starts to pick up, New Zealand's 'City of Sails', Auckland, is now on Mideast travellers' radars.

The penultimate leg of the prestigious Pershing Sea Show tour, effectively a road show that witnessed Pershing yachts dropping anchor in some of the most spectacular marinas in the Mediterranean, arrived in Venice in the middle of June.

Boasting picturesque scenery and a bustling waterfront development, Cape Town has become more than just an add on destination.

As the industry waits with baited breath for fractional ownership legislation to be introduced, Chris Jackson looks at the market demand.

With Istanbul a short flight from the GCC, agents are confident the destination will become increasingly popular.

Starwood Hotels expands in the Middle East with its first Westin hotel set for Dubai.

ATN asked five distributors and four hoteliers to discuss the controversial topic of third party distribution policy at an exclusive roundtable staged last month.

Isithmar Hotels and Thai developer Amburaya Resorts will build and operate the 70-room W Hotel and Residences - Koh Samui, scheduled to open late next year.

From making a bed to breaking a plank of wood with their bare hands, today's hotel employees are being exposed to new lessons on the job.

The luxury boutique hotel brand will open its first Gulf property within Dubai Festival City.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts' St Regis brand will enter the Middle East in 2010, with the company announcing a 346-room development earmarked for Doha, Qatar.