STARWOOD Hotel and Resorts has signed agreements for two new hotels in the Pacific region – Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne and Sheraton New Caledonia Bourail Resort and Spa – as part of its $5 billion global expansion.
The investment has also seen the completion of the suites at Sheraton on the Park in Sydney.
At an exclusive lunch yesterday in one of the four newly refurbed Deluxe Terrace Suites Sean Hunt, regional vp, Starwood Pacific Hotels and md of Sheraton on the Park said five-star properties in Sydney are running at a 93% occupancy rate.
“We are blazing a new path in the Sheraton journey,” he said.
Other hotels being refurbished in the region incl the Sheraton Fiji and a $20 million investment in the Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast, which is expected to be launched in Apr next year.
The Melbourne & New Caledonia properties scheduled opening dates are planned for 2013.
New Caledonia will also continue to feature the two Le Meridian properties after Starwood Hotels & Resorts renewed management
contracts with the resorts.
Pictured in the Deluxe Terrace Suite from left are: Sean Hunt, Regional Vice President, Starwood Pacific Hotels and MD, Sheraton on the Park; Daniella Tonetto, Regional Director of Sales and Marketing, Pacific Director of Sales and Marketing, Sheraton on the Park and Andrew Taylor, Director of Acquisitions and Development, Pacific Region.