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STARWOOD is looking to expand its luxury Villa Collection of properties (TD 11 Nov) with additional hotels in Australia within the next few months, according to Daniella Tonetto, Regional Director of sales & marketing for Sheraton on the Park. An announcement is expected by the end of 2011 with hopes that a new property will open in the first quarter of next year, she said during the launch of Starwood’s new coffee table book and website featuring the Asia Pacific’s exclusive Villa Collection. Starwood has 200 properties open globally across its three luxury brands: St Regis, W hotels and The Luxury Collection – a number which is“bigger than Mandarin Oriental, Ritz Carlton and Peninsula combined” said Bob Lunnon, Director – leisure and luxury sales Asia Pacific. The group has 57 new hotels in the pipeline with the hotels currently being built globally scheduled to open in 2012/13. St Regis is on schedule to open four hotels in China between Dec 2013 and Jun 2015, The Luxury Collection will deliver the same number starting from Feb 2012, and W Hotel will will feature three extra properties from May 2012. India is on the way to reaching 100 hotels with a new property in Goa just signed, while “All brands except Element will be in India in the next 3 years” Lunnon said. India has 15 hotels planned to be opened between 2012 and 2016 across six of its brands. The Villa Collectionscoffee table book is expected to be reprinted with the new openings in the New Year, while the site starwoodhotels.com/newhotels asiapacific will offer updated info on hotel openings and signings. Pictured at yesterday’s event are Daniella Tonetto and Bob Lunnon. |
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