Martinez Cannes and Concorde Lafayette sold to a Qatari investor

Katara Hospitality to buy French luxury hotels   Famed Martinez hotel in Cannes and Paris’ Concorde Lafayette Porte Maillot are now owned by an investor of Qatar. The hotel group Groupe du Louvre (US hotel group Starwood Capital) has indeed sold these two hotels to Katara Hospitality. Starwood Capital’s Groupe du Louvre will hold a meeting … Read more

Starwood celebrates more than 100 hotels in operation and 100 hotels in the pipeline

The rise in high net worth individuals in China and around the globe has also paved the way for the expansion of Starwood’s luxury brands, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection and W Hotels. Starwood Hotels & Resorts, one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,103 properties in nearly 100 countries, … Read more

Sheraton Madrid Mirasierra Hotel & Spa opened in Madrid

Sheraton Hotels & Resorts has debuted the Sheraton Madrid Mirasierra Hotel & Spa. Owned by Spanish Comercial Mirasierra Group, the hotel is part of Starwood’s strategic multi-billion expansion plan to open more than 60 Sheraton hotels around the world in the next three years. Located only 15 minutes from Barajas Airport, adjacent to “Cuatro Torres” … Read more

The St. Regis Doha – Qatar’s first St. Regis hotel and the home of jazz in the Middle East

The St. Regis Doha set to be Home of Jazz in the Middle East   Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced  the debut of The St. Regis Doha. This opening marks the second of three St. Regis hotels slated to debut within a year in the Middle East, including The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu … Read more

The Luxury Collection: Chic travel guide to Greece

Assouline and Starwood launched a Greek Travel Guide The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts celebrates Greece with the launch of new destination guide book published by Assouline. The book is a passport to the brand’s impressive portfolio in Greece – seven iconic hotels and resorts that span the country—making it The Luxury Collection brand’s third … Read more

Starwood to return to Iraq

Scheduled to Open in 2015, the new Sheraton Erbil Hotel Marks Starwood’s Return to Iraq Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide will re-entry in Iraq after 20 years. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide has signed an agreement with BCD Co. to manage a new-build Sheraton hotel in Erbil, Iraq. The Sheraton Erbil Hotel is situated along … Read more