Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc has announced plans to open 14 new Westin Hotels in 2010. This year’s openings span China, Greece, Japan, India, Mexico, the US, and Canada – including newly opened The Westin Wall Centre in Richmond, Vancouver. Other 2010 openings include The Westin Mumbai Garden City in India; The Westin Nanjing in Shanghai, China; The Westin Resort, Costa Navarino in Messinia, Greece; The Westin Austin at the Domain in Austin, Texas; and The Westin Sendai in Sendai, Japan.
According to a report in ha+donline, in 2010, Starwood will debut the Westin brand in Peru with The Westin Libertador, Lima and expand the brand’s footprint in Latin and South America with its fifth hotel in Mexico and its first in Mexico City, The Westin Santa Fe. In the next three years, Westin will open two additional hotels in Mexico and its first in Panama.
Simon Turner, President, Global Development for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc said, “Within more mature markets like North America and Europe we are seeing – and expect to continue to see – more, quality conversion opportunities realised as transaction activity increases.
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