Industry looking healthy for 2007

Across Asia Pacific, Starwood offers meeting planners exceptional service, quality meeting facilities and, ultimately, memorable experiences for all meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions. Starwood has more than 120 hotels and resorts in more than 60 locations in 20 countries throughout the region, ranging from contemporary resorts to cutting-edge corporate hotels. Starwood's brands are Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, Four Points by Sheraton, Le Meridien, W and Luxury Collection. Each brand offers guests unique experiences through its signature service elements. Whatever the requirements, there is a Starwood property that can fulfil your group's expectations. From the resorts of Thailand to the heart of Tokyo, Starwood offers guests a wide choice of the finest properties. These destinations are value for money and easily accessible. At Starwood, we recognise your time is valuable so we offer planning tools to help save time. These tools include: StarGroups, personalised events websites for you; Starwood Preferred Planner, one of the best reward and recognition programmes for meeting planners; Starwood Meetings in a Moment; StarMeeting Concierge; Reservation Connection; and Reservation Cross Check. Starwood Hotels & Resorts is aggressively expanding across the region, with more than 40 new hotels and resorts due to open over the next three years. These hotels constitute an addition of more than 12,000 rooms to the Starwood portfolio in both key and emerging business and resort destinations. This Asia Pacific expansion follows on from new hotels that have opened in the last two years, from Shanghai to the Maldives. These new and upcoming hotels offer regional meeting planners more options for their events. Finally, Starwood and CEI Asia Pacific have enjoyed a great working relationship over the past six years and we look forward to this continuing. For more information on planning your meeting needs, please contact any of Starwood's hotels, or our global sales offices, at ww.starwoodhotels.com