Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. operates as a hotel and leisure company worldwide. The company operates luxury and upscale full-service hotels, resorts, residences, retreats, select-service hotels, and extended stay hotels under the St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element brand names. It is also involved in the development, ownership, and operation of vacation ownership resorts; marketing and sale of vacation ownership interests in the resorts; and provision of financing to customers who purchase such interests. In addition, the company develops, markets, and sells residential units at mixed use hotel projects. As of March 6, 2013, it had 1,134 properties in approximately 100 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

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