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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - August 23, 2012 - ( BUSINESS WIRE ) - Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) and its destination sensation brand, Aloft Hotels, today announces the signing of Aloft St. Petersburg. Created to shake up the staid and traditional mid-market hotel sector, Aloft is redefining the category by delivering cheap airline tickets in canada urban-influenced, modern and vibrant design and a social guest experience at an affordable price point. The opening of Aloft St. Petersburg in 2015 will mark the debut of Starwood s Aloft Hotels brand in Russia.
Owned by Remstroyintour LLC and Ludmila Kudryavtseva, Aloft St. Petersburg will be located in an emerging business district within close proximity to galleries, restaurants and green spaces, and will offer an entirely new approach to hospitality in the city of St. Petersburg. This deal was announced earlier today at a press conference in Moscow with Starwood President CEO Frits van Paasschen and Roeland Vos, President of the company s Europe, cheap airline tickets in canada Africa and Middle East (EAME) Division.
We are delighted to partner with Remstroyintour LLC and Ludmila Kudryavtseva to open the first Aloft hotel in the country, said Vos. We see great opportunities to grow our Aloft portfolio in markets like Russia where there is a strong demand for affordable yet stylish, innovative hotel brands. cheap airline tickets in canada The signing of Aloft St. Petersburg underlines Starwood s continued commitment to expanding cheap airline tickets in canada our portfolio of mid-market brands in Russia and throughout cheap airline tickets in canada Europe.
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Aloft has become a popular choice for owners and developers looking to fill the void in the mid-market hotel category, said Bart Carnahan, Senior Vice President, cheap airline tickets in canada Acquisitions Development, Europe, Africa and Middle East Division, Starwood Hotels Resorts. We are focused on growing Aloft in secondary and tertiary markets throughout Russia and CIS, where we see the greatest demand for an alternative to the mid-market category.
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Starwood currently operates three hotels in Russia, including Hotel National, a Luxury Collection Hotel and the Sheraton Palace Hotel in Moscow, as well as the recently opened W Hotel in St. Petersburg. Aloft St. Petersburg will be Starwood s second hotel in the city.
With more than 60 hotels in 10 countries, Aloft has changed the hotel landscape by offering style at a steal everywhere from Baltimore to Beijing to Bogota to Brussels and everywhere in between. For more information, please visit www.alofthotels.com.
Aloft, like all brands within Starwood's portfolio, is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest(R) program, which offers a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. To learn more, please visit www.spg.com.
Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,112 properties in nearly 100 countries and 154,000 cheap airline tickets in canada employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis , The Luxury Collection , W , Westin , Le M ridien , Sheraton , Four Points by Sheraton, Aloft , and ElementSM. The Company cheap airline tickets in canada boasts one of the industry s leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider cheap airline tickets in canada of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access cheap airline tickets in canada to Starwood brands. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
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