Business Travelers Rejoice!
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aloha! Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.� (NYSE:HOT)
and its much-anticipated new lifestyle brand, aloftSM hotels, today
announced the opening of aloft Nashville � Cool Springs in the
upscale Cool Springs District of Williamson County, just minutes
south of Nashville, Tennessee. The hotel is owned by a joint
venture in which Interstate Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: IHR) and
The John Buck Company (TJBC) of Chicago, Ill., a real estate
development firm, are partners. The new-build, 143-room hotel will
offer visitors and Middle Tennessee residents alike a vibrant place
to stay and play. The state-of-the-art hotel is conveniently
located at 7109 South Springs Drive adjacent to D1 Sports |
Training and the Cool Springs Galleria, making it a stylish jumping
point to many of Greater Nashville�s famous attractions, such as
the Carnton Plantation, the Factory at Franklin, Grand Ole Opry,
Music Row and the Country Music Hall of Fame. �The aloft Cool
Springs is our second aloft property, and we continue to look for
additional opportunities to develop and operate this new generation
of hotels,� said Thomas F. Hewitt, Interstate�s chief executive
officer. �We have been pleased with the results with our first
aloft in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., the first to open in the U.S.,
and expect both properties to become popular destinations for
leisure and business travelers.� �The aloft brand has met our high
expectations in design and guest response,� said Paul Novak,
managing director � hospitality division of The John Buck Company.
�Our goal remains to develop a series of aloft properties over the
next three to five years.� �The new aloft here in Franklin will be
a perfect fit with the vibrant culture of the Cool Springs area. We
are excited and honored to have Tennessee�s first aloft hotel, and
the addition of this property allows us to reach new segments of
our visitor market,� said Mark Shore, Executive Director of the
Williamson County Convention and Visitors Bureau. �We are excited
to bring our vision of stylish travel to the exciting city of
Nashville,� said Brian McGuinness, Global Brand Leader of aloft and
element hotels worldwide. �Visitors to Music City will be abuzz to
find a chic place to stay while they enjoy the local landmarks and
experience the culture that makes Nashville & Williamson County
unique. Best of all, guests can stay plugged into the rest of the
world while enjoying our signature dose of fun at the hotel�s w
xyzSM bar.� In the same way that W Hotels broke through the clutter
of conformity in the upscale hotel arena in 1998, aloft is shaking
up the lodging industry with high design at an affordable price
point, accessible technology, style and a social atmosphere. On
schedule to open later this year are aloft hotels at the Portland
and Dulles Airports and in Beijing, China, and Las Colinas, Plano
and Frisco, Texas. aloft offers atmospheric public spaces designed
to draw guests from their rooms to mix and mingle. Savvy travelers
can read the paper, work on their laptops via complimentary
hotel-wide wireless Internet access, play a game of pool or grab a
drink with friends at re:mixSM, the communal lobby area featuring
the sassy w xyz bar. The re:chargeSM fitness center and splash, the
indoor pool, give travelers options to de-stress and re-energize,
while re:fuel by aloftSM, a one-stop food and beverage area, offers
sweet, savory and healthy food, snacks and beverages to grab &
go, 24 hours a day. Not just a pretty space, aloft is committed to
the environment through its green program, which offers such
eco-friendly amenities as preferred parking for hybrid cars and a
greener-saline solution in the splash indoor pool. Guest rooms
feature urban-influenced design, while the centerpiece of each
aloft room is an ultra-comfortable plush platform bed. Loft-like
nine-foot ceilings and oversized windows create a bright, airy
environment. Large, stylish bathrooms complement the guest
experience with oversized walk-in showers and amenities created by
Bliss Spa�. Each aloft room is also a combination high-tech office
and entertainment center, featuring wireless Internet access and
plug & play, a one-stop connectivity solution for multiple
electronic gadgetry such as PDAs, cell phones, mp3 players and
laptops - all linked to a large, flat-panel HDTV-ready television
for optimal sound and viewing. Guests of aloft can book their stay
directly through www.alofthotels.com, which features the best rate
guarantee. Guests also may book through their local travel agents.
In addition, during the year of aloft hotel�s launch�2008�members
of the Starwood Preferred Guest program can earn an unprecedented 8
Starpoints for every U.S. dollar spent (quadruple the base earning)
when they register and then book a stay at any aloft hotel
worldwide until December 31. Members of the award-winning and
industry-leading Starwood Preferred Guest program currently earn
two points for every dollar spent at a participating Starwood
hotel. After racking up their Starpoints, SPG members can redeem
their points for free nights with no blackout dates at more than
860 hotels and resorts worldwide. The offer is designed to
celebrate the opening of aloft, the eighth hotel and lifestyle
brand to join the Starwood Preferred Guest loyalty program. About
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Starwood Hotels &
Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure
companies in the world with approximately 900 properties in more
than 100 countries and 155,000 employees at its owned and managed
properties. Starwood Hotels 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, and the recently launched AloftSM, and ElementSM.
Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of
the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation
interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit
www.starwoodhotels.com. About The John Buck Company Founded in
1981, The John Buck Company offers comprehensive real estate
services in the areas of development, finance, investment
brokerage, project leasing, tenant representation, marketing and
management, as well as construction for commercial, mixed-use and
residential properties. The international, employee-owned firm is
headquartered in Chicago. For additional information on The John
Buck Company, please visit the company�s website at www.TJBC.com.
About Interstate Hotels & Resorts Interstate Hotels &
Resorts has ownership interests in 57 hotels and resorts, including
seven wholly owned assets. Together with these properties, the
company and its affiliates manage a total of 226 hospitality
properties with more than 46,000 rooms in 36 states, the District
of Columbia, Russia, Mexico, Belgium, Canada and Ireland.
Interstate Hotels & Resorts also has contracts to manage 17 to
be built hospitality properties with more than 4,100 rooms. For
more information about Interstate Hotels & Resorts, visit the
company�s Web site: www.ihrco.com. (Note: This press release
contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal
securities regulations. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance or events and involve risks and
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or
events to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the
forward-looking statements are made. These risks and uncertainties
are presented in detail in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Although we believe the expectations reflected
in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable
assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be
attained or that results and events will not materially differ. We
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.)
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