Starwood Gets Creative With Selling In Asia

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. -- Hotels, 7/28/2008 2:32:00 PM

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announces it will go on the road from 28th July to 1st August, with creative sales activities and great offers, as well as involvement of hotel colleagues from different functions including finance, human resources, operations and so on, this week.

“We are excited to embark on what will be a fun and productive week of creative sales activities with all associates from across all functions on the road selling Starwood!  The involvement of our non-sales colleagues will allow our clients to meet and connect with the talent that delivers our great hotel experiences.  In addition, this week’s activities will enable us to thank our customers for their support, and update them on the latest happenings with our brand innovations and new hotel openings,” commented Alison Taylor, Vice President, Sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific.

A key focus of the week will be to update customers on the current generous offers available to meeting planners, such as the "Book and Earn bonus" offer available through www.starwoodmeetings.com as well as on Starwood's market leading program targeted at small and medium sized enterprises: Starwood Preferred Business www.starwoodpreferredbusiness.com.

Hotel representatives from over 130 hotels and resorts, together with global sales offices and Starwood’s regional offices will be on the road starting 28th July, for a fun week of sales activities.

Starwood’s Sales Team was recently voted Best Sales Team of the Year in Asia in the recent Travel Weekly Asia Industry Awards 2008, an annual event that recognizes the contributions of the best in the industry, for both inbound and outbound tourism, quality of products and services, innovation and agility.