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Sheraton vacation cruise packages Hotels Resorts wants consumers to see what a difference vacation cruise packages $6 billion can make so the hotel giant is giving away thousands of free rooms for one night only at 86 hotels throughout North America to celebrate the completion of the brand s multi-billion global revitalization effort. Consumers can visit sheraton.com/freenight on October 6-9 to register for a chance to book a free room on October 23rd at new and newly renovated flagship hotels vacation cruise packages including the Sheraton Waikiki, Sheraton vacation cruise packages Boston, Sheraton Kauai, Sheraton Dallas and Sheraton Phoenix Downtown.
As part of a three-year global overhaul, Sheraton has invested more than $4 billion in new hotels, renovations and signature brand initiatives in North America and another $2 billion in new hotels overseas. Highlights include:
98 renovated properties, nearly half of Sheraton s North American portfolio, including high profile gateway properties like the Sheraton Denver, Sheraton Boston, Sheraton Seattle Hotel Towers and Sheraton Montreal and Sheraton vacation cruise packages Waikiki.
As Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide, Inc s (NYSE: HOT) largest and most global brand, Sheraton boasts more than 400 hotels in 70 countries with a global brand awareness among business travelers at 92%, the highest global awareness of any hotel brand in the world. Making up more than 44% of Starwood s total rooms, Sheraton is a key focus for Starwood, especially as the company aggressively prepares to own the upswing as the economy recovers. As yesterday s staycations, canceled meetings and postponed business trips become tomorrow s pent up demand, travelers will return to the road and find the newest portfolio in the Sheraton brand s history. In fact, 60% of Starwood properties including all nine brands will be brand new or freshly renovated by the end of 2009.
We have spent the last few years renovating and rebuilding one of the hotel industry s most iconic brands and as the economy begins to recover Sheraton is in an enviable position, poised to come out of the gate fast and leverage our new flagship hotels, renovated properties and signature brand offerings, said Frits van Paasschen, Starwood CEO. When travelers return to the road en masse, Sheraton will be ready.
Sheraton Hotel s efforts to revitalize the brand kicked off in 2007, and as the impact vacation cruise packages of these efforts vacation cruise packages take hold in hotels worldwide, the brand is beginning to reap rewards and measurable success, including:
Sheraton Guest Satisfaction scores are the highest in its history, with overall satisfaction at 8.12 out of 10, year-to-date, surpassing vacation cruise packages the brand s own goal. Likelihood to return to the brand has increased from 7.89 to 8.78 and Meeting Planner Satisfaction scores vacation cruise packages are also at an all time high.
Over the next three months, Sheraton vacation cruise packages will mark the completion of a $500 million investment in renovations to existing properties, including multi-million dollar efforts at the Sheraton Denver, Sheraton Dallas and Sheraton Montreal, as well as the highly-anticipated November opening of Sheraton Puerto Rico Convention Center Hotel Casino, vacation cruise packages a $210 million, 503-room property that will be the first new full-service hotel and casino built in San Juan in more than 10 years.
In addition to giving away thousands of room nights to showcase its recently renovated and new properties, the brand will host a three-day open house for meeting planners, corporate travel buyers, social event planners and other travel influencers, vacation cruise packages September 29-October 1. The event will spotlight a selection of Sheraton Hotels best in class hotels, including: Le Centre Sheraton in Montreal, vacation cruise packages Sheraton vacation cruise packages Chicago Hotel Towers, Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, Sheraton Dallas Hotel, Sheraton Denver Hotel, Sheraton Phoenix Downtown vacation cruise packages Hotel, Sheraton Seattle Hotel Towers and Sheraton Waikiki vacation cruise packages Hotel.
Sheraton Hotels Resorts, like all brands within Starwood vacation cruise packages s robust portfolio, is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest(R) program, which made headlines when it launched in 1999 with a breakthrough policy of no blackout dates on Free Night Awards. SPG(R) offers members the ability to redeem awards at more resorts, more luxury properties, more European hotels and more golf properties than any other hotel program.