Starwood to Speak at the Deutsche Bank 2009 Hospitality & Gaming Conference on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Starwood To Speak At The Deutsche Bank 2009 Hospitality & Gaming Conference On Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

White Plains, N.Y.,(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) will be speaking during the Deutsche Bank 2009 Hospitality & Gaming Conference in New York on Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 at 11:50am Eastern time. Vasant Prabhu, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, will be speaking at the conference.

Audio will be provided through a live webcast via Starwood's investor relations website at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/investor_relations.html. The webcast will remain on the website for 30 days following the conference.

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 940 properties in more than 100 countries and 155,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced AloftSM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.

SOURCE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

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