Starwood to Present at the Barclays Capital 2010 High Yield Bond & Syndicated Loan Conference on Thursday, March 25th, 2010

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) will be making a presentation during the Barclays Capital 2010 High Yield Bond & Syndicated Loan Conference in Phoenix on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 8:10 am local time. Jason Koval, Vice President, Investor Relations, will be speaking at the conference.

Audio of the presentation will be provided through a live webcast via Starwood's investor relations website at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/investor_relations.html. In addition, the presentation slides may be accessed by following the same link aforementioned. 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 992 properties in 100 countries and approximately 145,000 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 Méridien(R), and the recently announced 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.

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SOURCE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

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