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Martin B. Jones Named Vice President, Food & Beverage for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia-Pacific

2009-07-09 08:50 4397

SINGAPORE, July 9 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Martin B. Jones has been named Vice President, Food & Beverage, for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific Division. In this role, Martin will continue to set strategic directions and have overall responsibility for Food and Beverage for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Asia Pacific.

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"The announcement today is timely as it kicks off the launch of newly created food and beverage restaurant concepts for our nine leading lifestyle brands, that will transform the industry's food and beverage experience. Martin has led the Starwood food and beverage 'movement' in the last few years and comes with over 20 years of professional experience in the industry. His creativity, expertise and insightful vision will be key to our continuous success in this area as we position Starwood as a market leader in the Food & Beverage arena." Said Miguel Ko, Chairman & President Asia-Pacific, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Martin has been instrumental in leading a number of successful new food & beverage initiatives for Starwood Asia Pacific, including a series of new restaurant and bar concepts, Best Breakfast initiatives and various new food & beverage programmes. He has also been involved in the design and development of many of the restaurants and bars presently under construction and was also the recipient of the Starwood Business Excellence Award for "Most Creative Innovator."

Martin has 25 years of professional work experience in the hospitality industry. He joined Starwood in 1999, when he started as Director of Operations, Food and Beverage with The Westin Stamford & Westin Plaza Hotels in Singapore, before becoming General Manager of the W Seoul in Korea in 2002 and then subsequently General Manager of the Westin Kuala Lumpur.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one o f the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 960 properties in 97 countries and 145,000 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(R), The Luxury Collection(R), W(R), Westin(R), Le Meridien(R), Sheraton(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft(SM), and Element(SM). 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 http://www.starwoodhotels.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.)

Source: Starwood Hotels & Resorts
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