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Heavenly Spa by Westin at the Westin Beijing Financial Street Recognized at the Asia Spa and Wellness Festival

"Best Hotel Spa - China" by Asia Spa & Wellness Festival 2009 Gold Awards

BEIJING, April 9 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The Heavenly Spa by Westin at The Westin Beijing Financial Street has been recognized by the Asia Spa & Wellness Festival 2009 Gold Awards as the "Best Hotel Spa - China".

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The Asia Spa & Wellness Festival 2009 Gold Awards celebrate the pioneering spirit of Asian spas and wellness centers. It is the region's most prestigious awards recognizing outstanding and innovative achievements and extraordinary acts by spas, wellness centers and resorts across the region.

Nominees are subjected to a strict judging process comprising of an operational analysis and stringent criteria. The criterion includes such considerations as length of operations, ambience and environment, treatments range and quality, professionalism and standards of service and other qualitative and quantitative criteria.

The award was presented during the Asia Spa & Wellness Festival 2009 Gala Dinner on 21 March 2009 at the Landmark Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand whereby the spa will receive the coveted Gold Awards Trophy and certificate of achievement.

"I am extremely pleased that our spa has been recognized, and it shows that the Heavenly Spa by Westin brand has awareness on an international level and is synonymous with providing outstanding treatments and products. Our spa continually strives to create a wellness experience for our guests, therefore aligning it and reflecting Westin's core value of renewal and leaving the guest feeling better than when they arrived at the Westin Beijing Financial Street." addressed by Mr. Charlie Dang, Area Managing Director, Northern China of Starwood Hotels & Resorts and General Manager of The Westin Beijing Financial Street.

In November 2008 the Heavenly Spa by Westin won its very first accolade, and was voted "Favorite Hotel Spa - Asia" by SPA Magazine's Sliver Sage Readers Choice Awards 2008 by more than 59,000 voters.

Located within the hotel, the Heavenly Spa by Westin(R) at The Westin Beijing Financial Street fuses modern spa therapy with ancient Chinese traditions. Calming natural colors, tranquil lounges and well-being rooms, luscious scents, restful lighting matched with attentive therapists and unique treatments make it the place to renew and recharge in bustling Beijing.

Westin Hotels & Resorts, with 122 hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories, is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and was voted the number one upper-upscale hotel brand for three years in Business Travel News' "Annual U.S. Hotel Chain Survey".

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 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 aloft(SM) and ELEMENT(SM) Hotels. 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 .

Source: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. 
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