Hotel giant invites all sales and non- sales associates to join in on visits to customers
SINGAPORE, July 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) announces it will go on the road from 28th July to 1st August, with creative sales activities and great offers, as well as involvement of hotel colleagues from different functions including finance, human resources, operations and so on, this week.
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"We are excited to embark on what will be a fun and productive week of creative sales activities with all associates from across all functions on the road selling Starwood! The involvement of our non-sales colleagues will allow our clients to meet and connect with the talent that delivers our great hotel experiences. In addition, this week's activities will enable us to thank our customers for their support, and update them on the latest happenings with our brand innovations and new hotel openings," commented Alison Taylor, Vice President, Sales for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific.
A key focus of the week will be to update customers on the current generous offers available to meeting planners, such as the "Book and Earn bonus" offer available through http://www.starwoodmeetings.com as well as on Starwood's market leading program targeted at small and medium sized enterprises: Starwood Preferred Business http://www.starwoodpreferredbusiness.com .
Hotel representatives from over 130 hotels and resorts, together with global sales offices and Starwood's regional offices will be on the road starting 28th July, for a fun week of sales activities.
Starwood's Sales Team was recently voted Best Sales Team of the Year in Asia in the recent Travel Weekly Asia Industry Awards 2008, an annual event that recognizes the contributions of the best in the industry, for both inbound and outbound tourism, quality of products and services, innovation and agility.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 900 properties in more than 100 countries and 155,000 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 aloftSM, 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 .
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