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The Westin San Francisco Airport in South San Francisco, CA. On January 5, 1981, the company changed its name again to Westin Hotels (a contraction of the words Western International). [13] The chain's flagship Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle was the first property to be rebranded, becoming The Westin Hotel on September 1, 1981. [14]
Westin Hotels & Resorts was Starwood's largest upscale hotel and resorts brand. It was the oldest brand within Starwood, founded as Western Hotels in 1930, renamed Western International Hotels in 1963, and then Westin Hotels in 1981. The chain was acquired by Starwood in 1997. [18]
This resort was the first project of GHM which subsequently came under the management of Destination Resorts & Hotels Sdn. Bhd [5] on 28 July 2011. The Datai Langkawi is currently managed by Datai Hotels and Resorts Sdn Bhd, a company incorporated to manage and operate hospitality properties in Malaysia and beyond.
W Hotels was launched in 1998 with W New York, a conversion of the former Doral Inn hotel on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. [2] [3] Barry Sternlicht, then CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Hotels 1995–2005, created the brand. [4] The concept included dark, muted colors, brushed metal, hotel staff in black T-shirts, photographs, and a bar. [5]
[5] [6] [7] It thrived during the 1980s, but went into decline as flashier, larger resorts opened on the nearby Strip. The Maxim Hotel and Casino was a main filming location and setting for a 1987 episode of Matlock, "The Gambler". [8] The Maxim was the site of the shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996.
The hotel was the base of operations for about 24 White House staff members who accompanied President Barack Obama to his Winter White House at Plantation Estate during Christmas visits. [13] In 2007, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the management company of the Moana, rebranded the hotel from Sheraton Hotels and Resorts to Westin Hotels & Resorts. [14]
The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites is a 367-foot (112 m), 33-story hotel in Los Angeles, California, constructed between 1974 and 1977. [6] It was designed by architect John C. Portman Jr. . The top floor has a revolving restaurant and bar.
The AAA gave the hotel four diamonds out of five in 2011. The hotel has maintained that rating every year, and received four diamonds again for 2016. [30] Forbes Travel Guide (formerly known as Mobil Guide) declined to give the hotel either four or five stars in 2016, and did not add the hotel to its "recommended" list. [31]