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Former Starwood logo. Starwood Hotels and Resorts was originally formed by the real estate investment firm Starwood Capital to take advantage of a tax break; at the time the company was known as Starwood Lodging. [8] Initially, Starwood Lodging owned a number of hotels throughout North America, all under different brand names.
The St. Regis brand was launched in 1998, [5] when Starwood rebranded a former Ritz-Carlton property it had bought in Aspen, Colorado as The St. Regis Aspen. [6] In 1999, Starwood rebranded the Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. [7] and two more former Ritz-Carlton properties in Houston [8] and Philadelphia [9] as St. Regis hotels.
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]
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