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National Real Estate Investor October 31, 2003 Parke Chapman	Starwood CEO Barry Sternlicht To Resign Barry Sternlicht, CEO of global hotel owner Starwood Hotels & Resorts, is stepping down after running the firm for eight years. Sternlicht's resignation will not become effective until a successor is found, at which point Sternlicht will become executive chairman.
National Real Estate Investor January 31, 2003 Parke Chapman	Starwood reports 12% revenue increase for '02 Although its near-term forecast is clouded by the United States' potential conflict with Iraq, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has reported a 12% revenue increase for the fourth quarter of 2002.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2003 Robert Barker	Is Starwood Losing Star Power? With its star CEO Barry Sternlicht semi-retiring at age 42, hotelier Starwood may be setting out on a course destined to yield a host of new, unseen risks.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Duprey	Luxury Lodging Lights Up Hilton will be branding the Waldorf name while a former Starwood exec looks for opulence. It's a smart move by the hoteliers. Investors, take note.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Steve Webb	Upscale Hotel Brands Headed for Smaller Towns Can it be that the future of the Westin and Sheraton brands is in places like Normal, Ill.?
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away There are plenty of reasons these days to avoid the hospitality sector altogether, and Starwood in particular.
BusinessWeek February 17, 2011 Susan Berfield	Speed Dial: Starwood's Fritz van Paasschen The chief executive of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide says Sheraton, its once-troubled business travel brand, is now fueling growth.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Robyn Taylor Parets	New Starwood CEO to Add Fizz? In a move designed to strengthen its already powerful brands, Starwood Hotels & Resorts ventured outside the real estate and hotel industries and selected Steven Heyer, former president and COO of The Coca-Cola Co., as its new CEO.
InsideFlyer July 2006	Starwood Changes Coming? Starwood Hotels and Resorts is reportedly surveying some of its members on how to increase the points required for its Preferred Guest awards in the least objectionable way.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Starwood Is HOT The upscale hotelier doubles Q3 earnings and lifts its full-year guidance.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2010 Sean Williams	Starwood Hotels: Bargain or Value Trap? High-end consumers are spending, but debt levels look dangerous.
National Real Estate Investor October 8, 2002 Steve Webb	Suburbia is the next frontier for Sheraton and Westin Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has unveiled a strategy to expand its upscale Westin and Sheraton brands into secondary and tertiary markets with newly designed prototypes.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	The Good Life at Four Seasons Second-quarter earnings double for the luxury hotelier. The firm's price-to-earnings-to-growth ratio of 2.77, though, reflects the premium typically attached to the brand, one that is visible in both in the company's rooms as well as its stock price.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Travel Revives Hilton A resurgence of business travel helps second-quarter earnings rise 39% at Hilton Hotels, but investors may want to wait for a more opportune time before checking in.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	Strategic Hotels & Resorts Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Strategic Hotels & Resorts jumped more than 10% today, after it reported improving results after yesterday's market close.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011	Best Buy Earnings Preview Best Buy beat estimates by 12 cents last quarter and investors are hoping it can beat them again.
BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 Palmeri & Balfour	Behind Starwood's Hotel Expansion in China The chain's Sheraton brand, already popular on the mainland, is likely to grow more so as Chinese tourism expands.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Robyn Taylor Parets	Developers Check into Boutique Hotels Boutique hotels, which focus on high style, personalized service and trendy restaurants, are growing in number as more developers tap into this lucrative segment -- including some of the nation's largest hotel companies.
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Stuart J. Johnston	Windows 7 Books a Reservation at Sheraton Sheraton and Microsoft collaborate to show off Windows 7 to business travelers and those on vacation.
InsideFlyer August 2009	AAA Starwood Vacations AAA members can take advantage of special discounts and benefits at select Starwood Hotels this summer.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Starwood's a Star The hotel operator rides strong business and international travel for strong fourth quarter results.
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Robyn Parets	Q & A An interview with Ted Darnall, president of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide's real estate group, about initial development activity and how aloft differs from other select-service brands, including Marriott's Courtyard, Hilton's Hilton Garden Inn, and even its own Four Points.
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Steve Webb	Hotels: Still Too Much Room at the Inn No other corner of the commercial real estate industry has been victim to as many converging trends as the hotel sector: Corporations are cutting back on business trips, families are still avoiding airline travel and virtually everyone has less money to spend.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Hilton's Not Halting The hotel operator caps off a successful turnaround year by topping fourth quarter estimates.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Hotels in the News That Holiday Inn down the street from your office might have been around for 30 years, but don't assume the entire hotel industry is equally sleepy. Investors and guests alike might be intrigued by these recent developments.
InternetNews November 18, 2010	Dell Posts Q3 Profits Ahead of Expectations Overall sales fell short, but Wall Street seems more concerned with the computing giant's earnings, which were enough to handily top analysts' forecast.
Fast Company Jul/Aug 2012 Lindsey Kratochwill	Starwood's New Chinese Hotel Is Half-Sheraton, Half-Westin, And Twice The Appeal Starwood Hotels opens a dual-branded resort in Changbaishan, China, in August. Half Sheraton, half Westin, it offers distinct experiences to leverage brands and create return guests. Here's what each half is selling.
InsideFlyer April 2014	Seeing the World in Hotel Tiers 2014 hotel award category reassignments give insight to the global state of the hotel industry.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2011 Anders Bylund	Home Inns & Hotels Management's Shares Popped for a While: What You Need to Know Shares of Chinese hotel chain operator Home Inns & Hotels Management look downright cozy today, rising as much as 12.1% on heavy trading before falling back to a 2% overall drop.
InternetNews May 6, 2009 Paul Shread	Cisco, Symantec Earnings Top Forecasts But just enough signs of weakness remain to keep investors from celebrating.
InsideFlyer April 2004	Four Hotel Companies Form Global Alliance The new Global Hotel Alliance has united 235 upscale and luxury hotels and resorts and over 63,000 guest rooms on five continents in a shared marketing partnership.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Beth Mattson-Teig	Hotel Chains Take Back the Web Hotel companies are hoping to take back the customer connection and improve their profits by fortifying their Web sites and offering their excess inventory directly to consumers. The question now is whether the hotel companies can beat the discounters.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does Wyndham Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio? A quick check of the numbers should help get us started.
Inc. September 2005 Stephanie Clifford	Pacifiers for Junior Business Travellers Bringing the kids along on that business trip? These hotels will take them off your hands.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Strikeout or Home Run? Luxury resort owner Wyndham is looking like an interesting gamble.
The Motley Fool November 15, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Starwood Makes Room The hotel chain sells 38 properties to Host Marriott for $4 billion in cash and stock. While there is some near-term uncertainty for Host shareholders as Starwood owners decide whether to keep or unload their new shares, the outlook for Starwood appears brighter than ever.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005	A Monthly Meter of Industry Trends The Smaller the City, the Greater the Lending Risk... Nevada Leads Employment Growth... China Not a Major Player in Global GDP... Starwood Outpaces Competition...
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Gene G. Marcial	With US Dataworks, Checks Clear Pronto Check 21, the new law allowing electronic check clearing, has been a boon to tiny American Stock Exchange-listed US Dataworks, whose stock is up from 1.50 in June to 3.24 on Dec. 10. US Dataworks makes software that lets banks transmit checks electronically.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Robert Steyer	Rooms With a Long-Term View Beware of recent run-ups in hotel stocks because things don't look good for the industry in 2010.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2006 Sara Drummond	Investment Profile: In the Lap of Luxury It's hard to find an unhappy hotel owner, developer, or investor at any level this year. Buyers continue to book high-end hospitality assets. While REITs have been active participants in luxury hotel transactions, they are not the only buyers waiting in the reception area.
BusinessWeek December 2, 2010 Nadja Brandt	Luxury Hotels Reach New Heights in China A five-star spa comes to Tibet with the St. Regis Lhasa
The Motley Fool June 22, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Should You Buy and Hold Choice Hotels? Choice Hotels has a beta of 1.1, which is about average. Generally speaking, I like to see a beta below 1.2 for retirees. In this case, Choice Hotels fits the bill.
InternetNews October 26, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Beats Analyst Projections Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for its first fiscal quarter.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Parke Chapman	Spiffing Up for Recovery Betting that the travel slowdown will soon pass, some brave owners and operators of branded hotels are sprucing up their properties. That means converting lobbies, redoing rooms, adding new signage and shelling out big bucks to bolster the brand. Will these projects pay off?
Fast Company David Zax	Starwood's App-Driven Vision For The Hotel Of The Future This month, the company began a massive undertaking: documenting the features of all its rooms across 1,200 properties to better meet the needs of their guests.
InsideFlyer May 2009	VOILA in Middle East VOILA Hotel Rewards has launched Hadaya, a loyalty program developed for guests of Coral Hotels & Resorts, a five-star brand created in Dubai that has nine hotels in the Middle East and North, South and East Africa.
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Robyn Taylor Parets	Select-Service Hotels Entice Developers Following one of the worst industry downturns ever, hotel developers are back in full swing but with a new twist: An upscale product known as select service has emerged as one of the fastest growing and most lucrative niches in the industry.
BusinessWeek February 20, 2006 Aaron Bernstein	Checking In? First Pass The Picket Line The group that split from the AFL-CIO is behind a massive bid to recruit hotel staff.
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Paul Shread	Red Hat Rockets On Earnings Red Hat soared 30% Thursday after beating earnings estimates... Micron beats estimates... Market closed up... Research in Motion fell... etc.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Is 99 Cents a Good Deal? The discount retailer reported a drop in earnings but has outlined its improvement plans. Despite the positive signs, it's not quite a good buy just yet.