Starwood to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Consumer Conference on Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Audio of the presentation will be provided through a live webcast via Starwood's investor relations website at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/investor_relations.html. In addition, the presentation slides may be accessed by following the same link aforementioned. The webcast will remain on the website for 30 days following the conference.

About 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(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 MA(C)ridien(R) and the recently announced AloftSM and ElementSM. 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 www.starwoodhotels.com.

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SOURCE: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Jason Koval, 914-640-8165 Vice President, Investor Relations