Travelers Gain Greater Variety and Choice as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Joins the MasterCard World Elite Luxury Hotel & Resort Portfolio
MasterCard and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announced that they will give consumers even more variety and choice in their business and personal travel by adding over 150 Starwood properties to the MasterCard World Elite Luxury Hotel & Resort portfolio. The newly added hotels and resorts represent properties across all nine Starwood brands including St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, Le Meriden, Westin and Sheraton.
Introduced in 2006, the World Elite Luxury Travel Benefits program offers consumers exclusive benefits and amenities from the world's leading travel suppliers, including offers from 800 luxury properties, high levels of personal service and VIP recognition. The program features experienced personal travel advisors, airline upgrades, discounts and companion tickets, savings on private jets, shipboard credits on select cruises, discounts on tour packages, elite status with select car rental companies and savings on chauffeured cars.
"MasterCard is focused on providing memorable travel experiences for our cardholders. The experiences include staying in a deluxe Bedouin encampment in Dubai or grabbing a room near O'Hare the night before an early flight. The World Elite Luxury Hotels & Resorts portfolio just got even better and more inclusive with the addition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts," said Tim Murphy, Chief Product Officer, MasterCard Worldwide.
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About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,112 properties in nearly 100 countries and 154,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft®, and ElementSM. The Company boasts one of the industry's leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands.www.starwoodhotels.com.