Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has signed an agreement with Beijing Yongtai Hotel Management Co., Ltd to develop an aloft hotel in the capital city of China, Beijing. aloft Beijing, Haidian is scheduled to launch in 2009. The aloft Beijing hotel will offer visitors a refreshing alternative to current lodging options available in Beijing.

aloft Beijing, Haidian will be part of an integrated mixed-use complex, including offices, residential buildings and the recently signed Four Points by Sheraton(R) Beijing, Haidian. The hotel will be located in Haidian district, near the Western fourth ring road of Beijing. The Haidan district is a newly developed area within 20 minutes' drive to the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, a major information technology hub in Beijing, as well as the Haidian government district and major universities and research institutes.

The aloft Beijing, Haidan will include 200 guestrooms, 3,900 square feet of meeting space, and three restaurants including re:fuel by aloft, a one-stop food and beverage area, offering sweet, savory and healthy food, snacks and beverages to grab & go, 24-hours a day. The aloft hotel will stay true to its W heritage, offering atmospheric public spaces designed to draw guests from their rooms to socialize and make friends. Guests can read the paper, work on their laptops via hotel-wide wireless internet access, play a game of pool or grab a drink with friends at the re:mix communal lobby area and bar w xyz. The re:charge fitness center and splash, the indoor pool, give travelers options to de-stress and re-energize.

Recognizing the great potential in China, Starwood(R) has expanded its footprint in China aggressively in the past 24 months. The hotel giant now operates 31 hotels in mainland China, Taiwan and Macau, with 28 others currently under construction, and is the one of the largest international upscale hotel operators in China. With the signing of aloft Beijing, Haidian, Starwood demonstrates its global capabilities to be product and location centric, and will offer travelers a choice of six hotels in the exciting capital city of Beijing:



aloft Beijing, Haidian ( July 2009 ) Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian ( July 2009 ) he Westin Beijing, Chaoyang ( June 2008 ) The Westin Beijing, Financial Street ( opened in late 2006 ) Great Wall Sheraton Hotel, Beijing St. Regis Hotel, Beijing

The company has received overwhelming interest from the hotel development community in Asia Pacific since its launch at HICAP in Hong Kong late last year. The first aloft hotels are targeted to open in first quarter, 2008, with locations expected to be anytown/anywhere... For more information on aloft, please visit www.alofthotels.com.

Recreational facilities will include a health club and a 1,500-square meter spa with eight treatment rooms as well as an indoor swimming pool. Other amenities will include a gift shop and business center.

Recognizing the great potential in China, Starwood(R) has expanded its footprint in China aggressively in the past 24 months. The hotel giant now operates 31 hotels in mainland China, Taiwan and Macau, with 28 others currently under construction, and is the one of the largest international upscale hotel operators in China. With the signing of aloft Beijing, Haidian, Starwood demonstrates its global capabilities to be product and location centric, and will offer travelers a choice of six hotels in the exciting capital city of Beijing: * aloft Beijing, Haidian ( July 2009 ) * Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian ( July 2009 ) * The Westin Beijing, Chaoyang ( June 2008 ) * The Westin Beijing, Financial Street ( opened in late 2006 ) * Great Wall Sheraton Hotel, Beijing * St. Regis Hotel, BeijingThe company has received overwhelming interest from the hotel development community in Asia Pacific since its launch at HICAP in Hong Kong late last year. The first aloft hotels are targeted to open in first quarter, 2008, with locations expected to be anytown/anywhere... For more information on aloft, please visit www.alofthotels.com.

aloft and W Hotels are hotel brands of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. Carrying the DNA of W Hotels, aloft is a new destination sensation featuring loft-inspired design, accessible technology and a stylish urban attitude at an affordable price. The first aloft hotels are targeted to open in 2008, with locations expected to be anytown/anywhere. Starwood anticipates the first aloft hotels to open in 2008, with 500 properties worldwide expected by 2012.

For conferences and social events, the Renaissance Beijing Capital Hotel will have 2,189-square meters of flexible meeting space featuring a 1,262-square meter grand ballroom that will be divisible into five sections. A 270-square meter junior ballroom as well as a 104-square meter meeting room will each be divisible into two sections. The hotel will have five additional meeting rooms and a board room.

The Marriott International hotel portfolio in Beijing currently consists of the Renaissance Beijing Hotel, Beijing Marriott Hotel West, the New World Courtyard Beijing, the Beijing Palm Spring Marriott Executive Apartments and the New World Jing Guang Hotel. Under construction are the JW Marriott Hotel Beijing and the Courtyard by Marriott Beijing Northeast, both of which are expected to open in early 2008.