Starwood Announces Joint Venture to Build W Hotel in Mexico City

WHITE PLAINS-Now under construction and scheduled to open in mid 2002, the hotel will feature 239 guest rooms, including 12 suites and one penthouse suite, 7,700 sf of meeting space, a business center, spa and fitness center, a lobby bar and a full-service restaurant. Starwood, headquartered here, did not divulge the development cost.

“The success and growth of W Hotels since the brand’s 1998 debut is exciting,” says Barry S. Sternlicht, chairman and chief executive officer of Starwood. “Partnering with Grupo Plan Planificacion enables us to develop our second international W, and we hope to continue to partner to do many more international as well as domestic W Hotels. We are excited to see W expand into Latin America and, specifically, into Mexico City.”