Sheraton Hotels & Resorts to open 35 new hotels within a year

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide announced from the Sheraton Hotels General Manager Summit in Seattle that its largest and most global brand is poised for record breaking growth over the next 12 months with 35 new hotels expected to open. Nearly half of the new Sheraton hotels will open in China, widening Starwood’s lead as the largest upper-upscale global hotel operator in Asia Pacific. Enhancing its reputation as a global powerhouse, Sheraton will also enter numerous new markets including Samoa, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, and return to Iraq.