Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide on Tuesday announced
new room designs for its Sheraton and Westin brands to debut at several
properties in North America next year.
The $100 million effort at each brand's new and renovated
properties will begin next year. At Westin, new rooms will include a table with
a foldout feature for laptops and in-room dining, larger closets and an
upholstered bench for luggage storage. Sheraton features will include bedside
tables with built-in outlets and LED nightlights.
The company estimates that more than 30 Sheraton properties
and more than one dozen Westin properties will roll out the new designs in 2011.
The first Westin properties with the new design will be a
new Phoenix property slated to open in February and the Westin Gaslamp Quarter
in San Diego, which is undergoing renovation work that is scheduled for
completion next year. Sheraton's first redesigned hotels will include the
Sheraton Red Deer in Alberta, Canada, and the Sheraton Syracuse University
Hotel & Conference Center, each to be renovated early next year.