WHITE PLAINS, NY- HOTELBUSINESS. has learned that Starwood Hotels & Resorts plans to double the size of its St. Regis brand from 6 hotels to 12 within the next three years.
The St. Regis Los Angeles hotel and the St. Regis Club at the Essex House in New York City will open this fall, bringing the brands total number of properties to eight. In 2001, the brand will open hotels in Monarch Beach, CA and Shanghai, China. The groundbreaking for its new Ft. Lauderdale property will be held this Thursday, with a grand opening expected in 2002. The final property in the St. Regis pipeline is a new hotel in San Francisco expected to open in 2003. (9/12/00) –Diana M. Rodriguez
