WHITE PLAINS, NY- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has signed a management agreement with Agenco Engenharia e Construcoes Ltd. And Bank Opportunity, to manage a new 308-room hotel in Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Construction on the $41 million Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel & Suites begins this month with an opening date scheduled for the first quarter of 2003. Rio de Janeiro-based STA Arquitectura is the architect. (8/18/00)