Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 1,146 properties in nearly 100 countries and 171,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. It is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences, including: St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton. The Company has one of the industry's leading loyalty programmes, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG). It also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership.