Le Meridien Amman Honors StarChoice and Starwood Preferred Planners

Online, March 15, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Le Meridien Amman, a member of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, held its annual celebration of StarChoice members and Starwood Preferred Planners at 282 Steaks and Lounge, where more than 60 people from numerous corporations and organizations attended the event.

"Starchoice" was founded in 1994 and is a frequent reservation loyalty program designed to reward individual corporate travel arrangers for booking at least 10 qualified room nights per year for their company's individual travelers. Every time a room is booked at one of Starwood's participating hotels, 100 "Starchoice" points are earned which could be redeemed by a great variety of awards, such as free nights, free flights with airline partners, hotel cash vouchers or a selection of gift items.

The Starwood Preferred Planner program is one of the best reward and recognition program designed for meeting planners. A member of the Starwood Preferred Planner is automatically enrolled in the award-winning Starwood Preferred Guest® Program and will earn one Starpoint for every 3USD of eligible group revenue every time they book an eligible meeting or event. Starpoints can be used for free nights, award flights, room upgrades with no black out dates, merchandise, and more.

Mr. Najib Nasser, Director of Sales and Marketing at Le Meridien Amman, commented on the event by saying: "This event is to honor our StarChoice members and Starwood Preferred Planners. Their continuous support and trust in Le Meridien Amman over the past years contributed to a mutually fulfilling and prosperous relationship."

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.:
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 960 properties in 97 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Meridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM. Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc, one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

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