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www.starwood.com - Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) will be making a presentation during JP Morgan"s 10th SMid Cap Conference in New York City on Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at 2:15pm Eastern time. Jason Koval, Vice President, Investor Relations, will be speaking at the conference.
Audio of the presentation will be provided through a

live webcast via Starwood"s investor relations website at www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/investor_relations.html. In addition, the presentation slides may be accessed by following the same link aforementioned. The webcast will remain on the website for 30 days following the conference.
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 936 properties in more than 100 countries and 155,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood® Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, W®, Le Méridien® and the recently announced AloftSM and ElementSM. 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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Starwood

Jason Koval, 914-640-8165

Vice President, Investor Relations