STAMFORD, Conn.—Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. announced that Vasant M. Prabhu has resigned as vice chairman and chief financial officer to join NBCUniversal as chief financial officer. Twenty-year Starwood veteran and finance leader Alan Schnaid, currently senior vice president, ...

Hotels that have cultivated sustainable food practices are discovering that what is good for the planet also can be good for business and the surrounding community. The burden on the Earth’s food supply is at an all-time high, and the ...

Deutsche Bank AG will lend $1.9 billion to Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts LP, owner of five Starwood-branded hotels in Hawaii and one in San Francisco, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. The Frankfurt-based lender, which was competing with Credit Suisse Group AG, JPMorgan ...

STAMFORD, Conn.—Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. has completed the sale of Aloft Tucson University to Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust II Inc., a public, non-traded REIT sponsored by The Lightstone Group, a privately held real estate company, ...

STAMFORD, Conn.—As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. will no longer procure shark fin in any of its nearly 1,200 hotels or 1,300 restaurants around the world, beginning July 2014. The company has ...