Overview

Le Meridien Pattaya Resort to open in January 2009 will be Starwood's 17th hotel in Thailand. The Le Meridien Pattaya Resort will be part of one of Pattaya's foremost upscale beachfront resort developments, which comprises unbranded condominiums and the resort. The development is strategically located in a prime position, only 150 km or 1.5 hours' drive from Bangkok and less than an hour's drive from Bangkok's new International Airport when it officially opens in 2006.


Le Meridien Pattaya Resort marks Starwood's second resort in Pattaya. Starwood currently operates 12 hotels in Thailand - Bangkok, Chiangmai, Samui, Pattaya, Krabi and Phuket, with 5 under development in Bangkok, Chiangmai, Pattaya, Phuket and Hua Hin

The resort will feature 250 rooms, 11,000 square feet of meeting space, three food and beverage outlets, an outdoor swimming pool and a full service spa.

About Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts

Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, with its portfolio of more than 120 luxury and upscale hotels in 49 countries worldwide, is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Le Meridien enjoys a strategic alliance with JAL-owned Nikko Hotels, providing loyal guests access to an additional 52 properties around the world. In the 2005 Luxury Brand Status Index survey Le Meridien was recognised as one of the top 15 luxury hotel brands.


Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced Aloft(SM). Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.