SH Hotels & Resorts’ Leal discusses:
- Bringing back the Starwood brand
- Why corporate travel is “critical” to the company
- Setting “reasonable” policies for sustainability and DEI
Nearly a decade after Marriott International acquired and integrated Starwood Hotels & Resorts, the Starwood name is returning to the hospitality landscape, under the aegis of its original founder and CEO, Barry Sternlicht. The original Starwood Hotels & Resorts formed from Sternlicht’s real estate firm Starwood Capital in 1994, and it grew to one of the largest hotel companies in the world via acquisitions, including Westin and Sheraton, and newly created brands, including W, until its eventual acquisition by Marriott for $13.6 billion in 2016. Sternlicht’s…




























