(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LAS COLINAS, TX, September 3 / MARKET WIRE/ --
aloha! Reservation lines are now open for bookings at the aloft Las Colinas by visiting www.alofthotels.com or calling 1-877-GO-ALOFT.
aloft is shaking up the lodging industry with urban-influenced design, accessible technology, style and a social atmosphere. aloft offers a total sensory experience, with rooms featuring loft-like, nine-foot ceilings and oversized windows to create a bright, airy environment.
Located at 122 E John Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75024, the aloft Las Colinas is a 68,234 square-foot structure with 136 guestrooms. It has many features, including a w xyz Bar(SM), an outdoor backyard with pool, and a 525 sq ft Tactic room. Property tours will be given after the ribbon cutting.
The aloft Las Colinas is managed by Dallas-based Aimbridge Hospitality, and is owned by a joint venture including Hillwood -- one of the top real estate developers in the country, Champ Hospitality, Aimbridge Hospitality, and JF Capital.
About aloft
Infused with the DNA of W Hotels, aloft is a new destination sensation featuring loft-inspired design, accessible technology and a stylish urban attitude. Starwood anticipates the first aloft hotels to open in early
2008, with 500 properties worldwide expected by 2012.
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 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 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 M?ridien? and the recently announced aloftSM and ElementSM Hotels. Starwood Hotels also own 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.
About Aimbridge Hospitality
Aimbridge Hospitality is a hotel real estate and management company created to identify investment opportunities throughout the United States. Aimbridge provides management, asset management, capital renovation, supervision, accounting and consulting services for its strategic partners. Aimbridge currently operates hotel properties in the Embassy Suites, Doubletree, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Sheraton, Hyatt and Wyndham brands. Aimbridge also manages a number of independent hotels,
including the Phoenix Inn & Suites brand of hotels and has several projects under development in the Starwood, Marriott and Hilton enterprises. For more information on Aimbridge Hospitality, please visit the company's Web site at www.aimbridgehospitality.com.
About Hillwood
Hillwood, a Perot company, is ranked as one of the top commercial real estate developers in the country and the top residential developer in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company's developments currently house facilities
for close to 90 companies listed on either the Fortune 500, Global 500 or Forbes List of Top Private firms. Hillwood is best known for its development of the 17,000-acre Alliance Texas project located 15 miles
northwest of DFW Airport, Alliance California in San Bernardino and the $420-million American Airlines Center and Victory district near downtown Dallas. For more information on Hillwood, please visit the company's Web site at (www.hillwood.com).
About JF Capital
JF Capital Advisors, headquartered in New York City, is a hospitality investment and advisory firm. Prior to founding JF Capital Advisors, Jonathan Falik was a Vice President in the Real Estate Investment Banking
division of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Together with Joe Weinberger, the principals of JF Capital Advisors have completed over $10 billion of mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions in the hospitality sector. For more information on JF Capital Advisors, please visit the company's Web site at www.jfcap.com.
About Champ Hospitality
Champ Hospitality LP is a full service hospitality development company. Champ develops hotels domestically and internationally for its own portfolio as well as provides a broad range of consulting services for third parties, including: Feasibility analysis, site acquisition, project management, brand selection, management and franchise contracts, asset management and disposition strategies. For information call (214) 432-9559 or visit www.champhospitality.com.
Media Contacts:
Ryan Miyamoto
aloft Las Colinas
972-717-6100Email Contact
Angela Bliss
Starwood/Aloft hotels
(914) 640-8334Email Contact
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