The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa

The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa, located in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a blissful sanctuary of opportunity and ambiance where nothing is overlooked to ensure you leave feeling rested, enriched, and renewed. The Westin Kierland offers Agave, The Arizona Spa, Kierland Golf Club, an adventure water park, award-winning dining, and nearby upscale shopping and entertainment.

Offering every resource and service possible to ensure your group experiences unprecedented levels of success and comfort, The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa boasts generous meeting space, banquet rooms, ballrooms and conference center separated from the main areas for privacy and undisturbed efficiency. With 183,000 square feet of space dedicated for group events, The Westin Kierland Resort is a dream come true for meeting planners. Need an extra-large space for an important presentation, posh gala, or themed event? The 25,000-square-foot Kierland Grand Ballroom, with 25-foot open ceilings and state-of-the-art innovations, and the 15,000-square-foot Herberger Ballroom are both as visually impressive as they are functionally effective. The 37 meeting rooms give you plenty of options for smaller sessions, and generous pre-function spaces can be designed to accommodate exhibitions and receptions, both large and small. Take your event outside in one of many themed courtyards, ideal for atmospheric gatherings in the fresh air, especially pleasant during cool desert nights. The resort’s walkways transition seamlessly from indoors to outdoors, blurring the distinction between the two and enhancing the sense of limitless space.

Meeting spaces are outfitted with the state-of-the-art technological capabilities, from wireless connectivity and T-1 lines for lightning-fast Internet service, to video-conferencing, unique lighting treatments and crystal-clear acoustics available with top-notch audio-visual abilities. On-site tech support and A/V staff help make sure everything runs without a hitch. Supporting all these facilities is guest service delivered in Arizona’s warm and friendly style. Every meeting planner is assigned a dedicated Executive Meeting Specialist, who takes full responsibility for the flawless execution of each event on your schedule, and Resort Staff throughout the property are eager to help with all your attendees’ needs.

Scottsdale Convention Hotel Concessions

MEETINGS TAKE OFF WITH STARWOOD HOTELS AND AMERICAN AIRLINES NEW GROUP OFFER

New Fall Promotion Brings Sky High Savings to Meetings Including Free Rooms, Airline Tickets and More

Oct 16, 2009
www.starwoodhotels.com/valueaddedmeetings

White Plains, NY – October 19, 2009 – Starwood Hotels & Resorts and American Airlines Group & Meeting Travel announced a partnership to bring sky high savings to meeting planners and corporate travel planners nationwide. This new group promotion is part of a larger effort by Starwood Hotels to provide value added incentives with world-class partners to corporate accounts as meetings and group business return to the road.

Now through December 31, 2009, meeting planners will receive 4% off their master bill and one complimentary room for every 25 rooms booked at participating Starwood properties. Additionally, for every 25 airline flights booked with American Airlines, a free airline flight will be credited to the meeting planner for future travel needs. American Airlines will also offer meeting planners and corporate accounts other special group rates in conjunction with this great offer. Bookable at more than 380 Starwood properties nationwide, 32 of which are Starwood Convention Collection hotels, and through America Airlines Group & Meeting travel department, this latest meeting and group promotion appeals to companies and planners who are looking for new value to incorporate into their conservative travel budgets of today.

The Starwood and American Airlines Fall Group Promotion, includes:

4% off the master bill

1/25 complimentary room night for the meeting

1/25 complimentary airline tickets from American Airlines for future travel

Starwood Preferred Planner signing bonus of up to 100,000 Starpoints

“As we start to see an increase in sourcing new meetings this fall, the word of the day is Value,” said Scott Hermes, SVP Sales and Marketing for Starwood. “American Airlines is a great partner for Starwood to bring additional travel solutions under one great promotional umbrella. We look forward to continue to work with our meeting planners and corporate travel planners to meet their current needs in the meeting space and provide an exceptional travel experience.”

The Starwood and American Airlines Fall Group Promotion is bookable now through December 31, 2009 and is eligible for meetings redeemed before June 30, 2010. For more information, log on to www.starwoodhotels.com/valueaddedmeetings


Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with 966 properties in more than 100 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, and the recently launched Aloft®, and Element SM. 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.

About American Airlines
American Airlines, American Eagle and AmericanConnection® serve 250 cities in 40 countries with, on average, more than 3,400 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 900 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com®, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld® Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in more than 130 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com, We know why you fly and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. (NYSE: AMR) Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com.

Media Contact:
Erin Maxwell
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
914-640-8408
Erin.Maxwell@starwoodhotels.com