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SPECIAL REPORT INDEPENDENT HOTELS SEE POSITIVE RESULTS Page 20 SPECIAL REPORT IHG TOPS THIS YEAR’S LIST Page 22 SPECIAL REPORT HOUSEKEEPING GOES HIGH-TECH Page 34 www.HotelMotel.com News Analysis, Trends and People Since 1875 A HotelWorld Network Publication | Vol. 223, No. 17 | October 6, 2008 Starwood CEO ﬁnalizes roster Van Paasschen shapes leadership team, brands By Heather Gunter ASSOCIATE EDITOR See Starwood | page 64 As part of the “Starwood Journey,” brands [shown here, the St. Regis, Washington, D.C.] must become “Starwood-class brands.” Hotel Group gains ground within Wyndham By Chris Crowell ASSOCIATE EDITOR INFO CONCIERGE Top U.S. travel destinations PARSIPPANY, N.J.–Since Cendant Corp. acquired Wyndham International in 2005 and spun off Wyndham Worldwide in 2006, the company has grown significantly and looks to continue this growth by increasing the size of its hotel group into the next decade. Currently, Wyndham Hotel Group is 25 percent of Wyndham Worldwide’s business. President, chairman and CEO of Wyndham Worldwide Stephen P. Holmes said the company plans to expand the Wyndham Hotel Group Holmes WYNDHAM Rudnitsky WYNDHAM ly September with the departure of president and CEO of the Wyndham Hotel Group, Steve Rudnitsky. Holmes will be the interim president and CEO of the Hotel Group as a search for a new executive is carried out. Egon Zehnder International, a senior-level executive recruitment ﬁrm, has been contracted to conduct the search. Holmes said the new executive will “most likely come from the travel and hospitality industry.” “We brought [Rudnitsky] in six and half years ago for a fresh look,” Holmes said. “He came from Kraft as brand manager … to redeﬁne our brands, reposition and start a path for the future. He did that and did a great job, and now we’re looking See Wyndham | page 60 1. Florida 2. California 3. New York 4. Nevada 5. Pennsylvania Source: TNS American Traveler Study to one-third of Wyndham’s overall business, bringing it equal with Group RCI and Wyndham Vacation Ownership. One of the first moves in this growth progression came in ear- Settle Inn, GuestHouse to form parent company By Heather Gunter ASSOCIATE EDITOR SETTLE INN ABERDEEN, S.D., AND HENDERSONVILLE, TENN.– Brendan Watters has ambitious goals, but he knows growth happens over time. The president and CEO of Settle Inn LLC and GuestHouse International is in the process of creating a parent company for the franchise brands in the next See Settle Inn | page 54 Settle Inn has 12 properties in six states, including the one shown here, in Appleton, Wis. STARWOOD Starwood welcomed CEO Frits van Paasschen, former president and CEO of Coors Brewing Co., in September 2007. JENNIFER GRAYLOCK WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is working to become lean and mean. Under the leadership of Frits van Paasschen, who became president and CEO in September 2007, the company is streamlining and improving efﬁciency to grow its brands and global footprint. In the past year, van Paasschen, who was new to the hotel industry, has traveled to Starwood properties around the globe, rounded out the senior leadership team and worked on a strategy called the Starwood Journey. One of the criteria van Paasschen looked for when ﬁlling out the senior lead- http://www.HotelMotel.com

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