Starwood Hotels & Resorts Asia Pacific recently held their annual road show – Starwood India Expo 2013 across 5 key cities in India including Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai and Kolkata. This year’s expo showcased over 45 hotels from across Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa & Middle East and North America.
“Starwood Expo provides a platform for us to engage with our meetings, corporate and travel trade partners and explore mutually beneficial opportunities. It also gives us an opportunity to update our customers on the growth of our footprint and brand innovations not only in our region but also on Starwood globally. In turn the customers love the fact that it’s a one-stop shop. We hold similar events in Australia, China, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. In its 7th year today, it is very encouraging for us to see how over the years there has been a consistent rise in the number of visitors and the interest it generates” said Dilip Puri, Managing Director India and Regional Vice President South Asia, Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels and Resorts.
“Starwood sells the way our customers want to buy. Our goal is to be the easiest hotel company to do business with; we are flexible, reliable, responsive, proactive and focused on creative solutions. Our relentless focus is on our customers, and the experience of our teams around the world, means that our sales force can deliver all types of business to our hotels.” shared Alison Taylor, Vice President- Sales, Starwood Hotels and Resorts for Asia Pacific. He further added, “This is the 7th year and besides Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai, this year we also added Chennai and Kolkata to drive growth. The event clearly set a stage for exploring new opportunities and in turn strengthens relationship with our customers. We have always received great support from our customers every year who look forward to this annual event and are committed to be there and do business.”
Starwood Expo is the annual sales mission organised by Starwood Hotels & Resorts to bring together business partners across all market segments, with Starwood associates, to update them on Starwood’s developments worldwide, strengthen existing relationships, enroll customers into the rich loyalty programs, discuss performance for the previous year and opportunities for the year ahead and beyond.
