This week I had a chance to talk to some wonderful folks over at Starwood. To have a little fun, and to share some interesting facts I’ve recently learned, I’m running a Travel Tuesday Trivia contest. To enter, simply answer as many questions as you can by commenting on this post (all answers should go in one comment!)
The person with the most correct answers will win. If more than one person gets all answers correct, the winner will be drawn at random from those responses.
The winner will receive a $50 Best Buy Gift Card. Good luck! Deadline is Monday, August 6th at 5pm EST.
Questions:
1. What was the first brand to become part of the Starwood Chain? Hint: the Starwood Brands include (Aloft, Element, Four Points, Le Meridien, Luxury Collection, St Regis, Sheraton, W, and Westin.)
2. Name three of the six Starwood hotels with the word Sheraton in their name, but are not operating under the Sheraton brand. Hint: They are all operating as Luxury Collection hotels.
3. What Starwood brand was the St Regis New York a part of before St Regis became a Starwood Brand itself?
4. What Airline founded the Le Meridien Brand and sold it to Starwood?
5. What Starwood hotel is home to one of the World’s 15 most expensive hotel suites as reported by CNN Go in 2012?
1. Westin
2.Sheraton Addis Ababa, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, Sheraton Algarve Hotel, Albufeira
3.Sheraton
4 Air France
5. Westin Excelsior, Rome
1) Westin
2) Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers
3) ITT Sheraton Luxury
4) Air France
5) Hotel President Wilson
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit Sheraton Addis Sheraton Sofia
3. Sheraton
4.Air France
5. Westin Excelsior, Rome
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sheraton Algarve Hotel, Sheraton Park Tower, Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson (Geneva)
Cool Trivia!
– James
1.Westin
2.Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Park Tower London, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
3.ITT Sheraton Luxury
4.Air France
5.Hotel President Wilson
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Park Tower London, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Westin Excelsior, Rome
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan.
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson
1.Westin
2.Sheraton Algarve Hotel, Albufeira;
Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers;
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
3.ITT Sheraton Luxury
4.Air France
5.Hotel President Wilson
1) Westin
2) Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers
3) ITT Sheraton Luxury
4) Air France
5) Hotel President Wilson
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Park Tower London, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
3. Sheraton Luxury
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson
1) Westin
2) Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
3) Sheraton
4) Air France
5) Hotel President Wilson – Geneva
This was a lot of fun! Thanks for the opportunity!
I’m going to give this a go. 🙂
1. The first brand to become part of the Starwood chain was Westin Hotel & Resorts in September 1997.
2. Three hotels that include the name Sheraton but are not operated under the Sheraton brand are Sheraton Addis in Ethiopia, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok, and Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers in Kuwait City.
3. The St Regis New York was bought by the Sheraton brand in 1960 before it became part of the Starwood family.
4. Le Meridien was founded by Air France in 1972 before being acquired by the Starwood brand in 2005.
5. Three Starwood Hotels landed on the list for 15 most expensive suites according to CNN Go, including the Villa La Cupola Suite, Westin Excelsior in Rome which goes for a cool $30,000 a night. The Presidential Suite at the Hotel Cala di Volpe in Sardinia, Italy, part of the Starwood brand goes for an affordable $32,736 a night, and coming in at the top of the list is the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva, a Starwood hotel, at a whopping $65,000 per night’s stay. That price makes my brain hurt.
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis; Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok; Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel PResident Wilson, Geneva
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit & Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Park Tower
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. President Wilson, Geneva
Thanks so much.
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Kuwait, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Kuwait, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
1) Westin
2) Sheraton Park Tower, Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan
3) Sheraton (ITT Luxury)
4) Air France
5) Hotel President Wilson
1) Westin
2) Sheratin Grande Sukhumuit, Bangkok
1) Westin
2) Sheratin Grande Sukhumuit, Bangkok
Sheratin Kuwait Hotel & Towers, Kuwait
Sheratin Addis, Ethiopia
3) Sheratin
4) Air France
5) Hotel Preident Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan.
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson
(1) Westin;
(2) Sheraton Addis (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit (Bangkok, Thailand), Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan (Sofia, Bulgaria);
(3) Sheraton;
(4) Air France;
(5) Hotel President Wilson in Geneva
1.Westin
2.Sheraton Algarve Hotel, Albufeira;
Sheraton Kuwait Hotel & Towers;
Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok
3.ITT Sheraton Luxury
4.Air France
5.Hotel President Wilson in Geneva
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Algarve Hotel, Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
3. ITT Sheraton Luxury
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Park Tower, Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sheraton Algarve Hotel
3. ITT Sheraton Luxury
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Kuwait
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson in Geneva
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Kuwait, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit
3. Sheraton (ITT Luxury)
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson, Geneva
1. Westin, 2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Algarve Hotel, 3. ITT Sheraton Luxury, 4. Air France, 5.Royal Penthouse Suite, at Hotel President Wilson in Geneva
Who is the winner?
1. Westin
2. Sheraton Addis, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Sheraton Kuwait
3. Sheraton
4. Air France
5. Hotel President Wilson in Geneva