{"id":2778,"date":"2013-03-13T14:56:34","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2013-03-13T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:56:34","slug":"starwood-hq-moves-to-dubai-and-westins-on-a-tangent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/03\/13\/starwood-hq-moves-to-dubai-and-westins-on-a-tangent\/","title":{"rendered":"Starwood HQ moves to Dubai and Westin&#8217;s on a Tangent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, it&#8217;s not April Fools Day, yet&#8230;but you read that right. Starwood has moved many of their corporate executives from Connecticut to Dubai for 1 month. \u00a0Starwood president &amp; CEO Frits van Paasschen and the company&#8217;s top executives will conduct day-to-day business from Dubai until April 5. \u00a0 This move follows a similarly successful month-long move to China in 2011.\u00a0&#8220;With 80 per cent of Starwood&#8217;s pipeline coming from rapidly growing markets, it is simply not possible to lead a truly global business from a boardroom in Connecticut,&#8221; said van Paasschen.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2782 alignleft\" alt=\"logo starwood\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/03\/logo-starwood-300x300.jpg\" width=\"168\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/logo-starwood-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/logo-starwood-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/logo-starwood-341x341.jpg 341w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/logo-starwood.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the relocation, more than 200 Starwood executives and GMs from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America will travel to Dubai as the company runs day-to-day operations almost 7,000 miles and a nine-hour time zone away from its HQ. \u00a0This is something I can appreciate because outside of my blogging life I work completely internationally with offices in Europe, Asia and Australia. \u00a0It&#8217;s challenging until you get the hang of it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2784\" alt=\"tangent\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/03\/tangent-300x106.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/tangent-300x106.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/tangent-960x341.jpg 960w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/tangent.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In other Starwood News, Westin Hotels has launched Tangent, a new workspace concept formerly called &#8220;The Bee Hive.&#8221; \u00a0Westin plans to roll the concept out to 40 hotels globally this year and it&#8217;s currently available for booking at The Westin Boston Waterfront and The Westin Arlington Gateway<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2779\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2779\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2779\" alt=\"Tangent Space at The Westin Boston Waterfront (from Westin Boston Website)\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/03\/westin-boston-tangent-space-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/westin-boston-tangent-space-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/westin-boston-tangent-space-511x341.jpg 511w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/westin-boston-tangent-space.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tangent Space at The Westin Boston Waterfront (photo source: Westin Boston Waterfront Website)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The space will feature media:scape, which will allow workers to share digital information, conduct video conferencing, access printers, televisions, Xbox 360s (not sure how that&#8217;s work related, unless you work for a gaming company), floor-to-ceiling whiteboards and complimentary access to wifi. \u00a0The space is suited for 4 people to work\u00a0collaboratively.<\/p>\n<p>The Westin Boston Waterfront and Westin Arlington Gateway both rent space for $50\/hour and booking is done through third-party site called LiquidSpace.com. \u00a0Reservations may be cancelled without penalty with 24 hours notice.<\/p>\n<p>This is an interesting concept similar to shared office solutions currently\u00a0available. I suspect I&#8217;d be much more open to meeting people at a hotel workspace than at some random office space I&#8217;d never been to before &#8211;\u00a0especially\u00a0if the meeting was with people I didn&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2783\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2783\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2783\" alt=\"Tangent Concept (photo from: Starwood Hotels Website)\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/files\/2013\/03\/tangent-space-300x133.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/tangent-space-300x133.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/tangent-space-765x341.jpg 765w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/tangent-space.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tangent Concept (photo from: Starwood Hotels Website)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, it&#8217;s not April Fools Day, yet&#8230;but you read that right. Starwood has moved many of their corporate executives from Connecticut to Dubai for 1 month. \u00a0Starwood president &amp; CEO Frits van Paasschen and the company&#8217;s top executives will conduct&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[91,92,742],"tags":[136,745,753,137],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Starwood HQ moves to Dubai and Westin&#039;s on a Tangent - 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