Starwood Hotels & Resorts Enhances Online Recruiting Tool

Starwood Hotels & Resorts announces it now offers potential candidates looking for exciting careers with the group a one-stop resource: http://www.starwood.jobs/. This new site allows candidates to tailor their job search according to their requirements (geographical location, brand preferences, etc.) and at the same time allows for greater effectiveness and efficiency in the recruitment process.

The newly launched site is also one of the most robust recruitment related websites in the industry, and offers potential candidates access to comprehensive search options for career opportunities, including the ability to create “JobAlert Profiles”, enabling them to be notified when their dream job or dream locations become available.

Key features of http://www.starwood.jobs/ include the electronic recruitment site allows candidates to tailor the job search according to their profile (brand preference, location and language capabilities, etc.). Candidates can also create job alerts so they will be notified when a position matching their profile is available.

Starwood currently operates more than 140 hotels in Asia Pacific, with more than 80 hotels and resorts under development soon to fly Starwood’s brand flags including Westin, Sheraton, W, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Four Points by Sheraton, Le Méridien and aloft.

Fueling Starwood’s growth in the region is its impressive pace in China, driven by a surge in development of Starwood’s select service brands and the increased exposure of the company’s upper upscale and luxury brands in the Asia Pacific region.

Of the hotels under development in Asia Pacific, more than half are in China, where Starwood expects to double its portfolio by 2011. The Sheraton and Four Points by Sheraton brands lead the growth in this region. In addition to the 36 hotels Starwood currently operates in China, Starwood has more than 40 new properties opening soon.

The company is also experiencing significant growth in India. Building on its current portfolio of 20 properties in India, Starwood has 10 more under development in vibrant technology hubs such as Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai and Bangalore.

Westin and Aloft are particularly hot in India right now. In the past few months, Westin signed deals for five new properties, and Aloft executed deals for three new properties.