Kansas City Welcomes Its First Four Points by Sheraton - the Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City Airport

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced today the opening of the Four Points By Sheraton Kansas City Airport, a newly renovated property minutes from Kansas City International Airport. The hotel, previously a Clarion, is owned by RCG-KC Hotel, LLC, a privately funded real estate investment group, and will fly the Four Points by Sheraton flag under a long-term management agreement.

“This newly refreshed property with its Four Points branded features designed with an eye to casual comfort and affordable convenience is a natural and welcome addition to the Four Points growing portfolio,” said Hoyt Harper, senior vice president, Four Points by Sheraton.”

The 200-room property features an outdoor pool and sundeck, a retooled fitness center, and 5,000 square feet of meeting space. The public area features the newly branded Four Points by Sheraton family “great room” with relaxing decor, flat screen television, bench seating and coffee bar featuring Seattle’s Best coffee. Each guest room and the property’s additional suite feature the exclusive Four Points by Sheraton Four Comfort Bed, a multi-layered, cozy ensemble designed to pamper guests. In addition to a duvet in a rich palette of colors, the bed features a plush mattress and a welcoming quartet of pillows for relaxing that includes two feather/down sleeping pillows and two oversized lounging pillows. Free wireless high-speed Internet access and free bottled water are also available in each room. Other branded offerings include in-room dining and 24-hour airport shuttle service to all terminals, and a business center.

A Kansas City institution, the wildly popular Tanner’s Bar & Grill, with its multi-screen sports channels and “build your own burgers, pizzas and hot dogs” dining concept, provides guests and diners with a friendly and entertaining atmosphere for lunch and dinner. The menu features sports bar specialties as well as steaks, salads and refreshing beverages and brews.

The Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City is conveniently close to a variety of businesses and attractions including Harley-Davidson and Delaval Manufacturing, Inc., as well as the Kansas City Speedway and the KCI Expo Center.

To obtain more information on the hotel or to book please visit www.fourpoints.com/kansascityairport, or call 816/464-2345.

Four Points by Sheraton understands the needs of their customers by delivering a set of values that are both honest and uncomplicated and that offer a new kind of style and comfort. The brand’s current global expansion and development includes choice urban and resort markets such as Soho Village (New York City); Chicago, Illinois; Levis, Quebec, Canada; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Shenzhen, China; Cocoa Beach, Florida; and Puerto Rico. The most recent Four Points by Sheraton property to open in Canada was the Four Points by Sheraton Quebec.

Four Points by Sheraton, with more than 130 properties in 22 countries, is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and is consistently rated as a top performer in the mid-priced category by Business Travel News’ “Annual U.S. Hotel Chain Survey.” Four Points by Sheraton offers the self-sufficient traveler a new kind of style and comfort combined with a spirited “can-do” service — all at an honest value. Four Points by Sheraton hotels are located at airports, in mid-sized cities, leisure destinations, and business and commercial centers. Four Points by Sheraton hotels cater to business and leisure travelers as well as meeting planners seeking a quality, mid-priced and value-oriented product. In addition to the high-speed Internet access services, key features include an on-premise restaurant serving cooked-to-order breakfast, complimentary bottled water, room service with a 30-minute delivery guarantee, swimming pools, fitness facilities, business services and meeting space with catering facilities.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 850 properties in more than 95 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, W(R), Le Meridien(R) and the recently announced Aloft(SM). Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

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