Starwood to Present at Robert Baird

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May. 13, 2009

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) will be making a presentation during Robert Baird’s Growth Stock Conference in Chicago on Thursday, May 14^th, 2009 at 11:50am local time. Vasant Prabhu, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, will be speaking at the conference.

Audio of the presentation will be provided through a live webcast via Starwood’s investor relations website at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/corporate/investor_relations.html. In addition, the presentation slides may be accessed by following the same link aforementioned. The webcast will remain on the website for 30 days following the conference.