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SHERATON HANOI HOTEL HOSTED STARWOOD CAREERS MONTH 2015
Starwood Career Day organized as part of Starwood Careers Month held at Sheraton Hanoi Hotel attracted more than 500 passionate candidates from Hanoi City for a rewarding career
HANOI, VIETNAM – JUNE 11, 2015 – Sheraton Hanoi Hotel part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., recently hosted Starwood Career Day as part of the inaugural Starwood Careers Month, a refreshed extension of the widely successful Starwood Careers Day – an Asia Pacific wide talent attraction exercise that has been running since 2012. Held on June 11, 2015, the event was graced by Mr. Tetsuya Ishihara, General Manager of Sheraton Hanoi Hotel and attracted over 500 passionate candidates.
What Sets Us Apart: People, Brands, Community, Innovation
Starwood Careers Month 2015 will focus on the tenets of passionate people, best brands by design, belonging to something bigger and embracing what’s new. These focuses will be the driving themes throughout the month-long event – featuring not only a key ‘recruitment day’ with job openings but also comprising activities revolved around talent diversity, placing the spotlight on internal talent career growth and development. Starwood Careers Month consolidates the strengths of Starwood’s ten distinct hotel brands and offers potential and existing talents the unique opportunity to explore a career that offers highly sought-after regional and global exposure; and the chance to make a difference in the communities in which we operate.
The enthusiastic response to the event puts Starwood Hotels & Resorts on a strong footing to continue its aggressive growth across Asia Pacific. Starwood Asia Pacific division currently operates close to 300 hotels, with nearly 230 hotels in the pipeline. As the fastest growing division, Starwood Asia Pacific employs over 74,500 associates, nearly half of all Starwood associates worldwide.
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About Starwood Careers Month:
Piloted in 2012 by Starwood Greater China, Starwood Recruitment Day was launched solely to recruit talents across China properties, given the vast growth of the region. Honing the overwhelming response of the event, it expanded to an Asia Pacific-wide initiative in 2013 to comprise of 200 participating hotels across 85 locations. In 2014, the event was renamed “Starwood Careers Day” – after Starwood Careers – Starwood’s integrated Talent Management & Development system innovatively conceptualized for Asia Pacific to fit the region’s unique needs.
Starwood Careers Month which runs from 10 June to 9 July 2015 is a refreshed extension of Starwood Careers Day and will feature a series of internal and external activities and events throughout the entire month across close to 250 Starwood hotels and resorts.
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 1,200 properties in some 100 countries and over 180,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft®, Element® and the recently introduced Tribute Portfolio™. The Company boasts one of the industry’s leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG®), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood recently announced plans to spin off its Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc. business, a premier provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands, into a standalone public company by the end of 2015. For more information, please visit