Article: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Completes Acquisition of Westin Hotels & Resorts; New $2.265 Billion Credit Facility Established; ITT Transaction Expected to Close in Early February.

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1998--Starwood Hotels & Resorts Trust (the "Trust"), a real estate investment trust, whose shares are paired and trade together as a unit (NYSE:HOT) with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (the "Corporation", and together with the Trust, the "Company" or "Starwood Hotels & Resorts"), a hotel management and operating company, today announced the completion of their previously announced acquisition of Westin Hotels & Resorts.

Effective upon closing of the Westin acquisition, the Trust's and the Corporation's names were changed from Starwood Lodging Trust and Starwood Lodging Corporation to Starwood Hotels & Resorts ...

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