Article: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Completes $14.6 Billion Acquisition of ITT Corporation; Creates Largest Hotel & Gaming Company in the World.

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 1998--Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. ("the Corporation"), a hotel management and operating company, whose shares are paired with and trade together as a unit (NYSE:HOT) with Starwood Hotels & Resorts (the "Trust", and together with the Corporation, the "Company" or "Starwood Hotels") a real estate investment trust, today announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of ITT Corporation (NYSE:ITT). After yesterday's closing, Starwood Hotels' portfolio now includes more than 650 hotels and resorts located in over 70 countries worldwide, with additional hotel and resort projects under development around the ...

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