Article: Starwood Breaks New Ground in North America With Luxurious, Boutique Hotel in Vancouver; Hotel Le Soleil's Successful Formula: Sex Appeal At $650 Per Square Foot.

VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1999--

The $36-million, 122-suite Hotel Le Soleil is Starwood's first luxury, boutique hotel in North America and has become a fashion and style Mecca in the heart of Vancouver's downtown financial and business district.

At $650 per square foot for the new property, Hotel Le Soleil has stepped out of the traditional Starwood realm as the most expensive to build, chic hotel in Vancouver.

"Style, elegance, romance and a certain `sensuality' are the key French ingredients that differentiate Hotel Le Soleil in a city known for an abundance of Five Diamond properties. I drew my inspiration from the Savoy in ...

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