Sheraton Hotel Chain

The Sheraton Hotel Chain is a subsidiary of the Starwood Hotels Group and was acquired in 1998. Before that Sheraton had a long and innovative history as a world renown hotel.

The Sheraton was first established as a hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1937 by the entrepreneurs Robert Moore and Ernest Henderson.

Within two years they had already bought three more hotels in the city of Boston as well as properties and holdings from Florida to Maine. By the end of the decade, the name Sheraton became the first listed hotel in the New York Stock Exchange.

The first international expansion of the Sheraton began in 1949 in Canada, through the purchase of two hotels. The Sheraton success and excellent service grew so rapidly that by the early 60’s there were business travel and luxury Sheraton hotels in both the Middle East and Latin America. Sheraton opened its 100th hotel in 1965.

What gives Sheraton an edge?

The Sheraton flexibility and open-minded business sense, made them break the cold war dogma deep in the 80’s. In 85, Sheraton opened the very first operating hotel chain in the People’s Republic of China.

Sheraton’s open minded business sense did not stop with international politics. In the month of April, of 1995, the Sheraton opened the first chain of mid-priced hotels called the Four Points.

The Four Points advantage for business executives or engineers who are on a tight schedule and or budget is exceptional; with fitness workout centers as well as leisure services for world travelers on a tight budget, looking for quality service.

The Sheraton hotel group finally was so successful that they were targeted by Starwoods Hotel Group, early in 1998, the year they were acquired.

Who are the Sheraton friends?

Aside from the excellent and quality service provided by the Sheraton throughout its history, the Sheraton also provides luxury resort service with golf courses, spas, honeymoon vacations, destination guides and especially vacation ownership.

Vacation ownership gives the Sheraton its edge more than other hotel services, because ownership is like a vacation that plans itself, using the open minded Sheraton business sense to make the best of yearly vacation time.

The growing interest in vacation ownership around the world is due to the versatility of its service as well as its wide variety of options that make use of the entire list of Sheraton hotels and resorts the world over.