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19-648: Westin Casuarina may refer to: Westin Grand Cayman , hotel formerly known as Westin Casuarina Westin Las Vegas , hotel formerly known as Westin Casuarina Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Westin Casuarina . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

38-688: A management company to handle all their properties, and help deal with the crippling effects of the ongoing Great Depression . The men invited Peter and Adolph Schmidt, who operated five hotels in the Puget Sound area, to join them, and together they established Western Hotels . The chain consisted of 17 properties – 16 in Washington and one in Boise, Idaho . Western Hotels expanded to Vancouver , British Columbia and Portland , Oregon in 1931, to Alaska in 1939, and then to California in 1941, assuming management of

57-491: A new corporate headquarters directly across the street in the Westin Building , which shared a parking garage with the hotel. In 1987, UAL chairman Richard Ferris announced a plan to reorganize UAL as Allegis Corporation, a travel conglomerate based around United Airlines , Hertz Rent a Car , Hilton International Hotels , and Westin and linked by Apollo . This strategy failed, however, and Allegis sold Westin in 1988 to

76-615: Is an American upscale hotel chain owned by Marriott International . As of June 30, 2020 , the Westin Brand has 226 properties with 82,608 rooms in multiple countries in addition to 58 hotels with 15,741 rooms in the pipeline. In 1930, Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar of Seattle , Washington met unexpectedly during breakfast at the coffee shop of the Commercial Hotel in Yakima , Washington. The competing hotel owners decided to form

95-682: The Sir Francis Drake Hotel the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Western added properties in Utah in 1949 and Montana in 1950. Western Hotels executive Edward Carlson convinced Victor "Trader Vic" Bergeron to open his first franchised Trader Vic's location in the chain's Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Seattle in 1949. Originally a small bar named The Outrigger , it was expanded into a full restaurant in 1954 and renamed Trader Vic's in 1960. Due to

114-672: The Stuttgart TV Tower , was the origin of the Space Needle. The chain managed the restaurant atop the Space Needle from its opening until 1982. Western Hotels also managed a floating hotel aboard the ocean liner QSMV  Dominion Monarch , docked in Seattle harbor during the fair. The company was renamed Western International Hotels in January 1963, to reflect its growth outside the US. In

133-638: The Japanese Aoki Corporation for $ 1.35 billion. Aoki immediately sold the Plaza Hotel to Donald Trump for $ 390 million. In 1994, Aoki agreed to sell Westin to real estate investment firm Starwood Capital Group (parent of Starwood ) and Goldman Sachs at an enormous loss, for $ 561 million, but by the time the sale closed in May 1995, the buyers had negotiated the price down to $ 537 million. In 1998, Starwood assumed full ownership of

152-589: The US and Canada. Western opened its first hotel in Mexico in 1961. In March of that same year, they opened the first hotel to be both constructed and owned by the chain, The Bayshore Inn in Vancouver. Edward Carlson became President of the chain in 1960 and is credited with bringing the Century 21 Exposition to Seattle in 1962. Carlson's own napkin sketch of a tower with a revolving restaurant on top, inspired by his visit to

171-632: The chain's 25th anniversary. Western Hotels expanded to Hawaii in 1956, assuming management of the Hawaiian Village Hotel , built by Henry J. Kaiser . Early management developed each property individually. After more than two decades of rapid growth, many of its properties were merged into a single corporate structure in 1958, focusing on bringing the hotels together under a common chain identity. Also in 1958, Western Hotels assumed management of three hotels in Guatemala, its first properties outside

190-512: The company. In 2016, Marriott International acquired Starwood , becoming the world's largest hotel company. Westin was the first hotel chain to introduce guest credit cards (in 1946), 24-hour room service (1969), and personal voice mail in each room (1991). In 1999, Westin began selling the Heavenly Bed mattresses featured in Westin properties, and manufactured by Simmons Bedding Company , to

209-611: The general public. In 2005, Westin partnered with Nordstrom , which carried the mattresses and bedding in its stores. In 2011, Westin began selling the Heavenly mattresses and bedding at Pottery Barn stores. The Westin Bayshore The hotel has 499 rooms in two buildings, a low-rise structure built in 1961 and a newer tower built in 1970. The Bayshore Inn was developed by local Vancouver businessmen Hugh Martin and Douglas Welch, through their Marwell Construction company. The site

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228-474: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westin_Casuarina&oldid=933247556 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westin Grand Cayman Westin Hotels & Resorts

247-545: The mid-1960s, the company became publicly-held, trading its shares on the American Stock Exchange . From November 1, 1965, to 1970, Western International had an agreement with Hotel Corporation of America (today known as Sonesta), under which all 72 hotels of the two chains were jointly marketed as HCA and Western Hotels . From 1968 to 1973, Western International had a similar joint marketing agreement with UK-based Trust House Hotels . In 1970, Western International

266-531: The restaurant's success, Bergeron worked with Western Hotels to open Trader Vic's locations in a number of its hotels. In 1955, Western Hotels assumed management of the landmark Olympic Hotel in Seattle. It became the chain's new flagship, and the headquarters and executive offices were moved from the New Washington Hotel to a newly-decorated suite of offices on the 12th floor of the Olympic, in celebration of

285-610: Was acquired by UAL Corporation , with Edward Carlson becoming president and CEO of UAL, Inc and United Airlines. Western International bought New York's iconic Plaza Hotel in 1975 for $ 25 million. On January 5, 1981, the company changed its name again to Westin Hotels (a contraction of the words Western International). The chain's flagship Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle was the first property to be rebranded, becoming The Westin Hotel on September 1, 1981. That same year, Westin opened

304-497: Was added in 1970. On March 14, 1972, the world's most famous fugitive billionaire, Howard Hughes , moved into the hotel. The eccentric business magnate lived in the hotel's three-room, top-floor penthouse for 6 months, and was never seen outside of his room, despite the media's best attempts to photograph him. The Bayshore Inn was renamed The Westin Bayshore when the hotel chain was renamed Westin Hotels in 1981. The hotel complex

323-494: Was previously tidal flats in Coal Harbour. Four and a half acres were reclaimed by dumping fill and sinking concrete piles 40 feet down to bedrock. Welch and Martin originally planned to build a motel on the site. However, when they partnered with Seattle-based Western Hotels, the chain's head, Edward Carlson , convinced them to build a full-service resort hotel. Marwell and Western shared the $ 6 million construction cost. The hotel

342-609: Was sold in November 2015 for $ 290 million, which represented the largest single-asset sale in Canada in 2015 and a record for a Vancouver hotel on both a per-key and gross-value basis. This article about a building or structure in British Columbia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a hotel or resort in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Vancouver -related article

361-554: Was the first to be constructed from scratch by Western Hotels, which had previously built its business on assuming management of already operating hotels up and down the West Coast. The 308-room hotel was designed by Vancouver architect Douglas C. Simpson in a T shape, with a low-rise four-story wing facing the street, and a taller eight-story wing jutting out towards the water. The Bayshore Inn opened on March 27, 1961. The chain became Western International Hotels in 1963. The tower wing

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