Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket has been presented with Thailand's Leading Golf Resort award at the 14th Annual World Travel Awards.

This decision was reached by travel agents worldwide with the voting campaign reaching a total of 167,000 travel professionals worldwide, including more than 110,000 travel agents.

Jan Kirsten, General Manager of Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket commented, “We are delighted to receive this award which recognises our position in the international travel industry as Thailand’s leading golf resort”.

Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "Travel industry's equivalent to the Oscars", the World Travel Awards are the most comprehensive and most prestigious awards program in global travel industry today. Attended by the captains of industry, the World Travel Awards ceremonies are highly regarded as the event and forum that serves to acknowledge, reward and celebrate the enormous achievements found in all sectors of the global travel industry.

Set against a dazzling backdrop of bright white sand and sparkling indigo lagoons, Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket offers endless recreational opportunities. The resort offers 424 luxuriously appointed rooms including 128 Grande villas and ten dining and entertainment venues. The 18-hole Laguna Phuket Golf Club is designed to challenge golfers of all abilities, with lagoons, coconut groves, undulating fairways, and an island green.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 890 properties in more than 100 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.

Starwood® Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft(SM), and Element(SM).

Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts.

For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com

Source: Starwood Hotels & Resorts release dated November 2, 2007