{"id":20048,"date":"2014-04-28T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T10:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/starwood-hotels-resorts-iconic-sheraton-brand-celebrates-return-to-melbourne-with-grand-opening-event\/"},"modified":"2014-04-28T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T10:46:00","slug":"starwood-hotels-resorts-iconic-sheraton-brand-celebrates-return-to-melbourne-with-grand-opening-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/04\/starwood-hotels-resorts-iconic-sheraton-brand-celebrates-return-to-melbourne-with-grand-opening-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Starwood Hotels & Resorts\u2019 Iconic Sheraton Brand Celebrates Return To Melbourne With Grand Opening Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheraton Melbourne Hotel, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), last night marked their official opening with a glamorous launch party attended by 200 VIPs, dignitaries, celebrities and corporate guests.<\/span><\/span>

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Victorian Premier, the Hon Dr Denis Napthine, MP joined key Sheraton Melbourne Hotel staff, Starwood Hotels and Resorts representatives, hotel owners – Golden Age Development Group, as well as the acting consul general of the Consulate-General of the People\u2019s Republic of China to officially unveil the hotel\u2019s opening plaque. <\/span>\"image005\"<\/div>\n
The Honourable Dr Denis Napthine, MP, Premier of Victoria said \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see the Sheraton name return to Melbourne after a nine-year absence.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
He added, \u201cThis new hotel will not only be a major drawcard for tourists who are visiting Victoria for one of our world-renowned major events, but also for business with the facility also featuring a floor for conference and convention facilities capable of hosting more than 200 people.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWe are proud to have opened this new hotel under the Sheraton flag, the fifth in Australia” commented general manager Hal Philp. \u201cOur grand unveiling was a fitting launch and we were delighted that we were joined by so many Melbourne dignitaries and VIPs.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Sheraton guests mingled in the Ballroom among deluxe food stations, offering an assortment of delicacies and unique culinary offerings together with exclusive wines of the world.<\/span><\/div>\n
News.com.au<\/a> Editor at Large and media commentator, Melissa Hoyer MC\u2019d the exclusive event and welcomed VIP\u2019s and celebrities.<\/span><\/div>\n
Owned by Golden Age Development Group, the hotel marks the return of the iconic Sheraton brand to Melbourne after nearly a decade and is the first of five Sheraton hotels to open in the Pacific region in 2014.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sheraton Melbourne Hotel, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT), last night marked their official opening with a glamorous launch party attended by 200 VIPs, dignitaries, celebrities and corporate guests. Victorian Premier, the Hon Dr Denis Napthine, MP joined key Sheraton Melbourne Hotel staff, Starwood Hotels and Resorts representatives, hotel owners – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-starwood-hotels-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}