Travelers Can Now Enjoy Comprehensive Benefits When They Travel With Jet Airways And Stay With Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

India – 25 September, 2014 – Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG®), the award-winning loyalty program from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT),  today announced one of the richest reward partnerships for India through their new partnership with JetPrivilege, an internationally acclaimed, award winning loyalty and rewards program and the frequent flyer program of Jet Airways. This partnership will reward the growing member base of both loyalty programs with greater benefits and privileges.

“SPG Membership in India is growing exponentially with more than 250 percent growth over the last five years. As membership in India grows, it's important that we're giving our members more selection and more ways to earn and redeem their valuable Starpoints,” Irene Lin, Director, Distribution, Loyalty and Partnerships, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific. “This newly-inked milestone partnership with JetPrivilege, the frequent flyer program of Jet Airways adds to our growing list of airline partners, providing SPG members greater redemption options with their Starpoints.” 

In this new partnership, SPG members can earn JPMiles for their stays at over 1,200 properties across all of Starwood Hotels & Resorts' nine compelling lifestyle brands globally. SPG members also get the flexibility to transfer existing Starpoints® to JPMiles. In addition, the partnership offers 5000 bonus JPMiles whenever SPG members transfer 20,000 Starpoints® to JPMiles.

“We are delighted to partner with JetPrivilege to enrich the travel experience for our ever growing base of SPG members in India,” said Dilip Puri Managing Director India and Regional Vice President South Asia, Starwood Hotels and Resorts. “Aviation and hospitality go hand in hand, as more and more Indians are travelling to places. Given our strong footprint of 40 hotels currently operating in India and a robust pipeline of 35 hotels under development, this collaboration is strategically important as India rises to be one of the world's fastest growing markets for domestic and outbound travel,” he added.

With a growing guest loyalty base and an ever expanding footprint, Starwood is focused on providing benefits and offers tailored to appeal and engage with the Indian mega traveler. This partnership enhances the travel experience for both SPG and JetPrivilege members providing enriching benefits each time they stay in Starwood Hotels Worldwide or take to the skies with Jet Airways.

With the signing of this partnership with JetPrivilege, SPG is now able to provide benefits to frequent flyers of Jet Airways, now part of SPG's comprehensive list of over 30 airline partners across the globe, joining other international airlines like Emirates, Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa and British Airways.

Manish Dureja, Managing Director, JetPrivilege said, “It's our continuous endeavor to create unique and enriching experiences for our JetPrivilege members as well as for all our participating partners. Looking at the growing consumer needs of domestic and international travel with a memorable hospitality experience at the best possible hotels and resorts, the most logical extension of the JetPrivilege programme was to expand our partnership with some of the finest hotel chains both in India and international destinations. This partnership with SPG is one such key initiative and we are extremely delighted with this association. A JetPrivilege member on their stay at any of the SPG hotels will have the advantage of getting rewarded with JPMiles, enriching the overall travel experience.”

To celebrate the new partnership, SPG is offering double JPMiles to Jet Privilege members for their stay at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. To participate, Jet Privilege members must join the SPG program and register at www.spg.com/jet from now until 31st December 2014.

To find out more about Starwood Preferred Guest, log on to www.spg.com.

To know more about the JetPrivilege Programme, visit www.jetprivilege.com

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with nearly 1,200 properties in 100 countries, and 181,400 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft®, and Element®. The Company boasts one of the industry's leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG®), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

About Starwood Preferred Guest

Starwood Preferred Guest® (SPG®) is an innovative, award-winning frequent traveler program that unites each of Starwood's 9 distinctive hotel brands and includes more luxury hotels in more destinations around the world.  SPG reinvented the hospitality loyalty landscape when it launched in 1999 with its breakthrough policy of no blackout dates, and over the years has continued its tradition of innovation with enhancements such as Cash + Points, SPG MomentsSM, and most recently Your24™ and SPG Lifetime™.  In addition to Free Night Awards at nearly 1,200 hotels and resorts and Award Flights on over 350 major airlines without blackout dates, the Starpoints® that members earn through SPG can be redeemed for access like no other to experiences in music, sports and the arts through SPG Moments. SPG offers the opportunity for meeting and travel professionals to earn rich rewards including Starpoints and elite status through SPG Pro. SPG also has an ongoing commitment to digital innovation to meet the needs of today's connected global traveler – from the SPG app for iPhone that utilizes state-aware technology to create a more personalized hotel stay to Starwood's Best Rate Guarantee on SPG.com, to SPG's integration within various social media platforms.  Offerings such as these have helped SPG build a passionate member base among the world's most frequent travelers.  Learn more at spg.com , spg.com/pro and spg.com/moments and connect with us on facebook.com/spg, twitter.com/spg, foursquare.com/spg, pinterest.com/spglife, and youtube.com/spg.

About Jet Privilege Private Ltd        

Jet Privilege Private Limited is a specialized loyalty and rewards management company - a joint venture between Jet Airways and Etihad Airways to develop, manage, operate and market JetPrivilege – an internationally acclaimed, award winning loyalty and rewards programme.

JetPrivilege the proud recipient of the prestigious Freddie Awards in 2012 and 2013 will continue to be a Frequent Flyer and rewards programme with Jet Airways as its key anchor partner - offering exclusive privileges to members when they travel on Jet Airways, Etihad Airways and its tie-ups with other international airlines. The programme offers the unique benefit of accelerating JPMiles accumulation through use of co-branded credit and debit cards, book & stay across domestic and international hotel partners, and various other partnerships with other leading consumer and retail brands across industries like retail, telecom, lifestyle, dining, entertainment to name a few.

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 112 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 72 next generations Boeing 737-700/800/900/900 ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 3 ATR72-600. With an average fleet age of 5.08 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 74 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Paris, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

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