St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort Abu Dhabi – one of the many hotels moving up one category
Starwood Preferred Guest has announced its annual category changes, which will affect a total of 255 properties that will either move up or down one category. These changes will go into effect on March 10, 2015, so if a hotel you want to book is moving up in category, you should definitely book it before that deadline. The PDF outlining the changes isn’t very well organized, so for the sake of convenience, I’ve sorted all 255 hotels by the category they are moving from/to.
Hotels Moving Up
Category 6 to 7
W Retreat Koh Samui
The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort
The St. Regis San Francisco
Category 5 to 6
Westin Bahrain City Centre
Sheraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel
The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi
Le Parker Méridien Palm Springs
Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Francisco
The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston
The Phoenician, a Luxury Collection Resort, Scottsdale
The St. Regis Houston
Westin Palo Alto
Westin Verasa Napa
W Boston
W San Diego
Category 4 to 5
Sheraton Abuja Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Dhaka, Gulshan
Westin Blue Bay Resort
Westin Resort Guam
The Westin Lagunamar Ocean Resort Villas & Spa, Cancun
Aloft Cupertino
Four Points by Sheraton Cupertino
Le Meridien Dallas, The Stoneleigh
Sheraton Lincoln Harbor Hotel
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
The Westin Austin at The Domain
The Westin Colonnade, Coral Gables
Westin Governor Morris, Morristown
The Westin Houston Downtown
Westin Houston, Memorial City
Westin New Orleans Canal Place
The Westin Pasadena
Westin Portland
Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter
Westin San Francisco Airport
Westin Seattle
Westin South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa
Westin St. Louis
Westin Washington National Harbor
Category 3 to 4
The Westin Hefei Baohe
The Westin Zhujiajian Resort, Zhoushan
Le Méridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa
Le Meridien Jakarta
Sheraton Bali Kuta Resort
Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
Sheraton Bogota Hotel
Sheraton Mexico City Maria Isabel Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Miraflores
Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel & Casino
Four Points by Sheraton Prince George
Aloft Denver Downtown
Aloft Lexington
Aloft Orlando Downtown
Element Houston Vintage Park
Element Lexington
Four Points by Sheraton Boston Logan Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Destin-Fort Walton Beach
Four Points by Sheraton Hotel & Suites San Francisco Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Lousiville Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Nashville Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia City Center
Le Méridien Charlotte
Sheraton Ann Arbor Hotel
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center
Sheraton Cerritos Hotel
Sheraton Chicago Northbrook Hotel
Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel
Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa
Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
Sheraton McKinney Hotel (McKinney, TX)
Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel
Sheraton Park Hotel at the Anaheim Resort
Sheraton Pasadena Hotel
Sheraton Pleasanton Hotel
Sheraton Raleigh Hotel
The Tremont Chicago Hotel at Magnificent Mile
Westin Cleveland Downtown
The Westin Huntsville
The Westin O’Hare
Category 2 to 4
Aloft Detroit at The David Whitney
Four Points by Sheraton San Jose – Silicon Valley
Category 2 to 3
Four Points by Sheraton Beijing, Haidian Hotel & Serviced Apartments
Sheraton Shantou Hotel
The Westin Ningbo
The Westin Pune Koregaon Park
Sheraton Bandung Hotel & Towers
Four Points by Sheraton Barranquilla
Sheraton Lima Hotel & Convention Center
Four Points by Sheraton Waterloo – Kitchener Hotel & Suites
Aloft Arundel Mills
Aloft Bolingbrook
Aloft Frisco
Aloft San Antonio Airport
Aloft Tampa Downtown
Four Points by Sheraton Biloxi Beach Boulevard
Four Points by Sheraton Charleston
Four Points by Sheraton College Station
Four Points by Sheraton Houston Hobby Airport
Four Points by Sheraton Houston Southwest
Four Points by Sheraton San Diego
Four Points by Sheraton Tempe
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel
Sheraton Augusta Hotel
Sheraton Birmingham Hotel (Alabama)
Sheraton Colonial Boston North Hotel & Conference Center
Sheraton Jacksonville Hotel
Sheraton Madison Hotel
Sheraton Metairie – New Orleans Hotel
Sheraton Orlando North Hotel
Sheraton Sioux Falls & Convention Center
Sheraton Suites Galleria-Atlanta
Sheraton Suites Orlando Airport
Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport Westshore
Sheraton Tampa East Hotel
Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel St. Louis
Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel St. Louis
The Westin Chicago Northwest
Category 1 to 2
Aloft Beijing, Haidian
Four Points by Sheraton Hangzhou, Binjiang
Four Points by Sheraton Taizhou, Yuhuan
Sheraton Hefei Xinzhan Hotel
Sheraton Shanghai Waigaoqiao Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Dehradun
Four Points by Sheraton New Delhi, Airport Highway
Sheraton Senggigi Beach Resort
Aloft Jacksonville Airport
Aloft Winchester
Four Points by Sheraton Oklahoma City Airport
Hotels Moving Down
Category 7 to 6
Schloss Fuschl, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Fuschlsee-Salzburg
W Paris – Opéra
Vedema, a Luxury Collection Resort, Santorini
The St. Regis Rome
Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas
The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas
Category 6 to 5
Sheraton Lagos Hotel
ITC Grand Bharat, a Luxury Collection Resort, Gurgaon, New Delhi Capital Region
Le Méridien Taipei
Hotel Grande Bretagne, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Athens
Hotel National, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Moscow
Sheraton Zurich Neues Schloss Hotel
Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa
The Westin Kierland Villas, Scottsdale
The Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Ka’anapali
The Westin Riverfront Mountain Villas, Beaver Creek Mountain
Category 5 to 4
Le Méridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort
Ajman Saray, a Luxury Collection Resort, Ajman
Le Méridien Al Aqah Beach Resort
The Royal Begonia, a Luxury Collection Resort, Sanya
Sheraton Towers Singapore
Le Méridien Vienna
Le Méridien Grand Hotel Nuremberg
Le Méridien Munich
The Westin Grand Frankfurt
Hotel Excelsior, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Naples
The Westin Dragonara Resort, Malta
Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center
Hotel Bristol, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Odessa
Four Points by Sheraton Curitiba
Four Points by Sheraton Macaé
Sheraton da Bahia Hotel, Salvador
Villarrica Park Lake, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Spa, Villarrica
Le Westin Montreal
Le Westin Resort & Spa, Tremblant, Quebec
The Westin Ottawa
Sheraton Desert Oasis Villas, Scottsdale
Sheraton Mountain Vista Villas, Avon / Vail Valley
The Westin Arlington Gateway
Vistana’s Beach Club
Category 4 to 3
Sheraton Tirana Hotel
Sheraton Pretoria Hotel
Sheraton Changsha Hotel
Sheraton Chongqing Hotel
Sheraton Guiyang Hotel
The Westin Nanjing
ITC Gardenia, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bengaluru
ITC Maurya, a Luxury Collection Hotel, New Delhi
Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers
Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort
Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel
Aloft Brussels Schuman
Sheraton Brussels Hotel
Sheraton Prague Charles Square Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Munich Olympiapark
Hotel Elephant, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Weimar
Sheraton Munich Westpark Hotel
Sheraton Offenbach Hotel
Sheraton Rhodes Resort
Le Méridien Budapest
Four Points by Sheraton Milan Center
Convento do Espinheiro, a Luxury Collection Hotel & Spa, Evora
Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa
Sheraton Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport Hotel
Metropol Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Belgrade
Sheraton Madrid Mirasierra Hotel & Spa
Sheraton Tunis Hotel
Sheraton Skyline Hotel London Heathrow
Sheraton Buganvilias Resort and Convention Center
Four Points by Sheraton Saskatoon
Le Méridien Versailles
Sheraton Baltimore Washington Airport Hotel – BWI
Sheraton Hartford South Hotel
Sheraton Mahwah Hotel
Sheraton St. Paul Woodbury Hotel
The Westin Baltimore Washington Airport – BWI
Westin Los Angeles Airport
Category 4 to 2
Sheraton Cairo Hotel & Casino
Category 3 to 2
Le Méridien Cairo Airport
Le Méridien Ile Maurice
Four Points by Sheraton Hainan, Sanya
Four Points by Sheraton Shanghai, Daning
Sheraton Dongguan Hotel
Sheraton Xiamen Hotel
Sheraton Zhengzhou Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Navi Mumbai, Vashi
ITC Grand Chola, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Chennai
ITC Sonar, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Kolkata
ITC Windsor, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bengaluru
Le Méridien Bangalore
Sheraton New Delhi Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus Dornbirn
Sheraton Zagreb Hotel
Sheraton Munich Airport Hotel
Sheraton Padova Hotel & Conference Center
Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center
Sheraton Poznan Hotel
The Westin Warsaw
Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal
Sheraton Fuerteventura Beach, Golf & Spa Resort Canary Isle
Sheraton Gran Canaria Salobre Golf Resort
Aloft Liverpool
Sheraton Heathrow Hotel
Sheraton Cordoba Hotel
Sheraton Tucuman Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles
Aloft Bogota Airport
Aloft Panama
Four Points by Sheraton Montevideo
Aloft Montréal Airport
Element Vaughan Southwest
Four Points by Sheraton Lévis Convention Centre
Four Points by Sheraton London
Four Points by Sheraton Mississauga Meadowvale
Four Points by Sheraton Québec Resort
Four Points by Sheraton Victoria Gateway
Sheraton Montreal Airport Hotel
Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel
Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel
Aloft BWI Baltimore Washington International Airport
Element Hanover – Lebanon
Four Points by Sheraton Bakersfield
Sheraton Herndon Dulles Airport Hotel
Sheraton Lisle Hotel
Category 2 to 1
Four Points by Sheraton Bijie
Sheraton Changzhou Wujin Hotel
Sheraton Guilin Hotel
Sheraton Langfang Chaobai River Hotel
Sheraton Shenyang South City Hotel
Four Points by Sheraton Bengaluru, Whitefield
ITC Rajputana, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Ja ipur
Le Meridien Coimbatore
Le Royal Méridien Chennai
Four Points by Sheraton Puchong
Sheraton Athlone Hotel
Sheraton Catania Hotel & Conference Center
Aloft San Jose Hotel, Costa Rica
Four Points by Sheraton Detroit Metro Airport
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