Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. recently announced that W Hotels will debut in China with a 383-room waterfront hotel in Hong Kong scheduled to open in early 2008.

The W Hong Kong will be developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and located right next to Hong Kong's future Cultural and Entertainment District on the West Kowloon Waterfront. This new area will feature high-end retail, office, art museums, theatres, man-made gardens and lagoons, a yacht anchorage, lush landscape, a promenade, and food and beverage outlets along the waterfront when it is fully completed in 2010.

The W Hong Kong will feature exciting dining, nightlife and entertainment options including a dazzling roof top bar, major spa, destination health club, indoor and outdoor pool and the W Retail store. The hotel will also house extensive meeting facilities.

Starwood and Sun Hung Kai Properties have also signed a letter of agreement to develop a W Hotel in Lujiazui, the financial district in Pudong district, Shanghai.