Starwood will manage the Sheraton Huizhou Resort in Guangdong. The newly built 303-room Sheraton Huizhou Resort is scheduled to open in January 2009.

"With the addition of this resort in Huizhou, we have further strengthened our foothold in the Pearl River Delta and Guangdong province, a rapidly developing industrial base in China. Guangdong has the highest Gross Domestic Product of all provinces and areas in China, and is the largest light industry production base in China and accounts for over half of China's total output." said Miguel Ko, President of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific.

Sheraton Huizhou Resort will be located on the Xunliao Bay in Huidong country of Huizhou city. The resort will be part of an integrated beach and golf resort community consisting of the hotel, a 27-hole golf course, a ferry terminal, private club, 4 million square feet commercial and retail complex and private villas and residential units.

The hotel will offer 303 rooms, 16,000 square feet of meeting space, five restaurants and bars, a health club and spa, tennis courts as well as indoor heated and outdoor swimming pools.