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9 unusual facts about Westin Hotels


Born of Frustration

The song's use in an advertisement for the American hotel chain Westin Hotels would later help the band pay off a debt owed to their record company.

Boston College's EagleMUNC

From March 28 to March 30, 2014, the conference will occur in the Westin Copley Hotel in downtown Boston, bursting onto the Model UN Spring High School Circuit.

Café Kranzler

In 1944 the parent house in Mitte was completely destroyed during the Battle of Berlin, today it is the site of the Westin Grand Hotel.

Crown Center

Harry Weese designed Westin Crown Center Hotel (in which Signboard Hill is included in the design as a waterfall); Norman Fletcher designed the first residences.

Denarau Island

This resort island includes international chains such as Hilton, Sheraton, Radisson, Westin, Sofitel and Worldmark.

Ebisu, Shibuya

Ebisu's main tourist attraction is centered on the Yebisu Garden Place and the Westin Hotel area.

General Post Office, Sydney

The Westin hotel and Macquarie Bank office towers stand in the former courtyard, now converted into an atrium.

Ricardo Lacsamana

His painted Pumpkin won best entry at the 1998 Annual Pumpkin Contest at the Westin Hotel & Resorts in San Francisco, California.

UAL Corporation

Between 1970 and 1988 UAL, Inc. would acquire and operate the Westin and Hilton hotel chains and the Hertz Corporation car rental company, as well as a regional airline, a reservations network, and several leasing and insurance companies.


Jon Jerde

The project is a five story outdoor retail complex, with the main passage being diagonally oriented to the street grid and at the time anchored by Nordstrom, Macy's, and a Sam Goody music store; and connected to a Westin Hotel and the Balboa Theatre, resulting in an urban mixed-use center.

Sukhumvit Road

Restaurants of various levels of luxury exist all along the road, as well as hotels including famous names such as The Westin, JW Marriott, Sheraton, Ramada Hotel and Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit, and Four Points by Sheraton.


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