What We Believe: Diversity & Inclusion
Company Profile
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and
leisure companies in the world with over 1000 properties in 93 countries and approximately
145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood® Hotels is a
fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the
following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®,
Sheraton®, Westin®, Four Points® by Sheraton, W®, Le Méridien® and the recently
announced AloftSM and ElementSM. Starwood Hotels also
owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and
operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. Each
brand's distinctive appeal affords us a unique position in the global
marketplace that caters to travelers of all backgrounds and from almost every
culture.
Why Choose Starwood
Its simple…..at Starwood you’ll work with dedicated, bright, engaging and fun
individuals in a family atmosphere where caring and supporting each other is
second nature. And where operating hotels (not unlike running small cities) you
will find limitless opportunities to build an exciting career.
As an industry leader, known for our innovations, brand strength, frequent
guest program, presence in top markets, and premiere and distinct properties
around the world, Starwood aspires to be the best in industry as well as a
thought leader and Employer of Choice worldwide. Starwood’s current and future
success hinges on our ability to meet and exceed both customer and shareholder
expectations. In order to accomplish these goals we seek talented individuals
who are passionate about providing and creating uncompromised experiences for
our guests, internal stakeholders, hotel owners, suppliers, and
shareholders.
At Starwood we encourage and value the strengths of our diverse talent base
whether that difference is ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender,
size, career background, personality type, those differently-abled — whatever
the case may be — diversity fosters innovation, better problem solving and
ultimately better business performance.
Starwood seeks diverse talent because it is a business imperative; we simply
cannot survive and be the successful company we envision ourselves to be
without an attentive eye to the diversity of the workplace and global
marketplace supported by talent that is also diverse and values the power of
inclusion. The diversity of our talent translates into Starwood’s ability to
penetrate untapped markets, deliver unexpected returns to shareholders, create
and deliver industry product and service innovations, increase our speed to
market, and at the same time show Starwood’s commitment to the economic growth
and development of all the communities in which we operate.
Diversity Highlights
Below are a few of the steps Starwood has made to ensure diversity and
inclusion is woven into all aspects of our business as well as the recognitions
Starwood has achieved as a result of progress made to date.
- Recognized as one of DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”:
2004-10
- Awarded by Black Enterprise Magazine as a “Top Company for Diversity”:
2004-10
- Recipient of the Human Rights Campaign’s “Best Places to Work” award;
receiving consistent 100% score on the Corporate Equality Index: 2006-09
- Create opportunities for diverse suppliers to bid and win contracts for
products and services thru our supplier diversity program
- Ongoing focus to increase minority hotel ownership and development
opportunities through our minority hotel ownership program
- Offer associates at all levels the opportunity to participate in learning
and development courses
- Enhance the English language skills for associates for whom English is not
their native language through our ”Global English Program”
This is just the beginning. Starwood is committed to ensure diversity and
inclusion is woven throughout the entire organization. Our associates know that
embracing diversity in our business improves our company, our product, and all
of us as individuals. By continuing to introduce metrics, like linking
compensation to achieving diversity goals, and clarifying the diversity goals
of each department, there is a shared understanding of how serious we are about
continuous learning, growth and innovation in the Inclusion space where this an
unconscious part of how we do business every day, everywhere for
everyone.
This is the Starwood way.
Find Your Career Home
Please consider Starwood as your career home, all are welcomed. To explore and
apply for opportunities at Starwood please see current job openings.
