Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ Sheraton brand debuted in the Australian city of Melbourne with the opening of Sheraton Melbourne Hotel, marking the brand’s return to the country after a nine-year absence. Located on Little Collins Street in the center of the city, the 31-story hotel features 174 guestrooms and suites, a restaurant, a rooftop bar, a heated indoor swimming pool, a sauna, a fitness center, a spa with five treatment rooms and ample meeting and event space, including six meeting rooms. Sheraton Melbourne becomes the first of five new Sheratons set to open in the Oceania area this year; upcoming properties include Sheraton Resort & Spa Tokoriki Island in Fiji, Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Resort, Sheraton Samoa Aggie Grey’s Hotel & Bungalows and Sheraton New Caledonia Deva Resort & Spa.

Starwood also plans to debut its rapidly expanding Aloft Hotels brand in Australia with the opening of Aloft Perth Rivervale in 2016. Situated in the suburb of Rivervale east of Perth’s Central Business District, the property will feature 224 loft-like guestrooms, the brand’s signature WXYZ bar, dining venues, a fitness center, a swimming pool with an outdoor terrace area and 5,920 square feet of meeting and event space. Aloft Perth Rivervale is Starwood’s third property in Perth, joining Four Points by Sheraton Perth and The Westin Perth, slated to open in early 2017. The hotel group currently operates 10 properties in Australia.

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