All Starwood Hotels in South Florida Open as of Wednesday.WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HOT) announced today the Sheraton Yankee Clipper a clipper ship built in the United States. See clipper . Joe DiMaggio erson>; - a nickname for the player who was a prominent member of the New York Yankees baseball team in the 1940's. See also: Clipper Clipper reopened Wednesday, November 2, bringing all 14 of its South Florida hotels back on line and open for guests within 10 days of Hurricane Wilma Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. Exceeding the 21 storms of the 1933 season, Wilma was the twenty-second storm (including the subtropical storm discovered in reanalysis), thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and fourth hitting the shores of Florida. The other Starwood properties, which are currently open are: --The Atlantic, Ft. Lauderdale, FL --Sheraton Yankee Trader Yankee Trader is a "door" text-based game from the BBS era, which ran on MSDOS BBSes. It is similar to TradeWars 2002. Each user is the commander of a starship. You travel about the galaxy using modified MUD commands (instead of moving N,S,E,W, you move to an adjacent "" number). , Ft. Lauderdale, FL --Sheraton Miami Mart, Miami, FL --Four Points by Sheraton Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. , Miami, FL --Sheraton Beach Resort Key Largo Key Largo, narrow island, c.30 mi (48 km) long, off S Fla., largest of the Florida Keys. Along with other Florida Keys, especially Key West, it has become an increasingly popular tourist spot, noted for its scuba diving, nightlife, and beachside resorts. , Key Largo, FL --Sheraton Suites Key West, Key West, FL --The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, FL --The Diplomat Country Club & Spa, Hallandale Beach, FL --The Sheraton Suites Cypress Cypress, city, United States Cypress (sī`prəs), city (1990 pop. 42,655), Orange co., S Calif. near Long Beach; inc. 1956. Forest Lawn–Cypress, a branch of the famous cemetery in Glendale, Calif. Creek, Ft. Lauderdale, FL --The Westin Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. --Sheraton Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hotel, Ft. Lauderdale, FL --Sheraton Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour, FL --Sheraton Suites Plantation Plantation, city (1990 pop. 66,692), Broward co., SE Fla., a residential suburb of Fort Lauderdale; inc. 1953. The city has grown rapidly along with the development of S Florida. , Plantation, FL At the Sheraton Yankee Clipper, 115 of the 501 rooms will be out for some period for repairs from the hurricane. Details on each of the other hotels are available at www.starwoodhotels.com. Unfortunately, due to the direct hit by Hurricane Wilma to the Cancun resort area, the Sheraton Cancun Resort and Towers and The Westin Regina Resort are not scheduled to reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. until December 20, 2005. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with approximately 750 properties in more than 80 countries and 120,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood(R) Hotels is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis(R), The Luxury Collection(R), Sheraton(R), Westin(R), Four Points(R) by Sheraton, and W(R). Starwood Hotels also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
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