Summer's on Sale at Westin Hotels & Resorts.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2003 Plus Chance to Win Great Vacations and Season's Top Modern Luxuries Swell Girls Pick Surf Boards, Beauty Treats and Reef Sandals Summer Sun, surf, shopping and sightseeing are on sale this summer at Westin Hotels Westin Hotels & Resorts are an upscale hotel chain owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. As of 2005 Westin operated over 120 hotels in 24 countries. History In 1930, hotel owners Severt W. & Resorts. Westin's "Modern Luxury" Weekends debut this week and run through the summer with rates between $99 and $149 a night in hotels around the country. Holidays, Hammocks and Hibachis Top Westin.com Sweepstakes Because fun in the sun requires more than just sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays. sun·screen n. , Westin has enlisted the girls from Swell, Cynthia Rowley Cynthia Rowley (born 1959) is an American fashion designer. A native of Illinois, Rowley attended Barrington High School in Barrington, Illinois, graduating in 1976, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. and Ilene Rosenzweig, to develop the ultimate list of must-have "Modern Luxuries" for summer 2003. Best of all, visit www.westin.com through June 22 and enter a sweepstakes to win a full line of Westin's "Modern Luxuries" plus amazing vacations worth up to $10,000. And guests who book "Modern Luxury" Weekends earn extra chances to win. "Modern Luxury" Must Haves for Summer 2003 Ilene Rosenzweig, former New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Editor, and fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, authors of the best-selling books, Swell: A Girls Guide to the Good Life and Home Swell Home: Designing your Dream Pad, as well as designers of their own line of fun and witty home accessories, teamed up with Westin to choose this summer's eclectic summer essentials. Three lucky sweepstakes winners will receive all of these summer stunners: -- Swell Surf: The biggest surf wave yet is happening this summer! Catch it with the girls' pick for the best surfboard, the EvolutionSurf surfboard. -- Best Beach Reads in a Bag: This season's best beach reads tucked into L.L. Bean's timeless tote trimmed in a non-traditional lime green. Keep from squinting squint v. squint·ed, squint·ing, squints v.intr. 1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight. 2. a. To look or glance sideways. b. with a pair of Cynthia Rowley sunglasses. -- Chillin' and Grillin': Cynthia and Ilene got the best hibachi ever at Stew Leonard's - and after years of bbqs on Manhattan terraces, these girls know from hibachis. The Weber Smokey Joe Gold is also perfect for the beach and camping, and Stew Leonard's is throwing in a bunch of stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. and rosewood utensils as well as their famous barbeque sauce. -- Closetful of flip-flops: The Swell girls plan to live in their flops all summer, and their favorites this season are an assortment of Reef sandals to complement any outfit. -- Swell phone (Smile when you say that!): Nokia's 3650 phone with video capture and playback capabilities is the phone to help capture the summer's best moments and call home too! -- Big Blender: When it comes to cooling off, there's nothing like big blender drinks. The girls from Swell scoured restaurant supply stores to find a blender big enough to mix up drinks for a crowd. Hamilton Beach's model 911 half-gallon stainless steel blender comes with a recipe for Pink Bikinis, Cynthia and Ilene's signature summer cocktail. -- Swell Round Beach Towels: Cynthia and Ilene's big idea - round beach towels that eliminate the need to shift in the sun. -- Beach Tunes: The Philips Streamium MC-i250 is the world's first wireless broadband Internet audio system. It allows you to access multiple online music services and MP3 files stored on your computer, as well as play CDs and conventional AM/FM AM/FM Amplitude Modulation / Frequency Modulation AM/FM Auto-Mapping/Facilities Management radio. So you can play the music you want, when you want. -- Lazy Girl's Beach Boot Camp: No time to hit the salon before heading off on vacation? No prob. We've assembled everything you need to look your best in a bikini including: Cynthia Rowley lip gloss, Shiseido Body Creator slimming cream, Surgi Hair Stop, Oscar Blandi Curl Acception, Lavett & Chin's Seasalt Thickening Mist and Shea Butter Hair Creme. -- Beach House Bedding: Inspired by the girls' beach houses in the Hamptons, Swell's own signature striped bedding for the inevitable summer guests. -- Duffer's Delight: The golf pros at Westin's resorts covet cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Nike's brand new Blue Chip Oz Mallet mallet, n a hammering instrument. mallet, hard, n a small hammer with a leather-, rubber-, fiber-, or metal-faced head; used to supply force or to supplement hand force for the compaction of foil or amalgam and to seat cast Putter - Nike's debut into putters. Travel & Leisure Golf said, "In the looks department...Oz is sleek and curvaceous cur·va·ceous adj. Having the curves of a full or voluptuous figure. cur·va ceous·ly adv. " just like a Swell girl ought to be. -- Swingin' Hammock hammock, suspended bed, usually of netting, canvas, or leather. The hammock and its name were introduced to Europeans by Christopher Columbus, who learned of them from Native Americans. : Dreaming of passing an afternoon swinging on a hammock? Ilene and Cynthia's hammock pick for '03 is the Mayan Hammock by Hampton Hammock in fun, colorful stripes. -- Toys of Summer: Topping their list of fab toys for the summer are -- Wham-O's Slip n' Slide Big Splash - a modern take on the classic Slip n' Slide of Ilene and Cynthia's misspent mis·spend tr.v. mis·spent , mis·spend·ing, mis·spends To spend improperly or extravagantly; squander: misspent the funds; misspent their youth. youth -- Wham-O's Splash Tangle - like Twister with water -- Hasbro's Super Soaker Max D Secret Strike - you'll be fighting with your kids for control of this maxed out water gun -- Wham-O's Battle Boogie - will be the Hummer H2 of the kid's set - a boogie board and water blaster in one Westin Hotels & Resorts, with more than 110 properties in 26 countries is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HOT). Starwood. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with more than 750 properties in more than 80 countries and 105,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. With internationally renowned brands, Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts including: St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, Sheraton, Westin, Four Points by Sheraton Four Points by Sheraton is Starwood Hotels & Resorts mid-market hotel brand, targeted towards business travelers and small conventions. Four Points was created by the former ITT Sheraton before Starwood acquired the firm in 1998. , W brands, as well as Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., one of the premier developers and operators of high quality vacation interval ownership resorts. For more information, please visit www.starwood.com |
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