ALIS CALA interview: Abhay Bakaya, Starwood Hotels

CORAL GABLES, Florida – When Starwood Capital announced in January that it was bringing back the Starwood Hotels brand, the hotel industry was all abuzz about what it meant. Would Barry Sternlich become acquisitive and try to create something much bigger than predecessor SH Hotels & Resorts? Would he launch a new brand? Well, those questions have yet to be fully answered.

But Hotel Investment Today had a chance to sit down with Starwood Hotels Chief Development Officer Abhay Bakaya at ALIS CALA on April 30 to get some insight into growth plans for the reemerging legacy brand.