Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the larger hotel and hospitality companies that have several brands under its purview such as: Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Westin Hotels & Resorts, W Hotels, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, the Luxury Collection, Le Meridien, and the Four Points by Sheraton.

The Starwood web site has information about how customers can join the Starwood hotel awards program, the Starwood Preferred Guest program (SPG). The SPG allows frequent guests of Starwood hotels to earn starpoints for every stay at a Starwood hotel, using Starwood points for hotels stays. Guests need to just go to the Starwood web site and fill out the form and create a username and password.

Members of the SPG program can find out how to find hotels using Starwood points on the web site. 'Using my Starwood points for hotels is easy,' guests will say. Once guests are enrolled in the program they can use their points to upgrade their room from standard to premium, and when they have racked up enough points they can be redeemed for a stay at Starwood hotels & resorts, and the Starwood Asia Pacific hotels and resorts.

There are many opportunities and special promotions that will allow SPG members to earn double and sometimes triple reward points. Starwood hotels & resorts have luxurious spas in locations all around the world. Starwood properties are also located on tropical beaches, near ski destinations, in big cities and in exotic countries. The Starwood hotel group marketing team wants to encourage first time guests to become frequent guests, so the ability to earn points is a good way for customers to do just that.

Starwood Vacation ownership allows guests to purchase deeded time shares in chunks of time that can be used every year or every other year. Starwood time shares can be converted to starpoints and then used to purchase vacations and air travel, but you must notify Starwood in the previous season prior to executing the conversion.

You can earn triple Starpoints for mid-week specials, there are weekend specials where you can earn points. There are no blackout dates and no restrictions when you join the Starwood preferred guest program. In addition to earning free stays at award winning Starwood Hotels, you can also earn flights with more than 25 participating airlines.

With Starwood Hotels’ wide variety of hotel brands to choose from, and the Starwood Preferred Guest Program, you have many choices when planning your next vacation.