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STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE, INC.
1111 WESTCHESTER AVENUE
WHITE PLAINS, NY 10604
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD April 30, 2008
THE ANNUAL MEETING AND VOTING — QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Why did I receive this Proxy Statement?
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company” or “Starwood”), has
made these materials available to you on the Internet or, upon your request, has delivered printed versions of these
materials to you by mail, in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) for
use at the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”), and at any postponement or
adjournment of the Annual Meeting. The Company is first making these materials available (and mailing the Notice
of Annual Meeting, this proxy statement and accompanying form of proxy to those stockholders who have
requested) on or about March 19, 2008.
When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?
The Annual Meeting will be held on April 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. (local time), at Westin Boston Waterfront
Hotel, 425 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210. If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting and have a disability or
require special assistance, please contact the Company’s Investor Relations department at (914) 640-8100.
What proposals will be voted on at the Annual Meeting?
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company will consider and vote upon:
1. The election of nine Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their
successors are duly elected and qualified.
2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) as the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm for 2008.
3 Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
The Board is not aware of any matter that will be presented at the Annual Meeting that is not described above.
If any other matter is presented at the Annual Meeting, the persons named as proxies on the enclosed proxy card
will, in the absence of stockholder instructions to the contrary, vote the shares for which such persons have voting
authority in accordance with their discretion on any such matter.
Why did I receive a one-page notice in the mail regarding the Internet availability of proxy materials
this year instead of a full set of proxy materials?
Pursuant to the new rules recently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have elected to
provide access to our proxy materials over the Internet. Accordingly, we sent a Notice of Internet Availability of
Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) to our stockholders of record and beneficial owners as of the Record Date. All
stockholders will have the ability to access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice or request to
receive a printed set of the proxy materials. Instructions on how to access the proxy materials over the Internet or to
request a printed copy may be found on the Notice. In addition, stockholders may request to receive proxy materials
in printed form by mail or electronically by email on an ongoing basis.
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