ST Regis, a premier luxury hotel brand under Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc, plans to extend its China footprint to three more cities over the coming few years to attune robust market demand for deluxe accommodation service in the country.

According to the company's plan, St Regis, which now operates two hotels in Beijing and Shanghai, will open new facilities in Macau, Lhasa and Tianjin between 2009 and 2011, increasing its total China portfolio to five.

(Shanghai Daily, February 28, 2008)