W Hotels plans for hotels in the the Maldives Islands

W Hotels is a global lifestyle brand with 20 properties in themost vibrant cities around the world. Inspiring and indulging itsguests with thoughtful, refreshing and stylish experiences, signaturerestaurants, bars and destination spas, W has become the fastestgrowing luxury hotel brand in the world. Each hotel offers a uniquemix of innovative design, comfort and cultural influences from fashionto music to art and everything in between.

Recent openings include W'sfirst property in Asia, W Seoul - Walkerhill, which opened in Augustof 2004 and its first property in Canada, W Montreal, in October of2004. W Residences, offering the W lifestyle at home, have beenannounced for Las Vegas, Hollywood, Dallas, South Beach, Phoenix,Scottsdale and Hoboken. Internationally, W has announced plans for hotels in the Maldives islands, Barcelona, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Santiago andDubai.