St. Regis Hotels & Resorts

St. Regis Hotels & Resorts () is an American multinational luxury hotel chain, owned and managed by Marriott International.





== History ==





=== Origins ===

In 1904, John Jacob Astor built the St. Regis New York as a sister property to his part-owned Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Exhibiting luxury and technological advance, each room had its own telephone. Ownership changes, a new wing, and restorations occurred over the following decades. In 1966, Sheraton Hotels purchased the property. After an extensive restoration in 1991, the hotel became the flagship for the Sheraton premier hotels rebranded as the ITT Sheraton Luxury Collection.





=== Modern brand ===

In 1997, Starwood Hotels and Resorts acquired Sheraton from ITT.

The St. Regis brand was launched in 1998, when Starwood rebranded a former Ritz-Carlton property it had bought in Aspen, Colorado as The St.