Terms and Conditions for Use of this Site

This web site and the related web sites contained herein (collectively, the "Site") make available information on hotels, resorts, and other transient stay facilities (each a "Property") owned, managed or franchised by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "Starwood"), and other travel-related or consumer goods and services. This Site, and the services of each of its modules, are offered exclusively by Starwood and/or its various third party providers and distributors. The offer of such goods and/or services is conditioned on the user's ("User('s)" or "You(r)") acceptance of the terms and conditions and notices set forth herein and other pages of the Site (collectively the "Terms").

BY ACCESSING USING, VIEWING, TRANSMITTING, CACHING OR STORING THIS SITE OR ANY OF ITS SERVICES, FUNCTIONS OR CONTENTS, YOU SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO EACH AND ALL THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES IN THIS SITE ("AGREEMENT") WITHOUT MODIFICATION. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, PLEASE CEASE USE OF THE SITE AND LEAVE THE SITE IMMEDIATELY.

Use of Site.

The services of this Site are available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law, and thus, are not available to minors, By using this Site, You represent that You are of sufficient legal age to use this Site and to create binding legal obligations for any liability You may incur as a result of the use of this Site. You also warrant that You are legally authorized to make the travel reservations and/or purchases for either Yourself or for another person for whom You are authorized to act.

You many only use this Site to make legitimate reservations or purchases and shall not use this Site for any other purposes, including without limitation, to make any speculative, false or fraudulent reservations, or any reservation in anticipation of demand.

This Site is to be used by You for Your personal use only. Commercial uses of this Site are strictly prohibited unless prior written consent from Starwood has been granted. You agree that You will not use this Site for chain letters, junk mail, "spamming", solicitations (commercial or non-commercial) or bulk communications of any kind including but not limited to distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a list. In addition, You agree not to create a hypertext link from any web site controlled by You or otherwise, to this Site without express written permission of Starwood. You agree not to pretend to be any other person or a representative of any entity, whether actual or fictitious, including an employee or agent of Starwood or any third party that provides services related to this Site.

"Chat Area" means any chat area, forum, message board, or similiar service offered in conjunction with this Site. If You participate in a Chat Area, You agree that, in addition to complying with the Terms, You will not: defame, abuse, harass, threaten, or make any discriminatory statements about others; advocate illegal activity: use indecent, obscene or discourteous language or images; or provide content that is not related to the designated topic or theme of the Chat Area. You shall remain solely responsible and liable for Your use of the Chat Area. Starwood reserves the right to remove or edit content from any Forum at any time and for any reason, however, Starwood has no duty to do so, and is not responsible for the content or accuracy of any information in a Chat Area.

Proprietary Rights Information.

This Site containts and references trademarks, patents, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes or other proprietary rights of Starwood and/or other parties. No license or right to or in any such trademarks, patents, trade secrets, technologies, products, processes and other proprietary rights of Starwood and/or other parties is granted to or conferred upon You.
Reproduction or storage of materials obtained from this Site is subject to the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, Title 17 U.S.C. No material from the Site may be reproduced, distributed, posted, displayed, uploaded or transmitted, The use of any material from the Site on any other internet, intranet, web or other site or computer environment is prohibited. You may not utilize framing techniques to frame any Starwood trademarks, logos, or other proprietary information (including images and text). You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing our name, trademarks or other proprietary information.