Effective October 30, 2014, Starwood will no longer be affiliated with the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, FL. I was majorly bummed when I read this news on One Mile at a Time. I had read about the sale of the property recently but didn’t internalize that a change like this could come so quickly. This property was always phenomenal about upgrading Starwood Platinum members to beautiful wrap-around suites in the oceanfront tower. They had tons of them (96, iirc), so upgrades were frequent. They had a VIP manager who made […]