Strategic Hotels & Resorts is an industry-leading owner and asset manager of hotels and resorts. We own a quality portfolio of upper upscale and luxury hotels and resorts in desirable North American and European locations. Our portfolio is currently made up of 17 properties totaling 7,762 rooms. We own unique hotels with complex operations, sophisticated customers and multiple revenue streams. Our properties are geographically diverse and include large convention hotels, business hotels and resorts, which are managed by internationally known hotel management companies.

Our asset management expertise is what truly distinguishes us. Asset management is our focus, our core competency, and our competitive advantage. Our business is driven by our team's depth of knowledge and hands-on expertise in every aspect of the lodging industry. We continue to drive top line revenues, but more importantly, focus on every component of bottom line profitability. We use our experience and strong balance sheet to make selective, value added acquisitions and recycle capital through thoughtful and planned dispositions. Simply put, we utilize our expert management skills to continue to build a great hotel company that focuses on profit as a measure of success resulting in an attractive return for our shareholders.

Strategic is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BEE.