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Tata Comm inks deal with Starwood Hotels

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MUMBAI, INDIA: Tata Communications, a provider in communication solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc, to roll out its public telepresence rooms worldwide.

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The agreement would significantly increase the Tata Communications network of Cisco telepresence rooms with 10 new facilities opening in Starwood hotels by end of 2009, said a press release.

The first telepresence suites are planned for Sheraton New York Hotels and Towers, Sheraton on the Park in Sydney, Sheraton Center Toronto Hotel, The Westin Los Angeles Airport and W-Chicago City Center.

Looking ahead Starwood anticipates expanding the offerings to hotels in key international business markets like Brussels, Paris, Hong-Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo.

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“We believe that public telepresence rooms are the key to increasing the accessibility of telepresence beyond major company offices to their ecosystem of users-customers, suppliers, remote workers and businesses partners,” said John Landau, senior vice-president Global Managed Service for Tata Communications.

He further said that using managed telepresence services is 'better than being there' and helps companies hold more productive meetings without incurring travel and time costs. More team members can participate and collaborate around the world.

“We intend to make telepresence available to as many users as possible with our global network of public telepresence rooms and our suite of managed telepresence network services for business. Our partnership with Starwood is a major step towards making this vision a reality,” added Landau.

Christie Hicks, senior vice-president Global sales, Starwood said, “The partnership with Tata Communication is yet another opportunity for us to bring innovative cutting-edge technology for our properties and true value for our business and conference facilities guests.”