SEMINYAK ~ Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced this week that W Hotels will open its first property in Indonesia in 2009.

W Retreat & Spa–Bali will be the brand’s fourth retreat in the world, following the award-winning W Retreat & Spa-Maldives, which opened in September 2006, and the impending openings of W Retreat & Spa-Vieques, scheduled to open in late 2008, and W Retreat & Residences-Koh Samui, scheduled to open in 2009, the company said.

The W Retreat & Spa-Bali will be located in the Seminyak area of Bali and feature 232 rooms, including 80 luxury villas