Westin Hotels & Resorts are an upscale hotel chain owned by <a href="https://sponsorpitch.com/sponsors/starwood-hotels-and-resorts">Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide</a>. As of 2011, Westin operated over 160 hotels in 37 countries. In 1930, hotel owners Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar, both of Yakima, Washington USA, formed a partnership in order to manage their hotels more efficiently. Together with Peter and Adolph Schmidt they formed Western Hotels, with seventeen properties, all but one in the state of Washington.
The MoonWalk New York City, presented by Empire BlueCross BlueShield is an inspiring overnight Power Walking full marathon and half marathon, where thousands embark on Manhattan in festive decorated bras to raise awareness and much needed funds for vital breast cancer initiatives.