W Hotels [SEP] inception
W Hotels
W Hotels is a luxury hotel chain owned by Marriott International that is generally marketed towards a younger age group than their other upscale properties. As of December 31, 2018, W operates 55 hotels in 25 countries with 15,043 rooms and is continuing to expand both domestically and internationally.
History.
W Hotels was launched in 1998 with W New York, a conversion of the old Doral Inn hotel at 541 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The first few W hotels were mainly conversions of existing hotels already within the
components of the 57th Operations Group, placing them all under a single organization. Has trained combat aircrews in adversary threat tactics since its inception.
History Lineage.
- Established as 57th Adversary Tactics Group on 31 Aug 2005
History Assignments.
- 57th Wing, 15 Sep 2005–Present
History Components.
- 64th Aggressor Squadron: 15 Sep 2005–Present
- 65th Aggressor Squadron: 15 Sep 2005–26 September 2014
- 527th Space Aggressor Squadron: 14 Apr 2006–Present
- 547th Intelligence Squadron, 15 Sep 2005–2014
- 57th Adversary Tactics