Starwood Hotels & Resorts is to open its first hotel in Ukraine.

The company has signed an agreement with Budhouse Group to manage a new 167-room Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Zaporozhye, the country's industrial capital.

The Four Points by Sheraton Zaporozyhe will be part of a mixed-use development project, and the hotel will feature a signature restaurant, lobby bar and lounge, more than 500sq m (5,380sq ft) of event space, a business centre and fitness facilities.

Roeland Vos, president, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa, and Middle East, said: “Reaching out to new frontiers is a focus of our expansion strategy, so we are delighted to partner with Budhouse as we debut the first Starwood hotel in Ukraine.”

“Zaporozhye is a major industrial centre with extensive commercial links and the reputation of the Four Points by Sheraton name will assist further positioning this city as an important business destination.”

The hotel is due to open in the first half of 2011, well in time for the 2012 FIFA European Championships, which are being hosted by Ukraine and Poland.