Exhibit (a)(3)


                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  KALMIA CALLS FOR UNITHOLDERS TO WITHDRAW UNITS FROM STARWOOD TENDER OFFER FOR
  WESTIN HOTELS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO CALL FOR VOTE TO
                         REMOVE CURRENT GENERAL PARTNER

Minnetonka, Minnesota, February 13, 2004. Kalmia Investors, LLC ("Kalmia") today
called for  Unitholders  who have tendered  their Units in  Starwood's  current
tender offer to withdraw their tenders,  and announced its intention to call for
a vote of the  Unitholders  of Westin Hotels  Limited  Partnership to remove the
Partnership's current general partner.

Kalmia is mailing a letter to the Partnership's Unitholders that includes a form
of withdrawal of Units from the Starwood tender, and states as follows:

Dear Fellow Limited Partner,

Following our recently  completed tender offer, we are the largest Unitholder in
Westin Hotels Limited Partnership, beneficially owning 18.5% of the Units.

We have  previously  written  to you about the  obvious  conflicts  of  interest
between the General Partner and Starwood and our belief that the present General
Partner  is  breaching  its  fiduciary  duly to the  Unitholders  by  failing to
maximize the Unitholders' value.

After much consideration, we intend in the near future to call for a vote by the
Unitholders to:

o    Remove the present  Starwood-controlled General Partner and replace it with
     a new, independent General Partner, and

o    Instruct  the new,  independent  General  Partner  to  auction  the  Westin
     Michigan Hotel and conduct an orderly liquidation of the Partnership.

We  believe  that  such  an  auction  will  result  in a  higher  value  for the
Unitholders, but there can be no guarantee that would happen.

The Time To Act Is Now
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IF YOU HAVE ALREADY TENDERED TO STARWOOD, YOU HAVE ONLY 7 MORE DAYS TO WITHDRAW
YOUR UNITS FROM STARWOOD.

IF YOU HAVE  TENDERED  TO  STARWOOD,  YOU CAN USE THE  ENCLOSED  BLUE  NOTICE OF
WITHDRAWAL  TO  WITHDRAW  YOUR  UNITS,  BUT YOU MUST  DELIVER IT TO  STARWOOD BY
FEBRUARY 20, 2004, THE EXPIRATION DATE FOR STARWOOD'S OFFER.  Please see Section
5 "Withdrawal Rights", of the Starwood Offer to Purchase for instructions on how
to withdraw your tender.  For your  convenience,  a blue Notice of Withdrawal is
enclosed.  Withdrawing  your tender from Starwood will not revoke your consents.
If you  wish to  revoke  your  consents,  please  see  Section  4,  "Voting  and
Revocation of Consents",  of Starwood's Consent  Solicitation,  contained in its
Offer to Purchase.


For further information, contact:

Kalmia Investors, LLC
Investor Relations
(800)547-0854