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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: May 26, 2010

Commission file number 0-9032

SONESTA INTERNATIONAL HOTELS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

New York

(State or Other Jurisdiction)

13-5648107

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

116 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116

(Address of principal Executive Offices)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code): 617-421-5400

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 5.07: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 25, 2010, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 3,698,230 shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote on all matters presented to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Holders of 2,766,097 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The results of the votes to the election of directors were as follows:

ELECTION OF COMMON STOCK DIRECTORS
DIRECTOR	VOTES RECEIVED	VOTES WITHHELD	VOTES ABSTAINED
George S. Abrams	2,492,679	8,431	264,987
Joseph L. Bower	2,758,076	6,144	1,877
Charles J. Clark	2,759,488	4,716	1,893
Clarence A. Davis	2,651,036	80,536	34,525
Irma F. Mann	2,468,334	15,216	282,547
Jacqueline Sonnabend	2,676,815	9,341	79,941
Peter J. Sonnabend	2,674,784	11,356	79,957
Stephanie Sonnabend	2,674,776	11,380	79,941
Stephen Sonnabend	2,657,644	13,496	94,957
Jean C. Tempel	2,714,596	1,996	49,505

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized

SONESTA INTERNATIONAL HOTELS CORPORATION

Date: May 26, 2010

By:	/s/ Boy van Riel
	Boy van Riel
	Vice President and Treasurer
	(Authorized to sign on behalf of the Registrant as Principal Financial Officer).