the early 1960s saw the arrival of the first sheraton hotels outside the us and canada, with the opening of the sheraton-tel aviv hotel in israel in march 1961; the sheraton-kingston hotel in jamaica and the sheraton-british colonial hotel in nassau, bahamas, both in 1962; and the macuto-sheraton hotel outside caracas, venezuela, in 1963. in 1962, the sheraton motor inns franchise division was created to operate large highway motels providing free parking. in 1965, the 100th sheraton property, the sheraton-boston hotel, opened. in 1967, sheraton unveiled "reservatron ii", a computer system for personalized reservations. the multinational conglomerate itt purchased the chain in 1968, after which it was known as itt sheraton.