HOSPITALITY WORLDWIDE SERVICES INC
SC 13D/A, 1997-09-16
ELECTRIC LIGHTING & WIRING EQUIPMENT
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

       INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-1(a)
                AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO 13d-2(a)

                                (Amendment No. 2)

                      HOSPITALITY WORLDWIDE SERVICES, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   44106N 10 0
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                   E.W. Plaut
                                 c/o Relco Inc.
                    3 Stamford Landing, 24 Southfield Avenue
                           Stamford, Connecticut 06902
                                 (203) 975-7254
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                September 4, 1997
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)


            If the filing person has previously filed a statement on
Schedule  13G to report the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule
13D, and is filing this schedule  because of Rule  13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the
following box [ ].

                         (Continued on following pages)

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CUSIP No. 44106N 10 0                    13D                   Page 2 of 4 Pages

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1                Name of Reporting Persons
                 S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons

                 Watertone LLC  06-1453054
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2                Check the appropriate box if a member of a group        (a) [ ]
                                                                         (b) [ ]
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3                SEC USE ONLY
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4                Source of Funds

                 Not applicable
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5                Check  box  if  disclosure  of  legal  proceedings  is required
                 pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)                               [ ]
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6                Citizenship or Place of Organization:  Delaware
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7                Number of shares  beneficially  owned  by each reporting person
                 with sole voting power:  346,500
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8                Number  of  shares  beneficially owned by each reporting person
                 with shared voting power:  Not applicable
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9                Number of shares  beneficially  owned  by each reporting person
                 with sole dispositive power:  346,500
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10               Number  of  shares beneficially owned by each reporting  person
                 with shared dispositive power:  Not applicable
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11               Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

                 346,500
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12               Check box if the aggregate  amount in Row (11) excludes certain
                 shares                                                      [ ]
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13               Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)

                 4.4%
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14               Type of Reporting Person

                 OO(1)
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   1 The reporting person is a Delaware limited liability company.


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CUSIP No. 44106N 10 0                 13D                      Page 3 of 4 Pages

         This Amendment No. 2 ("Amendment No. 2") amends the Schedule  13D dated
December 23, 1996 and Amendment No. 1 thereto  dated January 31, 1997 (together,
the  "Schedule 13D") filed  by Watertone LLC.  Except  as  specifically  amended
hereby, the Schedule 13D remains in full force and effect.

         Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended in its entirety to read:

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

         This  Amendment No. 2 relates to  disposition  of shares of Hospitality
Common  Stock  on the open  market  by the  reporting  person  resulting  in the
termination of the Reporting Person's reporting  obligations under Rule 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         Item 5 of the Schedule  13D is hereby  amended in its entirety to read:

ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         (a) As of September 4, 1997,  the reporting  person owned  beneficially
346,500 shares of Hospitality Common Stock, which constitutes 4.4% of the shares
of  Hospitality  Common  Stock  outstanding  based  upon  the  7,814,739  shares
outstanding  according to  Hospitality's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1997.

         (b) The  Reporting  Person has the sole power to vote and to dispose of
all of the shares of Hospitality  Common Stock beneficially owned by it. Messrs.
Garraty,  Asen and Plaut, as Managers of the Reporting Person,  each have shared
power to vote and to dispose of all of the shares of  Hospitality  Common  Stock
held by the Reporting Person.

         (c) The  Reporting  Person  disposed  of 31,500  shares of  Hospitality
Common  Stock on the open  market on  September  2, 1997 at a price of $8.00 per
share; 17,000  shares  of  Hospitality  Common  Stock  on  the  open  market  on


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CUSIP No. 44106N 10 0                    13D                   Page 4 of 4 Pages

September 3, 1997 at  a  price  of  $8.00  per  share;  and  105,000  shares  of
Hospitality Common Stock on the open market on September 4, 1997  at  a price of
$8.0244 per share.

         (d) No person other than the Reporting  Person has the right to receive
or the power to direct the receipt of dividends  from,  or the proceeds from the
sale of, the shares of  Hospitality  Common  Stock that are the  subject of this
Schedule 13D.

         (e) On  September  4,  1997,  the  Reporting  Person  ceased  to be the
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the outstanding Hospitality Common
Stock.


                                    SIGNATURE

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

                                             Dated:  September 16, 1997


                                             /s/ John A. Garraty, Jr.
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                                             Name:      John A. Garraty, Jr.
                                             Title:     Manager



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