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Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels) is a global brand of full-service
hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...
s and resorts and the flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company
Hilton Hilton or Hylton may refer to: Companies * Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a global hospitality company based in the United States that owns several hotel chains and subsidiary companies containing the Hilton name ** Hilton Hotels & Resorts, fla ...
. The original company was founded by
Conrad Hilton Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr. (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American businessman who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916 Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disil ...
. As of December 30, 2019, 584 Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties with 216,379 rooms in 94 countries and territories are located across six continents. This includes 61 properties that are owned or leased with 219,264 rooms, 272 that are managed with 119,612 rooms, and 251 that are franchised with 77,451 rooms. In 2020, ''
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'' magazine ranked Hilton Hotels & Resorts at number one on their ''Fortune'' List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2020 based on an employee survey of satisfaction.


Overview

Hilton Hotels & Resorts is Hilton's
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brand and one of the largest hotel brands in the world. The brand is targeted at both business and leisure travelers with locations in major city centers, near airports, convention centers, and popular vacation destinations around the world. Hilton Hotels & Resorts participates in Hilton Honors, Hilton's guest-loyalty program. Members who book directly through Hilton-owned channels receive exclusive discounts and amenities such as free Wi-Fi, digital check-in, keyless entry, and the ability to use a
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to choose specific rooms.


Notable events

* Conrad Hilton founded the hotel chain in 1919, when he bought his first property, the Mobley Hotel, in
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. * The first hotel to bear the Hilton name was the
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, a high-rise that opened in
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, in 1925. * In 1954, at the
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's Beachcomber Bar in
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, Ramon "Monchito" Marrero reportedly created the
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. *In June 1955, Hilton opened the first post–World War II property in
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, and it is the longest operating Hilton Hotel outside the United States. * The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago figured prominently in the
1968 Democratic Convention The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held August 26–29 at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Earlier that year incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, thus making ...
police riot that occurred on Michigan Avenue and across the street in Grant Park on August 28. During the riot the demonstrators took up the chant "
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", and the hotel's doors were locked for the first time in its history. The hotel suffered minor damage as a result of the violence, and a couple of street-level windows gave way under the weight of dozens of protesters being pushed up against them by the police. *
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and
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held their first Bed-In for Peace between March 25 and 31, 1969, at the Amsterdam Hilton, in Room 902 (renumbered to Room 702 during renovation). This room became a popular tourist destination. * In the
London Hilton bombing On 5 September 1975 a bomb exploded in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, London, killing two people and injuring 63. Bombing Ten minutes before the explosion, the ''Daily Mail'' newspaper received a warning by telephone. Having bee ...
of September 1975, a bomb exploded in the lobby of the
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, killing two people and injuring 63. * With construction on the
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Hilton finished, the hotel was scheduled to open on April 14, 1975, but the
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erupted exactly one day before the April 13 Grand Opening date. The hotel never opened and was severely damaged during the war, and the building was demolished in the late 1990s. However, a different hotel was established later, under the name "Hilton Beirut Grand Habtoor", in the nearby eastern suburb. Later on, the Hilton Chain bought the Metropolitan hotel directly facing the Grand Habtoor and renamed it "Hilton Metropolitan". * On February 13, 1978, the Sydney Hilton Hotel was the site of one of the few terrorist incidents on Australian soil, when a bomb blast killed three people (two council workers and a policeman). * The Hilton Nicosia in Nicosia,
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, was the scene of the assassination of Youssef Sebai, an Egyptian newspaper editor and friend of Egyptian President
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, on February 19, 1978. The assassination and the hijacking of a
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DC-8 at
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led to the
Egyptian raid on Larnaca International Airport On 19 February 1978, Egyptian special forces raided Larnaca International Airport near Larnaca, Cyprus, in an attempt to intervene in a hijacking. Earlier, two assassins had killed prominent Egyptian newspaper editor Yusuf Sibai and then rounded ...
by Egyptian forces. The intervention by the Egyptians led to the deterioration of relations between Cyprus and
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. * In 1989, Hilton established the Hilton Honors program, Hilton's guest-loyalty program. * A commercial space station project known as ''Space Islands'' was proposed by
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in 1999 to be constructed from used
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fuel tanks. When completed, it was to be called the Hilton Orbital Hotel. The tanks were to be connected together to form a ring, resulting in a space station similar to that pictured in the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. Plans were also drawn up for a 5000-room hotel on the
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, though
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noted in 2009 that both these plans were more symbolic than practical at this stage. * On October 24, 1999, the four double columns of the left-hand side of the then modern Barbados Hilton in Needham's Point, St. Michael, was collapsed and imploded inwards in just 10 to 15 seconds when the earthquake had rocked Barbados. It was later demolished in May 2005 after they constructed the new Barbados Hilton in January 2005. * In 2004, Hilton Hotels opened their new
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property in
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, directly opposite the main entrance to the Sentral Terminal, as the replacement for their former premises in
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. The latter was the first internationally run hotel in the city when opening in 1973, and changed management in 2002 (renamed Crowne Plaza Mutiara) before being demolished in 2015 for a (currently on hold) mixed-use development. * In 2009, the company relocated its global headquarters from
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, to
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. * In 2009, Hilton opened Canada's tallest hotel at 58 stories, in
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. * In late 2010, Hilton announced a name change of the Hilton Hotels brand to Hilton Hotels & Resorts along with a new logo design, as part of a rebranding effort for the flagship brand. * In March 2013, Hilton announced that it would be entering
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for the first time with the construction of a 300-room hotel in
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. * In 2015, approximately 20 Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties were inducted into the
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organization. Among these hotels were Hilton Fort Worth, which hosted
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's final speech, and Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, the setting of the film ''
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''. * In 2016, Hilton N’Djamena opened in
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. It was the brand's first property in the country and the 100th country Hilton began operations in worldwide. * In June 2016, Hilton opened their first hotel in
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and in the
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. * In 2017, Hilton announced that it would remain the sponsor for
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until 2021. Hilton was one of the oldest sponsors of F1 series and sponsored McLaren since 2005. * In October 2017, Hilton announced it had committed a total of $50m (£37.8m) over five years to its Hilton Africa Growth Initiative to support the continued expansion of its Sub-Saharan African portfolio. * In March 2018, Hilton opened their first hotel in
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. It is a four-star hotel located in
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. * In late 2019, Hilton opened their first hotel in Gulshan,
Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
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. It was designed by
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.


See also

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Hyatt Hyatt Hotels Corporation, commonly known as Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, is an American multinational hospitality company headquartered in the Riverside Plaza area of Chicago that manages and franchises luxury and business hotels, resorts, and vacat ...
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Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is an international semi-luxury hotel chain owned by Marriott International. As of June 30, 2020, Sheraton operates 446 hotels with 155,617 rooms globally, including locations in North America, Africa, Asia Pacific, Cen ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton Hotels and Resorts 1919 establishments in Texas Companies based in McLean, Virginia Hilton Worldwide Hotels established in 1919