Hilton Worldwide

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Hilton Worldwide Offers Guests the Chance to Cheer on Team USA and Win a Trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 19 hours 47 minutes ago
Hilton Worldwide and its portfolio of hotel brands today unveiled its latest sweepstakes, “Official Guest of Team USA”* that will send four winners and their guests on the trip of a lifetime to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. This announcement comes just before the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and presenting sponsor Hilton Worldwide kick off the 100-day countdown to the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games at the “Making Team USA: 100 Days to Vancouver” winter wonder...


Hilton Lake Taupo Opens as the First Upscale International Hotel in Taupo and the Second Hilton in New Zealand [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 19 hours 41 minutes ago
Today, the Hilton Lake Taupo officially opened its doors to guests. The upscale hotel is located on New Zealand’s stunning North Island and offers 113 deluxe guest rooms, suites and apartments. Managed by Hilton Worldwide, Hilton Lake Taupo is one of the first upscale, full-service international hotel brands to open in Taupo and the second Hilton hotel in New Zealand.


Doubletree by Hilton Expands European Hotel Portfolio to Romania [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 18 hours 12 minutes ago
Hilton Worldwide has today announced the signing of a management agreement with Calipso S.A, a listed company owned by the investment company SIF BANAT CRISANA, to open a Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Oradea, Romania. Scheduled to open by September 2010, the Doubletree by Hilton, Oradea will be Hilton Worldwide’s third hotel in Romania and the country’s first Doubletree by Hilton, marking further growth of this upscale, full service brand across Europe.


Hilton Worldwide Launches Most Comprehensive iPhone Applications in the Lodging Industry [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 22 hours 26 minutes ago
Hilton Worldwide announced today that it is launching the most comprehensive iPhone and iTouch applications in the lodging industry. The company unveiled the new applications across seven hotel brands including its Conrad, Hilton, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites and Hampton Inn brands in the United States. The new applications have features that are a first for the hotel industry including a “Request Upon Arrival” service that enables a traveler to place an orde...


Students Worldwide Host Holiday Food Drives to Help Their Communities and the World [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 19 hours 40 minutes ago
Doubletree Hotels and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, have teamed up to motivate students to help fight hunger this holiday season through a unique relationship that will collect food for local food banks in the United States and raise funds for WFP's hunger relief operations abroad.


Doubletree Hotels Fall Weekend Getaway Package Leaves Room for Holiday Savings [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 23 hours 45 minutes ago
As the holidays quickly approach, one thing remains true – travelers are looking for a way to save money this holiday season. As a solution for cost-conscious travelers, Doubletree Hotels is offering quick getaways at affordable prices, and encouraging consumers to save during the peak travel period with its Fall Weekend Getaway Package. Available until December 27th, 2009, travelers who book this value-added package will enjoy a deluxe guestroom (up to two adults and two children with no dou...


Hilton Hotels Partners with Paramount Pictures for Upcoming Film Up in the Air [Press Release]
Business Wire | 14 days 19 hours 52 minutes ago
Hilton Hotels is ready for its close-up. In anticipation of one of the most talked about film releases this year, the hotelier is giving guests a chance to live the life of a global traveler with the Hilton Up in the Air Sweepstakes celebrating Paramount Pictures’ upcoming film about a frequent business traveler whose life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. Up in the Air...


Hilton Worldwide Selected to Operate New Columbus, Ohio Convention Headquarters Hotel [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 21 hours 41 minutes ago
Hilton Worldwide today announced plans to operate a new 500-room convention-center-headquarters hotel in downtown Columbus, Ohio, the state’s capital. The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority has awarded Hilton Worldwide the rights to operate this new property on the west side of High Street directly adjacent to the SMG-managed Greater Columbus Convention Center and Nationwide Arena. The new hotel, which will be branded as a Hilton hotel, is a collaboration between the Franklin Cou...


Hilton Atlanta Unveils New Look After Multi-Million Dollar Transformation [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 19 hours 41 minutes ago
An icon for more than three decades, and the 3rd largest hotel in downtown Atlanta, the Hilton Atlanta has completed a major transformation and renovation offering meeting planners a fresh new product in one of America’s most affordable cities.


Hampton Hotels' Save-A-Landmark Program Arrives in Vegas to Help Restore Its 50th Landmark [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 days 19 hours 1 minute ago
Today, Hampton Hotels’ Save-A-Landmark program is helping to light up the city of Las Vegas, Nev. by refurbishing the program’s 50th landmark, the Neon Museum. The Neon Museum collects and displays the one thing that makes Vegas distinct - the neon sign. The famous Boneyard displays iconic Las Vegas signs from the 1930s to present in order to preserve the city’s past.


Doubletree Arrives at Cincinnati International Airport [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 12 hours 59 minutes ago
Doubletree Hotels has announced the opening of the 177-room Doubletree Hotel Cincinnati Airport. The Doubletree Hotel Cincinnati Airport – the only hotel located directly at the entrance to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) – is uniquely positioned to serve the Tri-State area. Conveniently situated just 12 miles from Downtown Cincinnati, this upscale, full-service airport hotel is just minutes from major corporations, sports venues and regional tourist attractions.


First Doubletree by Hilton Resort Opens in Asia [Press Release]
Business Wire | 39 days 11 hours 59 minutes ago
Doubletree by Hilton Resort, Wuxi-Lingshan, has opened its doors to guests from home and abroad, marking the first Doubletree by Hilton Resort to open in Asia.


Hilton Garden Inn Set to Expand in Luton, UK [Press Release]
Business Wire | 31 days 20 hours 19 minutes ago
Hilton Garden Inn (HGI) has today announced the signing of a management agreement with the Ability Group for a new property near Luton Airport.


Blackstone tries to restructure Hilton's $20 billion debt
AH&LA SmartBrief | 22 days 4 hours 56 minutes ago
...its single biggest investment, Hilton Worldwide. One of the options being talked...new equity to buy back some of Hilton's debt at a discount. Blackstone...trim about $5 billion from the Hilton Worldwide debt, The Wall Street Journal...


Hilton Worldwide develops iPhone applications
AH&LA SmartBrief | 15 days 4 hours 56 minutes ago
Hilton Worldwide is launching applications allowing guests to use their iPhones and iTouches...this month, pending approval from Apple, will be able to be used at Hilton, Embassy Suites, Doubletree, Homewood Suites and Hampton Inn chains...





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Company Overview


Company: Hilton Worldwide
Industry: Lodging
Website: http://www.hiltonworldwide.com

If you need a bed for the night, Hilton Worldwide (formerly Hilton Hotels) has a few hundred thousand of them. The company is one of the world's largest hoteliers with a lodging empire that includes about 3,200 hotels and resorts in nearly 80 countries operating under such names as Doubletree, Embassy Suites, and Hampton, as well as its flagship Hilton brand. Many of its hotels serve the mid-market segment, though its Hilton and Conrad hotels offer full-service, upscale lodging. In addition, its Homewood Suites chain offers extended-stay services. The company franchises many of its hotels; it owns the Waldorf-Astoria and the New York Hilton. Hilton is owned by private equity firm The Blackstone Group.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 8,090 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Sales 0.0 (2007)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 121 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Net Income 0.0 (2007)
Number of Employees 135,000 (2007)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 0.0 (2007)
Fiscal Year-End December