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“Готель Hilton”
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The main information
Hilton Hotels & Resorts (formerly known as Hilton Hotels)
is a global brand of full-service hotels and resorts and the
flagship brand of American multinational hospitality company
Hilton.

The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton. 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, Fortune 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.
History line
1893
At the direction of Bertha Palmer, the first American “brownie” is created in The Palmer House
Hilton kitchen. It is served at the Columbian Exposition World Fair.

1919
Conrad Hilton enters the hotel business in Cisco, Texas. On his way to buy a bank, Hilton
purchases The Mobley, a local hotel, instead.
1925
The first hotel formally named a Hilton opens in Dallas, Texas. Elevators, laundry shoots, air
shafts and other non-customer facilities are built along the west side of the building so no guest
rooms face the western sun. The setting sun can be brutal in summer time Dallas, especially
before air-conditioning existed.

1927
Hilton opens its first hotel with cold running water and air- conditioning in the public rooms (Waco
Hilton, U.S.A.).
1943
Hilton becomes the first coast-to-coast hotel chain in the United States with the purchase of two
hotels in New York City: the Roosevelt and the Plaza.

1946
Hilton Hotels Corporation is formed and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:HLT), the
first hotel company to be listed on the stock exchange.

1947
The Roosevelt Hilton in New York City becomes the first hotel in the world to install televisions in
guest rooms.
1948
Hilton becomes the first hotel company to
introduce a multi-hotel reservations
system, the Inter-Hilton Hotel Reservation
System, August 15. This is the beginning of
the modern day reservation system.

1949
Hilton International is born, with the
opening of the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico.
Legendary barman Ramon “Monchito”
Marrero creates the Pina Colada later in
1954. Conrad Hilton appears on the cover
of Time magazine, the first hotelier to
achieve such recognition. (He appears
again on the cover in 1963.) Conrad Hilton
purchases “The Greatest of Them All,” the
original Waldorf Astoria in New York, NY.
1954
Conrad Hilton buys Statler Hotel for $111 million, which at the time was the largest real estate deal
ever.

1955
Hilton creates its first central reservation office, called HILCRON. Reservations can be made at
any Hilton by telephone, telegram, or Teletype. Hilton begins a multi-million dollar program to air
condition every hotel in the Hilton chain. Opening of the Hilton Istanbul, the first modern hotel built
from the ground up in post- World War II Europe. The landmark property earns its own postal code
and stamp.
1958
Barron Hilton introduces the new Hilton Carte Blanche credit card, the
premier travel and entertainment card owned by Hilton Hotels.

1959
Hilton pioneers the airport-hotel concept by opening the 380-room San
Francisco Airport Hilton.

1964
Hilton International forms as a separate company, with Conrad Hilton
as president. Two years later, Conrad Hilton’s son Barron succeeds
him as president of the domestic Hilton Hotels Corporation.

1965
Launch of Lady Hilton, the first hotel concept designed exclusively for
women travelers. Select hotels feature women-only floors and rooms,
and provide special amenities tailored to women.
1967
Trans World Airlines acquires Hilton International. Conrad Hilton resigns his presidency to become
chairman.

1969
The first DoubleTree hotel opens in Scottsdale, AZ.
1970
Hilton becomes the firstNYSE-listed company to enter the domestic gaming business, by
purchasing the Flamingo Hotel and the Las Vegas International. It’s later named the Las
Vegas Hilton.

1979
Conrad Hilton passes away at age 91.
1982
Conrad Hotels founded, with the goal of operating a
network of luxury hotels and resorts in the world’s major
business and tourism capitals.

1984
First Embassy Suites opens, in Kansas City-Overland
Park, MO. First Hampton Inn opens in Memphis, TN.

1987
Hilton Introduces Hilton HHonors, its guest loyalty
program.

1989
First Homewood Suites Hotel opens in Omaha, NE.
Hampton Hotels is the first hotel company to promise
100% Satisfaction Guarantee. It states: Friendly service,
clean rooms, comfortable surroundings, every time. If
you’re not satisfied, we don’t expect you to pay.
1990
The Hilton Garden Inn brand makes its debut,
with four locations.It later expands to more than
500 properties.

1994
Hilton HHonors surpasses competing hotel
loyalty programs by offering members both
points and air miles.

1995
The first Hilton website launches:
www.Hilton.com
2002
Hilton Worldwide Resorts launches as a vacation-ownership subsidiary,
providing its members with premium resorts and exotic vacation experiences.

2006
Hilton Hotels Corporation reacquires Hilton International, reuniting the
companies for the first time in 40 years and expanding Hilton’s portfolio of
brands worldwide.

2007
Hilton Hotels Corporation completes merger with an affiliate of The
Blackstone Group’s real estate and corporate private equity funds. Christopher
J. Nassetta joins Hilton Worldwide as President and Chief Executive Officer.

2009
Hilton Hotels expands to 76 countries, making it the
largest full-services hotel brand in the world.
2011
Home2 Suites, a new concept in the extended-stay market, opens its first property in
Fayetteville, NC. Hampton Hotels is named the #1 franchise opportunity in Entrepreneur
Magazine’s Franchise 500 ranking.

2013
Hilton returns to the New York Stock Exchange, to trade under the same ticker symbol
HLT.