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Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) operates one of the world's largest chains of hotels. It is headquarted in Beverly Hills, California.

Founded by Conrad Hilton in Cisco, Texas, the chain has 499 hotels across the world and has partnerships with many airline and car rental companies. The Hilton Hotels company has always been a family enterprise.

The original company, formed in 1919, sold the rights to the Hilton brand name outside of North America to a British company, which renamed itself Hilton Group. Because of this, there are two separate, fully independent companies operating hotels under the Hilton name. To minimize consumer confusion, they have a joint marketing agreement under which they share the same logos and promote each other's brands.

Hilton brands

• Conrad Hotels
• Doubletree, Doubletree Guest Suites, Doubletree Club Hotel
• Embassy Suites Hotels
• Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites
• Hilton Hotels
• Hilton Garden Inn
• Hilton Grand Vacations Company (timeshares)
• Homewood Suites by Hilton

Selected hotels

• Hilton Anaheim, Anaheim, California
• Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois
• Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, New York, New York
• New York Hilton, New York, New York

Trivia

• The Hilton Craigendarroch in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, is the smallest hotel in the worldwide chain. It has 45 bedrooms.

• John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first Bed-In for Peace between March 25 and March 31 1969 at the Amsterdam Hilton in Room 902. This room has become a popular tourist destination.

Related articles

• Hanoi Hilton
• Paris Hilton

External links

• Hilton Hotels
• Hilton International
• Hilton HHonors

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