In p>197, during the Christmas of the great economic panic in the United States, a 2-year-old boy named Conrad Hilton opened a family hotel in an adobe house full of groceries in San Antonio, New Mexico, USA, to make ends meet and celebrate his birthday. He also said to his mother, "I want to raise 1 million dollars to build a The New Inn named after me." Pointing to a lot of place names in the newspaper, he said, "I want to build hotels in all these places and open one every year."
In p>1928, it was also Christmas. Twenty-one years later, on Conrad Hilton's 41st birthday, all these dreams came true one by one, and the speed greatly exceeded expectations. In Abilene, Waco, Marin, plain View, San Angelo and Lubbock, hotels named after him-Hilton Hotel have been built one after another.
In p>1949, Hilton International Company split off from Hilton Hotel Company and became an independent subsidiary.
In p>1964, Hilton International Company went public in new york.
in the 2 years from p>1967 to 1987, Hilton International was acquired three times, and was finally bought by the Hilton Group, formerly known as the Debruck Group.
in p>1988, it entered the China market.
In p>24, Hilton pioneered leisure and innovated the Hilton Lounge. This new type of room creates a unique environment in which customers can recover their physical strength and spirit. The dimmable lighting equipment is bright or dark, and the air smells fresh fruits and flowers, which is helpful for customers to relax and rest. Now, even the clothing requirements of hotel staff are greatly relaxed, and employees can even wear their favorite clothes to serve guests.
On March 23rd, 25, Hilton International Hotel Group revealed that CONRAD, the top-end ultra-luxury hotel brand with only 17 hotels in the world, will enter the mainland market of China, and the first hotel is expected to be located in shanghai new world. The Conrad brand that Hilton will enter Shanghai is a hotel with stage and theater entertainment functions.
On June 7th, Hilton International Hotels Group (HI) and China Housing Group signed an agreement in Beijing, announcing that Conrad Hotel has settled in Beijing. Scandic, a budget hotel brand under the group, signed a contract at the same time. Both projects are developed by Zhongfang Group Overseas Development Co., Ltd. and are planned to open before the 28 Beijing Olympic Games. Hilton Hotels Group has only 18 Conrad stores in the world. Conrad Beijing Hotel has 2 rooms and 1 serviced apartments. The Skandik Hotel has 4 rooms and 1 serviced apartments. This is the first Scandinavian hotel outside Europe, and Beijing will become the first city in the world with all three Hilton international brands, including Conrad, Hilton, a luxury hotel, and Scandinavian, a mid-market economy hotel.
In July, HOTELS magazine published the statistics of 24. In 24, Hilton Group (USA) had 2,259 hotels with 358,48 rooms, ranking 11th. In 23, it ranked 1th, with 2,173 hotels and 348,483 rooms.
according to the agreement between enterprises, Hilton International and Hilton Hotels Corp.)(HLT) share the right to operate Conrad brand, including 17 hotels in 13 countries. Hilton International has the right to use the brand name of Hilton in the world except the United States. It owns brands such as Hilton, Scandic and Conrad, and operates 43 hotels, of which 261 are named Hilton and 142 are Scandic brands aimed at the mid-range market. Hilton International Hotel Group, a branch of Hilton Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom, has the right to use the Hilton trademark worldwide except North America, manages 45 hotels, including 263 Hilton hotels and 142 Scandal hotels, has more than 7, employees in 78 countries around the world, and has more than 1 hotel brands at different levels. Hilton International Group is famous for its cautious development in the world.
On December 29th, Hilton Group, a hotel and gaming company, announced that it would sell its hotel business to Hilton Hotels Corporation of the United States for 3.6 billion pounds (US$ 6.2 billion). This transaction will bring the two Hilton companies back together after they split up in 1964. Hilton Hotels Corporation will focus on its American business, while Hilton Group will focus on other international markets. Hilton Hotel (HLT) plans to open 175 to 2 hotels in North America and 15 to 2 hotels overseas in 26.
in p>25, we started to build Chinese websites.
In p>25, Hilton Hotels announced its sponsorship of the American delegation to the 28 Beijing Olympic Games.
On New Year's Day, 26, Hilton Shanghai Jinmao Hotel opened.
On February 16th, Hilton Hotels Corp said that it would give priority to Asian markets such as China and India, and plan to find partners in China. It may introduce the brand of Hilton Garden Inns to China for the first time, hoping to establish about 5 hotels of this brand. Hilton USA was separated from Hilton Group, headquartered in London, England in 1994, and operated more than 2,3 Hilton hotels in the United States alone. At the end of 25, Hilton Group announced that it would sell its hotel business to Hilton USA for 3.6 billion pounds. The Hilton Garden Inn project is a merger of Hilton's New Deal. Hilton's five hotels in China are located in Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing and Sanya, with 2514 rooms.
On March 14th, Hilton Group announced that after signing an agreement with Las Vegas Sands Group, Hilton will build two hotels in Macau, one of which is Hilton Hotel (1,2 rooms) and the other is Conrad Hotel (3 rooms). Will sign an agreement with Las Vegas Sands Group to build the hotel in the second quarter.
In p>26, two more Hilton hotels were opened in Xiamen and Sanya, among which Sanya Hilton was the first Hilton Resort Hotel in China.
In the first half of p>27, the Hilton Xiamen Hotel with 41 rooms opened.
Compared with the United States, the brand awareness of Hilton Hotel in other countries is low, but in the eyes of international tourists, Hilton Hotel is the first choice, and people are familiar with the arrangement of rooms divided into office area, relaxation area and bathroom area. Passengers who stay at Hilton can earn flight journey points from more than 5 airlines. Hilton International Hotel Co., Ltd. receives hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world every day, with an annual profit of hundreds of millions of dollars, ranking first in the world's largest hotels. Hilton has spread all over the world except Antarctica.