6 Facts About Hilton Chicago

1. Barron Hilton Chicago introduces the new Hilton Chicago Carte Blanche credit card, the premier travel and entertainment card owned by Hilton Hotels.

2. Conrad Hilton Chicago buys Statler Hotel for $111 million dollars, which at the time was the largest real estate deal ever.

3. Conrad Hilton Chicago appears on the cover of Time magazine, the first hotelier to achieve such recognition.

4. Conrad Hilton Chicago opens the high-rise Dallas Hilton Chicago, the first hotel to carry the Hilton name.

5. In 2005, Hilton Chicago sold the property to Thor Equities, but it remains part of the Hilton chain.

6. In December 1945, Conrad Hilton Chicago bought the Palmer House for $20 million and it was thereafter known as The Palmer House Hilton.