30 Facts About Hilton Hotels

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

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2. Hilton Hotels becomes the first NYSE-listed company to enter the domestic gaming business, by purchasing the Flamingo Hotel and the Las Vegas International.

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

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

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5. Hilton Hotels expands to Waco, Texas, and opens its first hotel with cold running water and air-conditioning in public areas.

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6. Conrad Hilton Hotels opens the high-rise Dallas Hilton Hotels, the first hotel to carry the Hilton name.

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7. Hilton Hotels expands its footprint to 100 countries and territories around the world with the opening of Hilton N'Djamena in Chad.

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8. Hilton Hotels opens its first airport hotel and pioneers the airport hotel concept.

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9. Hilton Hotels was delighted with the results of "It Happens at the Hilton.

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10. Hilton Hotels has gaming operations in a number of foreign countries, including Turkey, Uruguay, and Australia.

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11. In 1996 Hilton Hotels instituted a program for compulsive gamblers at its Australian property.

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12. Hilton Hotels made its first foray into gaming in 1949 when it opened a casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the behest of the governor of Puerto Rico.

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13. Around the turn of the century Conrad Hilton Hotels rented out rooms in his family's home.

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14. In 1997 Hilton Hotels announced a strategic alliance with Britain's Ladbroke Group PLC, owners of the Hilton name outside the United States.

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15. In 1998 Hilton Hotels was the seventh-largest hotel company in the United States, and it has worldwide name recognition through its global hotel and gaming operations.

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16. In 1933, while Hilton Hotels continued to battle the Moodys in court, the Moodys defaulted on the loan for the El Paso Hilton, and Conrad Hilton managed to raise $30,000 and buy back that hotel.

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17. Hilton Hotels purchased a three percent stake in Ladbroke and in return the British concern agreed to invest in future Hilton enterprises.

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18. Hilton Hotels purchased a 3 percent stake in Ladbroke and in return the British concern agreed to invest in future Hilton enterprises.

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19. Barron Hilton Hotels concentrated on solving the problem of his father's will.

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20. Barron Hilton Hotels maintained a no-partnership policy for the company's casino-hotels.

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21. In 1975 Hilton Hotels sold a 50 percent interest in six major hotels to Prudential Life Insurance Company of America for $85 million.

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22. In 1970, Barron Hilton Hotels engineered the $112 million purchase that would generate the largest percentage of the company's revenues within a decade: two casino-hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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23. Hilton Hotels agreed to sell to Hilton Hotels, in order to keep the hotels in "the hands of hotel people.

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24. In 1945, Hilton Hotels traveled to Chicago to complete the purchase of the Stevens, which he had initiated in 1940, and ended up acquiring the Palmer House as well.

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25. Hilton Hotels claimed he was practicing for New York's Waldorf-Astoria, a picture of which he had clipped from a magazine and carried with him since the hotel opened in 1931.

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26. In 1938, Hilton Hotels bought his first hotel outside of Texas, the Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco.

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27. In 1933, while Hilton Hotels continued to battle the Moodys in court, the Moodys defaulted on the loan for the El Paso Hilton, and Conrad Hilton managed to raise the necessary $30,000 to buy back that hotel.

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28. Hilton Hotels pulled together an investment group and the funds were transferred within a week.

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29. Hilton Hotels introduced the luxury collection of independent hotels earlier this year, rebranding three properties in Dubai to kickstart its portfolio.

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30. Hilton Hotels is prioritizing growing LXR, but the bar for the brand will be set particularly high.

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