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