Hilton Hotels facts for kids
The Hilton Hotels brand was re-united internationally after more than 40 years in February 2006, when United States-based Hilton Hotels Corporation purchased the lodging arm of United Kingdom-based Hilton Group PLC, which had acquired Hilton's international operations in 1987 (the companies had been severed originally in 1966).
Hilton Hotels became America's first coast-to-coast hotel chain in 1943. The company places marketing emphasis on business travel, but owns and operates a number of resorts and leisure-oriented hotels as well.
As of April 2007, the chain has 229 Hilton branded hotels across the world and has partnerships with many airlines and car rental companies.
Gallery of Hilton Hotels buildings around the world
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Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus (1955) was built as the second Hilton hotel in Europe, the first having been opened in Spain in 1953 (the Castellana Hilton, Madrid). The Istanbul Hilton is currently the longest serving Hilton hotel outside the United States. It stands 30 miles from where the Iron Curtain used to be. It appeared in the James Bond film From Russia with Love (1963).
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Hilton Tokyo
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Sheffield Hilton, which closed on December 15, 2019
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Hilton Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Hilton Hotel -- Nassau Bay, Texas
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In Spanish: Hilton Hotels & Resorts para niños
