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Desktop still dominates mobile as travelers’ preferred booking platform
DigitalMobile websites and apps have so far failed in their coup to overtake online bookings. Their rise in popularity and functionality is indisputable, but laptops and desktops are still the preferred platform for booking travel, according to a study by Mobiquity. Sixty-nine percent of travelers looking to book travel on a laptop or desktop plan [...]
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Hilton to transplant Waldorf Astoria to Delhi or Mumbai
DestinationsThe iconic Waldorf Astoria is on its way to India. Hilton Worldwide, the world’s second largest group of hotels with Waldorf as its ultra luxe brand, is looking at Delhi and Mumbai as the possible destination for it. The group has spoken to two big developers and will zero in on the best possible location [...]
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Hotel giant Blackstone plots a future for Hilton — with billions in backup
GalleryIn 2009, when Blackstone relocated Hilton Worldwide’s headquarters from Beverly Hills to McLean, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., it was much more than a change of scenery and address. Acquired by Blackstone for nearly $27 billion a couple of years earlier, Hilton had been languishing, falling behind better-positioned chains such as Marriott and InterContinental, and [...]
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Hilton gives Homewood Suites property owners a cheap way to update their look
GalleryHilton’s extended-stay brand Homewood Suites wanted older brands to upgrade their facilities and feature a fresher design, but that’s a difficult desire to push when individual property owners shoulder the cost. To encourage owners to go ahead with the needed upgrades, Homewood Suites launched the Take Flight initiative. Take Flight is a package of design [...]
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Mad Men’s travel advertisements: Inspiring the jet-set era
DigitalAt Sterling-Cooper, then Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, landing the big account is the focus, and there are few bigger accounts than airlines and hotel chains. In the first five seasons, Hilton and American Airlines drove the plots of several episodes, as well as brought star Jon Hamm close to the father figure he needed. Here’s [...]
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Global hotel brands plot significant growth in sub-Saharan Africa
DestinationsNew hotels are springing up across Africa, despite the trials of bureaucratic delay and poor infrastructure, to take advantage of an increasing number of tourists and business travellers serving a growing middle class. The International Monetary Fund is forecasting economic growth of around 5.8 percent in sub-Saharan Africa this year, second only to developing Asia, [...]
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Hilton’s arrival in Myanmar marks the beginning of the end for travel in untrodden gem
DestinationsHilton Worldwide has become the first major international hotel company to announce its entry into Myanmar. The company has signed a management agreement with LP Holding Co Ltd to operate the 300-room Hilton Yangon, which is expected to open in the city’s central Kyauktada Township area in 2014. While Myanmar is developing fast, it still [...]
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Free stays at Hilton hotels will take more points during peak periods
DigitalAfter announcing last year that elite status requirements will increase in 2014, Hilton HHonors revealed in an email this week that it is making other changes to the loyalty program starting March 28, 2013, including the introduction of seasonal rewards pricing. The changes mean the amount of points required to redeem a Standard Room Reward [...]
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Reinventing the tired old DoubleTree
RoomsIn 2008, Hilton Worldwide’s upscale brand featured a dated logo, was known simply as “DoubleTree” and was confined to U.S. Today, the brand’s sophisticated new flag, which was launched October 2010 and introduced the “by Hilton” designation, is popping up on new properties around the world at a frenzied rate…DoubleTree by Hilton added 49 new [...]
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As Waldorf Jerusalem opens, challenges of hotel investment in Israel remain
DestinationsIn downtown Jerusalem, a new hotel managed by Hilton International under its premiere Waldorf Astoria brand is finishing construction just months after air raid sirens warned residents of rocket attacks from Gaza. The $150 million Waldorf Astoria Jerusalem, scheduled to open in summer 2013, is among several new hotel investments gambling that Israel’s potential as [...]
