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...However, such agreements come with a cost too, as hotels must pay fees to the franchisor....
...It was a stark contrast to the mood just seven months earlier at the same venue, the Beverly Hilton, when dealmakers congregating for the Milken Institute’s October conference celebrated soaring financial...
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...Several big groups, including Oreo-maker Mondelez International, established new credit lines in case financing markets worsened....
...After leaving jobs at the top of former prime minister David Cameron’s operation in Downing Street, Steve Hilton and Rachel Whetstone transplanted themselves to California....
...Half a century ago it was easy to imagine that a Hilton hotel would soon be orbiting the Earth....
...He popped champagne with Paris Hilton in the French Riviera and befriended singer Alicia Keys, whose photos he posted on his Instagram account....
...Michael Phelps, the American swimmer, mentions Visa, Head & Shoulders shampoo, and Hilton Hotels amid the training updates he shares with his 5.4m Facebook fans....
...Other appointments to the new board included executives from Hilton, the state-owned discount airline flydubai, and Dubai Holding itself....
...Apart from the Ritz-Carlton group, Hilton is opening its first Doubletree hotel in Okinawa this year, targeting both tourists and business travellers....
...Habtoor Leighton is part of an international consortium building a segment of Dubai airport’s Terminal 3, and is embarking on arbitration with the civil aviation authority over a Dh2bn-Dh2.5bn ($544,000-...
...Hong Kong, ultimately, wants to achieve a transformation: from being a place where Chinese issuers meet international investors, to one where Chinese investors meet international issuers....
...Blackstone’s private equity arm recently closed the benchmark liability management exercise for hotel-backed CMBS when it restructured USD 20bn of Hilton Hotels debt....
...Lee and Far then traded on the inside information on behalf of Far & Lee LLC....
...Grant Hearn, chief executive, said: “We’re seeing FTSE 100 companies switching from the Hiltons and Marriotts of the sector as firms realise there is no need to spend a fortune.”...
...While Hilton jumped 26 per cent on Thursday as investors digested the news, the stock had already risen 10 per cent this week. For the week, Hilton rallied 36.6 per cent to close at $45.71....
...Colony Capital owns gambling resorts and hotels, including the Atlantic City and Las Vegas Hiltons....
...The Hilton hotel brand is to be reunited under one company for the first time since 1964, after Hilton Hotels Corporation of the US on Thursday agreed to pay £3.3bn ($5.7bn, €4.8bn) for Hilton Group’s international...
...It bought budget hotelier La Quinta for $3.4bn and Wyndham International for $3.2bn....
...Hilton Hotels Corporation of the US last month agreed to pay £3.3bn ($5.8bn) for Hilton Group’s international hotel business....
...UBS, Avington International and Scotia Capital advised Fairmont. JPMorgan worked for Colony and Kingdom....
...The Paris property, one of the city’s “grand dames”, was to have been bought by Dubai Holdings and Jumeirah International, the hotel chain....
...The deal marks the end of an ambitious international strategy by Jennie Chua, Raffles chief executive, who suggested she might leave Raffles shortly....
...Hilton aims to ease respiratory woes Rooms equipped for guests who suffer from respiratory complaints or allergies are being tested at the Hilton hotel at Chicago's O'Hare airport....
...The good news gave a boost to Hilton Group, owner of the Ladbrokes betting shops, up 1.4 per cent at 294.75p....
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