Hilton Celebrates 100th Anniversary


Maldives
PUBLISHED June 01, 2019

Hilton Celebrates 100th Anniversary with Random Acts of Hospitality, a New Foundation and a Dynamic Launch into its Next Century.

With more than 5,700 properties around the world and a new hotel opening every day Hilton continues to lead with newly announced foundation and global hospitality initiative.

Hilton, the worlds first global hotel company, will celebrate its milestone 100th anniversary in the midst of the most dynamic year in the companys storied history.

To mark the occasion, hundreds of hotels around the world are extending Hilton hospitality beyond their doors by taking "Random Acts of Hospitality" to their communities from Chicago to Shanghai, Dublin to Dubai and everywhere in between.

As it looks ahead to its next century, Hilton also announced the creation of The Hilton Effect Foundation, which will help create a better world to travel by investing in both organizations and people having a positive impact on the communities Hilton serves. The Foundation is launching this week with 15 grants to organizations that will support communities around the world. These inaugural grants will support programs around the globe that are creating opportunities for youth, aiding in disaster recovery, and supporting water stewardship and sustainability.

The Foundation builds on the impact already driven by Hilton through its Travel with Purpose corporate responsibility strategy, which seeks to double the companys investment in social impact while cutting Hiltons environmental footprint in half by 2030. 

Since the inception of Travel with Purpose in 2011, Hiltons Team Members have performed more than 1.3 million hours of volunteer service and the company has invested tens of millions of dollars in the communities it serves. As Hiltons primary international philanthropic arm, the Foundation will channel financial and in-kind resources to further amplify the Hilton Effect the ongoing positive impact of the worlds first global hospitality company on guests, Team Members and communities.

Celebrating Hiltons 100th anniversary with hospitality and a global Foundation speaks to the companys founding vision.

"One hundred years ago, Conrad Hilton had a noble idea that travel can make the world a better place," said Chris Nassetta, President and CEO of Hilton. "That deep-rooted sense of purpose has fueled our transformative impact all across the globe, as we have welcomed 3 billion guests, employed 10 million Team Members and contributed $1 trillion in economic impact. And in the years to come, we will do even more to positively change the world through our Hilton Effect Foundation."

The first hotel named with Hilton "Dallas Hilton"


Mobley Hotel (The first property acquired by Hilton)


Conrad Maldives Rangali Island - the first Hilton property opened in Maldives

Past and Present

Founded in 1919 in the tiny town of Cisco, Texas, Hilton has pioneered the travel industry for decades, introducing room service, air-conditioned lobbies, in-room televisions, airport hotels, the mini-bar, the computerized reservation system, and Connected Room the first hotel room allowing guests to unlock their doors and control their lights, thermostat and TV with a smartphone app. Hilton properties even invented the brownie and the piña colada.

Hilton now offers 17 distinctive brands across 113 countries and territories, with more than 5,700 properties and continues to grow with a new hotel opening somewhere in the world every day.

In addition to the Foundation, the hospitality giant has also launched a grassroots service initiative called "Random Acts of Hospitality." Team Members throughout Hilton locations around the world are conducting meaningful, simple gestures for others that extend Hiltons hospitality beyond the doors of its hotels and into local communities.
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