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A hotel in Cisco, Texas. Over the next few years, he buys other Texas hotels. While business is strong, Mr. Hilton has greater ambitions.
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The first hotel to carry the Hilton name. Since air conditioning hadn't yet been invented, the elevators, laundry chutes, airshafts, and other non-customer facilities were placed on the building's west side, so that no guest rooms faced the western sun.
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Opens its first hotel with cold running water and air-conditioning in public areas.
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With the purchase of the Roosevelt and Plaza hotels in New York City, Hilton becomes the first coast-to-coast hotel group in the United States.
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The first hotel company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York City's Roosevelt Hilton becomes the first hotel in the world to install televisions in guest rooms.
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Conrad Hilton purchases "The Greatest of Them All," the original Waldorf=Astoria in New York, NY.
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The first hotelier to achieve such recognition. (He appears again on the cover in 1963.)
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The opening of the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico.
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Conrad N. Hilton buys Statler Hotel for $111 million dollars, which at the time was the largest real estate deal ever.
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Opening of the Hilton Istanbul, the first modern hotel built from the ground up in post- World War II Europe. The landmark property earns its own postal code and stamp.
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Hilton launches a program to bring air-conditioning to every hotel in the Hilton portfolio.
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Hilton creates its first central reservation office, called HILCRON. Reservations can be made at any Hilton by telephone, telegram, or Teletype.
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Barron Hilton introduces the new Hilton Carte Blanche credit card, the premier travel and entertainment card owned by Hilton Hotels.
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Hilton pioneers the airport-hotel concept by opening the 380-room San Francisco Airport Hilton.
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Hilton International forms as a separate company, with Conrad Hilton as president. Two years later, Conrad Hilton's son Barron succeeds him as president of the domestic Hilton Hotels Corporation.
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Launch of Lady Hilton, the first hotel concept designed exclusively for women travelers. Select hotels feature women-only floors and rooms, and provide special amenities tailored to women.
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Conrad Hilton resigns his presidency to become chairman.
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The first DoubleTree hotel opens in Scottsdale, AZ.
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Hilton becomes the first NYSE-listed company to enter the domestic gaming business, by purchasing the Flamingo Hotel and the Las Vegas International. It's later named the Las Vegas Hilton.
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, with the goal of operating a network of luxury hotels and resorts in the world's major business and tourism capitals.
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Hampton Hotels is the first hotel company to promise 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. It states: Friendly service, clean rooms, comfortable surroundings, every time. If you're not satisfied, we don't expect you to pay.
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It later expands to more than 500 properties.
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Hilton HHonors™ surpasses competing hotel loyalty programs by offering members both points and air miles.
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Hilton Worldwide Resorts launches as a vacation-ownership subsidiary, providing its members with premium resorts and exotic vacation experiences.
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Reuniting the companies for the first time in 40 years and expanding Hilton's portfolio of brands worldwide.
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Hilton Hotels Corporation completes merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group's real estate and corporate private equity funds.
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LightStay™, the proprietary system of measurement was launched as a Brand standard across the portfolio to calculate sustainability performance across the globe.
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