Hilton Hotels & Resorts
Hotels and resorts company
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| November 6 2024 | Striking workers returned to work following the resolution of their labor dispute. |
| November 4 2024 | The strike ended after over 1,800 striking workers voted to ratify a new labor contract. |
| September 24 2024 | 1,800 employees at the Hilton Hawaiian Village initiated a strike, with all workers members of UNITE HERE Local 5. |
| 2023 | Hilton Hotels & Resorts reached 613 properties and 226,015 rooms, demonstrating continued global expansion and recovery. |
| 2022 | Second Hilton building tower completed, designed by Cooper Carry and Meyers + Associates Architecture, with interiors by Jeffrey Beers, featuring terra cotta cladding and high-performance glass. |
| 2022 | The company stabilized at 604 properties and 224,370 rooms, continuing its post-pandemic recovery. |
| December 31 2022 | The Millennium Seoul Hilton closed for demolition and redevelopment, ending its affiliation with the Hilton brand. |
| November 2022 | Ribbon cutting and opening gala planned for mid-November, with local fashion designers creating new staff uniforms. |
| September 2022 | New tower east of High Street opened, expanding the hotel and bringing the total guest room count to 1,000, making it the largest hotel in Ohio. |
| September 11 2022 | Tower opening delayed to September 11 due to minor water damage. |
| 2021 | Paris Whitney Hilton married Carter Milliken Reum. |
| 2021 | Despite pandemic challenges, Hilton Hotels & Resorts rebounded to 598 properties and 221,782 rooms, showing signs of recovery. |
| December 2021 | City Developments announced plans to sell the hotel and adjacent land to IGIS Asset Management for 1.1 trillion won ($934 million). |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company reduced to 580 properties and 214,788 rooms, reflecting global travel restrictions. |
| 2020 | Fortune magazine ranked Hilton Hotels & Resorts as number one on their Fortune List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For, highlighting the organization's exceptional workplace environment based on an employee satisfaction survey. |
| 2019 | Imre Salusinszky published 'The Hilton Bombing: Evan Pederick and the Ananda Marga', detailing Pederick's involvement and subsequent confession after eleven years of guilt. |
| 2019 | Hilton Hotels & Resorts slightly decreased to 584 properties but maintained 216,379 total rooms. |
| August 2019 | Hotel tower broke ground, designed by architectural firm Cooper Carry, becoming the tallest building built in Columbus in over 15 years. |
| 2018 | Hilton announced two hotel projects in Kampala, Uganda: the Kampala Hilton Hotel and the Hilton Garden Inn Kampala, both still in development. |
| 2018 | The company grew to 586 properties and 215,623 rooms, with notable increases in the Americas and Asia Pacific regions. |
| August 2018 | New plans were released with a redesigned 26-story tower. |
| March 2018 | County officials first proposed a 22-story, 300-foot tower with 468 rooms to create a 1,000-room hotel, estimated to cost $165 million. |
| 2017 | Barron Nicholas Hilton II married Tessa Gräfin von Walderdorff. |
| 2017 | Experience Columbus commissioned a 'Hotel and Development Study' recommending hotel expansion to meet convention center lodging needs. |
| 2017 | Hilton Hotels & Resorts increased to 578 properties and 211,423 rooms, with continued expansion in the Asia Pacific region. |
| October 2017 | Hilton announced it would continue sponsoring McLaren until 2021, extending its long-standing partnership in Formula 1 racing. |
| October 2017 | Hilton committed $50 million over five years to its Hilton Africa Growth Initiative, aimed at expanding its portfolio in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| March 1 2017 | Grand Islander tower, the newest addition to the Hilton Hawaiian Village, was opened to the public, expanding the resort's accommodation options and continuing the original 'village plan' concept. |
| 2016 | Rachel Landers published 'Who Bombed the Hilton?', challenging conspiracy theories about the bombing and highlighting Abhiik Kumar's suspicious activities. |
| 2016 | Columbus bid on hosting Democratic and Republican National Conventions but lost both bids. |
| 2016 | The company maintained a similar property count of 570, with 208,762 total rooms, showing continued stable growth. |
| 2015 | Nicholai Olivia 'Nicky' Hilton married James Rothschild. |
| 2015 | A new 1,000-room hotel was first proposed by Experience Columbus. |
| 2015 | The hotel underwent a $125 million renovation. |
| 2015 | Hilton Hotels & Resorts continued to grow, reaching 572 total properties and 206,635 rooms, with notable expansion in the Asia Pacific region. |
| 2014 | The company expanded to 560 total properties worldwide, with a slight increase in rooms to 201,047, including growth in the Asia Pacific region. |
| 2013 | Hilton Hotels & Resorts operated 554 properties globally, with 246 properties in the U.S. and a total of 196,670 rooms across all regions. |
| March 2013 | Hilton announced plans to enter Myanmar for the first time with a 300-room hotel project in Yangon, though the hotel has not yet been constructed. |
| 2012 | Hilton Columbus Downtown opened with a $2 million, 250-piece art collection featuring Ohio-based artists. |
| 2012 | First Hilton building completed, designed by HOK and Moody Nolan, featuring a brick-and-glass facade that connects to the convention center via skywalk. |
| October 2012 | Hilton announced a planned property in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a targeted opening date of 2025. |
| 2010 | Ground was broken for the publicly financed 532-room Hilton Columbus Downtown to address the growing demand for event space. |
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