Franchise Development Opportunities
Hilton is a name that is synonymous with first-class hospitality. For almost 90 years, the Hilton Family has been offering the business and leisure traveler worldwide the very finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. It is this same devotion to our guests that also makes franchising with Hilton such a satisfying and rewarding experience — for you and for us. As one of our franchisees, you’ll enjoy a network of committed service and support designed to help you operate as effectively as possible. And with our recent acquisition of Hilton International, Hilton Hotels Corporation is now one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse hotel companies. An exciting future lies ahead for us and we hope to be able to share it with you.
Discover a family of leading franchise brands in all categories.
Hilton is one of the only hotel companies with a breadth of leading franchise brands, spanning the lodging segments from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended stay suites and mid-priced hotels. Our portfolio of franchise brands includes Hilton®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Homewood Suites by Hilton® and our newest brand, the luxury Waldorf=Astoria Collection® — all supported by the strength of the Hilton worldwide customer delivery programs and systems. It’s not surprising that Hilton ranks first in the construction pipeline among the top companies in hotel development. In fact, 20.4% of the total U.S. construction pipeline belongs to our brands.*
The Hilton Family of Hotels is always seeking new development partners and would love to hear from you if you are interested in either a management contract or franchise agreement. Click on the links below to obtain detailed development information for each of our brands.
*Based on the December 2005 Smith Travel Research/McGraw-Hill Construction Pipeline report. “In Construction” is defined as ground being broken or the owner is finalizing bids on the prime (general) contract.
Brand Portfolio
Hilton | Conrad Hotels | Doubletree Hotels | Embassy Suites Hotels |
Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites | Hilton Garden Inn |
Homewood Suites by Hilton | The Waldorf=Astoria Collection
Hilton®
Travel should take you places™
Travel is more than just A to B. Travel should transform you. It’s about enjoying the journey and allowing travel to awaken your mind, spirit and senses. At Hilton hotels, our commitment to personal guest achievement has created hotel environments of luxurious comfort and impeccable service to welcome our guests, and the personal amenities and workplace productivity to inspire each guest to accomplish and celebrate all that travel enables.
Expansion
In addition to conversions, which are an important part of our growth, new Hilton construction continues. A smaller Hilton full-service prototype has been designed to deliver upscale services in smaller, growing urban and resort markets and uses a compact design footprint allowing for lower construction costs and shorter building times. Development also continues with traditional, larger-scale, full-service hotels. For more development information, log on to www.hiltonfranchise.com
Conrad Hotels®
The Luxury of Being Yourself.
As the most global luxury brand of the Hilton Family, Conrad Hotels is a world inspired by the notion of “individuality’’. Conrad guests aren’t all cut from the same cloth, and neither are Conrad hotels. From the finest resorts to grand legends of hospitality and glittering new icons, every Conrad hotel is a celebration of individuality in every sense, and a place where guests can truly experience the greatest luxury of all... that of simply being themselves. Developing inspired partnerships As commercial and leisure pursuits transcend boundaries like never before, Conrad is poised for an exciting and dynamic period of growth, with a diverse array of Conrad hotels and resorts coming soon in destinations including the Bahamas, Beijing, Dubai, Jakarta, Las Vegas, Phuket and Shanghai. Indeed, with more than two dozen prestigious hotels and resorts in the planning stage, Conrad Hotels is well on the way to becoming a truly global presence. This is being achieved through joint venture partnerships with financially sound local partners who wish to own world-class hotels operated under a management agreement, and who share the Conrad vision of luxury inspired by individuality. For more development information, log on to www.conradhotels.com.
Doubletree®
True Comfort. Genuine Care.
With a growing collection of upscale accommodations in more than 160 gateway cities, metropolitan areas and vacation destinations throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America, Doubletree features distinctively designed properties that provide true comfort to today’s business and leisure travelers. From the millions of delighted hotel guests that enjoy the brand’s legendary chocolate chip cookie at check-in to the advantages of the award-winning Hilton HHonors guest reward program, each Doubletree guest receives a satisfying stay wherever their travels take them.
Expansion
Today’s Doubletree brand is experiencing resurgence in growth and performance. Doubletree has set an aggressive goal to increase their current hotel portfolio to 200 full-service hotels throughout North America and Latin America by 2007. In fact, the brand has expanded into Canada with the opening of three full-service hotels and resorts in Toronto, Niagara Falls and Montreal. Whether converting an existing property to re-energize product performance or building a hotel from the ground up, the Doubletree brand provides an excellent opportunity. For more development information, log on to www.doubletreefranchise.com
Embassy Suites Hotels®
Everything for a Reason®
When traveling, it’s your time. That’s why you want to be flexible and enjoy it on your terms. And that’s why you need a hotel with open space and amenities that exist for a reason — a hotel that does Everything for a Reason. Embassy Suites is this hotel. Embassy Suites offers lush, open-air atriums with room for sitting, relaxing and meeting. We offer large, spacious two-room suites with microwaves and refrigerators and a manager’s reception every evening to get together. Embassy Suites puts intuition and genuine thought behind each and every offering and amenity, into all business practices, right down to the design of the hotel itself, and a complimentary, cooked-to-order breakfast you can stay or go with — a hotel that was designed with you in mind. Embassy Suites is not defined by fluff but rather by thoughtfulness — a hotel that puts you in control, by thinking first about what you need and want, not just what is the status quo. Embassy Suites Hotels… Everything for a Reason.
Expansion
With a majority market share, Embassy Suites Hotels is positioned for continued solid growth. To meet our ambitious development goals for the brand, Embassy Suites Hotels unveiled its latest prototype, Design Option III. A true-to-form, upper upscale product, the new prototype encompasses the core standards of the Embassy Suites Hotels brand while providing a cost-effective design that delivers. With a scalable key count of 150 to 300 suites, a flexible layout and a lower building cost, the new prototype gives developers more market choices, from urban and coastal markets, to more corporate and convention center markets. To further support the development of new hotels, the brand also offers a fee ramp-up program for qualified developers. For more development information, log on to www.embassyfranchise.com
Hampton Inn®
Hampton Inn & Suites®
Hampton Inn by Hilton™
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton™
We love having you here®
At Hampton, we love having you here. And we show that passion for hospitality by delivering a fresh, innovative and friendly guest experience that is designed to delight. Currently, there are over 1,400 Hampton locations around the globe. Yet no matter which Hampton hotel you stay in, you’ll find our value, product, services and amenities are consistent. At every Hampton, every morning, we serve our complimentary On the House® hot breakfast. In a rush? On weekdays we offer On the Run breakfast bags™ for a quick morning meal to go. We understand how important it is for you to stay connected with your colleagues and loved ones back home. That’s why you can count on our complimentary high-speed Internet access in every Hampton guest room. At every Hampton, every night, our hotel guests go to sleep on our comfiest amenity yet: Cloud Nine. The Hampton Bed Experience. You’ll love our signature mattress, our fluffy comforters enclosed in crisp, white duvet covers, and our down and foam pillow options. At Hampton, we’re committed to serving our guests, and we take pride in our hotels. And the best part is, we back up our promise of delivering friendly service, clean rooms, comfortable surroundings every time for every guest with one of the most powerful guarantees in the industry: The 100% Hampton Guarantee.™ Because it’s absolutely true: We love having you here. And we’ll do everything we can to make sure you love staying with us again and again.
Expansion
Distribution has expanded at the rate of approximately 60 to 100 hotels a year. The greatest opportunity for growth lies in the western half of the U.S. Hampton offers three development options: Our 52-to-64 room Hampton Inn “Hometown” Prototype for tertiary markets, our 70-plus-room Hampton Inn prototype for larger markets and urban areas and our standard Hampton Inn & Suites design for most other markets. For more development information, log on to www.hamptonfranchise.com
Hilton Garden Inn®
Where are you going?™
Hilton Garden Inn guests are driven. In their business and personal lives, they are driven to achieve. And for this achievement they enjoy the rewards. Furthermore, our guests believe that a duality exists on the road. They must blend their personal lives and their professional lives. For them, it’s not about balancing their lives, it’s about blending them. Whereas hotels have traditionally been perceived as a destination, at Hilton Garden Inn we strive to be a travel resource, a tool to help our guests achieve and move forward while continuing to provide the finest quality of essential services and amenities.
Expansion
Hilton Garden Inn is redefining the upscale, mid-priced lodging category with aggressive expansion. With over 300 properties open or in development since its initial launch, Hilton Garden Inn is the fastest-growing brand in the Hilton Family of Hotels. In addition, Hilton Garden Inn is considering conversions with a focus on urban locations and other “hard-to-develop” markets. For more development information, log on to www.hiltongardeninnfranchise.com.
Homewood Suites by Hilton®
Distinctly Homewood™
Homewood Suites by Hilton offers a highly specialized product that targets a very specific and desirable guest — the upscale traveler who plans to stay five or more consecutive nights for business or leisure. This upscale yet casual, all-suite, residential-style hotel brand caters to travelers seeking the perfect second home when traveling. Every Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel offers a host of amenities and services that guests have come to expect — all for the price of a quality, traditional, one-room hotel room. In order to keep the Homewood Suites by Hilton brand comfortably ahead of the competition in the extended stay arena, the Distinctly Homewood™ program was born. It’s a multi-faceted approach to enable the brand to stay as fresh, relevant and vibrant to the consumer over the course of the next 5 years as it has been in the 15 years since its founding.
Expansion
Today, extended-stay accommodations are a hot commodity. Two-fifths of industry room nights are now being generated by extended-stay hotels, which represent only 5.2 percent of total industry supply. The 6:1 demand vs. supply ratio makes the extended-stay market, particularly the upscale market, vastly underserved. That makes Homewood Suites by Hilton a highly opportunistic investment for you. Homewood has become an easy sell during the past few years, as evidenced by frequent opening of new properties and the brand’s designation as one of the fastest growing extended-stay brands in the industry. There are currently 166 hotels open with 100 in the pipeline. There’s never been a better time for you to grab your share of the lucrative, upscale, extended-stay market — with a Homewood Suites by Hilton franchise. For more development information, log on to www.homewoodfranchise.com.
The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®
A Unique Brand of Luxury.
Hilton Hotels Corporation has introduced a new luxury line that will extend the cachet of New York’s legendary The Waldorf=Astoria® hotel. Unveiled as The Waldorf=Astoria Collection, the new, elite brand designation will build upon the legend that company founder Conrad N. Hilton called The Greatest of Them All™ — The Waldorf=Astoria.
Expansion
More than 55 years after Conrad Hilton’s purchase of The Waldorf=Astoria, demand for luxury hotel accommodations and service continues to thrive. The company anticipates that its new The Waldorf=Astoria Collection will grow through:
- Co-branding of existing luxury landmark or boutique hotels that will add The Waldorf=Astoria Collection to their name.
- Designation of existing high-end Hilton or Conrad hotels as part of The Waldorf=Astoria Collection.
- Opening new-build hotels or hotel/residential developments in gateway cities using The Waldorf=Astoria brand name itself to provide prestige and elegance, globally. The company will seek management contracts for truly special hotels in select markets, using The Waldorf=Astoria brand name.
For more development information, log on to www.WAfranchise.com.
