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About Hilton Worldwide

Hilton Worldwide is the leading global hospitality company spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For 93 years, Hilton Worldwide has offered business and leisure travellers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. The company is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Its brands are comprised of more than 3,800 hotels and timeshare properties, with 630,000 rooms in 88 countries and include Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton Hotels, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Home2 Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations. The company also manages the world-class guest reward programme Hilton HHonors.

About Hilton Worldwide in India

Hilton Worldwide is one of the fastest growing hotel companies in terms of deals globally. Last year, the company more than doubled its trading estate in India by launching six hotels, and it also introduced two additional hotel brands in the country – the upscale, full-service DoubleTree by Hilton and mid-market, focused-service Hampton by Hilton. Hilton Worldwide expects to increase its presence in India to 14 operating hotels by the end of this year and 50 hotels in the next five years. Presently the company operates nine hotels under four brands in India. These include Hilton New Delhi/Janakpuri, Hilton Chennai, Hilton Mumbai International Airport, Hilton New Delhi-Noida-Mayur Vihar, Eros Hotel – Managed by Hilton New Delhi/Nehru Place, DoubleTree by Hilton New Delhi-Noida-Mayur Vihar, DoubleTree by Hilton Gurgaon-New Delhi NCR, Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi/Saket and Hampton by Hilton Vadodara-Alkapuri.

Corporate

In 2011 Hilton Worldwide:
» Became the fastest growing major hotel company, expanding our portfolio by 29 percent since June 2007 and surpassing our competitors in total rate of room growth*
» Surpassed 630,000 hotel rooms globally
» Opened 170 hotels, with more than 29,400 rooms
» Signed management or franchised agreements on more than 320 hotels, with more than 62,000 rooms
» Achieved one of the largest global pipelines in our history and in the industry with over 860 hotels and nearly 150,000 rooms
» Increased our count of rooms under construction in emerging markets from 6 percent in June 2007 to 66 percent today**

Regional
Americas
» Maintained our position as the largest hospitality company in the U.S. by number of rooms
» Expansion plans in Latin America are the strongest in our history, with the portfolio expected to surpass 50 hotels by the end of 2013

Europe

» Largest active European pipeline of any hotel company, with more than 20,000 rooms in approximately 120 properties
» Announced Russia, Turkey, and the

Middle East & Africa

» Plans to grow our presence in the region by nearly 80 percentover the next three to four years
» Launched a major environmental initiative at our three hotels in South Africa, which is anticipated to reduce energy consumption by 80 percent

Asia

» Our pipeline of new hotels will triple our trading footprint in Asia over the next five years
» Signed management agreements to bring DoubleTree by Hilton properties to Indonesia and Japan
» Hampton Hotels opened its first hotel in Asia Pacific, Hampton by Hilton Vadodara-Alkapuri in India

Corporate Responsibility

Launched partnerships with:
» Sundance Institute and announced the inaugural Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Fund & Award winners. Films were selected based on how they showcased the issues, interconnections, challenges and opportunities around sustainability and resource challenges in a global context
» Good360 to connect hotels donating high-quality used goods to charitable organizations
» Global Soap Project to repurpose soap from our hotels to vulnerable populations in developing countries while also investing US $1.3 million and lending operational expertise to support the organization’s growth
» Released the 2010 LightStay results, which reported that the company saved more than US $74 million in utility costs as a result of reducing energy use by 6.6%, carbon output by 7.8%, waste output by 19% and water use by 3.8%