Hilton to launch HHonors Event Bonus programme

Notes and media contacts

Hilton HHonors was launched in 1987.

Hilton HHonors is the only guest reward program that lets you earn both hotel points and airline miles for the same stay at more than 2,800 hotels in more than 70 countries worldwide.

More than 30 airline partners participate in Hilton HHonors Event Bonus, including Emirates, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Etihad, BA, KLM, Swiss, Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines.

HHonors points and airline miles earned before April 1, 2005 are still valid.

Event Credit conversions are as follows:
75,000 HHonors points = $150 Event Credit
125,000 HHonors points = $250 Event Credit
250,000 HHonors points = $500 Event Credit

Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 2,800 hotels and 480,000 rooms in 76 countries and territories, including 100,000 team members worldwide.

The company owns, manages or franchises a hotel portfolio of some of the best known and highly regarded hotel brands including Hilton®, Conrad® Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations™, Homewood Suites by Hilton®, and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®.

The company currently operates 43 hotels in the Middle East and Africa, with 14,481 rooms and 16,700 team members. This portfolio covers three regions:

• Arabian Peninsula & Indian Ocean (17 hotels): U.A.E, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, Seychelles
• Egypt & North Africa (21 hotels): Egypt, Morocco, Algeria
• Africa (6 hotels): Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon, South Africa

Hilton's heritage in the Middle East stretches back nearly 50 years, when it became the first international hotel brand to open a property in Egypt - the Nile Hilton in 1959. It was also the first international hotel brand to open a property in the UAE over 35 years ago - the Hilton Al Ain in 1971.

The 46-suite Qasr Al Sharq, or 'Palace of the Orient' which opened last year is now a member of The Waldorf=Astoria Collection®. The first phase of a Worldwide Resort in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE opened in January this year with 151 villa suites right on the beach.

Hilton Hotels has a signed development pipeline of an additional 15 properties in the Arabian Peninsula (U.A.E - the Residence, Beach Club and Conrad - all in Dubai - in Abu Dhabi with its first Conrad, two new Hilton Worldwide Resorts in Ras Al Khaimah and Hilton hotels in Qatar and Kuwait), Egypt (Luxor), Lebanon (Beirut), Jordan (Amman & Aqaba), Equatorial Guinea (Malabo), Uganda (Kampala) and Ghana (Accra).

The Hilton Family of Hotels adheres to founder Conrad Hilton's philosophy that, "It has been, and continues to be, our responsibility to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality." The company put a name to its unique brand of service that has made it the best known and most highly regarded hotel company: be hospitable®. The philosophy is shared by all brands in the Hilton Family of Hotels, and is the inspiration for its overarching message of kindness and generosity (www.behospitable.com)

For more information about our company, please visit www.hiltonworldwide.com.

The Hilton Reservations and Customer Care telephone numbers in the Middle East are as follows:
UAE - 8000 20000 11
Qatar - 800 97103
KSA - 800 82000 10
Egypt - 19009
Bahrain - 8000 4058
Jordan - 00 202 5805927
Kuwait - 00965 225 6200
Lebanon - 00 202 5805928
Oman - 800 788788
Syria - 00 202 5805926

For further information please contact:
Noha Bassily
Regional Public Relations Manager
Hilton Hotels Egypt
Tel: +20 2 2594 6933
Fax: +20 2 2594 6922

Yasmine Tammam
Media Relations Executive
Promoseven Weber Shandwick PR
Tel : 33048560
Fax : 33047213
Mobile : 0101040529

Salah El Din Aloui
Assistant Media Relations Manager
Promoseven Weber Shandwick PR
Tel : 33048560
Fax : 33047213
Mobile: 012 3979586