04 March 2007
New Hilton initiative offers up to 50 percent discount at over 250 hotels worldwide

Dubai, U.A.E: Travel agents and airline employees across the Middle East and worldwide can now avail up to 50 per cent discount off room rates at over 250 Hilton hotels internationally when booking their own personal holidays.

Bookings can be made via a dedicated website: www.hilton.com/travelagentoffers.

Commenting on the new initiative, Guy Epsom, Hilton Hotels' Regional Director of Sales and Marketing, Arabian Peninsula said: "This is a discount offer that rewards employees in the travel and airline sectors for their hard work and dedication. We're also making it easier for them to plan their holiday - agents can simply log onto the dedicated website, check the rates and make their booking."

Participating properties include destinations close to home such as the newly opened resort in Ras Al Khaimah or Egypt's Red Sea. Further afield, agents can opt for hotels in historical European locales such as Prague, Paris and Istanbul, as well as city hotels from Sandton in South Africa to Kingston in Jamaica - all providing a variety of experiences and environments for a getaway to remember.

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Note to Editors
Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 2,900 hotels and 500,000 rooms in more than 80 countries, including 105,000 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, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Grand Vacations, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Scandic and The Waldorf-Astoria Collection.

The company currently operates 34 hotels in the Middle East - 19 hotels in Egypt, nine hotels in the UAE, four in Saudi Arabia and one each in Oman and Kuwait. Hilton's heritage in the Arabian Peninsula stretches back over 30 years, when it became the first international hotel brand to open a property in the UAE - the Hilton Al Ain in 1972.

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.

New Hilton properties are also under development in Doha marking the company's first foray into Qatar, Kuwait and the Arabian Peninsula's first Conrad hotel in Dubai, in addition to a Residence and Beach Club, also in Dubai.

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 ten 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. To download images please visit www.vismedia-online.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:
Samantha Wood
Regional Director of PR & Communications
Hilton Hotels, Middle East
Tel: +971 4 391 5358
Fax: +971 4 391 6791
Email: Samantha.Wood@hilton.com

Jane Meikle/ Majid Wasi
JiWin Public Relations
Tel: +971 4 361 3333
Fax:+ 971 4 368 8001
Email: jane.meikle@jiwin.ae
majid.wasi@jiwin.ae 

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