Cairo, 25 November 2007: Hilton Hotels held their four-day CFS, Customer Focus Selling, Course for its sales teams from Africa as well as Egypt at the Pyramids Golf Resort, between 22nd & 25th October 2007.

The Customer Focused Selling Course gave insight into a new sales approach by the Hilton Family of Brands which aims to increase value to Hilton customers by uncovering and understanding their needs, more than ever before.

The venue for this important seminar was the Hilton Pyramids Golf Resort which has recently opened its doors to a much improved Meeting Complex. The resort complex features six new meeting and banquet rooms and offers guests complete business facilities including a professional business center, supported by an experienced and dedicated sales team and an attentive support team.

"Our sales approach has changed because our customers have changed, they expect more from us as business partners and professionals," said Mr. Ahmed Hegazi, General Manager of the Pyramids Golf Resort. "This new approach will help us to maintain and strengthen our relationships with our valuable customers."       

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Note to Editors:
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 - 18 hotels in Egypt, nine hotels in the UAE, four in Saudi Arabia and one each in Oman and Kuwait, plus another ten hotels in Africa and the Indian Ocean.

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 an opening pipeline of an additional 15 properties across Middle East & Africa in the U.A.E, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda and Ghana.

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. 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:
Noha Bassily
Regional Public Relations Manager
Hilton Hotels Egypt
Tel:  +20 2 2594 6933
Fax: +20 2 2594 6922
Email: Noha.Bassily@hilton.com

Salah El Din Aloui
Assistant Media Relations Manager
Media Relations
Tel: +2 02 3047215 - 17
Fax: +2 02 3047213
Mob: +2 012 39 79 586
E-Mail: salah@promoseven.com

Yasmine M.Tammam
Media Relations Executive
Promoseven Weber Shandwick
Tel : 3048560
Fax : 3047213
Mobile: 0101040529
E-mail: Yasmine.tammam@promoseven.com

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