Over 90 participants meet in Cairo; 1,000 team members prepare for three-day event

Dubai, June 16, 2008 - Hilton Hotels Middle East & Africa (MEA) hosted its first-ever Management Conference in Cairo at the Ramses Hilton last week (June 2-4). Ramses Hilton was selected as the event venue out of 44 hotels in the Area.

Over 90 participants from across MEA attended this remarkable three-day event hosted by President, Jean-Paul Herzog, including Global, Area and Regional Specialists, and General Managers.  Ian Carter, newly-appointed President of Global Operations, inaugurated the conference under the motto 'Managing Change' and confirmed that, "Hilton will be the industry leader, and will outperform its competition, while creating a dynamic, entrepreneurial, high growth business that can seize global opportunities."

More than 1,000 members of the Ramses Hilton team were involved in all conference preparations from the creative coffee breaks with African, Indian Ocean, Nubian & Arabian themes and an inspiring Nile Felucca Parade at sunset with branded sailing flags to an authentic Egyptian night with a full Folkloric carnival at Falafel, the hotel's famous oriental restaurant.

The conference culminated with a glamorous gala dinner and long-term service awards ceremony, at the historical Mohamed Ali Pasha Palace.

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About Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation is the leading global hospitality company, with more than 3,000 hotels and 500,000 rooms in more than 74 countries and territories, including 135,000 team members worldwide. 

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

The company currently operates 44 hotels in the Middle East & Africa - 18 hotels in Egypt, nine hotels in the UAE, five in Saudi Arabia and one each in Oman and Kuwait, plus another ten hotels in Africa and the Indian Ocean.

Hilton Hotels has a signed development pipeline of an additional 16 properties across Middle East & Africa in the U.A.E, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde.

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.

For more information about our company, please visit www.hiltonworldwide.com, and to learn more about our be hospitable philosophy, please visit www.behospitable.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
Area Director of PR & Communications
Hilton Hotels, Middle East & Africa
Tel: +971 4 365 4886
Fax: +971 4 391 6792
Email: Samantha.Wood@hilton.com

Sana Khan
Senior Account Executive
Tel: +971 4 3613333
Fax: +971 4 3688001
Email: sana.khan@jiwin.ae

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