Need-Based Academic Scholarship for Team Members of Hilton and Its Newly Acquired Brands
Company Press Release
June 21, 2000
BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- Demonstrating its corporate commitment to higher education, Hilton Hotels Corp. has launched
the Hilton Hotels Scholarship, a need-based program developed to offer educational assistance to dependents of
eligible team members.
The program is available to employees at corporate properties and offices that have joined the Hilton family as
the result of last year's acquisition of Promus Hotel Corp. In addition to Hilton, the other hotel brands participating
in the program are Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood
Suites by Hilton, Red Lion Hotels and Inns, and Harrison Conference Centers.
As part of Hilton's continued commitment to team members and the communities where Hilton and its family of brands
do business, the company launched a pilot scholarship program in 1999. More than $52,000 was awarded to more than
40 deserving students during the program's inaugural trial period. ``I and the entire Hilton corporate family encourage
both team members and dependents to participate in this most beneficial program,'' says Hilton Hotels Chief Executive
Officer Steve Bollenbach.
The academic scholarship program is designed to offer financial assistance for collegebound dependents of eligible
team members regularly employed at Hilton's owned and operated hotel properties, reservation centers, and regional
sales offices throughout the United States. The corporate offices in Beverly Hills and Memphis, Tenn. will also
participate in the program.
Hilton Hotels is recognized internationally as a pre-eminent hospitality company. The company develops, owns, manages
or franchises more than 1,800 hotels, resorts and vacation ownership properties. Its portfolio includes many of
the world's best known and most highly regarded hotel brands, including Hilton®, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites®,
Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Harrison Conference Centers®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Homewood
Suites® by Hilton, Red Lion Hotels & Inns® and Conrad International®.
http://www.hilton.com
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Contact:
Hilton Hotels Corp., Beverly Hills
Kathy Shepard, 310/205-7678