Biography of Conrad Hilton. Development of Hilton Hotels Corporation
Now everyone knows that there are hotel chains with the same name and the same level of service all over the world - be it London, Paris, Moscow or the Cayman Islands. But the first hotel chain was created by the American Conrad Hilton, who gave all the hotels he owned given name and offered them a standard set of services. It was he who first came up with the idea of assigning “stars” to hotels (by analogy with cognac) and was the first to begin selling in the lobbies of his hotels everything that clients might need. Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1887, in the town of San Antonio, which is located in American state New Mexico. His father, August, immigrated from Norway, and his mother, Marie, from Germany. Conrad had no doubt that he had to become an entrepreneur. He was attracted to banking (while working with his father in legislative assembly state he had to thoroughly study banking legislation). But the first attempt to organize his own bank was unsuccessful. And during the second attempt, the decision to become a hotelier suddenly came. This happened in 1919 in small town Cisco, Texas. The acquisition of the Mobley Hotel was not so cheap for Hilton. In addition to his own $5 thousand, he had to borrow $15 thousand from friends and also take out a bank loan for $20 thousand. Now everything depended on Conrad himself. To the surprise of friends and family, who knew how quickly Conrad's bank had failed, business at Mobley was going just fine. A year later, Hilton bought another hotel in the town of Fort Worth, and then two more smaller hotels. By 1924, Hilton already had 350 rooms and enough money to build his first hotel from scratch. Soon, Hilton was buying up hotels that showed no promise and turning them into gold mines. HILTON Hotels provided sparkling clean rooms with motivated staff who provided exceptional guest service. The HILTON organization has created unique system minimizing costs and maximizing service - no one has ever seen anything like this. PERSONAL LIFE of Conrad Hilton was not so successful. His first wife, Mary Barron, left Hilton during the crisis, apparently not believing that he would be able to get out of the quagmire of financial failure. Hilton had three sons with his first wife, Mary Barron: Conrad Jr., William Barron, and Eric Michael. He also broke up with his second wife, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who spent huge sums on clothes and jewelry. From his second wife, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Conrad Hilton had a daughter, Francesca. However, failures in marriage did not prevent Hilton from having offspring, for his long life he became the father of eight children. Conrad Hilton retired from running the company in 1966 at the age of 78, handing over his life's work to his son Barron. A year later, Conrad Hilton's autobiography, Be My Guest, was published. The multimillionaire continued to lead active image life: spoke to students, worked in his foundation, got married for the third time. He died on January 4, 1979 in Dallas, where he once built his first Hilton, at the age of 91. Conrad bequeathed his entire fortune charitable foundation Hilton Foundation. Son Barron had to spend nine whole years to challenge his father’s last will and retain control of the American part of the Hilton empire for the family. Barron Hilton (grandfather of Paris)
Barron Hilton himself married Marilyn June Hawley back in 1947, with whom they were together until her death in 2004. From this long marriage they had eight children: William Barron Hilton, Jr., Hawley Anne Hilton, Stephen Michael Hilton, David Alan Hilton, Sharon Constance Hilton, Richard Howard Hilton, Daniel Kevin Hilton, and Ronald Jeffrey Hilton. The 79-year-old patriarch of the Hilton clan, Barron Hilton, was beside himself when a film of Paris' sexual pleasures hit the Internet. And her recent 23-day prison sentence was apparently the last straw. “He was and remains very dissatisfied with the way the Hilton name was sullied because of Paris,” says Jerry Oppenheimer, author of a biography of the Hilton clan. “Now he does not want to leave his relatives what they did not deserve.” Hilton's grandfather, the only member of the family who still has a significant stake in the vast hotel empire, has signaled he plans to donate the roughly $2 billion he received from his company's imminent sale to Blackstone to charity. The money will go to a foundation named after Conrad Hilton, the founder of the family business. Conrad Hilton Jr. born July 6, 1926. Brother of Barron Hilton. He and his stepmother Zsa Zsa Gabor were in intimate connection, even before his father’s divorce from Gabor, which he later publicly admitted. In 1950 he married Elizabeth Taylor; the marriage was dissolved in 1951. Conrad Hilton Jr. and Elizabeth Taylor In 1958 he married Patricia McClintock, in this marriage they had two children. In 1962, at the age of 43, he died of a heart attack. With actress Betsy von Furstenberg (1951) Richard Hilton (1955) is the most famous of the eight sons of Barron Hilton and the father of the notorious Paris. In 1978 he graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in Hotel and Hospitality Management restaurant business"Rick got his start in the real estate business when he joined Eastdil's New York office. He specialized in securing participation for institutional investors and pension funds in a variety of real estate transactions. In 1984 formed Hilton Realty Investment. For the past 25 years, Rick has specialized on residential real estate sales in Los Angeles communities In addition, it is. an exemplary family man and father of 5 children! David Jacques Pierre Cogordan Hilton (born 1973), who did not know the identity of his true father until 2008. Paris Hilton (born 1981) Nicky Hilton (born 1983) Barron Nicholas Hilton (born 1989) Conrad Hughes Hilton (born 1994) Paris's older brother Younger And finally, this is what the hotel built by Conrad Hilton looked like in 1939 And one of the many hotels in our time
The wedding ceremony, which the press has already called the wedding of the century. The heirs of the world's two largest dynasties - Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild - took vows of love and fidelity before the altar. HELLO! tells the stories of two families and analyzes why money is attracted to money.
Nicky Hilton and James Rothschild
No one can appreciate the depth and strength of mutual affection between Nicky and James, but skeptics in such cases usually say: money is money, thereby automatically denying the newlyweds the right to a great and bright feeling. Dynastic marriages have already sunk into oblivion royal families: Princes and princesses allow themselves to marry mere mortals. But in the world big money and big business love is still rarely spontaneous.
The great-granddaughter of the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain, Conrad Hilton, Nicky Hilton, and banker James Rothschild met four years ago at the wedding of model Petra Ecclestone and James Stunt. In August 2014, the couple announced their engagement. James made the proposal in the style of neoclassicism - no extreme fantasies or everyday asceticism, so often found these days. During a boat trip on Lake Como, he got down on one knee - yes, right on the wet bottom of the boat - and uttered his cherished words. The bride's parents, Rick and Kathy Hilton, gave their consent to the marriage in advance: the prudent James, secretly from his beloved, flew to them from London to Los Angeles in advance to ask for “the hand of your daughter.” The groom passed the casting, which was confirmed by a ring with an eight-carat diamond worth one million euros on Nika’s finger.
The wedding took place in the family castle British monarchs - Kensington Palace. They decided not to let the press in, but the journalists managed to capture Niki leaving the hotel - accompanied by her father, mother and older sister Paris she was heading towards her happiness. The bride dress is a gorgeous lace dress from Valentino in three shades ivory, generously decorated with rhinestones, complemented by a ten-foot train. In terms of cost, the toilet can be called very modest: 80 thousand dollars is quite an ordinary price for a designer wedding dress, especially considering the financial status of the newlyweds. Nicky Hilton's net worth today is estimated at $20 million, and the girl earned this amount herself by designing clothes. In addition, the youngest heir to the hotel empire can count on her share of the family capital. Fortunately, unlike her careless older sister, Niki always took care of her reputation.
Sketch of Nicky Hilton's dress The financial situation of James Rothschild and his family is a closely guarded secret. By the way, in ceremonial reports about the wedding in various world media, a lot of attention was paid to Nika’s father and mother and not a word was said about the groom’s parents. James's father, Amschel James Rothschild, committed suicide in 1996. His mother Anita Rothschild, heiress no less famous surname(her maiden name was Guinness), now 57 years old, there is very little information about her, and her presence at her son’s wedding is not mentioned anywhere. On the list of billionaires Forbes magazine James is not listed (there are only two Rothschilds on the 2015 list - Benjamin and Jeff). Nevertheless general condition clan, this “world behind the scenes,” is estimated to be worth 1.7 trillion dollars (according to other estimates, it is more than 3.2 trillion). Such a significant difference in figures is explained by the fact that the House of Rothschild has always been and still remains a family-owned, private, and not publicly traded enterprise, so they are not required to publicly report their income. We only know that this is the richest family on the planet today.
Well, Paris Hilton was right when she wrote on her Instagram: "I'm so happy that my sister found the man of her dreams!" To her experienced eye, Nicky and James resemble a prince and princess: “They are best friends, they are so close and so in love with each other! They are perfect couple!" Niki herself describes the secret of the unity of two hearts: "We are very similar. Very shy, very quiet, we are both homebodies. I guess I may seem boring, but cooking, relaxing, watching movies, reading books - these are the things we like to do."
Nicky Hilton got married in a Valentino dress
Note that this is the first time Niki has spoken about modesty and homeliness. Previously, for example, when asked to take part in a reality show " Simple life“she refused, arrogantly adding: “I don’t want to live a simple life.” But times change. “Modesty leads to prosperity” is one of the dynastic slogans of the Rothschild family. Each of them is moderate, reserved and carefully avoids scandals. After all, the Rothschilds are not only famous surname, but also a way of life. This is the ideology of wealth. From now on, Niki will have to relearn her basics.
Historical information:
Hiltons
The Hilton dynasty is relatively young. Its founder, Conrad Hilton, opened his first hotel in 1925. Today the corporation has 2,800 hotels different levels in 76 countries of the world. In addition to the hotel sector, the Hilton empire was actively developing another sector - gambling and bookmaking. In many ways, it was he who helped the company stay afloat during periods economic crises. In 2007, the board of directors, which includes Barron Hilton, the grandfather of Paris and Nicky, decided to sell the hotel chain to the investment fund The Blackstone Group LP. This $26 billion deal was the largest in the history of the global hotel business. Subsequently, the grandfather, angry at the behavior of his careless granddaughter Paris, promised to disinherit not only her, but also the rest of the family, and transfer all his funds to charity. On at the moment there is no information about whether the head of the clan changed his decision; however, during this time both granddaughters managed to accumulate their own capital.
Rothschilds
The Rothschild dynasty dates back to late XVIII century. It is the Rothschilds who own the phrase “Who owns the information, owns the world.” Therefore, for centuries, the family diligently avoided any publicity about the size of its fortune - the desire to maintain trade secrets and prevent the dispersal of capital led to the extreme secrecy of the dynasty. For the same reasons, the Rothschilds practice intra-family marriages; a case of division of inheritance or a “brotherly scandal” has never surfaced within the clan. Today the Rothschilds are not only banking houses, but also mining companies in South Africa (gold, diamonds, uranium), and oil industry, and non-ferrous metallurgy, and private financial consulting, and winemaking. Branches of the clan have long spread throughout the world. Everything the Rothschilds touch turns to gold.
Text: Ekaterina Pryannik
Motivation: self-foundation, will, source of motivation, center
Conrad Hilton
Sun in Cancer
You are truly devoted to home and family, hardworking, caring and dreamy. Although you are quiet and studious, it is very important to you to know what others think of you. You want to be needed by others, and through truly caring for people you can overcome your natural shyness. You love to cook, host and collect. If the need arises, you can intrigue to achieve a goal, and this goal is emotional security. You should always have a quiet place where you can get away from others, since you react too strongly to outside influences.
Elizabeth Taylor
Sun in Pisces
You are compassionate and tolerant, kind to others and do not want to hurt anyone. You don’t always make decisions quickly, overcoming your need to escape from difficulties. You are creative, spiritual and often mystical. You are a pleasant person with charm. You easily find yourself subservient to anyone and love animals.
Emotions: sensitivity, receptivity, impressionability
Conrad Hilton
Moon in Gemini
Your emotional side requires variety and novelty, not consistency and depth of feelings. You are more impressed by thoughts than by feelings. Your senses serve primarily the mind, and only then the emotions. It increases your ability to constantly observe and reason. Your mind is fickle and sometimes haphazard, but you can learn huge amount little things. You love action and movement, both physical and mental. Your intuition is not very developed and you are more inclined to observe. You quickly accumulate impressions that you can express in words. For your psychological stability are very great value your inclinations, as well as the need to do several things at the same time. You are more interested in events happening here and now than in what happened in the past. Because you are overwhelmed by changeable feelings, you very quickly waste your strength, rushing into different sides what causes nervous tension. You know how to please others, and sometimes, for the sake of your own well-being, you even resort to cunning. Your restless nature is constantly looking for something new.
Elizabeth Taylor
Moon in Scorpio
Your emotions are intense and often based on strong desires. You are impatient, prone to mood swings and prone to gloomy brooding. You are vulnerable, you can be a jealous and even vindictive person. You are too quick to judge others and feel the need to subtly control people. You cannot stand resistance and do not interfere in other people's affairs, but sometimes out of kindness you do so. You cope well with responsibilities, have great potential and entrepreneurship. Despite your abruptness and impulsiveness, you are self-confident and capable of achieving success. Usually you get what you want. Since you are jealous, proud and possessive, this position of the Moon does not promise harmony in marriage. The most important thing for you is to learn to forgive and forget, to control your strong, deep feelings.
Intelligence: mind, reason, mind, speech, communication
Conrad Hilton
Mercury in Leo
You tend to be dramatic and always involve your heart when thinking about something. You are a dreamer and an idealist, and your connections are usually romantic. You are full of dignity, inner sophistication and always strive to create about yourself good impression. Wanting to be seen as an authority, you are a problem solver, but sometimes neglect the details. You are ambitious and good at completing tasks.
Elizabeth Taylor
Mercury in Pisces
you have psychic abilities and finely developed intuition, you love to learn and greedily absorb knowledge, rather than study textbooks. You have an excellent memory, you are thoughtful, romantic and poetic. Sometimes you hide what you really think and are only frank with close friends or family. This position of Mercury indicates duality, which leads to internal contradictions. And if you add to this that you easily succumb to the influence of others, then it is not at all surprising that you often change your mood and are too sensitive. You are very vulnerable. A harmonious environment is very important to you, since your reactions are more subconscious than conscious. You try to be an erudite person. Use your many talents and natural wit to combat your potential shortcomings.
Harmony: measure, conjugation, sympathy, coherence, values
Conrad Hilton
Venus in Gemini
You are generous, friendly and impartial. You need freedom. Do you want to have an intellectual partner who, if possible, has a sense of humor? You like to wander around the world, you are literate and poetic. You may get married early. You have good manners good relationship with relatives and neighbors, you love your family. By nature, you are curious and try to experience literally everything that life offers you.
Elizabeth Taylor
Venus in Aries
You are a restless, passionate, inspirational person who has a tendency to put others down and your aggressiveness can cause people to abandon you. Because you are an outgoing and enthusiastic person by nature, you perform well in all social situations. People like you and can be creative. You may marry early or hastily and not always behave decently.
Activity: will, initiative, effort, leadership-subordination
Conrad Hilton
Mars in Aries
You are courageous, independent, and love to dominate. You are a brave and powerful person. You cannot stand routine work and find it difficult to compromise. You are aggressive and full of initiative. You always want to be "in the driver's seat." Your enthusiasm inspires other people, and you often act as a leader. Maximum success will come to you only when you learn to channel your energy and develop patience and compassion,
One of the women whose husband was stolen by Elizabeth Taylor said that she understood her husband’s actions, because it is not easy to resist the Hollywood beauty. And indeed, the actress broke more than one man’s heart, and her love of love resulted in eight marriages. First time Taylor wore wedding ring When she was only 18, the film star’s last marriage was concluded at the age of 59. Whom the legendary Liz loved, AiF.ru remembers the actress’s spouses.
No. 1 Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr.
Wedding of Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr. Photo: www.globallookpress.com Elizabeth Taylor's first marriage did not last even a year. Son of the founder of the Hilton hotel chain, Conrad the actress met in one of the nightclubs. Four months later, 18-year-old Liz and 23-year-old Nicky decided to tie the knot. This event was celebrated by 700 guests! By wedding dress became a bride designer Helen Rose, who later created the wedding dress for the Princess of Monaco - Grace Kelly. It all started very beautifully, but already during honeymoon Elizabeth realized that she had chosen a very frivolous man as her husband, who also suffered from drug and alcohol addictions. The last straw of Taylor's patience was the assault of Hilton Jr. While in a drunken state, Conrad raised his hand to his wife, and as a result of a strong blow, the woman suffered a miscarriage.
On February 1, 1951, the actress officially divorced and became free woman, who received a substantial stake in the Hilton Corporation and numerous gifts from her ex-husband.
No. 2 Michael Wilding
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding. Photo: www.globallookpress.com The film star’s second marriage was much more successful than the first. Taylor's chosen one is famous actor Michael Wilding, whom she met on the set in England. Michael was very different from Hilton: 20 years older than Liz, sensible and courageous. But everything is his positive qualities were overshadowed by one circumstance - he was married. This fact could have stopped any other woman, but not Elizabeth. The actress received a lucrative contract for her lover in Hollywood and took him to America. On February 21, 1952, the couple got married, this time the celebration was modest. In her marriage to Michael, Liz gave birth to two sons. At first, she combined the role of mother and wife well with filming, but gradually, without noticing it, the spouses began to move further and further away from each other. In addition, Michael, unlike Elizabeth, became less interested in own career. While Taylor was actively filming, he refused good roles. Naturally, the Queen of Hollywood wanted to see a slightly different man next to her, so five years after the wedding, she decided to end her marriage with Wilding. Liz did not hesitate in making this decision, because by that time she was already having an affair with a successful producer.
No. 3 Mike Todd
Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
Divorced once again, Elizabeth Taylor did not really have time to enjoy her freedom, since three days later she became a wife producer Mike Todd. This union gave the actress not only strong feelings, but also many bright roles, because her chosen one had connections in Hollywood. In 1957, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter from Mike. Taylor loved her husband so much that she converted to Judaism for his sake. The star's third marriage had every chance of becoming his last, if not terrible plane crash. On March 22, 1958, Todd flew to New York in his plane, named "Lucky Liz" after his wife, and crashed. The actress was supposed to fly with her husband, but stayed home due to illness. The loss of a loved one was a strong blow for her - trying to forget the past, Taylor became addicted to alcohol.
No. 4 Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher. Photo: www.globallookpress.com Helped Liz survive the death of her husband best friend the deceased, who was also a witness at the couple’s wedding, singer Eddie Fisher. He so diligently helped Taylor cope with depression that soon their relationship from friendship grew into love. For the sake of the actress, Fischer left his wife Debbie Reinoehl, who by that time had given birth to two children. Elizabeth walked down the aisle for the fourth time on March 12, 1959 in Las Vegas. The film star’s new relationship caused a storm of indignation in society; from an object of universal adoration, she turned into a real destroyer of families. Fischer supported his beloved, gave expensive gifts and carefully monitored her health. Thanks to him, Taylor was able to cope with depression, continued to act actively and even received her first Oscar for her role in the film Butterfield 8. The couple could not have children together, so they decided to take the child from the orphanage. But by the time all the formalities were almost settled, family idyll violated actor Richard Burton, whom the star met on film set film "Cleopatra". In March 1964, Liz and Eddie's marriage ended.
No. 5 Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Photo: www.globallookpress.com In order to get married for the fifth time, Elizabeth again had to destroy her family. The feelings between Taylor and her co-star in the film “Cleopatra” Richard Burton were so strong that soon the whole film crew and the actor’s wife, who accompanied her husband on the trip, were aware of their romance. Of course, this relationship, like the previous ones, could not help but cause gossip and gossip, which were absolutely unnecessary for the film company that made the film. In order to somehow stop the wave of negativity that had begun, Burton was forced to give a press conference, at which he, in the presence of journalists, said that he would not marry Elizabeth. Hearing this, Taylor took unsuccessful attempt commit suicide.
When the film was released, the actor denied the words he had said and assured the “sharks of the pen” that he would become a husband legendary beauty. On March 15, 1964, the couple tied the knot. The lovers adopted a girl, Maria. These were difficult relationship, the next quarrel was replaced by a short-term truce, and so on for 10 years in a row. But in 1974 the couple decided to divorce. However, after breaking up, they realized that they could not live without each other, so in 1975 they got married again. The second attempt to mend the broken relationship was unsuccessful. Nine months later, both realized they had made a mistake and filed for divorce again.
No. 6 John Warner
Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
In her seventh marriage, Liz, fortunately, did not have to break up another family. This time the choice of the tireless star fell on John Warner politics. From the very beginning of this relationship, Taylor tried to be an exemplary wife; she helped her husband get into the Virginia State Senate, but it was at that moment that alcohol returned to her life. In addition, wanting to get rid of stress, she began to eat away her problems and began to gain weight. Unable to fight her addiction, the actress was forced to undergo treatment in a special clinic. The husband was very busy with his career and could not provide Taylor with the support she needed. Six years after their wedding, their marriage broke up.
#7 Larry Fortensky
Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky. Photo: www.globallookpress.com
The last husband of the legendary Elizabeth Taylor was an ordinary hard worker, married twice and raising a daughter. Larry Fortensky, he was younger actress for 20 years. The movie star and the builder met at a treatment clinic alcohol addiction. Perhaps realizing that this wedding would be the last in her life, Taylor arranged a luxurious wedding ceremony, which took place at the ranch Michael Jackson. The bride appeared before the guests in a two-tier dress from Valentino. Larry was ready to love the successful and rich Elizabeth, but he was not ready for the star's illness. When the actress underwent surgery to implant artificial hip joints both legs, the husband’s feelings have exhausted themselves. The last divorce in the life of Elizabeth Taylor took place in 1996.
Conrad Hilton is worldwide famous entrepreneur from America, who founded Hilton. Hilton Hotels Corporation owns hotels around the world. Mr. Hilton brought the hotel business to its full potential new level development. Today, this man's ideas are world norms.
There is constant debate and talk about Hilton's enormous fortune. And the great-granddaughter of billionaire Paris Hilton regularly fuels rumors about the life of her famous great-grandfather.
Birth and first attempts at entrepreneurship
Conrad Hilton was born on December 25, 1887. It happened in American city San Antonio, New Mexico. The boy was born into the family of a grocery store director. After graduating high school, the guy went to college. There he mastered his specialty After graduating from higher education educational institution young Conrad returned to his father's house and began to help his father in his store. But soon Conrad’s father became a deputy, and the future entrepreneur became his assistant.
Conrad Hilton went to the front as soon as the First World War began world war. He was demobilized in 1918, and after that he decided to live independent life. Conrad became interested in business, which became his priority. Hilton opened a bank, but after a short period of existence it went bankrupt. After this, the man tried several times to create similar institutions, but all his attempts were failures.
The birth of the hotel business
In 1919, Conrad Hilton accidentally ended up at the Mobley Hotel, which was located in the small town of Cisco (Texas). For this establishment, the name “hotel” was too loud. The establishment looked more like a flophouse than a decent hotel. It was here that Hilton came up with the idea to engage in hotel activities: he acquired Mobley, and a year later, under his strict leadership, every meter of the hotel began to make a profit. Conrad increased the number of beds, and in the hall he placed glass display cases with various small items, such as razors, magazines, etc.
The new business began to develop successfully. A year later, the entrepreneur bought several more hotels. In 1925, he organized his first hotel, the Dallas Hilton. Then he started receiving offers to manage hotels throughout Texas. Rapid growth now begins financial well-being Conrad: he opens one hotel every year.
His company grew larger and larger; it even managed to successfully overcome the crisis that took place in the 30s of the last century. During this time, Conrad learned to manage a business in conditions of financial instability. Now Hilton hotels were located throughout America. The businessman built his own hotels and bought them from competitors.
Development of Hilton Hotels Corporation
American entrepreneur Conrad Hilton founded the Hilton Hotels alliance in 1946. This network hotels has become the largest in the United States. The company's turnover grew to such a scale that in 1949 Hilton managed to buy the Waldorf-Astoria, the most luxurious hotel in New York. Also in 1949, the first hotel outside America was opened. It was located in Puerto Rico.
By the early 60s of the 20th century, Hilton Hotels had become the most technologically advanced hotel chain on the entire planet. At that time, the chain consisted of one hundred hotels around the world. Conrad Nicholson Hilton himself gained the status of a multimillionaire. His business continued to grow. The modern Hilton hotel chain has approximately a thousand establishments located in different countries peace.
Life of a hotel king in retirement
Conrad Hilton, whose photo can be seen in our article, retired from managing the company in 1966. At that time he was 78 years old. His post was inherited by his son Barron. Hilton was chairman of the board of directors until the last moment of his life. After “retiring,” Conrad Nicholson became actively involved in charity work and began speaking to student audiences. In addition, he created a Catholic foundation, which he named after himself. The businessman also financed the College of Restaurant and Hotel Management at the University of Houston. Hilton.
Hilton's legacy
Conrad Hilton (biography is briefly outlined in our material) left behind huge fortune. But this is not all of his legacy: it was this entrepreneur who brought the hotel business to a new level of development. Hilton's ideas are the worldwide norm today. It was Conrad who became the founder of the system of dividing hotels according to the “star” principle. He also came up with the idea of a “standard set of services” that applies to all hotels in the chain.
Conrad was the first to begin selling basic necessities in hotel lobbies. The hotel discount system was also developed by Hilton. For the first time, all the attributes of a modern hotel appeared in Hilton hotels: automatic locks installed on room doors, air conditioners and much more.