Hilton Garden Inn®, Homewood Suites By Hilton® And Hilton Grand Vacation Club® Take Top Honors In The Market Metrix Hospitality Index

(Wednesday, February 01, 2006) - Hilton Hotels Corporation announced today that three of its brands placed #1 in the Market Metrix Hospitality Index for the fourth quarter of 2005.


Hilton Garden Inn , the fastest growing brand within the Hilton Family, ranked #1 in the upscale hotel category;
Homewood Suites by Hilton®, the national brand of upscale, all-suite residential-style hotels, placed #1 in the extended-stay hotel category; and
Hilton Grand Vacations Club®, representing high-quality vacation ownership resorts in select vacation destinations, took the #1 spot in the vacation clubs category.

The Market Metrix Hospitality Index is a quarterly report of customer satisfaction with hotel, airline and car rental companies based on 35,000 in-depth consumer interviews. This marks the eighth time that Homewood Suites by Hilton has received this prestigious accolade; a repeat honor for Hilton Garden Inn and the first top ranking in this survey for Hilton Grand Vacations Club - the first year Market Metrix added vacation clubs as a new category (in the first quarter of 2005).

"We are delighted that the Market Metrix Hospitality Index has recognized Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations Club as top leaders in their categories but most importantly shown what these brands mean to our guests," said Tom Keltner, president - brand performance and development group, Hilton Hotels Corporation. "This recognition is further evidence of our brands' steadfast commitment to provide exceptional service and accommodations as part of ongoing, significant brand enhancement initiatives."

Market Metrix, LLC was founded in 1996 to provide the hospitality industry with better customer and employee satisfaction measurement programs and management tools. In addition to MMHI, Market Metrix provides clients with award-winning survey systems and strategic services. For more information, log onto www.marketmetrix.com.

Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Hilton Grand Vacations Club are part of Hilton Hotels Corporation, which is recognized internationally as a preeminent hospitality company. The company develops, owns, manages or franchises more than 2,300 hotels, resorts, and vacation ownership properties. Its portfolio includes many of the industry's best known and most highly regarded hotel brands, including Hilton®, Conrad®, Doubletree® , Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations Club®, Homewood Suites by Hilton and The Waldorf=Astoria CollectionT. For more information on the Hilton Family of Hotels, visit hiltonfamily.com or call 1-800-HILTONS.

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