MEMPHIS, Tenn., January 9, 2002 -- Hampton, the national brand of mid-priced
Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites hotels, today announced that it opened nine Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites hotels in December 2001. The addition of 804 guest rooms brings the brand’s total room count to 117,806 in 1,144 hotels, as of Dec. 31, 2001. The nine new openings comprise five Hampton Inn hotels and four Hampton Inn & Suites hotels.
“We have found that developers continue to have strong confidence in the brands they know and trust,” said Phil Cordell, senior vice-president, brand management, Hampton. “Lenders, developers and guests alike know and trust the Hampton brand, and we see that confidence translating into substantial new opportunities.
Hampton strengthened its western U.S. presence with two new California hotels and one Nevada property. The following chart shows the newly opened Hampton Inn and Hampton Inn & Suites hotels in December 2001:
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Hampton Opens Nine New Hotels 2-2-2-2
HAMPTON INN HOTELS
OPEN DATE
NUMBER OF ROOMS
Quakertown, PA 12/31/01 79
West Palm Beach/FL Turnpike, FL 12/28/01 110
Ottawa, KS 12/28/01 60
Covington, LA 12/20/01 72
San Francisco/Daly City, CA 12/20/01 87
Las Vegas/Nellis AFB, NV 12/17/01 87
Ft. Lauderdale-Airport North, FL 12/5/01 109
HAMPTON INN & SUITES HOTELS
OPEN DATE
NUMBER OF ROOMS
Montreal (Dorval), Quebec, Canada 12/20/01 100
San Jose-Airport, Costa Rica 12/9/01
100
TOTAL NUMBER OF HOTELS ADDED IN DECEMBER: 9
TOTAL NUMBER OF ROOMS ADDED IN DECEMBER: 804
The Hampton brand is part of Hilton Hotels Corporation, recognized internationally as a preeminent hospitality company. The company develops, owns, manages or franchises more than 2,000 hotels, resorts and vacation ownership properties. Its portfolio includes many of the world’s best known and most highly regarded hotel brands, including Hilton®, Conrad, Doubletree®, Embassy Suites Hotels®, Hampton Inn®, Hampton Inn & Suites®, Harrison Conference Centers®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Hilton Grand Vacations Company® and Homewood Suites® by Hilton.
Note: This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of federal securities law, including statements concerning business strategies and their intended results, and similar statements concerning anticipated future events and expectations that are not historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this press release are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including the effects of economic conditions; supply and demand changes for hotel rooms; competitive conditions in the lodging industry, relationships with clients and property owners; the impact of government regulations; and the availability of capital to finance growth, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the statements herein.
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