Hilton Hotels & Resorts®

Hilton Hotels & Resorts, the flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide with more than 550 hotels across six continents, today announced winners of Hilton Brand Awards for 2014. Through these awards, Hilton Hotels & Resorts properties worldwide are recognized for their high performance, with five properties receiving the highly coveted Connie Award, named in honor of the brand's founder Conrad Hilton.

"As a global industry leader, Hilton Hotels & Resorts Team Members are committed to quality experiences for our guests," said Rob Palleschi, global head, full service brands, Hilton Worldwide. "These awards present an opportunity to highlight our hotels and resorts that best exemplify outstanding service, and provide hospitality that ensures every guest feels cared for, valued and respected."

Each year, Hilton recognizes hotels that excel in multiple categories including overall service, marketing, brand culture and housekeeping. The awards are divided amongst four regions (Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Middle East & Africa) with many of the Americas awards presented in two categories: small hotels (less than 500 guest rooms) and large hotels (500 or more guest rooms). The Connie Award is presented to the top-performing hotels in the Hilton portfolio that excel in three key areas: quality assurance audits measuring brand standards, cleanliness and property condition; customer scores rating staff service; and guest loyalty.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts celebrates the following 2014 award recipients:

Connie Award

Award of Excellence

Food & Beverage Awards

Housekeeping Awards

Make It Right Awards

Annual Blue Energy Award

recognizes the properties that best demonstrate the brand's Blue Energy Culture through activities and accomplishments in five areas: guest relations, team member relations, community relations/Bright Blue Futures, sustainability and contribution to the H360 Community website.

Best Launch Marketing Campaign honors teams that engineer the successful launch of a new hotel, hotel conversion, major renovation or new hotel facility (such as a restaurant or spa) using both traditional and digital tactics.

Best Social Media Engagement

Best Tactical Marketing Campaign to Drive Revenue

Leader of the Year Award presented to the nominated General Manager, Hotel Manager or Resident Manager that best represents the Hilton Brand Values and Promise in their hotel, with their management company and in the community.

Community Service Award

Living Sustainably Award

H360 Web Community Award

presented to properties that demonstrate outstanding utilization of the internal website, percentage of active Team Members and engagement.

About Hilton

Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 18 world-class brands comprising more than 6,800 properties and more than 1 million rooms, in 122 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its founding vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed more than 3 billion guests in its more than 100-year history, earned a top spot on the 2021 World's Best Workplaces list and been recognized as a global leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for five consecutive years. In 2021, in addition to opening more than one hotel a day, Hilton introduced several industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience, including Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the ability to book confirmed connecting rooms. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the nearly 128 million members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy. With the free Hilton Honors app, guests can book their stay, select their room, check in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and check out, all from their smartphone. Visit newsroom.hilton.com for more information, and connect with Hilton on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.