CONRAD HILTON

PERSONAL LIFE

• Birth: December 25, 1887
• San Antonio, New Mexico Territory, US
• Death: January 3, 1979 (aged 91)
• Santa Monica, California, U.S.
• Cause of death: Natural causes
• Resting: Calvary Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Texas

PERSONAL LIFE

• Father's general store in Socorro County
• Intention of buying a bank
• 40-room Mobley Hotel in Cisco
• Changed hands as much as three
• Dining room converted into additional rooms

BUSINESS HE STARTED

• Hotel business started with Mobley hotel
• Buy and build hotels throughout Texas
• First hotel outside of Texas
• West California and east New York

CONSUMERS BENEFIT

• Bring air-conditioning to every hotel
• Televisions in room
• Promise 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

CHANGE IN HOTEL INDUSTRY

• World's first international hotel chain
• Established worldwide standard for hotel accommodations
• First central reservation office, called HILCRON
• Airport-hotel concept

BY PRODUCTS

• Hilton Carte Blanche credit card
• Hilton international company

CHANGE IN QUALITY QUANTITY AND PRICE

• From Texas to 76 countries
• AC system and TV

FACTS AND QUOTES

• Quote 1: Success... -Conrad Hilton
• Quote 2: charity

CITATION

• Conrad Hilton Biography. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2016, from The Biography.com website: http://www.biography.com/people/ conrad-hilton-9339383#synopsis
• White, S. (n.d.). Conrad Hilton. Retrieved January 26, 2016, from Philanthropy Roundtable website: http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/ hall_of_fame/conrad_hilton
• History & Heritage. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2016, from Hiltonworldwide.com website: http://hiltonworldwide.com/about/history/