Category: alis conference

Hilton Launches New Extended Stay Brand: Home2 Suites by Hilton

| January 26, 2009 | 3 Comments
Hilton Launches New Extended Stay Brand: Home2 Suites by Hilton

Hilton announced their new extended stay hotel brand called Home2 Suites by Hilton at the ALIS Conference. It’s meant to be less expensive than their Homewood Suites brand and cater to the “millennial generation”.

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Hilton Moves To Washington DC

| January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

Hilton is moving their headquarters to Washington DC toward the end of 2009, from their current location in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Hilton’s “Hilton Prestige Portfolio”

| January 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
Hilton’s “Hilton Prestige Portfolio”

Hilton’s luxury brands – Waldorf Astoria, Waldorf Astoria Collection, Conrad and Project Global 21 (Hilton’s new ‘Lifestyle Brand’) are going to be part of the Hilton Prestige Porfolio.

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Hilton Will Announce Boutique Brand In January – But Are They Too Late?

| November 24, 2008 | 0 Comments

Looks like Hilton will finally announce the details on their new boutique brand during the ALIS Conference in January. This is what Ross Klein has been working on and is much needed to finish out Hilton’s hotel brand portfolio.

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Edition Hotels – Schrager & Marriott’s REAL Brand Name

| January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

Today at the ALIS Conference in Los Angeles, Marriott & Ian Schrager will officially announce the name of their new hotel brand, and unlike the “scoop” reported by the New York Post – it is to be called “Edition Hotels”, not “Schrager Hotels”. According to the NY Post, the hotel company was supposed to be [...]

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The 2008 ALIS Conference Starts Tomorrow

| January 27, 2008 | 0 Comments

For the past few years that I have taken a deep interest in the hotel industry – subscribing to industry magazines, tracking hotel brands, learning about the industry etc, the one industry conference that seems to make the most “commotion” is the yearly ALIS ConferenceĀ held in Los Angeles in January of every year. I was [...]

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