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The original Istanbul Hilton, before later additions, on Republic Day 1959. On December 19, 1950, Conrad N. Hilton revealed to the New York Times that he had recently reached an agreement with the Turkish government to build a new Hilton hotel in Istanbul with 300 rooms costing a total of US$5 million.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotel magnate and politician who founded the Hilton Hotels chain. From 1912 to 1916, Hilton was a Republican representative in the first New Mexico Legislature, but became disillusioned with the "inside deals" of politics.
Conrad Hotels & Resorts is an American multinational brand of high-end luxury hotels and high-end luxury resorts owned and operated by Hilton Worldwide. [2] As of December 31, 2021, it has 42 locations with 15,085 rooms in 21 countries and territories, including two that are owned or leased with 778 rooms, 38 that are managed with 12,152 rooms, and two that are franchised with 2,155 rooms.
The Muraka Suite at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (Maldives) Conrad Maldives. ... Shangri-La Suite at the Shangri-La Bosphorus (Istanbul, Turkey) Shangri-La. Price: $25,500 per night.
Hilton started buying more hotels. By 1924, he built a new hotel in Dallas, the fourteen-story Dallas Hilton, which he completed for more than $1.3 million (or $23.3 million in 2024 dollars).
The Muraka Suite at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (Maldives) Conrad Maldives. ... Shangri-La Suite at the Shangri-La Bosphorus (Istanbul, Turkey) Shangri-La. Price: $25,500 per night.
The Hilton family is an American family that originally comes from Kløfta, Norway, and spans over four generations from New York City and Los Angeles. The family members hold varying degrees of power, wealth and status as socialites in the United States.
During the Republican era, in the 1950s, opening of hotels of various types gained speed. The most important event of this period was the opening of Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus in 1954. [2] As a result of the development of transportation and the domestic/outbound tourism, numerous new hotels were opened in the 1960s.