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Doubletree Hotels, Suites, Resorts

Doubletree Hotels, Suites and Resorts began in 1969 and have been franchising since 1989. Doubletree's flagship hotel brand has rapidly expanded in such gateway cities as Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta and Toronto and metropolitan areas and vacation destinations through the U.S., Canada and Latin America. These properties offer unique, contemporary upscale accommodations and offer full-service facilities and amenities, including restaurants and lounges, room service, health clubs, business centers and extensive meeting and banquet space.

Doubletree is a distinctively designed portfolio of properties that provides a truly satisfying experience and comfort to today’s business and leisure travelers. From millions of delighted hotel guests who are welcomed with the brand’s legendary, warm chocolate chip cookies at check-in to the advantages of the award-winning Hilton Honors guest reward program.

Hilton, with a breadth of leading franchise brands, spanning the lodging segments from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended stay suites and mid-priced hotels, which includes the Hilton Hawaiian Village, the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport and Hilton New York, Hilton, Hilton Garden Inn, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Homewood Suites by Hilton and our newest brand, the luxury Waldorf Astoria Collection. Hilton ranks first in the construction pipeline with 20.4 percent of the total U.S. construction pipeline belonging to their brands.

Their costs and fees are a total investment of 24,800,000-39,200,000 US dollars, a franchise fee of 75,000 US dollars, an ongoing royalty fee of 4 percent, terms of agreement for 10 years, renewable, and renewal fee is the same as initial fee. They are ranked on at number 173 in 2006 of Franchise 500 and America's Top Global Franchises at number 133 in 2006.

With at least 15 new hotels joining the brand in 2005 and an additional 25 Doubletree deals, they will increase their current hotel portfolio to 200 full-service hotels throughout North America and Latin America by 2008.

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