Hilton Presents Hotel Of The Year Awards

BEVERLY HILLS, CA— Hilton Hotels Corp. has announced its Hotel of the Year award winners for Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn and HomewoodSuites by Hilton which were presented during the companys recent Focused Service Conference held in Las Vegas. Hampton awarded its Hotel of the Year to first place Pride Award winner the Hampton Inn & Suites Peabody Place-Memphis, owned by Peabody Place Hotel Co., LP of Memphis. This hotel, which is a previous Hampton Pride Award winner, received the highest ranking among all Hampton Inn & Suites hotels and all 1,200 hotels in the Hampton system in 2002 for guest satisfaction measured through customer feedback surveys as well as product quality and service scores measured quarterly by the brand. The Hotel of the Year award was also presented to the Hilton Garden Inn Wichita in Kansas, owned and operated by TMH Hotels, Inc., of Wichita, KS. The hotel was presented with the accolade as a result of their overall 2002 results on the Balanced Scorecard, from the more than 161 Hilton Garden Inn properties open across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Walter Brosch, hotel general manager, accepted the award on behalf of the hotel. Among its more than 120 hotels open, the Homewood Suites by Hilton brand presented its top Pride Award to the Homewood Suites by Hilton Colorado Springs, CO, which is company owned and operated. The hotel was singled out for outstanding achievement in the areas of quality and guest satisfaction during 2002. This is the first year the hotel has received this award.