Hilton eyes growth in APAC, set to open 2 hotels a week in region in 2022

Singapore

THE Asia-Pacific region accounts for just around 10 per cent of Hilton's global portfolio now, but the hospitality group has its sights set on growing that share of the pie.

"Asia-Pacific will continue to be a bigger part of the business," Hilton president and chief executive officer Chris Nassetta told reporters at a roundtable discussion in Singapore on Thursday (Apr 7).

"We have about 300 million people in the United States, and we have 5,000 hotels. There are 4 billion (in Asia-Pacific) and we have 523 hotels. So on a per capita basis, thi…

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