hilton

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{i} worldwide chain of luxury hotels; family name
British novelist whose best-known works are Lost Horizon (1933), set in the fictional land of Shangri-La, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934)

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Conrad Hilton
born Dec. 25, 1887, San Antonio, N.M., U.S. died Jan. 3, 1979, Santa Monica, Calif. U.S. businessman, founder of one of the world's largest hotel organizations. As a boy he helped his father turn the family's adobe house into an inn for traveling salesmen. After his father's death in 1918 he bought several hotels in Texas, and by 1939 he was building, leasing, and buying hotels in California, New York, Illinois, and elsewhere. In 1946 the Hilton Hotels Corp. was organized; in 1948, as the business expanded overseas, the company was renamed Hilton International Co. Later diversification included a credit card company and a car-rental firm. His son Barron succeeded him as president in 1966
Conrad Nicholson Hilton
born Dec. 25, 1887, San Antonio, N.M., U.S. died Jan. 3, 1979, Santa Monica, Calif. U.S. businessman, founder of one of the world's largest hotel organizations. As a boy he helped his father turn the family's adobe house into an inn for traveling salesmen. After his father's death in 1918 he bought several hotels in Texas, and by 1939 he was building, leasing, and buying hotels in California, New York, Illinois, and elsewhere. In 1946 the Hilton Hotels Corp. was organized; in 1948, as the business expanded overseas, the company was renamed Hilton International Co. Later diversification included a credit card company and a car-rental firm. His son Barron succeeded him as president in 1966
Hanoi Hilton
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James Glen Trevor Hilton
born Sept. 9, 1900, Leigh, Lancashire, Eng. died Dec. 20, 1954, Long Beach, Calif., U.S. British novelist. Educated at Cambridge University, he later wrote numerous novels but is principally remembered for three best-selling works that led to popular films: Lost Horizon (1933; film, 1937), Good-Bye Mr. Chips (1934; film, 1939), and Random Harvest (1941; film, 1942). He eventually moved to California to work as a screenwriter
James Hilton
born Sept. 9, 1900, Leigh, Lancashire, Eng. died Dec. 20, 1954, Long Beach, Calif., U.S. British novelist. Educated at Cambridge University, he later wrote numerous novels but is principally remembered for three best-selling works that led to popular films: Lost Horizon (1933; film, 1937), Good-Bye Mr. Chips (1934; film, 1939), and Random Harvest (1941; film, 1942). He eventually moved to California to work as a screenwriter
Paris Hilton
{i} (born 1981) U.S. model and actress who is heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune, nicknamed "Paris the Heiress
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