Hilton Worldwide celebrates its presence in 100 countries worldwide, following the launch of the new Hilton N’Djamena hotel in Chad.

Later this month, Hilton Worldwide is also expected to launch an additional mid-scale brand.

To mark this landmark new hotel opening, as well as what Hilton Worldwide are deeming a record year (opening an average of nearly one hotel per day during 2015), Hotelier Middle East takes a look at the hotel group’s success and growth over the last year, with 22 facts in figures you didn’t know about the Hilton brand.

1. The hotel group welcomed over 140 million visitors to its 4,600 properties around the world (which includes owned, managed and franchised hotels and timeshare properties).

2. In 2015, Hilton signed over 100,000 new rooms for development, creating a global pipeline of 275,000 hotel rooms. Half this number are currently under construction, and represent almost 20% of the total hotel rooms under construction globally.

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