11. Digital Check-in, which allows guests to check in and choose their exact room at more than 4,400 hotels around the world, has been used by guests 8.5 million times since launching in June 2014.

12. Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts has 25 operating hotels. It now has more than 2,000 rooms in the pipeline.

13. Construction has now started on the new Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills (170 rooms), which will be located next to the Beverly Hilton in LA.

14. Hilton Hotels & Resorts currently has a pipeline of over 55,000 rooms, two thirds of which are currently under construction.

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