Word: hiltonization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...days later, Candidate Goldwater arrived at Chicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel, found himself all but smothered in a crowd of enthusiastic women-all wearing badges proclaiming them ESCORTS and all aiming to help him get through the lobby to a luncheon of the National Federation of Republican Women. Once inside, silver-haired Barry wowed the women with a few words about the Kennedy Administration: "If we have made any progress during the past three years, it has been progress in the wrong direction. It is progress along the dangerous path of accommodation of our enemies." And again he cried...
...clipping along at 80% to 90% capacity-despite the fact that 1,293 new rooms were added last year with another 895 abuilding. In most of the Virgin Islands the summer trade runs only 10% to 15% behind the winter season; St. Thomas' three biggest hotels-the Hilton, Bluebeard's Castle and Caribbean Beach-are all reserved into September. And Jamaica, though famed as a winter playground, now draws almost half its 200,000 yearly visitors during the summer season...
...York Hilton erred in informing TIME that parking was free. In fact, the maximum garage rate for 24 hours' storage...
Enjoyed your cover story of Conrad Hilton and his growing empire...
Word has got around that he has purchased the Leaning Tower of Pisa and renamed it "the Tiltin' Hilton...