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Doubletree is an international chain of full-service hotels and resorts trademarked by the Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries....
. There are currently 160 properties, servicing 42,168 rooms throughout the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, and since April 2008, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Most Doubletree hotels are independently owned and operated by franchisees
Franchising

Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another person's philosophy of business. The franchisor grants the independent operator the right to distribute its products, techniques, and trademarks for a percentage of gross monthly sales and a royalty fee....
, however, some are owned and/or managed by the Hilton Hotels Corporation.

letree's brands include Doubletree Hotels, Doubletree Guest Suites, Doubletree Resorts, and Doubletree Club Hotels.


letree Hotels, Suites, Resorts and Clubs present a chocolate chip cookie
Chocolate chip cookie

A chocolate chip cookie is a Cookie#Classification_of_cookies that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient....
 to each guest at check-in.






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Doubletree is an international chain of full-service hotels and resorts trademarked by the Hilton Hotels Corporation
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries....
. There are currently 160 properties, servicing 42,168 rooms throughout the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, and since April 2008, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Most Doubletree hotels are independently owned and operated by franchisees
Franchising

Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another person's philosophy of business. The franchisor grants the independent operator the right to distribute its products, techniques, and trademarks for a percentage of gross monthly sales and a royalty fee....
, however, some are owned and/or managed by the Hilton Hotels Corporation.

Brands

Doubletree's brands include Doubletree Hotels, Doubletree Guest Suites, Doubletree Resorts, and Doubletree Club Hotels.

History

  • The first Doubletree Hotel opened in Scottsdale, Arizona
    Scottsdale, Arizona

    Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. As of 2007 the population of the city was 240,410....
    , in 1969 next to the Scottsdale Fashion Square
    Scottsdale Fashion Square

    Scottsdale Fashion Square is the largest shopping mall in Arizona and the American Southwest, with approximately 2 million square feet of retail space, and is among the top 30 largest malls in the country....
     mall. This location is now the Scottsdale Days Inn
    Days Inn

    Days Inn is a hotel chain headquartered in the United States. Founded in 1970, it is now a part of the Wyndham Worldwide Corporation#Wyndham Hotel Group, based in Parsippany, New Jersey, which was formerly a part of Cendant....
    . The land is on lease from the mall and the lease will run out in 2009. The old hotel will likely be closed at that time.
  • The second Doubletree hotel opened in Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix, Arizona and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border....
    , in 1974 and is still in operation.
  • Freshly baked chocolate chip cookie
    Chocolate chip cookie

    A chocolate chip cookie is a Cookie#Classification_of_cookies that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient....
    s were introduced in the 1980s.
  • Doubletree Corporation was formed in 1994, following the merger of Guest Quarters Suites Hotels and Doubletree Hotels.
  • Red Lion Hotels and Doubletree Corporation merged in 1996.
  • Promus Hotel Corporation
    Promus Hotel Corporation

    Promus Hotel Corporation was a hotel management and franchising company based in Memphis, Tennessee, Tennessee....
     and Doubletree Corporation merged in 1997.
  • Hilton Hotels Corporation
    Hilton Hotels Corporation

    Hilton Hotels Corporation, a subsidiary of the Blackstone Group, is a global hospitality company. As of January 2009 Hilton brands encompass 3,200 hotels with 545,000 rooms in 77 countries....
     acquires Promus Hotel Corporation in December 1999.
  • In 2006 Doubletree Hotels began using Dinah Washington
    Dinah Washington

    Dinah Washington was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. Because of her strong voice and emotional singing, she is known as the "Queen of the Blues"....
    's Relax Max song in one of their television commercials.
  • Doubletree opens the first hotel of the brand in Europe
    Europe

    Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
     at Cambridge Garden House Hotel, Cambridge
    Cambridge

    The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
    , United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     in April 2008 and its second at the Patio Hotel
    Patio Hotels

    The Patio Hotels Group was a United Kingdom hotel chain established in 1983 with hotels in Europe and Israel.The first three hotels were built in France in the 1980s followed by the Patio Eilat Resort Hotel in Israel....
     in Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , in September 2008.


The Doubletree Cookie

Doubletree Hotels, Suites, Resorts and Clubs present a chocolate chip cookie
Chocolate chip cookie

A chocolate chip cookie is a Cookie#Classification_of_cookies that originated in the United States and features chocolate chips as its distinguishing ingredient....
 to each guest at check-in. Synonymous with Doubletree hospitality, the cookie has been used to differentiate the Doubletree hotel brand from its competition.

Doubletree gives out approximately 29,000 chocolate chip cookies each day, and a total of over 125,000,000. Each cookie weighs a 2½ ounces and has an average of 20 chocolate chips. The cookies are currently manufactured by The Christie Cookie company. In June 2002, Doubletree gave its 100,000,000th cookie.

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