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Title: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: reyfer on July 03, 2007, 10:28:16 PM
Blackstone on Tuesday bought Hilton Hotels Corporation for $26bn (£12.8bn), giving the private equity company the biggest hotel group in the world by number of properties. (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5d524270-29aa-11dc-a530-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html)

Now Paris will have to pay to stay at the hotels that carry her name  :lol: :lol: :lol: (yeah, right)
Title: Re: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: tivx on July 04, 2007, 02:19:06 AM
greeeaaat now we're gonne e hearing about the Blackstone sisters/or sons.

hmmmm what that a smart move on both parts?
Title: Re: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: nop on July 04, 2007, 10:25:22 AM
Paris is probably not directly affected by this merger. Newspiece doesn't mentioned her name.
Title: Re: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: thatguy on July 04, 2007, 11:14:01 AM
Lol, of course Paris isn't affected by the acquisition. Blackstone is private equity/asset management--it has nothing to do with pop culture and everything to do with investment and how to protect and expand (in short) Hilton's profits. Blackstone has no interest (or even experience) in actual hotel management, so don't misinterpret this acquisition to be that Hilton will have its name changed to Blackstone.

Think of it as Hilton Hotels being a child, and Blackstone as its new parent, who will take care of its money.
Title: Re: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: reyfer on July 04, 2007, 03:31:52 PM
Paris is probably not directly affected by this merger. Newspiece doesn't mentioned her name.
I guess that the fact that she no longer will inherit the Hilton Hotels company means she is being affected by the deal  :roll:
But that's just me  :P
Title: Re: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: Asmodai on July 04, 2007, 09:06:07 PM
Yeah. Given her lack of management experience, that's probably not a bad thing.

I doubt she'll take a direct role in managing most of her money.
Title: Re: Blackstone buys Hilton Hotels for $26bn
Post by: BigDnm01 on July 05, 2007, 02:41:45 AM
i guess this is a good move... better to sell now and have the money than to let Paris inherit it and turn the business upside down.