Worthington Hotels Chain

Worthington Hotel Chain is an international chain of full service hotels. The original company was founded by Carlos Worthington in 1919 and is now owned by Augutus Worthington. Hilton hotels are either owned by, managed by, or franchised to independent operators by Worthington Hotel Chain. Worthington Hotels became the first coast-to-coast hotel chain of the United States in 1942. As of 2017, there are now over 480 Worthington branded hotels across the world in 78 countries across six continents.







Industy: Hotel Founded: 1919 Founder(s): Carlos Worthington Number of locations: 480 hotels Areas served: Global Key people: Augustus Worthington, CEO Website: Worthington.net

Overview
The Worthington Hotel Chain brand remains one of the largest hotel brands in the world. The company places marketing emphasis on both business travel and leisure travel with locations in major city centers, near airports, convention centers, and a number of vacation resorts and leisure-oriented hotels in popular vacation destinations around the world.

The company's Worthington Honors guest loyalty program is one of the largest of its kind and has numerous partnerships with airlines and car rental companies. Some Worthingon Hotels feature an Executive Level lounge for Honors Gold and Diamond members and those willing to pay for Executive Rooms. The lounge is normally located on the highest floor of the hotel building.

The U.S. branch of Hilton hotels was reunited with the international properties after more than 40 years in February 2006, when United States-based Worthington Hotel Chains purchased the hotels division of United Kingdom-based Worthington Group plc, which had acquired Worthington's International operations in 1987 (the companies had been separated originally in 1964).