The Hilton, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels and The Waldorf=Astoria Collection brands recognized the top development champions of 2006 during the 2007 Hilton Hotels Corporation FullService Brands Owners Summit, held September 24-26 in San Francisco. Hotel development awards across the brands were presented in four distinct categories: Best Conversion, Deal of the Year, Developer of the Year and Outstanding Achievement. “Following a year of remarkable global growth for our company, we are proud to recognize our 2006 development award winners, who truly have embraced our Hilton Family of Hotels brand promise to ‘be hospitable’ and have proven their commitment to our communities and industry,” said Tom Keltner, chief executive – Americas and global brands, Hilton Hotels Corporation. “Together with our hotel developers and combined with our turnkey programs that give them the tools to achieve success, we celebrate, together with our owners, our industry leadership of having among the largest development pipelines within the industry.