Bharat Lall, MD, has been in the hotel acquisition business since 1989 and founded Pinnacle Hotels USA, Inc., in 1998 with the goal of improving the revenue capacity of underperforming hotels. As the company’s president and CEO, Dr. Bharat Lall has acquired several midscale hotels of reputable international brands such as Hilton.

1. HOW THE HILTONS’ INTERNATIONAL
HOTEL BRAND CAME TO BE
Bharat Lall

2. INTRODUCTION
 Bharat Lall, MD, has been in the hotel acquisition
business since 1989 and founded Pinnacle Hotels
USA, Inc., in 1998 with the goal of improving the
revenue capacity of underperforming hotels. As the
company’s president and CEO, Dr. Bharat Lall has
acquired several midscale hotels of reputable
international brands such as Hilton.
How did the Hilton brand establish itself as one of the
largest and most respected in the world? The Hilton
hotel business was instigated by Conrad Hilton, the
son of a Norwegian farmer who turned to the hotel
business after serving the US Army in the First World
War.

3. HILTONS’ INTERNATIONAL
 After failing to purchase a bank, Conrad Hilton bought the
Mobley Hotel in 1919, establishing a successful hotel
presence in Cisco, Texas.
As he became more successful in his business dealings,
Mr. Hilton grew his holdings and made the world's largest
hotel purchase in 1954, buying out Statler Hotels for a
staggering $111 million – an unprecedented figure at the
time. As he made more similar purchases, including the
iconic New York-based Waldorf-Astoria and an
international gaming company, he officially created the
first international hotel chain in the world. Conrad Hilton’s
property expansion included unique hotel properties in the
Maldives and South Africa.