Hilton marked another remarkable year of growth in 2025, adding nearly 800 hotels and 100,000 new rooms to its global portfolio, representing full-year net unit growth of 6.7%.

Owner appetite for Hilton’s brands, increased conversion activity and outsized demand for luxury and lifestyle products continued to drive strong growth for the company’s development pipeline. The company signed more than 1,000 new hotels in 2025, or almost 140,000 rooms. Hilton now has more than 3,700 hotels under development, totaling more than 520,000 rooms.

Hilton started construction on nearly 100,000 rooms in 2025, the company’s highest ever number of starts in a single year on an organic basis. Approximately one in every five hotel rooms under construction globally is slated to join the Hilton system.

Recent milestones driving Hilton’s fast-paced growth include:  

• The launch of two new brands, Apartment Collection by Hilton and Outset Collection by Hilton, with more expected to be announced in 2026.
  • Hilton recently announced Apartment Collection by Hilton, a new lodging category within Hilton's growing collection brand portfolio – offering unique, spacious furnished apartments, which will become available for booking through Hilton channels in the first half of 2026. The launch builds on Hilton’s existing global inventory of approximately 10,000 apartment-style units, adding as many as 3,000 new units through its partnership with Placemakr. Hilton expects to significantly grow its apartment-style inventory over the next few years through this new partnership and through additional franchise agreements with new owners in the multi-family segment.
  • In October, the company launched Outset Collection by Hilton, a conversion-focused brand designed for independent hotels, which has more than 60 hotels already under development and long-term growth potential of more than 500 hotels across the United States and Canada alone. Conversions accounted for nearly 40% of openings in 2025 as owners seek the benefits of Hilton’s powerful commercial engines, converting from both independent and branded hotels to Hilton’s brands.
• Strong momentum in the luxury and lifestyle segment, including the grand reopening of Waldorf Astoria New York, the first Waldorf Astoria hotels in Finland, Japan and Costa Rica, and major signings such as NoMad Hotels in Detroit and Singapore. Hilton’s lifestyle hotels also launched in several new countries, including the first Canopy by Hilton hotel in South Africa and the first Curio Collection by Hilton hotel in Thailand. Over 1,000 luxury and lifestyle hotels now operate in Hilton’s portfolio globally, with more than 200 new properties added in 2025. 
• Surpassing the milestone of 9,000 operating hotels worldwide, marking a new record as Hilton fast approaches the next milestone of 10,000 hotels. Thanks to brand debuts in markets such as Rwanda and Pakistan in 2025, Hilton now operates in 143 countries and territories worldwide. 

Hilton welcomed more than 233 million guests to its properties last year, more than any year in its history, and surpassed the milestone of serving 4 billion guests worldwide since its founding.  

More information on the latest exciting openings slated across Hilton’s global network in 2026 is available here.