Results: Providing competitive minority and women-owned companies with increased access to our purchasing and supply activities is creating supplier relationships that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, and helps ensure continuation of the most competitive marketplace for our purchases

• CEO Bollenbach issued Hilton Hotels Supplier Diversity Mission Statement expressing a corporate vision of forging supplier relationships that reflect the cultural diversity of the communities we serve.
• Created toll-free phone line for diversity suppliers to access information on Hilton’s Supplier Diversity Program. • Provided on-line internet accessibility for women- and minority- owned business enter-prises (“WMBEs”) to register for inclusion in Hilton’s WMBE data bank.
• Established monthly meetings between Hilton Supply Management Directors of Strategic Sourcing and Diversity staff to identify procurement opportunities for WMBEs.
• Selected minority-owned fund management firm to manage $30 million of Hilton’s pen-sion fund assets.
• Instituted a diversity performance goal for all of our owned and managed hotels to con-duct local market outreach for increasing participation of women and minority-owned businesses in their purchasing activities.