Hilton Worldwide now operates 21 hotels in China and expects to have more than 100 hotels there within the next five years.

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Hilton has had a franchise in Ethiopia since 1969, while Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc.

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Hilton Worldwide Inc. executives said that roughly 3% of the 560 Hilton-branded hotels currently under development in the U.S. are financed at least in part with EB-5 proceeds.

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