Video: Hilton Pledges to Keep Innovating for the Next 100 Years


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Hilton knows that while technology can be a great problem-solver, the company can't ever forget that it's rooted in the hospitality industry, where, oftentimes, service and true hospitality simply can't be automated.

Hilton, the global hospitality company, turns 100 next year, and while the company has accomplished a number of achievements in innovation for the last 100 years, it's not content to rest on its laurels for the next 100. That was the key message Chris Silcock, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Hilton, noted during his conversation with Skift CEO and Founder Rafat Ali at the inaugural Skift Tech Forum in Silicon Valley this June. "Our relentless focus for som