Tru by Hilton
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Founded | January 2016 |
| Founder | Hilton Worldwide |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 228 (2022)[1] |
| Parent | Hilton Worldwide |
| Website | www |
Tru by Hilton is a brand of American chain of hotels owned by Hilton Worldwide[2][3][4] with hotels operated by franchisees.
The hotel brand was announced in January 2016 at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles. It was designed to compete against Comfort Inn and La Quinta,[5] and the first Tru by Hilton hotels were expected to open late in the same year.[6] The goal was to create rooms of 228 square feet (21.2 m2) with "clever" bathrooms. The brand uses platform beds instead of box springs and uses a landing zone where guests can place their luggage and hang their clothes rather than a dresser. Hilton realized that they could shrink the width of the room from the typical 12 to 10 feet (3.66 to 3.05 m) because typically the TV cabinet would take up 2 feet (0.61 m), but with flat screen televisions the space could be spared. The desk that was decided to be used is a portable chair attached to a table, allowing the guest to use the chair wherever they want in the room.[7] As of February 2021[update], it has 178 properties with 17,403 rooms in two countries and territories, all franchised.[1]
