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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 7:03 am
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Originally Posted by Raffles
It has W-A build quality, but is hardly in the mould of some of the other WA properties. Perhaps it would be better switching to PC and becoming a Crowne Plaza, because by UK standards it is far too nice to be a Hilton.

But then the WA in NYC is a dump .... Ironic how they took the name to use on a chain!
I always considered DoubleTree to be the Crowne Plaza of the Hilton group (have I just been lucky with the few DT's I've stayed in?). Hilton itself seems to be a catch all brand covering hotels at a Holiday Inn standard up to 5 stars.

One thing that has always seemed odd to me, why is the London Waldorf a Hilton and not a Waldorf Astoria?
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