Hilton Worldwide Holdings (HLT) Risk Factor Changes

Further, as a Delaware corporation, we are subject to provisions of Delaware law, which may impair a takeover attempt that our stockholders may find beneficial.

Our dividend policy may change at any time without notice to our stockholders.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness.

injunctive action, reputational harm, guest, advocacy group or employee lawsuits, and other business effects that could materially and negatively affect our performance and results of operations.

Governmental regulation may adversely affect our results and the operation of our properties.

A significant number of our employees and employees of our hotel owners are covered by collective bargaining agreements and similar agreements, including approximately 25 percent of people employed or managed by us gl…

We currently manage, franchise, lease or have a strategic partnership arrangement with hotels and resorts in 143 countries and territories around the world.

In addition, although internet travel intermediaries have traditionally competed to attract individual leisure consumers or transient business rather than group business for meetings and events, in recent years they h…

infringement, compliance issues, ethical concerns, security risks relating to private and/or confidential information, as well as other factors that could adversely affect our business, reputation, and financial results.

We depend heavily upon our information technology systems in the conduct of our business.

The hospitality industry demands the use of sophisticated technology and systems for property management, brand assurance and compliance, procurement, finance, human resources, reservation systems, distribution of hot…

Failure to keep pace with developments in technology, including AI, could adversely affect our operations or competitive position.

•costs linked to the employment and management of staff to run and operate a leased property;

•force majeure events, including earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, tsunamis, climate-related weather events, outbreaks of pandemic or contagious diseases or acts of terrorism, civil unrest and oth…

•risks associated with any mortgage debt, including the possibility of default, interest rate levels, particularly in a volatile interest rate environment, and uncertainties in the availability of replacement financing;

Our investments in leased real estate property (including through joint ventures) subject us to various risks that may not be applicable to managed or franchised properties, including:

elect to exercise our termination rights, which would eliminate revenues from these properties and cause us to incur expenses related to terminating these contracts.

•wars, geopolitical conflict, political instability or civil unrest, terrorist activities or threats and resulting heightened travel security measures, any of which may foreclose travel to certain locales or decrease…

•conditions that negatively shape public perception of travel or result in temporary closures or other disruption at our hotel properties, including travel-related accidents, outbreaks of pandemic or contagious diseas…

•the ability of third-party internet and other travel intermediaries who sell our hotel rooms to guests to attract and retain customers, including with the aid of AI, which may adversely affect our ability to sell roo…

•changes in taxes, tariffs and governmental regulations that affect the cost of supplies to hotels or influence or set wages, prices, interest rates or construction and maintenance procedures and costs;

proxy contests and make it more difficult for our stockholders to elect directors of their choosing and to cause us to take other corporate actions they desire.

•these provisions provide that our board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal our by-laws and that our stockholders may only amend our by-laws with the approval of 80 percent or more of all th…

The introduction of AI technologies, particularly generative and agentic AI, into new or existing offerings may also result in new or expanded risks and liabilities, including due to enhanced governmental or regulator…

information systems may require a significant investment to update, remediate or replace with alternate systems, and we may suffer interruptions in our operations as a result.