MCLEAN,
VA—Hilton Worldwide launched "Operation: Opportunity,"
an initiative to provide extensive support to United States military
veterans and their families, including the hiring of 10,000 veterans
at the company, in the next five years.
The
company also will donate millions of Hilton HHonors points that
veterans may redeem for free hotel stays while seeking jobs, both
within and outside the company.
“Hilton
Worldwide has been strongly committed to supporting military veterans
and their families since our founding nearly a century ago by Conrad
Hilton, a U.S. Army veteran who served in World War I,” stated
Christopher J. Nassetta, presidentCEO, Hilton Worldwide. “We are
very proud to build on this legacy with 'Operation: Opportunity.'”
Additionally,
the program includes: an exclusive military rate that will be
available starting in September for leisure hotel stays, and that
will offer a discount between 10% and 15%, valid at participating
hotels across the country for active and retired U.S. military who
book with a special rate code and present a valid military I.D. at
check-in; a dedicated military career website,
www.hiltonworldwide.com/military careers, which can match
military skills with complementary open positions at Hilton
Worldwide; a team member resource group for veterans at Hilton
Worldwide, which will launch later this year to promote professional
growth; and a campaign to build program awareness among
veterans.
The
Hilton HHonors hotel stays will be for use in the continental United
States, Alaska and Hawaii for veterans to pursue job opportunities in
any industry. They will be granted to facilitate job interviews,
skills training or certification and other job-seeking activities.
To
help distribute these stays, Hilton and the National Association of
State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) have established a
public/private initiative. NASWA is an association of
publicly funded state workforce agencies that administer employment
services, job-training programs, unemployment insurance laws,
employment statistics and labor market information. NASWA will
distribute HHonors allocations to these agencies, which then will
provide the stays to veterans and their families through 2,651
American Job Centers.
