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Key Analyst Cuts Outlook for Nine Hoteliers

LOS ANGELES-Locally based Hilton and other big names downgraded by UBS Warburg. Concerns include slowdown in revenue growth and travel cutbacks initiated by some large corporations.

By David W. Myers | Updated on February 28, 2001

LOS ANGELES-An influential Wall Street analyst has downgraded the outlook for locally based Hilton Hotels Corp. and eight other publicly traded lodging companies, saying per-room revenue growth will likely slow and expressing concern that some major corporations are cutting back on travel.

GlobeSt.com reported Jan. 24 that Hilton officials themselves were warning of a slowdown in expected revenue growth as the economy cooled, and that the company would scale back the number of hotels it originally expected to open in 2001. “I would say we’re taking our best estimate of things,” Hilton CFO Matt Hart said at the time. “It’s trying to be a little conservative.”

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