Doubletree Hotels, Suites, Resorts and Clubs have built a reputation on a unique treat that keeps leisure and business travelers coming back for more: its legendary chocolate chip cookie presented to each guest at check-in. Synonymous with Doubletree hospitality, the cookie has played a starring role in differentiating the Doubletree hotel brand from its competition. Following are a few “tid-bites” about the Doubletree chocolate chip cookie:

~Across America, Doubletree gives out approximately 29,000 chocolate chip cookies each day. That’s more than 10,500,000 each year!

~Doubletree began giving out chocolate chip cookies in the early 1980s, when many properties across the country used them as treats for VIPs.

~In 1995, Doubletree enlisted the services of Nashville-based Christie Cookie Company to hold the brand’s secret recipe, which ensures that the same, delicious cookie is delivered consistently at every Doubletree property.

~Every Doubletree chocolate chip cookie is baked fresh daily at each property.
Each cookie weighs a hearty 2 ½ ounces and has an average of 20 chocolate chips.
The Christie Cookie Company uses more than 580,000 pounds of chocolate chips each year for Doubletree’s cookies.

~In June 2002, Doubletree gave its 100,000,000th cookie!

~To date, more than 125,000,000 cookies have been served to delighted guests and customers.

~During the past three years, children participating in Doubletree’s Teaching Kids to CARE community outreach program have donated more than 750,000 chocolate chip cookies to people ranging from doctors and nurses, police and firefighters, to non-profit groups such as orphanages, food banks and homeless shelters.

A sweet treat tin or individual bag of Doubletree cookies can now be purchased directly at the Doubletree Hotel San Jose. So whether planning a visit www.sanjose.doubletree.com or craving a sweet treat to enjoy at home, stop by the Doubletree Hotel San Jose and purchase your own tin of yummy Doubletree chocolate chip cookies.

Hotelier Pledges to Plant Trees With The Arbor Day Foundation for Every Medal Team USA. Brings Home

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (August 11, 2008) – Doubletree Hotels today announced a unique environmental tribute to celebrate accomplishments by some of the world’s most talented athletes this summer. For every medal Team USA receives at the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games, Doubletree will donate trees to a variety of need-based, reforestation projects across America through the Arbor Day Foundation®.

· For every gold medal, Doubletree will donate 100 trees to be planted in the athlete’s honor

· For every silver medal, Doubletree will donate 50 trees to be planted in the athlete’s honor

· For every bronze medal, Doubletree will donate 25 trees to be planted in the athlete’s honor

The countdown campaign for the Doubletree U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Commemorative Forest initiative began with the first medal events received on August 9th and will continue through the close of the Paralympic Games on September 17, 2008. Each medal-winning athlete will receive a tree-planting certificate in dedication of their incredible achievement.

As a member of The Hilton Family of Hotels – a proud sponsor of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams – Doubletree Hotels is encouraging Americans to embrace the Olympic spirit by cheering on athletes in their own special way as they come together to participate in the world’s greatest sporting event. With hundreds of U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes competing in the 2008 Games amongst a range of different sports, this unique initiative has the potential to create an Olympic Commemorative Forest of more than 10,000 new trees. These trees will be planted by the Arbor Day Foundation and their local affiliate organizations in national, state and regional parks, forests and communities that have been devastated by natural disasters, tree diseases and other blights.

Tuesday afternoon the hotel team converged on our newly redesigned and named restaurant, Sprigs to and celebrated our team members success over the past month of service with awards, recognition, drawings, money and lots of great food.