10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ___ to ___

Commission File Number 001-37795

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

Delaware	36-2058176
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1775 Tysons Boulevard, 7th Floor, Tysons, VA	22102
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (571) 302-5757

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	PK	New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Small reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of June 30, 2019, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $5,527 million (based upon the closing sale price of the common stock on that date on the New York Stock Exchange).

The number of shares of common stock outstanding on February 24, 2020 was 240,184,706.

Documents incorporated by reference: The information called for by Part III will be incorporated by reference from the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

Table of Contents

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PART I
Item 1.	Business	4
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	12
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	35
Item 2.	Properties	35
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	37
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	37
PART II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	38
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	40
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	42
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	60
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	61
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	97
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	97
Item 9B.	Other Information	97
PART III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	98
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	98
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	98
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	98
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	98
PART IV
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	99
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary	102

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding the performance of our business, our financial results, our liquidity and capital resources, the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations and other non-historical statements. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of these words or other comparable words.

Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and we urge investors to carefully review the disclosures we make concerning risk and uncertainties in Item 1A: “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The risk factors discussed in Item 1A: “Risk Factors” could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. There may be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time or that we currently do not expect to have a material adverse effect on our business. Any such risks could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.

Definitions

Except where the context suggests otherwise, we define certain terms in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as follows:

• “Adjusted EBITDA” means EBITDA (as defined below) further adjusted to exclude: (i) gains or losses on sales of assets for both consolidated and unconsolidated investments; (ii) gains or losses on foreign currency transactions; (iii) transition expense related to our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company; (iv) costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period; (v) severance expense; (vi) share-based compensation expense; (vii) casualty gains or losses and impairment losses; and (viii) other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding our use of Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

• “Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders” means Nareit funds from operations (“FFO”) attributable to stockholders (as defined below), as further adjusted to exclude: (i) gains or losses on foreign currency transactions; (ii) transition expense related to our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company; (iii)  costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period; (iv) severance expense; (v) share-based compensation expense; (vi) casualty gains or losses, and (vii) other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding our use of Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders, which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

• “ADR” or “average daily rate” represents rooms revenue divided by total number of room nights sold in a given period.

• “comparable hotels” represent those hotels that: (i) were active and operating in our portfolio since January 1st of the previous year; and (ii) have not sustained substantial property damage or business interruption, have not undergone large-scale capital projects or for which comparable results are not available.

• “EBITDA” reflects net income excluding depreciation and amortization, interest income, interest expense, income taxes and also interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization included in equity in earnings from investments in affiliates. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding our use of EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

• “HGV” refers to Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and references to “HGV Parent” refers only to Hilton Grand Vacations Inc., exclusive of its subsidiaries.

• “Hilton” refers to Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and references to “Hilton Parent” or “Parent” refers only to Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., exclusive of its subsidiaries.

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• “Hotel Adjusted EBITDA” measures hotel-level results before debt service, depreciation and corporate expenses for our consolidated hotels, including both comparable and non-comparable hotels but excluding hotels owned by unconsolidated affiliates. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding our use of Hotel Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

• a “luxury” hotel refers to a luxury hotel as defined by Smith Travel Research (“STR”).

• “Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders” means net income (loss) attributable to stockholders (calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”)), excluding depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on sales of assets, impairment, and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, plus adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures are calculated to reflect our pro rata share of the FFO of those entities on the same basis. We calculate Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders for a given operating period in accordance with the guidelines of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”) and its December 2018 “Nareit Funds from Operations White Paper – 2018 Restatement”. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding our use of Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders, which is a non-GAAP financial measure.

• “occupancy” represents the total number of room nights sold divided by the total number of room nights available at a hotel or group of hotels.

• “Park Hotels & Resorts,” “we,” “our,” “us” and the “Company” refer to Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, and references to “Park Parent” refers only to Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., exclusive of its subsidiaries.

• “RevPAR” or “revenue per available room” represents rooms revenue divided by the total number of room nights available to guests for a given period.

• “Select Hotels” means the hotels that are managed by us rather than a third-party hotel management company, consisting of the following four hotels: the Hilton Garden Inn LAX/El Segundo in Los Angeles, California; the Hampton Inn & Suites Memphis—Shady Grove in Memphis, Tennessee, the Hilton Suites Chicago/Oak Brook in Chicago, Illinois and the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago/Oak Brook in Chicago, Illinois.

• “TRS” refers to a taxable REIT subsidiary under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and includes any subsidiaries or other, lower-tier entities of that taxable REIT subsidiary.

• an “upper midscale” hotel refers to an upper midscale hotel as defined by STR.

• an “upper upscale” hotel refers to an upper upscale hotel as defined by STR.

• an “upscale” hotel refers to an upscale hotel as defined by STR.

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PART I

Item 1. Business

Our Company

We are the second largest publicly-traded lodging real estate investment trust (“REIT”) with a diverse portfolio of market-leading hotels and resorts with significant underlying real estate value. We were originally formed as Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, in 1946 and existed as a part of one of Hilton’s business segments. On January 3, 2017, Hilton Parent completed the spin-off that resulted in our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company. As of February 27, 2020, our portfolio consists of 60 premium-branded hotels and resorts with over 33,000 rooms, primarily located in prime United States (“U.S.”) markets with high barriers to entry. Over 86% of our rooms are luxury and upper upscale and all of our rooms are located in the U.S. and its territories. We are focused on consistently delivering superior risk-adjusted returns to stockholders through active asset management and a thoughtful external growth strategy while maintaining a strong and flexible balance sheet.

On September 18, 2019, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of May 5, 2019, by and among Park Parent, PK Domestic Property LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Park Parent (“PK Domestic”), PK Domestic Sub LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PK Domestic (“Merger Sub”) and Chesapeake Lodging Trust (“Chesapeake”), Chesapeake merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”). Park Intermediate Holdings LLC (our “Operating Company”), continues to directly or indirectly, hold all of our assets and conduct all of our operations. Park Parent owns 100% of the interests in our Operating Company.

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT.

Our Business and Growth Strategies

Our objective is to be the preeminent lodging REIT, focused on consistently delivering superior, risk-adjusted returns to stockholders through active asset management and a thoughtful external growth strategy while maintaining a strong and flexible balance sheet. We intend to pursue this objective through the following strategies:

• Maximizing Hotel Profitability through Active Asset Management. We are focused on continually improving the operating performance and profitability of each of our hotels and resorts through our proactive asset management efforts. We will continue to identify revenue-enhancement opportunities and drive cost efficiencies to maximize the operating performance, cash flow and value of each property. As a pure-play lodging real estate company with significant financial resources and an extensive portfolio of large, multi-use assets, including 9 hotels with 125,000 square feet of meeting space or more, we believe our ability to implement compelling return on investment initiatives represents a significant embedded growth opportunity. These may include the expansion of meeting platforms in convention and resort markets; the upgrade or redevelopment of existing amenities, including retail platforms, food and beverage outlets, pools and other facilities; the development of vacant land into income-generating uses, including retail or mixed-use properties; or the redevelopment or optimization of underutilized spaces. We also may create value through repositioning certain hotels across brands or chain scale segments and exploring adaptive reuse opportunities to ensure our assets achieve their highest and best use. Finally, we are focused on maintaining the competitive strength of our properties and adapting to evolving customer preferences by renovating properties to provide updated guestroom design, open and activated lobby areas, food and beverage and public spaces, and modernized meeting space.

• Pursuing Growth and Diversification through Prudent Capital Allocation. We intend to leverage our scale, liquidity and transaction expertise to create value throughout all phases of the lodging cycle through opportunistic acquisitions and dispositions, which we believe will enable us to further diversify our portfolio.  For example, in September 2019, we completed the $2.5 billion acquisition of Chesapeake, which helped us to increase our scale and achieve greater diversification. Additionally, since our spin-off, we have sold 23 hotels located in lower growth domestic and non-core international markets for a combined sales price of approximately $1.2 billion, providing us with liquidity to execute on a variety of strategic corporate initiatives. In 2018, a portion of the proceeds from these sales was used to repurchase 14,000,000 shares of our common stock for $348 million and declare special cash dividends of $0.75 per share, or approximately $150 million. In 2019, capital recycling proceeds helped to fund the acquisition of Chesapeake and pay down debt. We will continue to opportunistically seek to expand our presence in target markets and further diversify over time, including by acquiring hotels that are affiliated with leading hotel brands and operators.

• Maintaining a Strong and Flexible Balance Sheet. We intend to maintain a strong and flexible balance sheet with continued focus on optimizing our cost of capital by targeting appropriate leverage levels, which we seek to maintain between three- to five-times net debt (calculated as our long-term debt and our share of investments in affiliates’ debt, both excluding deferred financing costs, reduced by both our cash and cash equivalents and our restricted cash) to Adjusted EBITDA throughout the lodging cycle. We will also focus on maintaining sufficient liquidity with minimal short-term maturities and intend to have a mix of debt that will provide us with the flexibility to prepay when desired, dispose of assets, pursue our value enhancement strategies within our existing portfolio, and support acquisition activity. Additionally, we expect to reduce our level of secured debt over time, which will provide additional balance sheet flexibility. Our senior management team has extensive experience managing capital structures over multiple lodging cycles and has extensive and long-standing relationships with numerous lending institutions and financial advisors to address our capital needs.

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Our Properties

The following tables provide summary information regarding our portfolio as of February 27, 2020.

Brand Affiliations and Chain Scale

We own and lease hotels and resorts primarily in the upper upscale chain scale segment. The following table sets forth our portfolio by brand affiliations and chain scale segment:

Brand	Chain Scale	Number of Properties		Total Rooms
Hilton Hotels & Resorts	Upper Upscale		25		22,042
DoubleTree by Hilton	Upscale		9		3,733
Embassy Suites by Hilton	Upper Upscale		5		1,259
W Hotels	Luxury		3		1,020
Hyatt Regency	Upper Upscale		2		940
Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts	Luxury		2		813
Marriott	Upper Upscale		1		430
Marriott Tribute Portfolio	Upper Upscale		1		393
Curio - A Collection by Hilton	Upper Midscale		2		374
Le Meridien	Upper Upscale		1		360
JW Marriott	Luxury		1		344
Hyatt Centric	Upper Upscale		1		316
Hilton Garden Inn	Upscale		2		290
Hotel Indigo	Upper Upscale		1		210
Courtyard by Marriott	Upscale		1		204
Homewood Suites by Hilton	Upscale		1		195
Marriott Autograph Collection	Upper Upscale		1		171
Hampton by Hilton	Upper Midscale		1		131
Total			60		33,225

Type of Property Interest

The following table sets forth our properties according to the nature of our real estate interest:

Types of Interest	Number of Properties		Total Rooms
Fee Simple(1)		39		23,209
Ground Lease		14		5,719
		53		28,928
Unconsolidated Joint Ventures(2)
Fee Simple		4		2,452
Ground Lease		3		1,845
		7		4,297
Total		60		33,225

⁽¹⁾  Includes certain properties that, while primarily owned fee simple, are subject to ground lease in respect of certain portions of land or facilities. Refer to “—Ground Leases,” Item 2: “Properties,” and Note 9: “Leases” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

⁽²⁾  Seven of our hotels are owned by unconsolidated joint ventures in which we hold an interest. Refer to Item 2: “Properties” for the percentage ownership in such unconsolidated joint ventures.

Hotel Laundry Operations

We own and operate three commercial laundry facilities located in Piscataway, New Jersey, Portage, Indiana, and Portland, Oregon that service approximately 50 hotels, including five of our owned hotels, and employ more than 200 full-time employees. Revenue from our commercial laundry operations accounted for less than half a percent of our consolidated revenue in each of the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

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Sustainability

We incorporate sustainability into our investment and asset management strategies, with a focus on minimizing environmental impact. During the acquisition of new properties, we will assess both sustainability opportunities and climate change-related risks as part of our due diligence process. During the ownership of our properties, we seek to invest in proven sustainability practices in our redevelopment projects that can enhance asset value, while also improving environmental performance. In such projects, we target specific environmental efficiency enhancements, equipment upgrades and replacements that reduce energy and water consumption and offer appropriate returns on investment. As part of our asset management strategy, we also work with our various hotel managers to monitor environmental performance and support implementation of operational best practices. We are committed to being a responsible corporate citizen and minimizing our impact on the environment. Our approach to corporate citizenship is reinforced by periodic engagement with key stakeholders to understand their corporate responsibility priorities. In addition, we have published our 2019 Annual Corporate Responsibility Report on our website, which discloses our environmental and social programs and performance.

Our Principal Agreements

In order for us to continue to qualify as a REIT, independent third parties must operate our hotels. Except for the Select Hotels, we lease substantially all of our hotels to our TRS lessees, which, in turn have engaged third parties to operate these hotels pursuant to management agreements. Certain of our hotels also have franchise agreements. We may, in the future, re-flag existing properties, acquire additional properties that operate under other brands and/or engage other third-party hotel managers and franchisors.

Below is a general overview of our management and franchise agreements.

Management Agreements

Our hotel managers control the day-to-day operations of our hotels that are subject to a management agreement. We have consultative and specified approval rights with respect to certain actions of our hotel managers, including entering into long-term or high value contracts, engaging in certain actions relating to legal proceedings, approving the operating budget, making certain capital expenditures and the hiring of certain management personnel.

As in our franchise agreements described below, we receive a variety of services and benefits under our management agreements with our hotel managers, including the benefit of the name, marks and system of operation of the brand, as well as centralized reservation systems, participation in customer loyalty programs, national advertising, marketing programs and publicity designed to increase brand awareness, as well as training of personnel and payroll and accounting services.

Term

Our management agreements have initial terms ranging from 5 to 30 years and most allow for one or more renewal periods. Assuming all renewal periods are exercised by our hotel managers, the total term of our management agreements range between 5 and 70 years.

Fees

Our management agreements generally contain a two-tiered fee structure, where our hotel managers receive a base management fee and an incentive management fee. The base management fee for our hotels range from approximately 2% to 4% of gross hotel revenues or receipts, as defined in each agreement. The incentive management fee is typically a percentage of a specified performance measure such as operating income, cash flow or other performance measures, as defined in the agreements with some agreements only providing for incentive fees following the satisfaction of certain dollar thresholds. We also pay certain service fees to our hotel managers and generally reimburse our hotel managers for salaries and wages of their employees at our hotels, as well as for certain other expenses incurred in connection with the operation of the hotel.

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Termination Events

Subject to certain qualifications, notice requirements and applicable cure periods, the management agreements generally are terminable by either party upon a material casualty or condemnation of the hotel or the occurrence of certain customary events of default, including, among others: the bankruptcy or insolvency of either party; the failure of either party to make a payment when due, and failure to cure such non-payment after late payment notice; or breach by either party of covenants or obligations under the management agreement. In certain instances, we retain the right to terminate a management agreement if manager fails to meet specified performance criteria.

Additionally, our hotel managers generally have the right to terminate the management agreement in certain situations, including the occurrence of certain actions with respect to a mortgage or our failing to complete or commence required repair after damage or destruction to the hotel, or our failure to meet minimum brand standards. For certain properties, our management agreements also allow early termination, subject to entering into a franchise agreement with an affiliated brand. If our hotel managers terminate due to our default, our hotel managers may exercise all of their rights and remedies at law or in equity.

Sale of a Hotel

Our management agreements generally provide that we cannot sell a hotel to a person who (i) does not have sufficient financial resources, (ii) is of bad moral character, (iii) is a competitor of our hotel managers or (iv) is a specially designated national or blocked person, as set forth in the applicable management agreement. It is generally an event of default if we proceed with a sale or an assignment of the hotel’s management agreement to such a transferee, without receiving consent from our hotel managers.

Franchise Agreements

Certain of our hotels are subject to franchise agreements. Pursuant to the franchise agreements, we have been granted a limited, non-exclusive license to use our franchisor’s brand names, marks and systems. The franchisor also may provide us with a variety of services and benefits, including centralized reservation systems, participation in customer loyalty programs, national advertising, marketing programs and publicity designed to increase brand awareness, as well as training of personnel. In return, we are required to operate franchised hotels consistent with the applicable brand standards. The franchise agreements specify operational, record-keeping, accounting, reporting and marketing standards and procedures with which we must comply, and will promote consistency across the brand by outlining standards for guest services, products, signage and furniture, fixtures and equipment, among other things. To monitor our compliance, the franchise agreements specify that we must make the hotel available for quality inspections by the franchisor.

Term

Our franchise agreements contain an initial term of between 7 and 20 years and require the franchisor’s consent to be extended.

Fees

Our franchise agreements require that we pay a royalty fee on gross rooms revenue at rates ranging from 4% to 6%, plus a percentage of food and beverage revenue for certain hotels, which in most cases is 3%. We must also pay certain marketing, reservation, program and other customary fees. In addition, the franchisor has the right to require that we renovate guest rooms and public facilities from time to time to comply with then-current brand standards.

Termination Events

Our franchise agreements provide for termination at the franchisor’s option upon the occurrence of certain events, including, among others: the failure to maintain brand standards; the failure to pay royalties and fees or to perform other obligations under the franchise license; bankruptcy; and abandonment of the franchise or a change of control, and in the event of such termination, we are required to pay liquidated damages.

Spin-Off Related Agreements

We were originally formed as Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, in 1946 and existed as a part of one of Hilton’s business segments. On January 3, 2017, Hilton Parent completed the spin-off that resulted in our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company.

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Distribution Agreement

We entered into a distribution agreement (“Distribution Agreement”) with Hilton Parent regarding the principal actions taken or to be taken in connection with the spin-off. The Distribution Agreement provided for certain transfers of assets and assumptions of liabilities by us and Hilton Parent and the settlement or extinguishment of certain liabilities and other obligations among Hilton Parent and us. In particular, the Distribution Agreement provided that, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Distribution Agreement:

• all of the assets and liabilities (including whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and subject to certain exceptions) associated with the separated real estate business were retained by or transferred to us;

• all of the assets and liabilities (including whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and subject to certain exceptions) associated with the timeshare business were retained by or transferred to HGV Parent or its subsidiaries;

• all other assets and liabilities (including whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, and subject to certain exceptions) of Hilton were retained by or transferred to Hilton Parent or its subsidiaries;

• liabilities (including whether accrued, contingent or otherwise) related to, arising out of or resulting from businesses of Hilton that were previously terminated or divested were allocated among the parties to the extent formerly owned or managed by or associated with such parties or their respective businesses;

• each of Park Parent and HGV Parent assumed or retained any liabilities (including under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws) relating to, arising out of or resulting from the Form 10 registering its common stock to be distributed by Hilton Parent in the spin-off and from any disclosure documents that offered for sale securities in transactions related to the spin-off, subject to exceptions for certain information for which Hilton Parent retained liability; and

• except as otherwise provided in the Distribution Agreement or any ancillary agreement, we retained responsibility for any costs or expenses incurred by us following the distribution in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Distribution Agreement, including costs and expenses relating to legal counsel, financial advisors and accounting advisory work related to the distribution.

In addition, notwithstanding the allocation described above, we, HGV and Hilton have agreed that losses related to certain contingent liabilities (and related costs and expenses), which generally are not specifically attributable to any of the separated real estate business, the timeshare business or the retained business of Hilton (“Shared Contingent Liabilities”), will be apportioned among the parties according to fixed percentages of 65%, 26% and 9% for each of Hilton, us and HGV, respectively. Examples of Shared Contingent Liabilities may include uninsured losses arising from actions (including derivative actions) against current or former directors or officers of Hilton in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the distribution date, or against current or former directors or officers of any of Hilton, HGV or us, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to, the spin-offs and the distribution, subject to certain exceptions described in the Distribution Agreement. In addition, costs and expenses of, and indemnification obligations to, third party professional advisors arising out of the foregoing actions may also be subject to these provisions. Subject to certain limitations and exceptions, Hilton shall generally be vested with the exclusive management and control of all matters pertaining to any such Shared Contingent Liabilities, including the prosecution of any claim and the conduct of any defense.

The Distribution Agreement also provides for cross-indemnities that, except as otherwise provided in the Distribution Agreement, are principally designed to place financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities of each business with the appropriate company.

Tax Matters Agreement

We entered into a tax matters agreement (“Tax Matters Agreement”) with Hilton Parent, HGV Parent and Hilton Domestic Operating Company that governs the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of us, Hilton Parent and HGV Parent after the spin-off with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, tax contests and other tax sharing regarding U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, other tax matters and related tax returns. Although binding between the parties, the Tax Matters Agreement is not binding on the IRS. We and HGV Parent have joint and several liability with Hilton Parent to the IRS for the consolidated U.S. federal income taxes of the Hilton consolidated group relating to the taxable periods in which we were part of that group. The Tax Matters Agreement specifies the portion, if any, of this tax liability for which we bear responsibility, and each party has agreed to indemnify the other against any amounts for which they are not responsible. The Tax Matters Agreement also provides special rules for allocating tax liabilities in the event that the spin-off is not tax-free. In general, under the Tax Matters Agreement, each party is responsible for any taxes imposed on Hilton that arise from the failure of the spin-off and certain related transactions to qualify as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Sections 355 and 368(a)(1)(D) of the Code, as applicable, and certain

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other relevant provisions of the Code, to the extent that the failure to qualify is attributable to actions taken by such party (or with respect to such party’s stock). The parties share responsibility in accordance with sharing percentages for any such taxes imposed on Hilton that are not attributable to actions taken by a particular party.

The Tax Matters Agreement also provides for cross-indemnities with respect to tax matters that, except as otherwise provided in the Tax Matters Agreement, are principally designed to place financial responsibility for the tax-related obligations and liabilities of each business with the appropriate company.

Ground Leases

The following table summarizes the remaining primary term, renewal rights and purchase rights as of February 27, 2020, associated with land underlying our hotels and meeting facilities that we lease from third parties:

Property	Rooms		Current Lease Term Expiration	Renewal Rights / Purchase Rights
Leases of U.S. Properties (Excluding Properties Leased by Joint Ventures)
Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport		182	November 30, 2021	1 x 10 years
Portfolio of Five Hotels(1)		2,053	December 31, 2025	2 x 5 years(2)
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South Congress		262	February 28, 2029	1 x 10 years(3)
Hilton Oakland Airport		360	January 19, 2034	None
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista		814	January 31, 2034	1 x 25 years
Hilton Boston Logan Airport		604	September 30, 2044	2 x 20 years
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center		396	December 31, 2046	Purchase Rights(4) Renewal Rights 2 x 10 years; 1 x 5 years
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina		438	January 31, 2056	None
Embassy Suites Kansas City Plaza		266	January 30, 2076(5)	Renewal Rights(5) 2 x 25 years
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square		344	January 14, 2083	None
Leases of U.S. Properties by Joint Ventures
Embassy Suites Secaucus Meadowlands		261	October 31, 2021	1 x 10 years
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines		394	June 30, 2067	1 x 10 years; 1 x 20 years(6)
Hilton San Diego Bayfront		1,190	December 31, 2071	None

⁽¹⁾ Reflects the terms of a master lease agreement pursuant to which we lease the following five hotels: the Hilton Salt Lake City Center; the DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport; the DoubleTree Hotel San Diego—Mission Valley; the DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country; and the DoubleTree Hotel Durango.

⁽²⁾ The renewal option may be exercised for less than all 5 of the hotels. Minimum rent is reduced if the renewal option is exercised for less than all of the 5 hotels.

⁽³⁾ The term of this renewal option exceeds the expiration of the underlying master ground lease in 2031. No extension rights are available, and it is unlikely that the landlord under the master ground lease will grant a term past 2031.

⁽⁴⁾  Tenant has a right of first offer with respect to the property.

⁽⁵⁾  Lease expires on January 30, 2026; however, the renewal rights are included in the current lease term expiration as the landlord has the option to renew the lease.

⁽⁶⁾ Renewal rights are dependent on the amount of capital expenditures invested in the hotel during the term.

We (or certain joint ventures in which we own an interest) are also party to certain leases for facilities related to certain hotels owned by us (or such joint ventures).  

Competition

The lodging industry is highly competitive. Our hotels compete with other hotels for guests on the basis of several factors, including the attractiveness of the facility, location, level of service, quality of accommodations, amenities, food and beverage options and outlets, public and meeting spaces and other guest services, consistency of service, room rate, brand reputation and the ability to earn and redeem loyalty program points through a global system. Competition is often specific to the individual markets in which our hotels are located and includes competition from existing and new hotels operated under brands primarily in the upper upscale chain scale segments. Increased competition could have a material adverse effect on the occupancy rate, average daily room rate and

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RevPAR of our hotels or may require us to make capital improvements that we otherwise would not have to make, which may result in decreases in our profitability. We believe our hotels enjoy certain competitive advantages as a result of being flagged with globally recognized brands, including access to centralized reservation systems and national advertising, marketing and promotional services, strong hotel management expertise and guest loyalty programs.

Our principal competitors include hotel operating companies, ownership companies (including other lodging REITs) and national and international hotel brands. We face increased competition from providers of less expensive accommodations, such as select-service hotels or independently managed hotels, during periods of economic downturn when leisure and business travelers become more sensitive to room rates. Increasingly, we also face competition from peer-to-peer inventory sources that allow travelers to stay at homes and apartments booked from owners, thereby providing an alternative to hotel rooms. We face competition for the acquisition of hotels from other REITs, private equity investors, institutional pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and numerous local, regional and national owners, including franchisors, in each of our markets. Some of these entities may have substantially greater financial resources than we do and may be able and willing to accept more risk than we believe we can prudently manage. During the recovery phase of the lodging cycle, competition among potential buyers may increase the bargaining power of potential sellers, which may reduce the number of suitable investment opportunities available to us or increase pricing. Similarly, during times when we seek to sell hotels, competition from other sellers may increase the bargaining power of the potential property buyers.

Seasonality

The lodging industry is seasonal in nature, which can be expected to cause fluctuations in our hotel rooms revenues, occupancy levels, room rates, operating expenses and cash flows. The periods during which our hotels experience higher or lower levels of demand vary from property to property, depending principally upon location, type of property and competitive mix within the specific location.

Cyclicality

The lodging industry is cyclical and demand generally follows, on a lagged basis, key macroeconomic indicators. There is a history of increases and decreases in demand for hotel rooms, in occupancy levels and in room rates realized by owners of hotels through economic cycles. Variability of results through some of the cycles in the past has been more severe due to changes in the supply of hotel rooms in given markets or in given segments of hotels. The combination of changes in economic conditions and in the supply of hotel rooms can result in significant volatility in results for owners of hotel properties. As a result, in a negative economic environment the rate of decline in earnings can be higher than the rate of decline in revenues.

Government Regulations

Our business is subject to various federal and state laws and regulations (in the U.S. and Puerto Rico). In particular, we are subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Under the ADA, all public accommodations are required to meet certain U.S. federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. These regulations apply to accommodations first occupied after January 26, 1993. Public accommodations built before January 26, 1993 are required to remove architectural barriers to disabled access where such removal is “readily achievable.” The regulations also mandate certain operational requirements that hotel operators must observe. The failure of a property to comply with the ADA could result in injunctive relief, fines, an award of damages to private litigants or mandated capital expenditures to remedy such noncompliance. Any imposition of injunctive relief, fines, damage awards or capital expenditures could result in reputational harm or otherwise materially and negatively affect our performance and results of operations.

In addition, a number of states regulate the activities of hospitality properties and restaurants, including safety and health standards, as well as the sale of liquor at such properties, by requiring licensing, registration, disclosure statements and compliance with specific standards of conduct. As an operator of the Select Hotels we are also subject to laws governing our relationship with employees, including minimum wage requirements, overtime, working conditions and work permit requirements. We are also subject to privacy and data security laws. Compliance with, or changes in, these laws could reduce the revenue and profitability of our properties and could otherwise adversely affect our operations.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to certain requirements and potential liabilities under various federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations (in the U.S. and Puerto Rico) and incur costs in complying with such requirements. These laws and regulations govern our operations including any associated air emissions; the use, storage and disposal of hazardous and toxic substances and petroleum projects; and wastewater disposal. In addition, as a current and former owner of property, we could be

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subject to investigation and remediation liabilities that could arise under local, state and federal environmental laws, as well as personal injury, property damage, fines or other claims by third parties associated with environmental compliance or the presence of contamination. In addition to our hotel accommodations, we operate certain laundry facilities. We use and store hazardous and toxic substances, such as cleaning materials, pool chemicals, heating oil and fuel for back-up generators at some of our facilities, and we generate certain wastes in connection with our operations. Some of our properties include older buildings, and some may have, or may historically have had impacts from current or historical site operations including dry-cleaning facilities, gasoline and auto service stations, underground storage tanks for heating oil and back-up generators, and other operations that may have caused environmental contamination. We have from time to time been responsible for investigating and remediating contamination at some of our facilities, such as contamination from leaking underground storage tanks or as a result of current or historical dry-cleaning operations, and we could be held responsible for any contamination resulting from the disposal of wastes that we generate, including at locations where such wastes have been sent for treatment or disposal, without regard to whether we complied with environmental laws in sending our wastes to such treatment or disposal sites. In some cases, we may be entitled to indemnification, but there can be no assurance that we would be able to recover all or any costs we incur in addressing such problems. From time to time, we may also be required to manage, abate, remove or contain mold, lead, asbestos-containing materials, radon gas or other hazardous conditions found in or on our properties. We have implemented an on-going operations and maintenance plan that seeks to identify and remediate these conditions as appropriate. Although we have incurred, and expect that we will continue to incur, costs relating to the investigation, identification, management, and remediation of hazardous materials or petroleum products known or discovered to exist at our properties, as well as costs of complying with various local, state and federal environmental, health and safety laws, those costs have not had, and are not expected to have, a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

REIT Qualification

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operated, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy requirements related to, among other things, the real estate qualification of sources of our income, the real estate composition and values of our assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders annually and the diversity of ownership of our stock. To the extent we continue to remain qualified as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable income generated by our REIT activities that we distribute annually to our stockholders. To comply with REIT requirements, we may need to forego otherwise attractive opportunities and limit our expansion opportunities and the manner in which we conduct our operations. Refer to “Risk Factors—Risks Related to our REIT Status and Certain Other Tax Items.”

Insurance

We maintain insurance coverage for general liability, property, including business interruption, terrorism, and other risks with respect to our business for all of our hotels. We also maintain workers’ compensation insurance for our corporate employees and employees at our Select Hotels and commercial laundry facilities, while our managers maintain workers’ compensation insurance for their employees at our managed hotels. Most of our insurance policies are written with self-insured retentions or deductibles that are common in the insurance market for similar risks. These policies provide coverage for claim amounts that exceed our self-insured retentions or deductibles. Our insurance provides coverage related to any claims or losses arising out of the design, development and operation of our hotels.

Employees

As of December 31, 2019, we had 488 employees, including 95 corporate employees, 174 employees of the Select Hotels, and 219 employees of our commercial laundry operations. Our hotel managers are generally responsible for hiring and maintaining the labor force at each of our hotels, other than the Select Hotels. Although we generally do not manage employees at our hotels (other than the Select Hotels), we still are subject to many of the costs and risks generally associated with the hotel labor force, particularly those hotels with unionized labor. We believe relations are positive between our third-party hotel managers, and their employees. For a discussion of these relationships, refer to “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Industry—We are subject to risks associated with the employment of hotel personnel, particularly with hotels that employ unionized labor, which could increase our operating costs, reduce flexibility of our hotel managers to adjust the size of the workforce at our hotels and could materially and adversely affect our revenues and profitability.”

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Corporate Information

Our principal executive offices are currently located at 1775 Tysons Boulevard, 7th Floor, Tysons, Virginia 22102. Our telephone number is (571) 302-5757. Our website is located at www.pkhotelsandresorts.com. The information that is found on or accessible through our website is not incorporated into, and does not form a part of, this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other report or document that we file with or furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We have included our website address in this Annual Report on Form 10-K as an inactive textual reference and do not intend it to be an active link to our website.

We make available on our website, free of charge, our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. We also make our Code of Conduct, and any amendments or waivers thereto, for our directors, officers and employees available on our website on the Corporate Governance – Governance Documents page under the Investors section of our website.

Availability of Reports

The SEC maintains a website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy statements, information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.  

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Owning our common stock involves a number of significant risks. You should consider carefully the following risk factors. If any of the following risks, as well as additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial, occur, our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. If this were to happen, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly, and you could lose all or a part of the value of your ownership in our common stock. In addition, the statements in the following risk factors include forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Business

We face various risks posed by our acquisition, redevelopment, repositioning, renovation and re-branding activities, as well as our disposition activities.

A key element of our business strategy is identifying and consummating acquisitions of additional hotels and portfolios. On September 18, 2019, we completed the Merger with Chesapeake, which added 18 hotels to our portfolio across several U.S. markets (2 of which were subsequently sold in December 2019). We can provide no assurances that we will be successful in identifying attractive hotels in the future or that, once identified, we will be successful in consummating future acquisitions. We face significant competition for attractive investment opportunities from other well-capitalized investors, some of which have greater financial resources and a greater access to debt and equity capital to acquire hotels than we do. This competition increases as investments in real estate become increasingly attractive relative to other forms of investment. As a result of such competition, we may be unable to acquire certain hotels or portfolios that we deem attractive or the purchase price may be significantly elevated or other terms may be substantially more onerous. In addition, we expect to finance future acquisitions through a combination of retained cash flows, borrowings and offerings of equity and debt securities, which may not be available on advantageous terms, or at all. Any delay or failure on our part to identify, negotiate, finance on favorable terms, consummate and integrate such acquisitions could materially impede our growth.

In addition, newly acquired, redeveloped, renovated, repositioned or re-branded hotels may fail to perform as expected and the costs necessary to bring such hotels up to brand standards may exceed our expectations, which may result in the hotels’ failures to achieve projected returns. Likewise, we may not receive the expected benefit from the Merger, including the elimination of duplicative costs associated with supporting a public company platform.

In particular, these activities could pose the following risks to our ongoing operations:

• we may abandon such activities and may be unable to recover expenses already incurred in connection with exploring such opportunities;

• acquired, redeveloped, renovated or re-branded hotels may not initially be accretive to our results, and we and the third-party hotel managers may not successfully manage newly acquired, renovated, redeveloped, repositioned or re-branded hotels to meet our expectations;

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• we may be unable to quickly, effectively and efficiently integrate new acquisitions, particularly acquisitions of portfolios of hotels, into our existing operations;

• our redevelopment, repositioning, renovation or re-branding activities may not be completed on schedule, which could result in increased debt service and other costs and lower revenues, and defects in design or construction may result in delays and additional costs to remedy the defect or require a portion of a property to be closed during the period required to rectify the defect;

• we may not be able to meet the loan covenants in any financing obtained to fund the new development, creating default risks;

• we may issue shares of stock or other equity interests in connection with such acquisitions that could dilute the interests of our existing stockholders; and

• we may assume various contingent liabilities in connection with such transactions, and we may not be able to recover amounts with respect to losses due to breaches by the sellers of representations or warranties or due to limits on indemnification.

We may also divest certain properties or assets, and any such divestments may yield lower than expected returns or otherwise fail to achieve the benefits we expect. For instance, we continue to explore sales of certain of our non-core hotels, and there can be no assurances that we will be able to recover the current carrying amount of these investments. In some circumstances, sales of properties or other assets may result in losses. Upon sales of properties or assets, we may become subject to contractual indemnity obligations, incur unusual or extraordinary distribution requirements or material tax liabilities or, as a result of required debt repayment, face a shortage of liquidity. In addition, we may not be able to reinvest the proceeds from any sales in new hotels at attractive rates of return, which may also impact our future operating results. Finally, any acquisitions, investments or dispositions could have costs or liabilities that exceed our expectations or demand significant attention from management that would otherwise be available for business operations, which could harm our business. In particular, the additional complexities of increasing the number of third-party operators relied upon and brands represented in our portfolio following the Merger will require additional time and attention of management. The occurrence of any of the foregoing events, among others, could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and profitability as well as limit or slow our future growth.

There are inherent risks with investments in real estate, including the relative illiquidity of such investments.

Investments in real estate are subject to varying degrees of risk. For example, an investment in real estate cannot generally be quickly sold, and we cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any hotel we desire to for the price or on the terms set by us or acceptable to us, or the length of time needed to find a willing buyer and to close the sale of the hotel. Moreover, the Code imposes restrictions on a REIT’s ability to dispose of properties that are not applicable to other types of real estate companies. In particular, the tax laws applicable to REITs require that we hold our hotels for use in a trade or business of generating rents or for investment, rather than hold primarily for sale in the ordinary course of business, all of which may cause us to forego or defer sales of hotels that otherwise would be in our best interests. Therefore, we may not be able to adjust the composition of our portfolio promptly in response to changing economic, financial and investment conditions or dispose of assets at opportune times or on favorable terms, which may adversely affect our cash flows and our ability to make distributions to stockholders.

In addition, our ability to dispose of some of our hotels could be constrained by their tax attributes. Many of our hotels, including related ancillary personal property, may have low tax bases. If we dispose of these hotels in taxable transactions, we may be required to pay tax on the sale and will be required to distribute the after-tax gain to our stockholders under the requirements of the Code applicable to REITs, either of which, in turn, would impact our cash flow. To dispose of low basis hotels efficiently, we may from time to time use “like-kind exchanges”, which is only applicable for non-recognition of taxable gain related to real property, and can be difficult to consummate and result in the hotel for which the disposed assets are exchanged inheriting their low tax bases and other tax attributes, and could result in taxable gain and a shareholder distribution requirement related to the non-real property associated with the hotel sale.

We are subject to risks associated with the concentration of our portfolio in the Hilton family of brands. Any deterioration in the quality or reputation of the Hilton brands, including changes to the Hilton Honors guest loyalty program, could have an adverse effect on our reputation, business, financial condition or results of operations.

A majority of our properties currently utilize brands owned by Hilton and participate in the Hilton Honors guest loyalty and rewards program. As a result, our ability to attract and retain guests depends, in part, on the public recognition of the Hilton brands and their associated reputation. If the Hilton brands become obsolete or consumers view them as unfashionable or lacking in consistency and quality, we may be unable to attract guests to our hotels. In addition, any adverse developments in Hilton’s business and affairs or financial condition could impair its ability to manage our properties and could have a material adverse effect on us. For example, the occurrence of a major data breach or similar event associated with Hilton could impair Hilton’s ability to manage our properties and could have a material adverse effect on us.

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Changes in ownership or management practices, the occurrence of accidents or injuries, force majeure events, crime, individual guest notoriety or similar events at our hotels or other properties managed, owned or leased by Hilton can harm our reputation, create adverse publicity and cause a loss of consumer confidence in our business. Because of the global nature of the Hilton brands and the broad expanse of its business and hotel locations, events occurring in one location could negatively affect the reputation and operations of otherwise successful individual locations, including properties in our portfolio. We also could face legal claims related to negative events, along with resulting adverse publicity. If the perceived quality of the Hilton brand declines, or if Hilton’s reputation is damaged, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be adversely affected.

Hilton Honors guest loyalty program allows program members to accumulate points based on eligible stays and hotel charges and redeem the points for a range of benefits including free rooms and other items of value. The program is an important aspect of our business and of the affiliation value of a majority of our hotels. In addition to the accumulation of points for future hotel stays at the Hilton family of brands, Hilton Honors arranges with third-party service providers, such as airlines and rail companies, to exchange monetary value represented by points for program awards. Currently, the program benefits are not taxed as income to members. We are not the owner of the Hilton Honors loyalty program and changes to the program or our access to it could negatively impact our business.  If the program deteriorates or materially changes in an adverse manner, or becomes subject to taxation such that a material number of Hilton Honors members choose to no longer participate in the program, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Contractual and other disagreements with or involving our current and future third-party hotel managers and franchisors could make us liable to them or result in litigation costs or other expenses.

Our management and franchise agreements require us and our managers to comply with operational and performance conditions that are subject to interpretation and could result in disagreements, and we expect this will be true of any management and franchise agreements that we enter into with future third-party hotel managers or franchisors. At any given time, we may be in dispute with one or more third-party hotel managers or franchisors. Any such dispute could be very expensive for us, even if the outcome is ultimately in our favor. We cannot predict the outcome of any arbitration or litigation, the effect of any negative judgment against us or the amount of any settlement that we may enter into with any third-party. In the event we terminate a management or franchise agreement early and the hotel manager or franchisor considers such termination to have been wrongful, they may seek damages. Additionally, we may be required to indemnify our third-party hotel managers and franchisors against disputes with third parties, pursuant to our management and franchise agreements. An adverse result in any of these proceedings could materially and adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

We are dependent on the performance of our managers and could be materially and adversely affected if our managers do not properly manage our hotels or otherwise act in our best interests or if we are unable to maintain a good relationship with our third-party hotel managers.

In order for us to continue to qualify as a REIT, independent third parties must operate our hotels. Except for the Select Hotels, we lease substantially all of our hotels to our TRS lessees. Our TRS lessees, in turn, have entered into management agreements with third-party managers to operate our hotels. We could be materially and adversely affected if any third-party hotel manager fails to provide quality services and amenities, fails to maintain a quality brand name or otherwise fails to manage our hotels in our best interest, and can be financially responsible for the actions and inactions of our third-party hotel managers pursuant to our management agreements. In addition, our third-party hotel managers manage, and in some cases may own or lease, or may have invested in or may have provided credit support or operating guarantees to hotels that compete with our hotels, any of which could result in conflicts of interest. As a result, third-party managers may make decisions regarding competing lodging facilities that are not in our best interests.

The success of our properties largely depends on our ability to establish and maintain good relationships with our hotel managers and other third-party hotel managers and franchisors that we may engage in the future. If we are unable to maintain good relationships with our third-party hotel managers and franchisors, we may be unable to renew existing management or franchise agreements or expand relationships with them. Additionally, opportunities for developing new relationships with additional third-party managers or franchisors may be adversely affected. This, in turn, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and our ability to execute our growth strategy.

In the event that we terminate any of our management agreements, we can provide no assurances that we could find a replacement hotel manager or that any replacement hotel manager will be successful in operating our hotels. If any of the foregoing were to occur, it could materially and adversely affect us.

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Cyber threats and the risk of data breaches or disruptions of our hotel managers’ or our own information technology systems could materially adversely affect our business.

Our hotel managers are dependent on information technology networks and systems, including the internet, to access, process, transmit and store proprietary and customer information, and we expect that other hotel managers that we contract with in the future also will be dependent on such networks. These complex networks include reservation systems, vacation exchange systems, hotel management systems, customer databases, call centers, administrative systems, and third-party vendor systems. These systems require the collection, retention and transfer of large volumes of personally identifiable information of hotel guests, including credit card numbers.

These information networks and systems can be vulnerable to threats such as system, network or internet failures; computer hacking or business disruption, including through network- and email-based attacks; cyber-terrorism; viruses, worms or other malicious software programs; and employee error, negligence or fraud. The risk of a security breach or disruption, particularly through cyber-attack or cyber intrusion, including by computer hackers, nation-state affiliated actors and cyber terrorists, has generally increased as the number, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around the world have increased. We rely on our hotel managers to protect proprietary and customer information from these threats. Any compromise of our own network or hotel managers’ networks could result in a disruption to operations, such as disruptions in fulfilling guest reservations, delayed bookings or sales, or lost guest reservations. Any of these events could, in turn, result in disruption of the operations of our hotels, in increased costs (e.g., related to response, investigation, and notification) or in potential litigation and liability. In addition, public disclosure, or loss of customer or proprietary information could result in damage to the hotel manager’s reputation, a loss of confidence among hotel guests, reputational harm for our hotels and potential litigation, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition to the information technologies and systems our hotel managers use to operate our hotels, we have our own corporate technologies and systems that are used to access, store, transmit, and manage or support a variety of business processes. We may be required to expend significant attention and financial resources to protect these technologies and systems against physical or cybersecurity incidents and even then our security measures may subsequently be deemed to have been inadequate by regulators or courts given the lack of prescriptive measures in data security and cybersecurity laws. There can be no assurance that the security measures we have taken to protect the contents of these systems will prevent failures, inadequacies or interruptions in system services or that system security will not be breached through system or user error, physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, and attacks by hackers (whether through unauthorized access, network- or email-based attacks, or otherwise). Even security measures that are appropriate, reasonable, and/or in accordance with applicable legal requirements may not be able to protect the information we maintain. Disruptions in service, system shutdowns and security breaches in the information technologies and systems we use, including unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, could have a material adverse effect on our business, our financial reporting and compliance, and could subject us to or result in liability claims, monetary losses or regulatory penalties which could be significant. We currently have a policy that covers some aspects of a loss due to a cyber-attack, but costs are variable based on the scale of such an attack.

Restrictive covenants in certain of our hotel management and franchise agreements contain provisions limiting or restricting the sale of our hotels, which could materially and adversely affect our profitability.

Many of our hotel management and franchise agreements generally contain restrictive covenants that limit or restrict our ability to sell a hotel free of the management or franchise encumbrance other than to permitted transferees. Generally, we may not agree to sell, lease or otherwise transfer particular hotels unless the transferee executes a new agreement or assumes the related hotel management and franchise agreements. As a result, we may be prohibited from taking actions that would otherwise be in our and our stockholders’ best interests. In addition, as noted above, our third-party managers may have a conflict that results in one of our third-party managers declining to approve a transfer that would be in our and our stockholders’ best interests.

Costs associated with, or failure to maintain, brand operating standards may materially and adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.

The terms of our franchise agreements and management agreements generally require us to meet specified operating standards and other terms and conditions and compliance with such standards may be costly. Failure by us, or any hotel management company that we engage, to maintain these standards or other terms and conditions could result in a franchise license being canceled or the franchisor requiring us to undertake a costly property improvement program. If a franchise license is terminated due to our failure to make required improvements or to otherwise comply with its terms, we also may be liable to the franchisor for a termination payment. If the funds required to maintain brand operating standards are significant, or if a franchise license is terminated, it could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.

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If we were to lose a brand license, the underlying value of a particular hotel could decline significantly from the loss of associated name recognition, marketing support, participation in guest loyalty programs and the centralized reservation system provided by the franchisor or brand manager, which could require us to recognize an impairment on the hotel. Furthermore, the loss of a franchise license at a particular hotel could harm our relationship with the franchisor or brand manager, which could impede our ability to operate other hotels under the same brand, limit our ability to obtain new franchise licenses or brand management agreements from the franchisor or brand in the future on favorable terms, or at all, and cause us to incur significant costs to obtain a new franchise license or brand management agreement for the particular hotel. Accordingly, if we lose one or more franchise licenses or brand management agreements, it could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and profitability as well as limit or slow our future growth.

Our efforts to develop, redevelop or renovate our properties could be delayed or become more expensive, which could reduce revenues or impair our ability to compete effectively.

If not maintained, the condition of certain of our properties could negatively affect our ability to attract guests or result in higher operating and capital costs. These factors could reduce revenues or profits from these properties. There can be no assurance that our planned replacements and repairs will occur, or even if completed, will result in improved performance. In addition, these efforts are subject to a number of risks, including:

• construction delays or cost overruns (including labor and materials);

• obtaining zoning, occupancy and other required permits or authorizations;

• changes in economic conditions that may result in weakened or lack of demand for improvements that we make or negative project returns;

• governmental restrictions on the size or kind of development;

• volatility in the debt and capital markets that may limit our ability to raise capital for projects or improvements;

• lack of availability of rooms or meeting spaces for revenue-generating activities during construction, modernization or renovation projects;

• force majeure events, including earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods or tsunamis; and

• design defects that could increase costs.

If our properties are not updated to meet guest preferences, if properties under development or renovation are delayed in opening as scheduled, or if renovation investments adversely affect or fail to improve performance, our operations and financial results could be negatively affected.

Our hotels are geographically concentrated in a limited number of markets and, accordingly, we could be disproportionately harmed by adverse changes to these markets, natural disasters or threat of a terrorist attack.

A significant portion of our room count is located in a concentrated number of markets that exposes us to greater risk to local economic or business conditions, changes in hotel supply in these markets, and other conditions than more geographically diversified hotel companies. As of December 31, 2019, hotels in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, New Orleans, Florida and Hawaii represented approximately 70% of our room count, with our hotels in Florida, San Francisco and Hawaii alone each representing greater than 10% of our room count. An economic downturn, an increase in hotel supply in these markets, a force majeure event, a natural disaster (such as hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes, volcano eruption and fires), a terrorist attack or similar disaster in any one of these markets likely would cause a decline in the hotel market and adversely affect occupancy rates, the financial performance of our hotels in these markets and our overall results of operations.

The threat of terrorism also may negatively impact hotel occupancy and average daily rate, due to resulting disruptions in business and leisure travel patterns and concerns about travel safety. Hotels in major metropolitan areas, such as the gateway cities that represent our target markets, may be particularly adversely affected due to concerns about travel safety. The possibility of future attacks may hamper business and leisure travel patterns and, accordingly, the performance of our business and our operations.

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If the insurance that we carry does not sufficiently cover damage or other potential losses or liabilities to third parties involving our properties, our profits could be reduced.

We operate in certain areas where the risk of natural disaster or other catastrophic losses vary, and the incidence of such an event could cause substantial damage to our properties or the surrounding area.

We carry insurance from solvent insurance carriers that we believe is adequate for foreseeable first- and third-party losses and with terms and conditions that are reasonable and customary. Nevertheless, market forces beyond our control could limit the scope of the insurance coverage that we can obtain or may otherwise restrict our ability to buy insurance coverage at reasonable rates. In the event of a substantial loss, the insurance coverage that we carry may not be sufficient to pay the full value of our financial obligations, our liabilities or the replacement cost of any lost investment or property. For example, in 2017, Hurricane Irma forced us to close two of our hotels in Key West, Florida for several weeks, and Hurricane Maria caused significant damage to the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico, which was closed throughout 2018 and reopened in May 2019. To date, we have received $191 million of insurance proceeds for both Key West hotels and the Caribe Hilton. In December 2019, claims related to the Hilton Caribe were fully settled, however, the amount of expected insurance proceeds related to our Key West hotels could change as more information becomes available about the nature and extent of damage.

Additionally, because certain types of losses are uncertain, they may be uninsurable or prohibitively expensive. There are also other risks that may fall outside the general coverage terms and limits of our policies. In some cases, these factors could result in certain losses being completely uninsured. As a result, we could lose some or all of the capital we have invested in a property, as well as the anticipated future revenues, profits, management fees or franchise fees from the property.

Our properties may not be permitted to be rebuilt if destroyed.

Certain of our properties may qualify as legally permissible nonconforming uses and improvements, including certain of our iconic and most profitable properties. If a substantial portion of any such properties were to be destroyed by fire or other casualty, we might not be permitted to rebuild that property as it now exists or at all, regardless of the availability of insurance proceeds. Any loss of this nature, whether insured or not, could materially adversely affect our results of operations and prospects.

We have investments in joint venture projects, which limit our ability to manage third-party risks associated with these projects.

In certain cases, we are minority participants and do not control the decisions of the joint ventures in which we are involved. Therefore, joint venture investments may involve risks such as the possibility that a co-venturer in an investment might become bankrupt, be unable to meet its capital contribution obligations, have economic or business interests or goals that are inconsistent with our business interests or goals or take actions that are contrary to our instructions or to applicable laws and regulations. In addition, we may be unable to take action without the approval of our joint venture partners, or our joint venture partners could take actions binding on the joint venture without our consent. Consequently, actions by a co-venturer or other third-party could expose us to claims for damages, financial penalties and reputational harm, any of which could adversely affect our business and operations. In addition, we may agree to guarantee indebtedness incurred by a joint venture or co-venturer or provide standard indemnifications to lenders for loss liability or damage occurring as a result of our actions or actions of the joint venture or other co-venturers. Such a guarantee or indemnity may be on a joint and several basis with a co-venturer, in which case we may be liable in the event that our co-venturer defaults on its guarantee obligation. The non-performance of a co-venturer’s obligations may cause losses to us in excess of the capital we initially may have invested or committed.

Preparing our financial statements requires us to have access to information regarding the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of our joint ventures. Any deficiencies in our joint ventures’ internal controls over financial reporting may affect our ability to report our financial results accurately or prevent or detect fraud. Such deficiencies also could result in restatements of, or other adjustments to, our previously reported or announced operating results, which could diminish investor confidence and reduce the market price for our shares. Additionally, if our joint ventures are unable to provide this information for any meaningful period or fail to meet expected deadlines, we may be unable to satisfy our financial reporting obligations or timely file our periodic reports.

Although our joint ventures may generate positive cash flow, in some cases they may be unable to distribute that cash to the joint venture partners. Additionally, in some cases our joint venture partners control distributions and may choose to leave capital in the joint venture rather than distribute it. Because our ability to generate liquidity from our joint ventures depends in part on their ability to distribute capital to us, our failure to receive distributions from our joint venture partners could reduce our cash flow return on these investments.

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We depend on external sources of capital for future growth. Therefore, any disruption to our ability to access capital at times and on terms reasonably acceptable to us may affect adversely our business and results of operations.

Ownership of hotels is a capital-intensive business that requires significant capital expenditures to acquire, operate, maintain and renovate properties. To continue to qualify as a REIT, we are required to distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain), including taxable income recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes but with regard to which we do not receive cash. As a result, we must finance our growth, fund debt repayments and fund these significant capital expenditures largely with external sources of capital. Our ability to access external capital could be hampered by a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including:

• price volatility, dislocations and liquidity disruptions in the U.S. and global equity and credit markets;

• changes in market perception of our growth potential, including downgrades by rating agencies;

• decreases in our current and estimated future earnings;

• decreases or fluctuations in the market price of our common stock;

• increases in interest rates; and

• the terms of our existing indebtedness.

Any of these factors, individually or in combination, could prevent us from being able to obtain the external capital we require on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all, which could have a material adverse effect on our ability to finance our future growth and our financial condition and results of operations. Potential consequences of disruptions in U.S. and global equity and credit markets and, as a result, an inability for us to access external capital at times, and on terms, reasonably acceptable to us could include:

• a need to seek alternative sources of capital with less attractive terms, such as more restrictive covenants and shorter maturity;

• adverse effects on our financial condition and liquidity, and our ability to meet our anticipated requirements for working capital, debt service and capital expenditures;

• higher costs of capital;

• an inability to enter into derivative contracts to hedge risks associated with changes in interest rates; or

• an inability to execute on our acquisition strategy.

The loss of senior executives or key field personnel, such as general managers, could significantly harm our business.

Our ability to maintain our competitive position depends somewhat on the efforts and abilities of our senior executives. Finding suitable replacements for senior executives could be difficult. Losing the services of one or more of these senior executives could adversely affect strategic relationships, including relationships with hotel managers or franchisors, joint venture partners and vendors, and limit our ability to execute our business strategies.

We also rely on the general managers at each of our hotels to manage daily operations and oversee the efforts of employees. These general managers are trained professionals in the hospitality industry and have extensive experience in many markets worldwide. The failure by us, or any of our hotel managers to retain, train or successfully manage the general managers at our hotels could negatively affect our operations.

We are subject to risks associated with the employment of hotel personnel, particularly with hotels that employ unionized labor, which could increase our operating costs, reduce the flexibility of our hotel managers to adjust the size of the workforce at our hotels and could materially and adversely affect our revenues and profitability.

We have entered into management agreements with our hotel managers to operate each of our hotels, with the exception of the Select Hotels. The managers are generally responsible for hiring and maintaining the labor force at each of the hotels they manage. Although, with the exception of the Select Hotels, we generally do not directly employ or manage employees at our hotels, we are subject to many of the costs and risks generally associated with the hotel labor force. Increased labor costs due to factors like additional taxes or requirements to incur additional employee benefits costs may adversely impact our operating costs. Labor costs can be particularly challenging at those of our hotels with unionized labor, and additional hotels may be subject to new collective bargaining agreements in the future.

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From time to time, strikes, lockouts, public demonstrations or other negative actions and publicity may disrupt hotel operations at any of our hotels, negatively impact our reputation or the reputation of our brands, or harm relationships with the labor forces at our hotels. We also may incur increased legal costs and indirect labor costs as a result of contract disputes or other events. Additionally, hotels where our hotel managers have collective bargaining agreements with employees are more highly affected by labor force activities than others. The resolution of labor disputes or new or re-negotiated labor contracts could lead to increased labor costs, either by increases in wages or benefits or by changes in work rules that raise hotel operating costs. Furthermore, labor agreements may limit the ability of our hotel managers to reduce the size of hotel workforces during an economic downturn because collective bargaining agreements are negotiated between the hotel managers and labor unions. We do not have the ability to control the outcome of these negotiations. We are also subject to similar risks where we directly employ labor at our Select Hotels and hotel laundry business.

Our active management and operation of the Select Hotels and the commercial laundry business may expose us to potential liabilities beyond those traditionally associated with lodging REITs.

In addition to owning hotels and engaging hotel managers to operate our hotels, we also manage and operate the Select Hotels and, through a TRS, manage and operate the commercial laundry business. Managing and operating the Select Hotels and the commercial laundry business requires us to employ significantly more people than a REIT that does not operate businesses of such type and scale. In addition, managing and operating both a hotel business and a commercial laundry business exposes us to potential liabilities associated with the operation of those businesses. Such potential liabilities are not typically associated with lodging REITs and include potential liabilities for environmental violations, wage and hour violations, workplace injury and other employment violations. In the event that one or more of the potential liabilities associated with managing and operating a hotel and hotel laundry business materializes, such liabilities could damage our reputation, and could adversely affect our financial position and results of operations, possibly to a material degree.

We will not recognize any increase in the value of the land or improvements subject to our ground leases and may only receive a portion of compensation paid in any eminent domain proceeding with respect to the hotel. In addition, we could be materially and adversely affected if we are found to be in breach of a ground lease or are unable to renew a ground lease.

Unless we purchase a fee interest in the land and improvements subject to our ground leases or extend the terms of these leases before their expiration, we will lose our right to operate these properties and we will not have any economic interest in the land or improvements at the expiration of our ground leases; therefore, we generally will not share in any increase in value of the land or improvements beyond the term of a ground lease, notwithstanding our capital outlay to purchase our interest in the hotel or fund improvements thereon, and will lose our right to use the hotel. In addition, if we are found to be in breach of certain of our third-party ground leases, we could lose the right to use the applicable hotel. Furthermore, if a governmental authority seizes a hotel subject to a ground lease under its eminent domain power, we may only be entitled to a portion of any compensation awarded for the seizure.

Our ability to exercise any extension options relating to our ground leases is subject to the condition that we are not in default under the terms of the ground lease at the time that we exercise such options, and we can provide no assurances that we will be able to exercise any available options at such time. Furthermore, we can provide no assurances that we will be able to renew any ground lease upon its expiration. If we were to lose the right to use a hotel due to a breach or non-renewal of the ground lease, we would be unable to derive income from such hotel, which could adversely affect us.

Risks Related to Our Industry

We operate in a highly competitive industry.

The lodging industry is highly competitive. Our principal competitors are other owners and investors in upper upscale, full-service hotels, including other lodging REITs, as well as major hospitality chains with well-established and recognized brands. Our hotels face competition for individual guests, group reservations and conference business. We also compete against smaller hotel chains, independent and local hotel owners and operators. Increasingly, we also face competition from peer-to-peer inventory sources that allow travelers to stay at homes and apartments booked from owners, thereby providing an alternative to hotel rooms. We compete for these customers based primarily on brand name recognition and reputation, as well as location, room rates, property size and availability of rooms and conference space, quality of the accommodations, customer satisfaction, amenities and the ability to earn and redeem loyalty program awards. New hotels may be constructed, and these additions create new competitors, in some cases without corresponding increases in demand for hotel rooms. Our competitors may have greater commercial, financial and marketing resources and more efficient technology platforms, which could allow them to improve their properties and expand and improve their marketing efforts in ways that could affect our ability to compete for guests effectively and adversely affect our revenues and profitability as well as limit or slow our future growth.

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We are subject to the business, financial and operating risks inherent to the lodging industry, any of which could reduce our revenues, the value of our properties and our ability to make distributions and limit opportunities for growth.

Our business is subject to a number of business, financial and operating risks inherent to the lodging industry, including:

• significant competition from other lodging businesses and hospitality providers in the markets in which we operate;

• changes in operating costs, including energy, food, employee compensation and benefits and insurance;

• increases in costs due to inflation or otherwise, including increases in our operating costs, that may not be fully offset by revenue increases in our business;

• changes in taxes and governmental regulations that influence or set wages, prices, interest rates or construction and maintenance procedures and costs;

• the costs and administrative burdens associated with complying with applicable laws and regulations;

• the costs or desirability of complying with local practices and customs;

• significant increases in cost for health care coverage for employees, including employees of our hotel managers, and potential government regulation with respect to health care coverage;

• shortages of labor or labor disruptions;

• the ability of third-party internet and other travel intermediaries to attract and retain customers;

• the availability and cost of capital necessary to fund investments, capital expenditures and service debt obligations;

• delays in or cancellations of planned or future development or refurbishment projects;

• the quality of services provided by our third-party hotel managers;

• the financial condition of our third-party hotel managers and franchisors, developers and joint venture partners;

• relationships with our third-party hotel managers, developers and joint venture partners, including the risk that any third-party hotel managers or franchisors may terminate our management or franchise agreements and that joint venture partners may terminate joint venture agreements;

• cyclical over-building in the hotel industry;

• changes in desirability of geographic regions of the hotels in our portfolio, geographic concentration in our portfolio and shortages of desirable locations for development;

• changes in the supply and demand for hotel services (including rooms, food and beverage and other products and services); and

• decreases in the frequency of business travel that may result from alternatives to in-person meetings, including virtual meetings hosted online or over private teleconferencing networks.

Any of these factors could increase our costs or reduce our revenues, adversely impacting our ability to make distributions to our stockholders or otherwise affect our ability to maintain existing properties or develop new properties.

Macroeconomic and other factors beyond our control can adversely affect and reduce lodging demand.

Macroeconomic and other factors beyond our control can reduce demand for our products and services, including demand for rooms at our hotels. These factors include, but are not limited to:

• changes in general economic conditions, including low consumer confidence, unemployment levels and depressed real estate prices resulting from the severity and duration of any downturn in the U.S. or global economy;

• war, political conditions or uncertainty or civil unrest, violence or terrorist activities or threats and changes in economic conditions or heightened travel security measures instituted in response to these events;

• decreased corporate or government travel-related budgets and spending, as well as cancellations, deferrals or renegotiations of group business such as industry conventions;

• actual or threatened reductions in federal government spending and/or changes to the timing of government spending, and the resulting effects on travel patterns, as have occurred during recent federal government shutdowns;

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• risks that proposed immigration policies could reduce international travel to the United States generally;

• statements, actions, or interventions by governmental officials related to travel and corporate travel-related activities and the resulting negative public perception of such travel and activities;

• the financial and general business condition of the airline, automotive and other transportation-related industries and its effect on travel, including decreased airline capacity and routes, as well as the price of crude oil and refined products;

• conditions that negatively shape public perception of travel, or restrictions to travel, including travel-related accidents and outbreaks of pandemic or contagious diseases, such as Ebola, avian flu, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) or other similar viruses, H1N1 (swine flu), and the Zika virus;

• cyber-attacks;

• seasonal volatility;

• climate change or availability of natural resources;

• natural or manmade disasters, such as earthquakes, windstorms, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, drought, fires, oil spills and nuclear incidents;

• changes in the desirability of particular locations or travel patterns of customers; and

• organized labor activities, which could cause a diversion of business from hotels involved in labor negotiations and loss of business for our hotels generally as a result of certain labor tactics.

Any one or more of these factors can adversely affect, and from time to time have adversely affected, individual hotels, particular regions and our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The lodging industry is subject to seasonal volatility, which is expected to contribute to fluctuations in our financial condition and results of operations.

The lodging industry is seasonal in nature. The periods during which our properties experience higher revenues vary from property to property, depending principally upon location and the customer base served. This seasonality can be expected to cause periodic fluctuations in a hotel’s rooms revenues, occupancy levels, room rates and operating expenses. We can provide no assurances that our cash flows will be sufficient to offset any shortfalls that occur as a result of these fluctuations. Consequently, volatility in our financial performance resulting from the seasonality of the lodging industry could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

The growth of internet reservation channels could adversely affect our business and profitability.

A significant percentage of hotel rooms for individual guests are booked through internet travel intermediaries. Search engines and peer-to-peer inventory sources also provide online travel services that compete with our hotels. If bookings shift to higher cost distribution channels, including internet travel intermediaries and meeting procurement firms, it could materially impact our profits. Additionally, as intermediary bookings increase, these intermediaries may be able to obtain higher commissions, reduced room rates or other significant contract concessions from our brands and management companies. Moreover, hospitality intermediaries generally employ aggressive marketing strategies, including expending significant resources for online and television advertising campaigns to drive consumers to their websites. As a result, consumers may develop brand loyalties to the intermediaries’ offered brands, websites and reservations systems rather than those of the brands of hotels we contract with. If this happens, our business and profitability may be adversely affected. Internet travel intermediaries also have recently been subject to regulatory scrutiny. The outcome of this regulatory activity may affect the ability of brand managers to compete for direct bookings through their own internet channels.

In addition, although internet travel intermediaries have traditionally competed to attract individual consumers or “transient” business rather than group and convention business, in recent years they have expanded their business to include marketing to large group and convention business. If that growth continues, it could both divert group and convention business away from our hotels and also increase our cost of sales for group and convention business. Consolidation of internet travel intermediaries, and the entry of major internet companies into the internet travel bookings business, also could divert bookings away from our brand manager websites and increase our cost of sales.

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Governmental regulation may adversely affect the operation of our properties and our Company as a whole.

In many jurisdictions, the hotel industry is subject to extensive U.S. federal, state and local governmental regulations, including those relating to the service of alcoholic beverages, the preparation and sale of food and those relating to building and zoning requirements. We and our hotel managers are also subject to licensing and regulation by U.S. state and local departments relating to health, sanitation, fire and safety standards, and to laws governing our relationships with employees, including minimum wage requirements, overtime, working conditions status and citizenship requirements. We and our hotel managers may be required to expend funds to meet U.S. federal, state and local regulations in connection with the continued operation or remodeling of certain of our properties.

Additionally, the regulatory environment surrounding data protection, cybersecurity and privacy is also increasingly demanding. Our existing systems may be unable to satisfy changing regulatory requirements and employee and customer expectations, or may require significant additional investments or time to do so.

The failure to meet the requirements of applicable regulations and licensing requirements, or publicity resulting from actual or alleged failures, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

Certain laws and regulations may cause us to incur substantial costs or subject us to potential liabilities.

We are subject to certain compliance costs and potential liabilities under various U.S. federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. These laws and regulations govern our operations including associated air emissions; the use, storage and disposal of hazardous and toxic substances, and wastewater disposal. Our failure to comply with such laws, including any required permits or licenses, could result in substantial fines or possible revocation of our authority to conduct some of our operations.

In addition, various federal, state and local environmental laws impose liability on a current or former owner or operator of real property for investigation, removal or remediation of hazardous or toxic substances at our currently or formerly owned or leased real property, regardless of whether or not we knew of, or caused, the presence or release of such substances. From time to time, we may be required to remediate such substances or remove, abate or manage asbestos, mold, radon gas, lead or other hazardous conditions at our properties. The presence or release of such toxic or hazardous substances at our currently or formerly owned or leased properties could result in limitations on or interruptions to our operations or in third-party claims for personal injury, property or natural resource damages, business interruption or other losses, including liens in favor of the government for costs the government incurs in cleaning up contamination. Such claims and the need to investigate, remediate or otherwise address hazardous, toxic or unsafe conditions could adversely affect our operations, the value of any affected real property, or our ability to sell, lease or assign our rights in any such property, or could otherwise harm our business or reputation. In addition, we also may be liable for the costs of remediating contamination at off-site waste disposal facilities to which we have arranged for the disposal, transportation or treatment of hazardous substances without regard to whether we complied with environmental laws in doing so. Environmental, health and safety requirements have also become increasingly stringent, and our costs may increase as a result. New or revised laws and regulations or new interpretations of existing laws and regulations, such as those related to climate change, could affect the operation of our properties or result in significant additional expense and operating restrictions on us or our hotel managers.

In addition, failure of a property to comply with the ADA could result in injunctive relief, fines, an award of damages to private litigants or mandated capital expenditures to remedy such noncompliance. Any imposition of injunctive relief, fines, damage awards or capital expenditures could adversely impact our business or results of operations. If we fail to comply with the requirements of the ADA, we could be subject to fines, penalties, injunctive action, reputational harm and other business effects which could materially and negatively affect our performance and results of operations.

Terrorist attacks, military conflicts and the availability of terrorism insurance may adversely affect the lodging industry.

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 underscore the possibility that large public facilities or economically important assets could become the target of terrorist attacks in the future. In particular, properties that are well-known or are located in concentrated business sectors in major cities where our hotels are located may be subject to the risk of terrorist attacks.

The occurrence or the possibility of terrorist attacks or military conflicts could:

• cause damage to one or more of our properties that may not be fully covered by insurance to the value of the damages;

• cause all or portions of affected properties to be shut down for prolonged periods, resulting in a loss of income;

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• generally reduce travel to affected areas for tourism and business or adversely affect the willingness of customers to stay in or avail themselves of the services of the affected properties;

• expose us to a risk of monetary claims arising out of death, injury or damage to property caused by any such attacks; and

• result in higher costs for security and insurance premiums or diminish the availability of insurance coverage for losses related to terrorist attacks, particularly for properties in target areas, all of which could adversely affect our results.

The occurrence of a terrorist attack with respect to one of our properties could directly and materially adversely affect our results of operations. Furthermore, the loss of any of our well-known buildings could indirectly affect the value of the brands with which we are affiliated, which would in turn adversely affect our business prospects.

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area, Congress passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, which established the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (“Program”) to provide insurance capacity for terrorist acts. The Program originally was set to expire at the end of 2020 but was reauthorized, with some adjustments to its provisions, in December 2019 for seven years through December 31, 2027. We carry insurance from solvent insurance carriers to respond to both first-party and third-party liability losses related to terrorism. We purchase our first-party property damage and business interruption insurance from a stand-alone market in place of and to supplement insurance from government run pools. If there are changes to the Program that would negatively affect insurance carriers, premiums for terrorism insurance coverage will likely increase and/or the terms of such insurance may be materially amended to increase stated exclusions or to otherwise effectively decrease the scope of coverage available, perhaps to the point where it is effectively unavailable.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Our indebtedness and other contractual obligations could adversely affect our financial condition, our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to operate our business, our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry and our ability to pay our debts and could divert our cash flow from operations for debt payments.

Our outstanding debt and other contractual obligations could have important consequences, including:

• requiring a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to be dedicated to debt service payments, thereby reducing our ability to use our cash flow to fund our operations, capital expenditures, distributions to stockholders and to pursue future business opportunities;

• increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic, industry or competitive developments;

• exposing us to increased interest expense, as our degree of leverage may cause the interest rates of any future indebtedness (whether fixed or floating rate interest) to be higher than they would be otherwise;

• exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates because certain of our indebtedness is at variable rates of interest;

• making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness, and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants, could result in an event of default that accelerates our obligation to repay indebtedness;

• restricting us from making strategic acquisitions or causing us to make non-strategic divestitures;

• limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, product development, satisfaction of debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; and

• limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or market conditions and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who may be better positioned to take advantage of opportunities that our leverage prevents us from exploiting.

Certain of our debt agreements impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries, which may prevent us from capitalizing on business opportunities.

The debt agreements that govern our outstanding indebtedness impose, and the credit agreements that govern our senior unsecured credit facilities imposes, significant operating and financial restrictions on us. These restrictions may limit our ability and/or the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things:

• incur or guarantee additional debt or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;

• make certain investments;

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• incur certain liens;

• enter into transactions with affiliates;

• merge or consolidate;

• enter into agreements that restrict the ability of subsidiaries to make dividends or other payments to us or the other subsidiaries; and

• transfer or sell assets.

In addition, the credit agreements that govern our senior unsecured credit facilities contain certain affirmative covenants that require us to be in compliance with certain leverage and financial ratios and the mortgage-backed loans of our subsidiaries also require them to maintain certain debt service coverage ratios and minimum net worth requirements.

As a result of these restrictions, we are limited as to how we conduct our business and we may be unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities. The terms of any future indebtedness we may incur could include more restrictive covenants. We may not be able to maintain compliance with these covenants in the future and, if we fail to do so, we may not be able to obtain waivers from the lenders and/or amend the covenants.

Our failure to comply with the restrictive covenants described above, as well as other terms of our other indebtedness and/or the terms of any future indebtedness from time to time, could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could result in our being required to repay these borrowings before their due date. If we are forced to refinance these borrowings on less favorable terms or are unable to refinance these borrowings, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Servicing our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate sufficient cash depends on many factors, some of which are not within our control.

Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness, to fund planned capital expenditures and to make distributions to our stockholders will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. To a certain extent, this is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt and meet our other commitments, we may need to restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt, sell material assets or operations or raise additional debt or equity capital. We may not be able to effect any of these actions on a timely basis, on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and these actions may not be sufficient to meet our capital requirements. In addition, the terms of our existing or future debt arrangements may restrict us from effecting any of these alternatives.

We may be able to incur substantially more debt and enter into other transactions, which could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above. The use of debt to finance future acquisitions could restrict operations, inhibit our ability to grow our business and revenues, and negatively affect our business and financial results.

We may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness, including secured debt, in the future. We may also incur significant additional obligations, such as trade payables without restrictions under our debt instruments. In addition, our organizational documents contain no limitation on the amount of debt we may incur, and our board of directors may change our financing policy at any time without stockholder notice or approval. To the extent new debt is added to our current debt levels, the substantial leverage risks described in the preceding three risk factors would increase.

We intend to incur additional debt in connection with future hotel acquisitions. We may, in some instances, borrow under our senior unsecured revolving credit facility or borrow new funds to acquire hotels. For example, prior to the Merger, the Operating Company and PK Domestic entered into a delayed draw term loan agreement with Bank of America, N.A. and BofA Merrill Lynch, and upon the completion of the Merger, a $850 million unsecured delayed draw term loan was fully drawn to fund the Merger. In December 2019, we made prepayments of $180 million to the unsecured delayed draw term loan and $50 million to the senior unsecured term loan facility we entered into in 2016.

In addition, we may incur mortgage debt by obtaining loans secured by a portfolio of some or all of the hotels that we own or acquire and will be subject to increased risks associated with debt financing, including an increased risk that our cash flow could be insufficient to meet required payments on our debt. For example, we assumed $310 million of mortgage loans in connection with the Merger, all of which require payments of principal and interest on a monthly basis. If necessary or advisable, we also may borrow funds to make distributions to our stockholders to maintain our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To the extent that we incur debt in the future and do not have sufficient funds to repay such debt at maturity, it may be necessary to refinance

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the debt through debt or equity financings, which may not be available on acceptable terms or at all and which could be dilutive to our stockholders. If we are unable to refinance our debt on acceptable terms or at all, we may be forced to dispose of hotels at inopportune times or on disadvantageous terms, which could result in losses. To the extent we cannot meet our future debt service obligations, we will risk losing to foreclosure some or all of our hotels that may be pledged to secure our obligation. On December 31, 2019, we had indebtedness of approximately $3.9 billion, including the assumption of Chesapeake’s debt.

For tax purposes, a foreclosure of any of our hotels would be treated as a sale of the hotel for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the hotel, we would recognize taxable gain on foreclosure, but we would not receive any cash proceeds, which could impact our ability to meet the REIT distribution requirements imposed by the Code. In addition, we may give full or partial guarantees to lenders of mortgage debt on behalf of the entities that own our hotels. When we give a guarantee on behalf of an entity that owns one of our hotels, we will be responsible to the lender for satisfaction of the debt if it is not paid by such entity. If any of our hotels are foreclosed on due to a default, our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders will be limited.

We may be adversely affected by changes in LIBOR reporting practices, the method in which LIBOR is determined or the use of alternative reference rates.

As of December 31, 2019, we have $1.4 billion of debt outstanding that is indexed to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). In July 2017, the United Kingdom regulator that regulates LIBOR announced its intention to phase out LIBOR rates by the end of 2021. It is not possible to predict the further effect of this announcement, any changes in the methods by which LIBOR is determined or any other reforms to LIBOR that may be enacted in the United Kingdom, the European Union or elsewhere.  In April 2018, the New York Federal Reserve commenced publishing an alternative reference rate to LIBOR as calculated for the U.S. dollar (“USD-LIBOR”), the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), proposed by a group of major market participants, called the Alternative Reference Rates Committee ("ARRC"), convened by the U.S. Federal Reserve with participation by SEC Staff and other regulators. SOFR is based on transactions in the more robust U.S. Treasury repurchase market and has been proposed as the alternative to USD-LIBOR for use in derivatives and other financial contracts that currently rely on USD-LIBOR as a reference rate. ARRC has proposed a paced market transition plan to SOFR from USD-LIBOR and organizations are currently working on industry-wide and company-specific transition plans as it relates to derivatives and cash markets exposed to USD-LIBOR. At this time, no consensus exists as to what rate or rates may become accepted alternatives to USD-LIBOR, and it is impossible to predict whether and to what extent banks will continue to provide LIBOR submissions to the administrator of LIBOR, whether LIBOR rates will cease to be published or supported before or after 2021 or whether any additional reforms to LIBOR may be enacted in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. Such developments and any other legal or regulatory changes in the method by which USD-LIBOR is determined or the transition from USD-LIBOR to a successor benchmark may result in, among other things, a sudden or prolonged increase or decrease in USD-LIBOR, a delay in the publication of USD-LIBOR, and changes in the rules or methodologies in USD-LIBOR, which may discourage market participants from continuing to administer or to participate in USD-LIBOR’s determination and, in certain situations, could result in USD-LIBOR no longer being determined and published. If a published USD-LIBOR rate is unavailable after 2021, the interest rates on our debt which is indexed to USD-LIBOR will be determined using various alternative methods, any of which may result in interest obligations which are more than or do not otherwise correlate over time with the payments that would have been made on such debt if USD-LIBOR was available in its current form. Further, the same costs and risks that may lead to the unavailability of USD-LIBOR may make one or more of the alternative methods impossible or impracticable to determine. In addition, confusion related to the transition from USD-LIBOR to SOFR or another replacement reference rate for our floating debt and hedging instruments could have an uncertain economic effect on these instruments, hinder our ability to establish effective hedges and result in a different economic value over time for these instruments than they otherwise would have had under USD-LIBOR.  Any of these proposals or consequences could have a material adverse effect on our financing costs, and as a result, our financial condition, operating results and cash flows.

Risks Related to the Spin-Off

We may be responsible for U.S. federal income tax liabilities that relate to the spin-off.

Hilton Parent received a ruling (“IRS Ruling”) from the IRS regarding certain U.S. federal income tax aspects of the spin-off. The IRS Ruling received is binding on the IRS, however, the validity of the IRS Ruling is based upon and subject to the accuracy of factual statements and representations made to the IRS by Hilton Parent. As a result of the IRS’s ruling policy at the time of Hilton Parent’s submission, with respect to transactions under Section 355 of the Code, the IRS Ruling is limited to specified aspects of the spin-off under Section 355 of the Code and does not represent a determination by the IRS that all of the requirements necessary to obtain tax-free treatment to holders of Hilton Parent’s common stock and to Hilton have been satisfied. Moreover, if any statement or representation upon which the IRS Ruling is based is incorrect or untrue in any material respect, or if the facts upon which the IRS Ruling is based are materially different from the facts that prevailed at the time of the spin-off, the IRS Ruling could be invalidated. Additionally, legislation enacted after the initial ruling request was submitted to the IRS denies tax-free treatment to a spin-off if one of either the distributing corporation or the spun-off corporation is a REIT and prevents a distributing corporation or a spun-off

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corporation from electing REIT status for a 10-year period following a tax-free spin-off. Moreover, U.S. Treasury regulations would require the recognition of taxable gain in connection with the spin-off of an entity that is a REIT or elects REIT status. Under effective date provisions, the legislation and regulations do not apply to distributions described in a ruling request initially submitted to the IRS before December 7, 2015. Because the initial request for the IRS Ruling was submitted before that date and because we believe the distribution will be considered to have been described in that initial request, we believe the legislation and regulations do not apply to the spin-off. However, no ruling was obtained on the effective date provisions and thus no assurance can be given in that regard. In particular, the IRS or a court could disagree with our view regarding the effective date provisions based on any differences that exist between the description in the ruling request and the actual facts relating to the spin-off. If the effective date provisions did not apply to the spin-off, either the spin-off would not qualify for tax-free treatment or we would not be eligible to elect REIT status for a 10-year period following the spin-off.

In addition, the spin-off was conditioned on the receipt of an opinion of legal counsel to the effect that the distributions of Park Parent (and HGV Parent) common stock will qualify as tax-free distributions under Section 355 of the Code. An opinion of legal counsel is not binding on the IRS. Accordingly, the IRS may reach conclusions with respect to the spin-off that are different from the conclusions reached in the opinion. The opinion was based on certain factual statements and representations, which, if incomplete or untrue in any material respect, could alter legal counsel’s conclusions.

We are not aware of any facts or circumstances that would cause any such factual statements or representations to the IRS Ruling or spin-off tax counsel to be incomplete or untrue or cause the facts on which the IRS Ruling and legal opinion are based to be materially different from the facts at the time of the spin-off.

If all or a portion of the spin-off does not qualify as a tax-free transaction for any reason, including because any of the factual statements or representations to the IRS or to spin-off tax counsel are incomplete or untrue, because the facts upon which the IRS Ruling is based are materially different from the facts at the time of the spin-off or because one or more sales of our common stock, Hilton Parent common stock or HGV Parent common stock by our respective stockholders, including Blackstone, after the spin-off caused the spin-off not to qualify as a tax-free transaction, Hilton Parent may recognize a substantial gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In such case, under U.S. Treasury regulations, each member of the Hilton consolidated group at the time of the spin-off (including us) would be jointly and severally liable for the resulting entire amount of any U.S. federal income tax liability. Additionally, if the distribution of HGV Parent common stock and/or the distribution of Park Parent common stock do not qualify as tax-free under Section 355 of the Code, Hilton Parent stockholders will be treated as having received a taxable dividend to the extent of Hilton Parent’s current and accumulated earnings and profits and then would have a tax-free basis recovery up to the amount of their tax basis in their shares and then would have taxable gain from the sale or exchange of the shares to the extent of any excess.

Even if the spin-off otherwise qualifies as a tax-free transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the distribution would be taxable to us, Hilton Parent and HGV Parent (but not to Hilton Parent stockholders) pursuant to Section 355(e) of the Code if there were one or more acquisitions (including issuances) of our stock, the stock of HGV Parent or the stock of Hilton Parent, representing 50% or more, measured by vote or value, of the stock of any such corporation and the acquisition or acquisitions are deemed to be part of a plan or series of related transactions that include the distribution. The distribution occurred on January 3, 2017. Any acquisition of our common stock within the two-year period before or after January 3, 2017 (with exceptions, including public trading by less-than-5% stockholders and certain compensatory stock issuances) generally would be presumed to have been part of such a plan; however, that presumption is rebuttable. The resulting tax liability would be substantial, and under U.S. Treasury regulations, each member of the Hilton consolidated group at the time of the spin-off (including us) would be jointly and severally liable for the resulting U.S. federal income tax liability. We do not believe that there have been acquisitions of 50% or more of our stock pursuant to a plan that would cause the distribution to be taxable pursuant to Section 355(e) of the Code.  This determination relies in part upon factual statements and representations by Hilton Parent, HGV Parent and certain of our shareholders.  Also, the rules for determining whether our shares have been acquired pursuant to the requisite plan are not clear in all cases.  Accordingly, the IRS or a court could disagree with our view.

Pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, we agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to enter into certain transactions that could cause any portion of the spin-off to be taxable to Hilton Parent, including under Section 355(e) of the Code. Pursuant to the Tax Matters Agreement, we also agreed to indemnify Hilton Parent and HGV Parent for any tax liabilities resulting from such transactions or other actions we take, or fail to take, and Hilton Parent and HGV Parent agreed to indemnify us for any tax liabilities resulting from transactions entered into by Hilton Parent or HGV Parent. These obligations could have discouraged, delayed or prevented a change of control of our company but these restrictions no longer apply after January 4, 2019. For additional detail, see “Spin-off Related Agreements—Tax Matters Agreement.”

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The spin-off and related transactions may expose us to potential liabilities arising out of state and U.S. federal fraudulent conveyance laws and legal distribution requirements.

The spin-off could be challenged under various state and U.S. federal fraudulent conveyance laws. An unpaid creditor or an entity vested with the power of such creditor (such as a trustee or debtor-in-possession in a bankruptcy) could claim that Hilton Parent did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value in the spin-off, and that the spin-off left Hilton Parent insolvent or with unreasonably small capital or that Hilton Parent intended or believed it would incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. If a court were to agree with such a plaintiff, then such court could void the spin-off as a fraudulent transfer and could impose a number of different remedies, including without limitation, returning our assets or your shares in our company to Hilton Parent or providing Hilton Parent with a claim for money damages against us in an amount equal to the difference between the consideration received by Hilton Parent and the fair market value of our company at the time of the spin-off.

In addition, the distribution of our estimated share of C corporation earnings and profits attributable to the period prior to spin-off (“E&P Dividend”) could similarly be challenged as a fraudulent conveyance or transfer. If a court were to find that the E&P Dividend was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, a court could void the E&P Dividend, require stockholders to return to us some or all of the E&P Dividend or require stockholders to pay as money damages an equivalent of the value of the E&P Dividend. Moreover, stockholders could be required to return any dividends previously paid by us.

The measure of insolvency for purposes of the fraudulent conveyance laws may vary depending on which jurisdiction’s law is applied. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if the fair saleable value of its assets is less than the amount of its liabilities (including the probable amount of contingent liabilities), and such entity would be considered to have unreasonably small capital if it lacked adequate capital to conduct its business in the ordinary course and pay its liabilities as they become due. No assurance can be given as to what standard a court would apply to determine insolvency or that a court would determine that Hilton Parent were solvent at the time of or after giving effect to the spin-off, including the distribution of our common stock, or that Park Parent was solvent at the time of or after giving effect to the E&P Dividend.

We could be required to assume responsibility for obligations allocated to Hilton Parent or HGV Parent under the Distribution Agreement or Tax Matters Agreement or could have indemnification obligations under such agreements.

Under the Distribution Agreement and related ancillary agreements, from and after the spin-offs, each of Hilton Parent, Park Parent and HGV Parent are generally responsible for the debts, liabilities and other obligations related to the business or businesses which they own and operate following the spin-off. Although we do not expect to be liable for any obligations that are not allocated to us under the Distribution Agreement, a court could disregard the allocation agreed to between the parties, and require that we assume responsibility for obligations allocated to Hilton Parent or HGV (for example, tax and/or environmental liabilities), particularly if Hilton Parent or HGV Parent were to refuse or were unable to pay or perform the allocated obligations. See “Spin-off Related Agreements—Distribution Agreement.”

In addition, the Distribution Agreement and Tax Matters Agreement provide for cross-indemnities that, except as provided in such agreements, are principally designed to place financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities of each business with the appropriate company. As well, losses in respect of certain shared contingent liabilities, which generally are not specifically attributable to our business, HGV business or the retained business of Hilton, were determined on the date on which the Distribution Agreement was entered into. The percentage of shared contingent liabilities for which we are responsible was fixed in a manner that is intended to approximate our estimated enterprise value on the distribution date relative to the estimated enterprise values of HGV and Hilton. Subject to certain limitations and exceptions, Hilton will generally be vested with the exclusive management and control of all matters pertaining to any such shared contingent liabilities, including the prosecution of any claim and the conduct of any defense. Any of the foregoing indemnification obligations or shared contingent liabilities could negatively affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. See “Spin-off Related Agreements—Distribution Agreement” and “—Tax Matters Agreement.”

Hilton may fail to perform under various transaction agreements that we have executed as part of the spin-offs.

In connection with the spin-offs, we, Hilton Parent and HGV Parent entered into the Distribution Agreement and various other agreements, including the Tax Matters Agreement and the Management Agreements. Certain of these agreements provide for the performance of services by each company for the benefit of the other following the spin-offs. We are relying on each of Hilton and HGV to satisfy its performance and payment obligations under these agreements. In addition, it is possible that a court would disregard the allocation agreed to between us, Hilton and HGV and require that we assume responsibility for certain obligations allocated to Hilton and to HGV, particularly if Hilton or HGV were to refuse or were unable to pay or perform such obligations. The impact of any of these factors is difficult to predict, but one or more of them could cause reputational harm and could have an adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.

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In connection with the spin-offs, Hilton and HGV indemnified us for certain liabilities. These indemnities may not be sufficient to insure us against the full amount of the liabilities assumed by Hilton and HGV, and Hilton and HGV may be unable to satisfy their indemnification obligations to us in the future.

In connection with the spin-offs, each of Hilton and HGV indemnified us with respect to such parties’ assumed or retained liabilities pursuant to the Distribution Agreement and breaches of the Distribution Agreement or other agreements related to the spin-offs. The assumed or retained liabilities for which we are indemnified by Hilton and HGV include liabilities associated with businesses and assets allocated to Hilton and HGV in connection with the spin-offs. There can be no assurance that the indemnities from each of Hilton and HGV will be sufficient to protect us against the full amount of these and other liabilities. Third parties also could seek to hold us responsible for any of the liabilities that Hilton and HGV have agreed to assume. Even if we ultimately succeed in recovering from Hilton or HGV any amounts for which we are held liable, we may be temporarily required to bear those losses ourselves. Each of these risks could negatively affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Risks Related to our REIT Status and Certain Other Tax Items

If we do not maintain our qualification as a REIT, we will be subject to tax as a C corporation and could face a substantial tax liability.

We have been taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning January 4, 2017. We believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. However, qualification as a REIT involves the interpretation and application of highly technical and complex Code provisions for which no or only a limited number of judicial or administrative interpretations may exist. Notwithstanding the availability of cure provisions in the Code, we could fail to meet various compliance requirements, which could jeopardize our REIT status. Furthermore, new tax legislation, administrative guidance or court decisions, in each instance potentially with retroactive effect, could make it more difficult or impossible for us to qualify as a REIT. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any tax year, then:

• we would be taxed as a C corporation, which under current laws, among other things, means being unable to deduct dividends paid to stockholders in computing taxable income and being subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income at corporate income tax rates;

• any resulting tax liability could be substantial and could have a material adverse effect on our value and financial condition;

• unless we were entitled to relief under applicable statutory provisions, we would be required to pay income taxes, and thus, our cash available for distribution to stockholders would be reduced for each of the years during which we did not qualify as a REIT; and

• we generally would not be eligible to requalify as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years.

In addition, if we fail to qualify as a REIT, we will not be required to make distributions to stockholders, and all distributions to stockholders will be subject to tax to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. As a result of all these factors, our failure to qualify as a REIT could impair our ability to execute our business and growth strategies, as well as make it more difficult for us to raise capital and service our indebtedness.

Qualifying as a REIT involves highly technical and complex provisions of the Code and therefore, in certain circumstances, may be subject to uncertainty.

In order to continue to qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy a number of requirements, including requirements regarding the composition of our assets, the sources of our income and the diversity of our share ownership. Also, we must make distributions to stockholders aggregating annually at least 90% of our “REIT taxable income” (determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding net capital gain). Compliance with these requirements and all other requirements for qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex Code provisions for which there are only limited judicial and administrative interpretations. The complexity of these provisions and of the applicable Treasury regulations that have been promulgated under the Code is greater in the case of a REIT that, like us, conducts significant business operations through one or more TRSs. Even a technical or inadvertent action could jeopardize our REIT status. In addition, the determination of various factual matters and circumstances relevant to REIT qualification is not entirely within our control and may affect our ability to qualify as a REIT. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that our organization and operation will enable us to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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Park would incur adverse tax consequences if Chesapeake or any of Park or Chesapeake’s subsidiary REITs failed to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Park accepted that Chesapeake qualified as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes prior to the Merger and that Park will be able to continue to qualify as a REIT following the Merger. However, if Chesapeake has failed to qualify as a REIT, Merger Sub would succeed to significant tax liabilities (including the significant tax liability that would result from the deemed sale of assets by Chesapeake pursuant to the Merger) the economic burden of which would be borne by PK Domestic and Park, and Park could possibly lose its REIT status should disqualifying activities continue after the Merger. Park’s REIT status is also dependent upon the ongoing qualification of subsidiary entities qualifying as REITs or TRSs, as applicable, as a result of its substantial ownership interest in those entities.

We may face other tax liabilities that reduce our cash flows.

Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain U.S. federal, state and local taxes on our income and assets, including taxes on any undistributed income, built-in gain tax on the taxable sale of assets, tax on income from some activities conducted as a result of a foreclosure, and non-U.S. income, state or local income, property and transfer taxes. Moreover, if we have net income from “prohibited transactions,” that income will be subject to a 100% tax. In addition, we could, in certain circumstances, be required to pay an excise or penalty tax (which could be significant in amount) in order to utilize one or more relief provisions under the Code to maintain our qualification as a REIT. We are subject to U.S. federal and state income tax (and any applicable non-U.S. taxes) on the income earned by our TRSs. Any of these taxes would decrease cash available for distributions to stockholders. Finally, we have operations and assets in Puerto Rico that are subject to tax. Any of these taxes decrease cash available for distribution to our stockholders.

Complying with REIT requirements may cause us to forego and/or liquidate otherwise attractive opportunities and limit our expansion opportunities.

To continue to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we must continually satisfy tests concerning, among other things, our sources of income, the nature of our investments in real estate and related assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders and the ownership of our stock. We may also be required to make distributions to stockholders at disadvantageous times or when we do not have funds readily available for distribution.

As a REIT, we must ensure that at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% of the value of our gross assets consists of cash, cash items, government securities and qualified real estate assets. The remainder of our investments in securities cannot include more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer unless we and such issuer jointly elect for such issuer to be treated as a TRS under the Code. The total value of all of our investments in TRSs cannot exceed 20% of the value of our total assets. No more than 5% of the value of our assets can consist of the securities of any one issuer other than a TRS. In addition, not more than 25% of our total assets may be represented by debt instruments issued by publicly offered REITs that are “nonqualified” debt instruments. If we fail to comply with these requirements, we must dispose of a portion of our assets within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which such discrepancy arises or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid losing our REIT status and suffering adverse tax consequences. As a result, we may be required to liquidate from our portfolio, or contribute to a TRS, otherwise attractive investments in order to maintain our qualification as a REIT. These actions could have the effect of reducing our income, increasing our income tax liability, and reducing amounts available for distribution to our stockholders. In addition, we may also be required to make distributions to stockholders at disadvantageous times or when we do not have funds readily available for distribution, and may be unable to pursue investments (or, in some cases, forego the sale of such investments) that would be otherwise advantageous to us in order to satisfy the source-of-income or asset-diversification requirements for qualifying as a REIT. Thus, compliance with REIT requirements may hinder our ability to operate solely on the basis of maximizing profits.

Complying with REIT requirements may force us to borrow to make distributions to stockholders.

From time to time, our taxable income may be greater than our cash flow available for distribution to stockholders. If we do not have other funds available in these situations, we may be unable to distribute substantially all of our taxable income as required by the REIT provisions of the Code. Thus, we could be required to borrow funds, raise additional equity capital, sell a portion of our assets at disadvantageous prices or find another alternative to make distributions to stockholders. These options could increase our costs or reduce our equity.

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The ownership of our TRSs (including our TRS lessees) increases our overall tax liability.

Our domestic TRSs are subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax on their taxable income, which in the case of our TRS lessees, consists of the revenues from the hotels leased by our TRS lessees, net of the operating expenses for such hotels and rent payments to us. Accordingly, although our ownership of our TRS lessees allows us to participate in the operating income from our hotels in addition to receiving rent, that operating income is fully subject to income tax. The after-tax net income of our TRSs, including our TRS lessees is available for distribution to us.

Our ownership of our TRSs, and any other TRSs we form, will be subject to limitations, and our transactions with our TRSs, and any other TRSs we form, may cause us to be subject to a 100% penalty tax on certain income or deductions if those transactions are not conducted on arm’s-length terms.

Overall, no more than 20% of the value of a REIT’s assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more TRSs. In addition, the Code limits the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a TRS, subject to an exception for an electing, eligible real property trade or business. The Code also imposes a 100% excise tax on certain transactions between a TRS and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis. The 100% tax may apply, for example, to the extent that we were found to have charged our TRS lessees rent in excess of an arm’s-length rent. It is our policy to evaluate material intercompany transactions and to attempt to set the terms of such transactions so as to achieve substantially the same result as they believe would have been the case if they were unrelated parties. As a result, we believe that all material transactions between and among us and the entities in which we own a direct or indirect interest have been and will be negotiated and structured with the intention of achieving an arm’s-length result and that the potential application of the 100% excise tax will not have a material effect on us. There can be no assurance, however, that we will be able to comply with the TRS limitation or to avoid application of the 100% excise tax.

If the leases of our hotels to our TRS lessees are not respected as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we will fail to qualify as a REIT.

To continue to qualify as a REIT, we must annually satisfy two gross income tests, under which specified percentages of our gross income must be derived from certain sources, such as “rents from real property.” Rents paid to us by our TRS lessees pursuant to the leases of our hotels will constitute substantially all of our gross income. In order for such rent to qualify as “rents from real property” for purposes of the gross income tests, the leases must be respected as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes and not be treated as service contracts, financing arrangements, joint ventures or some other type of arrangement. We have structured our leases, and intend to structure any future leases, so that the leases will be respected as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but there can be no assurance that the IRS will agree with this characterization, not challenge this treatment or that a court would not sustain such a challenge. If our leases are not respected as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we will fail to qualify as a REIT.

If any third-party hotel managers do not qualify as “eligible independent contractors” or if our hotels are not “qualified lodging facilities,” we will fail to qualify as a REIT.

Rent paid by a lessee that is a “related party tenant” of ours will not be qualifying income for purposes of the two gross income tests applicable to REITs. An exception is provided, however, for leases of “qualified lodging facilities” to a TRS so long as the hotels are operated by an “eligible independent contractor” and certain other requirements are satisfied. Substantially all of our hotels are leased to our TRS lessees which have engaged third-party hotel managers (including Hilton, which manages a majority of our hotels) that we believe qualify as “eligible independent contractors.” Among other requirements, an operator will qualify as an eligible independent contractor if it meets certain ownership tests with respect to us, and if, at the time the operator enters into a property management contract with a TRS or its TRS lessee with respect to one of our properties, the operator is actively engaged in the trade or business of operating “qualified lodging facilities” (as defined below) for one or more persons not related to the REIT or its TRSs. No assurances can be provided that any of our current and future hotel managers will in fact comply with this requirement. Failure to comply with this requirement would require us to find other hotel managers for future contracts, and, if we hired a management company without knowledge of the failure, it could jeopardize our status as a REIT.

Finally, each property with respect to which our TRS lessees pay rent must be a “qualified lodging facility.” A “qualified lodging facility” is a hotel, motel or other establishment more than one-half of the dwelling units in which are used on a transient basis, including customary amenities and facilities, provided that no wagering activities are conducted at or in connection with such facility by any person who is engaged in the business of accepting wagers and who is legally authorized to engage in such business at or in connection with such facility. We believe that the properties that are leased to our TRS lessees are qualified lodging facilities. Although we intend to monitor future acquisitions and improvements of properties, REIT provisions of the Code provide no or only limited guidance for making determinations under the requirements for qualified lodging facilities, and there can be no assurance that these requirements will be satisfied.

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Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not permit any person to own more than 9.8% of our outstanding common stock or more than 9.8% of any outstanding class or series of our preferred stock, and attempts to acquire our common stock or any class or series of our preferred stock in excess of these 9.8% limits would not be effective without an exemption from these limits by our board of directors.

For us to qualify as a REIT under the Code, not more than 50% of the value of our outstanding stock may be owned directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (including certain entities treated as individuals for this purpose) during the last half of a taxable year.

For the purpose of assisting our qualification as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, among other purposes, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation prohibits beneficial or constructive ownership by any person of more than 9.8%, in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock or more than 9.8%, in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of any outstanding class or series of our preferred stock, which we refer to as the “ownership limit.” The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause shares of the outstanding common stock or preferred stock owned by a group of related persons to be deemed to be constructively owned by one person. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% of our outstanding common stock or any class or series of our preferred stock by a person could cause a person to own constructively in excess of 9.8% of our outstanding common stock or any class or series of our preferred stock, respectively, and thus violate the ownership limit. There can be no assurance that our board of directors, as permitted in the amended and restated certificate of incorporation, will not decrease this ownership limit in the future. Any attempt to own or transfer shares of our common stock or preferred stock in excess of the ownership limit without the consent of our board of directors will result either in the shares in excess of the limit being transferred by operation of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to a charitable trust, and the person who attempted to acquire such excess shares will not have any rights in such excess shares, or in the transfer being void.

The ownership limit may have the effect of precluding a change in control of us by a third party, even if such change in control would be in the best interests of our stockholders or would result in receipt of a premium to the price of our common stock (and even if such change in control would not reasonably jeopardize our REIT status). In addition, exemptions to the ownership limit may limit our board of directors’ power to grant further exemptions in the future.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation prohibits any person from owning shares of our stock to the extent such ownership would result in our failing to qualify as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity,” and, as a result, foreign persons collectively will be prohibited from owning more than 49.9% of our common stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation prohibits any person from beneficially owning shares of our stock to the extent such ownership would result in our failing to qualify as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity” within the meaning of Section 897(h) of the Code (a “Domestically Controlled REIT”). A Domestically Controlled REIT is a REIT in which less than 50% in value of the stock is held directly or indirectly by foreign persons. This restriction may have the effect of precluding certain transfers of our stock to a third party, even if such transfer would be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge effectively and may cause us to incur tax liabilities.

The REIT provisions of the Code substantially limit our ability to hedge our liabilities. Any income from a hedging transaction we enter into to manage risk of interest rate changes with respect to borrowings made or to be made to acquire or carry real estate assets (each such hedge, a “Borrowings Hedge”), or manage the risk of certain currency fluctuations (each such hedge, a “Currency Hedge”), if clearly identified under applicable Treasury Regulations, does not constitute “gross income” for purposes of the two gross income tests that we must satisfy in order to maintain our qualification as a REIT. Exclusion from the gross income tests also applies if we previously entered into a Borrowings Hedge or a Currency Hedge, a portion of the hedged indebtedness or property is disposed of, and in connection with such extinguishment or disposition we enter into a new “clearly identified” hedging transaction to offset the prior hedging position. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions, the income from those transactions is likely to be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of both of the gross income tests. As a result of these rules, we intend to limit our use of hedging techniques or implement those hedges through a domestic TRS. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our TRSs would be subject to tax on gains or it could expose us to greater risks associated with changes in interest rates than we would otherwise want to bear. In addition, losses in our TRSs will generally not provide any tax benefit, except for being carried forward against future taxable income as allowable under the Code in the TRSs. In this regard, losses in our TRSs arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 may only be deducted against 80% of future taxable income in the TRSs, in any one year.

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Dividends payable by REITs are taxed differently than other dividends.

The maximum U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to qualified dividend income payable from C corporations to certain non-corporate U.S. stockholders is currently 23.8% (taking into account the 3.8% Medicare tax applicable to net investment income). Dividends payable by REITs, however, generally are not qualified dividends and are taxed at ordinary income levels. Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2026, noncorporate U.S. stockholders may deduct 20% of their dividends from REITs (excluding qualified dividend income and capital gains dividends). This does not adversely affect the taxation of REIT dividends; however, the more favorable rates applicable to C corporation qualified dividends could cause certain non-corporate investors to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the shares of REITs, including our common stock.

We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could increase our tax liability, reduce our operating flexibility and reduce the price of our common stock.

Congress, the United States Treasury Department, the IRS and state legislatures and taxing authorities frequently review income tax legislation, regulations and other guidance. We cannot predict whether, when or to what extent new tax laws, regulations, interpretations or rulings will be adopted. Any legislative action may prospectively or retroactively modify our tax treatment and, therefore, may adversely affect taxation of us and our investors. We urge you to consult with your tax advisor with respect to the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in our shares. Although REITs receive certain tax advantages compared to entities taxed as C corporations, it is possible that future legislation would result in a REIT having fewer tax advantages, and it could become more advantageous for a company that invests in real estate to elect to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a C corporation. As a result, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides our board of directors with the power, under certain circumstances, to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election and cause us to be taxed as a C corporation, without the approval of our stockholders.

Even if we continue to qualify to be a REIT, we could be subject to tax on any recognized net built-in gains in our assets held before electing to be treated as a REIT.

We own appreciated assets that were held by Hilton, a C corporation, and were acquired by us in the spin-off from Hilton Parent in a transaction in which the adjusted tax basis of the assets in our hands was determined by reference to the adjusted basis of the assets in the hands of Hilton. If we dispose of any such appreciated assets during the five-year period following the effective date of our REIT election (January 4, 2017), we will be subject to tax at the highest corporate tax rates on the lesser of (i) the amount of gain that we recognize at the time of the sale or disposition; and (ii) the amount of gain that we would have recognized if we had sold the assets at the time that we acquired them  (i.e., the effective date of our REIT election ) (such gain referred to as “built-in gains”). We would be subject to this tax liability even if we maintain our status as a REIT. The amount of tax could be significant. Any recognized built-in gain will retain its character as ordinary income or capital gain and will be taken into account in determining REIT taxable income and our REIT distribution requirement. Any tax paid on the recognized built-in gain will reduce our REIT taxable income. We may choose not to sell appreciated assets we might otherwise sell during the five-year period in which the built-in gain tax applies to avoid the built-in gain tax. However, there can be no assurances that such a taxable transaction will not occur. If we sell such assets in a taxable transaction, the amount of corporate tax that we will pay will vary depending on the actual amount of net built-in gain in those assets as of the time we became a REIT. The same rules would apply to any assets we acquire in the future from a C corporation in a carryover basis transaction with built-in gain at the time of the acquisition by us. If we choose to dispose of any assets within the specified period, we will attempt to utilize various tax planning strategies, including Code Section 1031 like-kind exchanges, to mitigate the exposure to the built-in-gains tax. However, only real property sales are eligible for Section 1031 treatment. Gain from a sale of an asset occurring after the specified period ends will not be subject to this corporate level tax.

There are uncertainties relating to the E&P Dividend.

Hilton Parent allocated its accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) for periods prior to the spin-off between Hilton Parent, HGV Parent and us in a manner that, in its best judgment, was in accordance with the provisions of the Code. To comply with certain REIT qualification requirements, we declared a dividend to our stockholders to distribute our accumulated earnings and profits attributable to non-REIT years, including the earnings and profits allocated to us in connection with the spin-off. The calculation of the amount of earnings and profits was a complex factual and legal determination. We believe that our E&P Dividend satisfies the requirements relating to the distribution of our pre-REIT accumulated earnings and profits. No assurance can be given, however, that the IRS will agree with our or Hilton Parent’s calculation or allocation of earnings and profits to us. If the IRS is successful in asserting that we have additional amounts of pre-REIT earnings and profits, there are procedures generally available to cure any failure to distribute all of our pre-REIT earnings and profits, but there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully implement such procedures.

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Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents and Delaware law might discourage or delay acquisition attempts for us that stockholders might consider favorable.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws contains provisions that may make the merger or acquisition of our company more difficult without the approval of our board of directors. Among other things:

• the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock discussed under the caption “Description of Capital Stock—Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” prevent any person from acquiring more than 9.8% (in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of our outstanding common stock or more than 9.8% (in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any outstanding class or series of our preferred stock without the approval of our board of directors;

• although we do not have a stockholder rights plan, and would either submit any such plan to stockholders for ratification or cause such plan to expire within a year, these provisions would allow us to authorize the issuance of undesignated preferred stock in connection with a stockholder rights plan or otherwise, the terms of which may be established and the shares of which may be issued without stockholder approval, and which may include super voting, special approval, dividend, or other rights or preferences superior to the rights of the holders of common stock;

• these provisions prohibit stockholder action by written consent unless such action is recommended by all directors then in office;

• these provisions provide that our board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal our bylaws; and

• these provisions establish advance notice requirements for nominations for elections to our board or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at stockholder meetings.

These anti-takeover provisions could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company, including actions that our stockholders may deem advantageous, or negatively affect the trading price of our common stock. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and to cause us to take other corporate actions you desire.

The market price and trading volume of our common stock may fluctuate widely.

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly, depending upon many factors, some of which may be beyond our control, including, but not limited to:

• a shift in our investor base;

• our quarterly or annual earnings, or those of comparable companies;

• actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;

• our ability to obtain financing as needed;

• changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;

• changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretations or principles;

• announcements by us or our competitors of significant investments, acquisitions or dispositions;

• changes in earnings estimates by securities analysts or our ability to meet those estimates;

• the operating performance and stock price of comparable companies;

• overall market fluctuations;

• a decline in the real estate markets; and

• general economic conditions and other external factors.

Moreover, securities markets worldwide experience significant price and volume fluctuations. This market volatility, as well as general economic, market or political conditions, could reduce the market price of shares without regard to our operating performance. For example, the trading prices of equity securities issued by REITs historically have been affected by changes in market interest rates. One of the factors that may influence the market price of our common stock is the annual yield from distributions on our common stock as compared to yields on other financial instruments. An increase in market interest rates, or a decrease in our

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distributions to stockholders, may lead prospective purchasers of shares of our common stock to demand a higher distribution rate or seek alternative investments. As a result, if interest rates rise, it is likely that the market price of our common stock will decrease as market rates on interest-bearing securities increase. In addition, our operating results could be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors, and in response the market price of our shares could decrease significantly. The market value of the equity securities of a REIT is also based upon the market’s perception of the REIT’s growth potential and its current and potential future cash distributions, whether from operations, sales or refinancings, and is secondarily based upon the real estate market value of the underlying assets. For that reason, our common stock may trade at prices that are higher or lower than our net asset value per share. To the extent we retain operating cash flow for investment purposes, working capital reserves or other purposes, these retained funds, while increasing the value of our underlying assets, may not correspondingly increase the market price of our common stock. Our failure to meet the market’s expectations with regard to future earnings and cash distributions likely would adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

The stock ownership limits imposed by the Code for REITs and our amended and restated certificate of incorporation restrict stock transfers and/or business combination opportunities.

In order for us to maintain our qualification as a REIT under the Code, not more than 50% in value of our outstanding stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities) at any time during the last half of each taxable year. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, with certain exceptions, authorizes our board of directors to take the actions that are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT. Unless exempted by our board of directors, no person or entity (other than a person or entity who has been granted an exception) may directly or indirectly, beneficially own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.8%, in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding common stock, or more than 9.8%, in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of any outstanding class or series of our preferred stock.

Our board may, in its sole discretion, grant an exemption to the ownership limits, subject to certain conditions and the receipt by our board of certain representations and undertakings. In addition, our board of directors may change the share ownership limits. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation also prohibits any person from: (1) beneficially or constructively owning, as determined by applying certain attribution rules of the Code, our stock if that would result in us being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT; (2) beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock that would cause any person, including Hilton Parent, to fail to qualify as our eligible independent contractor; (3) transferring stock if such transfer would result in our stock being owned by fewer than 100 persons; and (4) beneficially owning shares of our stock to the extent such ownership would result in our failing to qualify as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity” within the meaning of Section 897(h) of the Code. The stock ownership limits contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation key off the ownership at any time by any “person,” which term includes entities, and take into account direct and indirect ownership as determined under various ownership attribution rules in the Code. The stock ownership limits also might delay or prevent a transaction or a change in our control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

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Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

None.

Item 2. Properties.

Our Properties

The following table provides a list of our portfolio as of February 27, 2020:

Location	Type(1)	Ownership Percentage	Rooms
Arizona
Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport	GL	100%		182
California
Hilton San Francisco Union Square	FS	100%		1,921
Hilton San Diego Bayfront	JV, GL	25%		1,190
Parc 55 San Francisco - a Hilton Hotel	FS	100%		1,024
DoubleTree Hotel San Jose	FS	100%		505
DoubleTree Hotel Ontario Airport	FS	67%		482
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina	GL	100%		438
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines	JV, GL	25%		394
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort	FS	50%		360
Hilton Oakland Airport	GL	100%		360
Le Meridien San Francisco	FS	100%		360
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square	GL	100%		344
Hyatt Centric Fisherman's Wharf	FS	100%		316
DoubleTree Hotel San Diego – Mission Valley	GL	100%		300
DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country	GL	100%		245
Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection	FS	100%		224
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter	FS	100%		210
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles	FS	100%		193
Hotel Adagio - Autograph Collection	FS	100%		171
Hilton Garden Inn LAX/El Segundo	FS	100%		162
Colorado
Hilton Denver City Center	FS(2)	100%		613
DoubleTree Hotel Durango	GL	100%		159
District of Columbia
Capital Hilton	JV, FS	25%		550
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill / Navy Yard	FS	100%		204
Florida
Hilton Orlando	JV, FS	20%		1,424
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek	FS	100%		1,009
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista	GL	100%		814
Hilton Miami Airport	FS	100%		508
Waldorf Astoria Orlando	FS	100%		502
Royal Palm South Beach Miami - a Tribute Portfolio Resort	FS	100%		393
Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort	FS	100%		311
The Reach Key West, Curio Collection	FS	100%		150
Hawaii
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort	FS(2)	100%		2,860
Hilton Waikoloa Village	FS(2)	100%		644

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Location	Type(1)	Ownership Percentage	Rooms
Illinois
Hilton Chicago	FS	100%		1,544
W Chicago - Lakeshore	FS	100%		520
W Chicago - City Center	FS	100%		403
Hilton Chicago/Oak Brook Suites	FS	100%		211
Hilton Garden Inn Chicago/Oak Brook Terrace	FS	100%		128
Louisiana
Hilton New Orleans Riverside	FS(2)	100%		1,622
W New Orleans - French Quarter	FS	100%		97
Massachusetts
Hilton Boston Logan Airport	GL	100%		604
Hyatt Regency Boston	FS	100%		502
Boston Marriott Newton	FS	100%		430
Missouri
Embassy Suites Kansas City Plaza	GL	100%		266
Nevada
DoubleTree Hotel Las Vegas Airport	JV, FS(2)	50%		190
New Jersey
Hilton Short Hills	FS	100%		314
Embassy Suites Secaucus Meadowlands	JV, GL	50%		261
New York
New York Hilton Midtown	FS(2)	100%		1,878
Puerto Rico
Caribe Hilton	FS(2)	100%		652
Tennessee
Hampton Inn & Suites Memphis – Shady Grove	FS	100%		131
Texas
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South Congress	GL	100%		262
Utah
Hilton Salt Lake City Center	GL	100%		499
Virginia
DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC - Crystal City	FS	100%		627
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner	FS	100%		458
Embassy Suites Alexandria Old Town	JV, FS(2)	50%		288
Washington
DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport	GL	100%		850
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center	GL	100%		396
DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center	FS	10%		375
Homewood Suites Seattle Convention Center Pike Street	FS	100%		195
Total				33,225

⁽¹⁾ “FS” refers to fee simple ownership interest; “GL” refers to ground lease; “JV” refers to unconsolidated joint venture.

⁽²⁾ Certain portions of land or facilities are subject to lease.

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Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

We are involved in various claims and lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which include claims for substantial sums, including proceedings involving tort and other general liability claims, employee claims and consumer protection claims. Most occurrences involving liability, claims of negligence and employees are covered by insurance with solvent insurance carriers. For those matters not covered by insurance, which include commercial matters, we recognize a liability when we believe the loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated. The ultimate results of claims and litigation cannot be predicted with certainty. We believe we have adequate reserves against such matters. We currently believe that the ultimate outcome of such lawsuits and proceedings will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or liquidity. However, depending on the amount and timing, an unfavorable resolution of some or all of these matters could materially affect our future results of operations in a particular period.

Additionally, the Distribution Agreement and Tax Matters Agreement provides for cross-indemnities that, except as otherwise provided in the Distribution Agreement and Tax Matters Agreement, are principally designed to place financial responsibility for the obligations and liabilities between Hilton, Hilton Grand Vacations and the Company with the appropriate company. See “Spin-off Related Agreements – Distribution Agreement” and “– Tax Matters Agreement.”

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

Our common stock began “regular way” trading on the NYSE under the symbol "PK" on January 4, 2017.

Shareholder Information

At February 24, 2020, we had 16 holders of record of our common stock. However, because our common stock is held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we believe there are substantially more beneficial holders of our common stock than record holders.

In order to comply with certain requirements related to our qualification as a REIT, subject to certain exceptions, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that no person may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% (in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of our outstanding common stock or more than 9.8% (in value or by number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any outstanding class or series of our preferred stock.

Distribution Information

In order to maintain our qualification for taxation as a REIT, we intend to distribute annually at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gain). To avoid paying tax on our income, we intend to make distributions of all, or substantially all, of our REIT taxable income (including net capital gains) to our stockholders. We declare regular quarterly cash dividends and expect to continue paying regular cash dividends on a quarterly basis.

Our future distributions will be at the sole discretion of our board of directors. When determining the amount of future distributions, we expect that our board of directors will consider, among other factors, (1) the amount required to be distributed to maintain our status as a REIT, (2) the amount of cash generated from our operating activities, (3) our expectations of future cash flows, (4) our determination of near-term cash needs for debt repayments, existing or future share repurchases, and selective acquisitions of new properties, (5) the timing of significant capital investments and expenditures and the establishment of any cash reserves, (6) our ability to continue to access additional sources of capital, (7) any limitations on our distributions contained in our debt agreements, including, without limitation, in our anticipated senior unsecured credit facilities, and (8) the sufficiency of legally available assets.

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Share Performance Graph

The following graph compares our cumulative total stockholder return since January 4, 2017 against the cumulative total returns of the Standard and Poor’s Corporation Composite 500 Index (“S&P 500 Index”) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trust (“Nareit”) Equity Index. The graph assumes an initial investment of $100 in our common stock and each of the indexes on January 4, 2017, and that all dividends and other distributions were reinvested.

	1/4/2017		12/31/2017		12/31/2018		12/31/2019
Park Hotels and Resorts Inc.	$	100.00	$	111.56	$	108.81	$	117.89
S&P 500 Index		100.00		117.74		110.40		142.28
Nareit Equity Index		100.00		105.23		100.36		126.45

This performance graph shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or incorporated by reference into any filing by us under the Securities Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

We did not sell any securities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities

We did not receive any proceeds from registered securities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliate Purchasers

Record Date	Total number of shares purchased(1)		Weighted average price paid per share(1)		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs	Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
January 1, 2019 through January 31, 2019		7	$	25.58	N/A	N/A
February 1, 2019 through February 28, 2019		77,411	$	31.82	N/A	N/A
March 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019		6,560	$	31.52	N/A	N/A
April 1, 2019 through April 30, 2019		—	$	—	N/A	N/A
May 1, 2019 through May 31, 2019		2,016	$	32.54	N/A	N/A
June 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019		29	$	27.70	N/A	N/A
July 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019		66	$	27.85	N/A	N/A
August 1, 2019 through August 31, 2019		8,820	$	26.09	N/A	N/A
September 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019		15,683	$	25.36	N/A	N/A
October 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019		78	$	23.97	N/A	N/A
November 1, 2019 through November 30, 2019		15	$	24.11	N/A	N/A
December 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019		—	$	—	N/A	N/A
		110,685

⁽¹⁾ The number of shares purchased represents shares of common stock surrendered by certain of our employees to satisfy their federal and state tax obligations associated with the vesting of restricted common stock. With respect to these shares, the weighted average price paid per share is based on the closing price of our common stock on the trading date immediately prior to the date of delivery of the shares. No shares of common stock were repurchased pursuant to the Company’s previously announced stock repurchase program.

Stock Repurchase Program

In February 2019, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program allowing us to repurchase up to $300 million of our common stock over a two-year period, ending in February 2021.  Stock repurchases, if any, would be made through open market purchases, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading programs, in privately negotiated transactions, or in such other manner that would comply with applicable securities laws. The timing of stock repurchases and the number of shares to be repurchased will depend upon prevailing market conditions and other factors. No stock repurchases have been made to date under this program.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

The selected financial data for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 are derived from audited consolidated financial statements. This selected financial data is not necessarily indicative of our future performance and does not necessarily reflect what our financial position and results of operations would have been had we been operating as an independent, publicly traded company during the periods presented prior to the spin-off date of January 3, 2017. For example, our pre-spin consolidated financial statements include allocations of certain expenses from Hilton, including expenses for costs related to functions such as information technology support, systems maintenance, financial services, human resources and other shared services. These costs may not be representative of the future costs we will incur, either positively or negatively, as an independent, public company.

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The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the three years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017		2016		2015
	(in millions)
Statement of Operations Data:
Total revenues	$	2,844	$	2,737	$	2,791	$	2,727	$	2,688
Operating income		426		504		371		419		586
Net income		316		477		2,631		139		299
Net income attributable to stockholders		306		472		2,625		133		292
Earnings per share:
Earnings per share - Basic(1)	$	1.44	$	2.32	$	12.38	$	0.67	$	1.48
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)	$	1.44	$	2.31	$	12.21	$	0.67	$	1.48
Dividends declared per common share	$	1.90	$	2.74	$	1.84	$	—	$	—
Balance Sheet Data:
Total assets	$	11,290	$	9,363	$	9,714	$	9,834	$	9,787
Debt		3,871		2,948		2,961		3,012		4,057
Total equity		6,451		5,586		5,962		3,823		2,797

⁽¹⁾ For 2016 and prior, per share amounts were calculated using the number of shares of common stock outstanding upon the completion of the spin-off. Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented.

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements, related notes included thereto and Item 1A., “Risk Factors,” appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. For the discussion and analysis of our 2017 financial condition and results of operations compared to 2018, refer to Item 7., “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Overview

We have a diverse portfolio of iconic and market-leading hotels and resorts with significant underlying real estate value. We currently hold investments in entities that have ownership or leasehold interests in 60 hotels, consisting of premium-branded hotels and resorts with over 33,000 rooms, of which over 86% are luxury and upper upscale and are located in prime U.S. markets and its territories. Our high-quality portfolio includes hotels in major urban and convention areas, such as New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, New Orleans and Denver; premier resorts in key leisure destinations, including Hawaii, Orlando, Key West and Miami Beach; and hotels adjacent to major gateway airports, such as Los Angeles International, Boston Logan International and Miami International, as well as hotels in select suburban locations.

Our objective is to be the preeminent lodging real estate investment trust (“REIT”), focused on consistently delivering superior, risk-adjusted returns to stockholders through active asset management and a thoughtful external growth strategy while maintaining a strong and flexible balance sheet. As a pure-play real estate company with direct access to capital and independent financial resources, we believe our enhanced ability to implement compelling return on investment initiatives within our portfolio represents a significant embedded growth opportunity. Finally, given our scale and investment expertise, we believe we will be able to successfully execute single-asset and portfolio acquisitions and dispositions to further enhance the value and diversification of our assets throughout the lodging cycle, including potentially taking advantage of the economies of scale that could come from consolidation in the lodging REIT industry.

We operate our business through two operating segments, our consolidated hotels and unconsolidated hotels. Our consolidated hotels operating segment is our only reportable segment. Refer to Note 15: “Geographic and Business Segment Information” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding our operating segments.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements reflect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Refer to Note 2: “Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Outlook

Gross domestic product (“GDP”) increased 2.1% during the fourth quarter of 2019 due to increases in federal, state and local government spending, personal consumption expenditures, residential fixed investments, and exports. Non-residential fixed business investment, a leading indicator of RevPAR performance, declined 1.5% during the quarter. Despite this decline, RevPAR for our comparable hotels increased 2.0% for the year ended December 31, 2019.  Our ability to experience continued RevPAR growth in 2020 depends on various factors, including the strength of group and transient demand and the timing of completion of renovation projects at several of our hotels.  In addition, RevPAR growth and profitability will depend on several macroeconomic factors, including corporate profitability, consumer confidence, the unemployment rate (and resulting increase in wages) and GDP growth, coupled with supply growth and increased popularity of online booking services and short-term lodging websites, as well as certain conditions beyond our control that shape public perception of travel, including the 2019 Novel Coronavirus. We may experience a negative impact on 2020 RevPAR growth arising from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak but the full extent of such impact is not yet known.

Recent Events

On September 18, 2019, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2019, by and among Park Parent, PK Domestic, Merger Sub and Chesapeake. Chesapeake merged with and into Merger Sub. Our Operating Company continues to directly or indirectly, hold all of our assets and conduct all of our operations. Park Parent owns 100% of the interests in our Operating Company.

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In November 2019, we and the other owners of the entity that owns the Conrad Dublin closed on the sale of our ownership interests in the entity that owns the hotel for gross proceeds of approximately $128 million. Our pro-rata share of the gross proceeds was approximately $61 million. In December 2019, we sold the Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles for gross proceeds of $117 million and the Le Meridien New Orleans for gross proceeds of $84 million. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Additionally, in December 2019, we terminated the ground lease on the Hilton Sheffield Hotel. Refer to Note 4: “Property and Equipment” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

The proceeds from the sales of the Conrad Dublin, Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles and Le Meridian New Orleans were used to pay down $230 million of debt. Refer to Note 7: “Debt” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

In February 2020, we sold the Hilton São Paulo Morumbi for gross proceeds of approximately $118 million and the Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown for gross proceeds of approximately $90 million. Upon the sale of the Hilton São Paulo Morumbi, we no longer have any international hotels in our portfolio.

Principal Components of and Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

Revenues

Revenues from our hotels are primarily derived from two categories of customers: transient and group, which account for approximately two thirds and one third, respectively, of our rooms revenue. Transient guests are individual travelers who are traveling for business or leisure. Group guests are traveling for group events that reserve rooms for meetings, conferences or social functions sponsored by associations, corporate, social, military, educational, religious or other organizations. Group business usually includes a block of room accommodations, as well as other ancillary services, such as meeting facilities, catering and banquet services. A majority of our food and beverage sales and other ancillary services are provided to customers who also are occupying rooms at our hotels. As a result, occupancy affects all components of revenues from our hotels.

Principal Components

Rooms. Represents the sale of room rentals at our hotels and accounts for a substantial majority of our total revenue.

Food and beverage. Represents revenue from group functions, which may include both banquet revenue and audio and visual revenue, as well as revenue from outlets such as restaurants and lounges at our hotels.

Ancillary hotel. Represents revenue for guest services provided at our hotels, including parking, telecommunications, golf course and spa. Also includes tenant leases and other rental revenue.

Other. Represents revenue related to our laundry business and support services we provide to Hilton Grand Vacations (“HGV”) timeshare properties that have a presence within or adjacent to certain of our hotels, which include cost reimbursements for the costs of providing housekeeping, landscaping, general maintenance and other services plus a fee representing a percentage of cost reimbursements.

Factors Affecting our Revenues

Consumer demand. Consumer demand for our products and services is closely linked to the performance of the general economy and is sensitive to business and personal discretionary spending levels. Leading indicators of demand include gross domestic product, non-residential fixed investment and the consumer price index. Declines in consumer demand due to adverse general economic conditions, reductions in travel patterns, lower consumer confidence, outbreaks of pandemic or contagious diseases, including the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, and adverse political conditions can lower the revenues and profitability of our hotels. Further, competition for guests and the supply of services at our hotels affect our ability to sustain or increase rates charged to customers at our hotels. As a result, changes in consumer demand and general business cycles have historically subjected and could in the future subject our revenues to significant volatility. In addition, leisure travelers make up the majority of our transient demand. Therefore, we will be significantly more affected by trends in leisure travel than trends in business travel.

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Supply. New room supply is an important factor that can affect the lodging industry’s performance. Room rates and occupancy, and thus RevPAR, tend to increase when demand growth exceeds supply growth. The addition of new competitive hotels and resorts affects the ability of existing hotels and resorts to sustain or grow RevPAR, and thus profits. New development is determined largely by construction costs, the availability of financing and expected performance of existing hotels and resorts.

Expenses

Principal Components

Rooms. These costs include housekeeping, reservation systems, room supplies, laundry services at our hotels and front desk costs.

Food and beverage. These costs primarily include food, beverage and the associated labor and will correlate closely with food and beverage revenues.

Other departmental and support. These costs include labor and other costs associated with other ancillary revenue, such as parking, telecommunications, golf course and spa, as well as labor and other costs associated with administrative departments, sales and marketing, repairs and minor maintenance and utility costs. Additionally, these costs include franchise fees and are generally computed as a percentage of rooms revenues. Refer to Item 1: “Business – Our Principal Agreements,” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information on franchise fees.

Other property-level. These costs consist primarily of real and personal property taxes, other local taxes, ground rent, equipment rent and property insurance.

Management fees. Base management fees are computed as a percentage of gross revenue. Incentive management fees generally are paid if specified financial performance targets are achieved. Refer to Item 1: “Business – Our Principal Agreements,” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net. Casualty losses are expenses that represent losses incurred resulting from property damage or destruction caused by any sudden, unexpected or unusual event such as a hurricane. Casualty gains are insurance proceeds for property damage claims that are in excess of any associated impairment loss recognized and clean-up and recovery costs incurred, less any insurance deductible. Impairment losses are non-cash expenses that are recognized when circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a long-lived asset is not recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the excess of the carrying value over the fair value of the asset.

Depreciation and amortization. These are non-cash expenses that primarily consist of depreciation of fixed assets such as buildings, furniture, fixtures and equipment at our hotels and certain assets from our laundry facilities, as well as amortization of finite lived intangible assets.

Corporate general & administrative. These costs include general and administrative expenses, including costs associated with the potential disposition of hotels. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation expense for our corporate staff and personnel supporting our business, professional fees, travel and entertainment expenses, and office administrative and related expenses.

Acquisition costs. These costs include expenses associated with our hotel acquisitions.

Other. These costs include expenses for our laundry business and costs to provide support services to certain HGV timeshare properties.

Factors Affecting our Costs and Expenses

Variable expenses. Expenses associated with our room expense and food and beverage expense are mainly affected by occupancy and correlate closely with their respective revenues. These expenses can increase based on increases in salaries and wages, as well as on the level of service and amenities that are provided. Additionally, food and beverage expense is affected by the mix of business between banquet, catering and outlet sales.

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Fixed expenses. Many of the other expenses associated with our hotels are relatively fixed. These expenses include portions of rent expense, property taxes and insurance. Since we generally are unable to decrease these costs significantly or rapidly when demand for our hotels decreases, any resulting decline in our revenues can have a greater adverse effect on our net cash flow, margins and profits. This effect can be especially pronounced during periods of economic contraction or slow economic growth. The effectiveness of any cost-cutting efforts is limited by the amount of fixed costs inherent in our business. As a result, we may not be able to successfully offset revenue reductions through cost cutting. The individuals employed at certain of our hotels are party to collective bargaining agreements with our hotel managers that may also limit the manager’s ability to make timely staffing or labor changes in response to declining revenues. In addition, any efforts to reduce costs, or to defer or cancel capital improvements, could adversely affect the economic value of our hotels. We have taken steps to reduce our fixed costs to levels we believe are appropriate to maximize profitability and respond to market conditions without jeopardizing the overall customer experience or the value of our hotels.

Changes in depreciation and amortization expense. Changes in depreciation expense are due to renovations of existing hotels, acquisition or development of new hotels, the disposition of existing hotels through sale or closure or changes in estimates of the useful lives of our assets. As we place new assets into service, we will be required to recognize additional depreciation expense on those assets.

Key Business Metrics Used by Management

Occupancy

Occupancy represents the total number of room nights sold divided by the total number of room nights available at a hotel or group of hotels. Occupancy measures the utilization of our hotels’ available capacity. Management uses occupancy to gauge demand at a specific hotel or group of hotels in a given period. Occupancy levels also help us determine achievable Average Daily Rate (“ADR”) levels as demand for rooms increases or decreases.

Average Daily Rate

ADR represents rooms revenue divided by total number of room nights sold in a given period. ADR measures average room price attained by a hotel and ADR trends provide useful information concerning the pricing environment and the nature of the customer base of a hotel or group of hotels. ADR is a commonly used performance measure in the hotel industry, and we use ADR to assess pricing levels that we are able to generate by type of customer, as changes in rates have a more pronounced effect on overall revenues and incremental profitability than changes in occupancy, as described above.

Revenue per Available Room

Revenue per Available Room (“RevPAR”) represents rooms revenue divided by the total number of room nights available to guests for a given period. We consider RevPAR to be a meaningful indicator of our performance as it provides a metric correlated to two primary and key factors of operations at a hotel or group of hotels: occupancy and ADR. RevPAR is also a useful indicator in measuring performance over comparable periods for comparable hotels.

References to RevPAR, ADR and occupancy are presented on a comparable basis and references to RevPAR and ADR are presented on a currency neutral basis (prior periods are reflected using current period exchange rates), unless otherwise noted.

Comparable Hotels Data

We present certain data for our hotels on a comparable hotel basis as supplemental information for investors. We define our comparable hotels as those that: (i) were active and operating in our portfolio since January 1st of the previous year; and (ii) have not sustained substantial property damage or business interruption, have not undergone large-scale capital projects or for which comparable results are not available. We present comparable hotel results to help us and our investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of our comparable hotels.

2019 Comparable Hotels

Of the 55 hotels that we consolidated as of December 31, 2019, 38 hotels have been classified as comparable hotels. Due to the effects of business interruption from Hurricane Maria at the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico during the first half of 2019, the results from that property were excluded from our comparable hotels. Our comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019 also excludes 18 hotels acquired through the Merger (two of which were subsequently sold), one hotel returned to the lessor after the expiration of the ground lease in December 2018, one hotel returned to the lessor upon early termination of the ground lease in December 2019, and five consolidated hotels that were sold in 2019.

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Comparable Hotel Operating Statistics

The following table represents the key hotel operating statistics for our comparable hotels for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. This table includes information from all of the comparable hotels we owned as of December 31, 2019.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018
Comparable RevPAR	$	183.46		$	179.79
Comparable Occupancy		82.7	%		82.2	%
Comparable ADR	$	221.90		$	219.01

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We also evaluate the performance of our business through certain other financial measures that are not recognized under U.S. GAAP. Each of these non-GAAP financial measures should be considered by investors as supplemental measures to GAAP performance measures such as total revenues, operating profit and net income.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA

EBITDA, presented herein, reflects net income excluding depreciation and amortization, interest income, interest expense, income taxes and also interest expense, income tax and depreciation and amortization included in equity in earnings from investments in affiliates.

Adjusted EBITDA, presented herein, is calculated as EBITDA, further adjusted to exclude:

• Gains or losses on sales of assets for both consolidated and unconsolidated investments;

• Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions;

• Transition expense related to our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company;

• Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;

• Severance expense;

• Share-based compensation expense;

• Casualty gains or losses and impairment losses; and

• Other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance.

Hotel Adjusted EBITDA measures hotel-level results before debt service, depreciation and corporate expenses for our consolidated hotels, including both comparable and non-comparable hotels but excluding hotels owned by unconsolidated affiliates, and is a key measure of our profitability. We present Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to help us and our investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of our consolidated hotels.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized terms under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss) or other measures of financial performance or liquidity derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, our definitions of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

We believe that EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA provide useful information to investors about us and our financial condition and results of operations for the following reasons: (i) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA are among the measures used by our management team to make day-to-day operating decisions and evaluate our operating performance between periods and between REITs by removing the effect of our capital structure (primarily interest expense) and asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization) from our operating results; and (ii) EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties as a common performance measure to compare results or estimate valuations across companies in our industry.

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EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered either in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) or other methods of analyzing our operating performance and results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our interest expense;

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our income tax expense;

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the effect on earnings or changes resulting from matters that we consider not to be indicative of our future operations; and

• other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

We do not use or present EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA as measures of our liquidity or cash flow. These measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered either in isolation or as a substitute for cash flow or other methods of analyzing our cash flows and liquidity as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our indebtedness;

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the cash requirements to pay our taxes;

• EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect historical cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; and

• although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements.

Because of these limitations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as discretionary cash available to us to reinvest in the growth of our business or as measures of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations.

The following table provides the components of Hotel Adjusted EBITDA:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)
	(in millions)
Comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA	$	734	$	713
Non-comparable Hotel Adjusted EBITDA		68		48
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA	$	802	$	761

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of Net income to Hotel Adjusted EBITDA:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Net income	$	316		$	477
Depreciation and amortization expense		264			277
Interest income		(6	)		(6	)
Interest expense		140			127
Income tax expense		35			23
Interest expense, income tax and depreciation and    amortization included in equity in earnings from    investments in affiliates		23			26
EBITDA		772			924
Gain on sales of assets, net		(19	)		(96	)
Gain on sale of investments in affiliates(1)		(44	)		(107	)
Loss on foreign currency transactions		1			3
Transition expense		—			3
Acquisition costs		70			—
Severance expense		2			2
Share-based compensation expense		16			16
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net		(18	)		(1	)
Other items		6			10
Adjusted EBITDA		786			754
Less: Adjusted EBITDA from investments in affiliates		37			45
Less: All other(2)		(53	)		(52	)
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA	$	802		$	761

⁽¹⁾ Included in other gain, net.

⁽²⁾ Includes other revenues and other expenses, non-income taxes on TRS leases included in other property-level expenses and corporate general and administrative expenses.

Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders

We present Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Nareit FFO per diluted share (defined as set forth below) as non-GAAP measures of our performance. We calculate funds from operations (“FFO”) attributable to stockholders for a given operating period in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”), as net income or loss attributable to stockholders (calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP), excluding depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on sales of assets, impairment, and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, plus adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures are calculated to reflect our pro rata share of the FFO of those entities on the same basis. As noted by Nareit in its December 2018 “Nareit Funds from Operations White Paper – 2018 Restatement,” since real estate values historically have risen or fallen with market conditions, many industry investors have considered presentation of operating results for real estate companies that use historical cost accounting to be insufficient by themselves. For these reasons, Nareit adopted the FFO metric in order to promote an industry-wide measure of REIT operating performance. We believe Nareit FFO provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance and can facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and between REITs. Our presentation may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the terms in accordance with the current Nareit definition, or that interpret the current Nareit definition differently than we do. We calculate Nareit FFO per diluted share as our Nareit FFO divided by the number of fully diluted shares outstanding during a given operating period.

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We also present Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO per diluted share when evaluating our performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance. Management historically has made the adjustments detailed below in evaluating our performance and in our annual budget process. We believe that the presentation of Adjusted FFO provides useful supplemental information that is beneficial to an investor’s complete understanding of our operating performance. We adjust Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders for the following items, which may occur in any period, and refer to this measure as Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders:

• Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions;

• Transition expense related to our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company;

• Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;

• Severance expense;

• Share-based compensation expense;

• Casualty gains or losses; and

• Other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance.

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income attributable to stockholders to Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders and Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Net income attributable to stockholders	$	306		$	472
Depreciation and amortization expense		264			277
Depreciation and amortization expense attributable to    noncontrolling interests		(4	)		(4	)
Gain on sales of assets, net		(19	)		(96	)
Gain on sale of investments in affiliates(1)		(44	)		(107	)
Equity investment adjustments:
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		(14	)		(18	)
Pro rata FFO of investments in affiliates		31			34
Nareit FFO attributable to stockholders		520			558
Loss on foreign currency transactions		1			3
Casualty gain, net		(18	)		(1	)
Transition expense		—			3
Acquisition costs		70			—
Severance expense		2			2
Share-based compensation expense		16			16
Other items(2)		22			22
Adjusted FFO attributable to stockholders	$	613		$	603
Nareit FFO per share - Diluted(3)	$	2.44		$	2.73
Adjusted FFO per share - Diluted(3)	$	2.88		$	2.96

⁽¹⁾ Included in other gain, net.

⁽²⁾ For 2019, includes $15 million of income tax expense associated with the sales of hotels in 2019. For 2018, includes $13 million of income tax expense primarily attributable to an additional built-in gain deferred tax liability as a result of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which prohibits the sale of ancillary hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment to be included in a like-kind exchange.

⁽³⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented.

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Results of Operations

The following items have had a significant effect on the year-over-year comparability of our operations and are further discussed in the sections below:

• Dispositions: During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we sold 7 hotels (including two hotels acquired as part of the Merger) and 12 consolidated hotels, respectively. Additionally, we no longer lease the Hilton Sheffield Hotel and the Hilton Chicago O’Hare as of December 2019 and 2018, respectively.  The results of operations during our period of ownership of these hotels are included within non-comparable revenues and operating expenses.

• Acquisitions: On September 18, 2019, we acquired 18 hotels through the Merger. We subsequently sold two of the acquired hotels, which are now included as part of our disposed portfolio. The results of operations during our period of ownership of the remaining 16 hotels are included within non-comparable revenues and operating expenses.

• Hurricane Maria: As a result of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, the Caribe Hilton sustained significant damage and was closed for all of 2018 and reopened on May 15, 2019. The increase in hotel revenues and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 as a result of the closure in 2018 are included within non-comparable revenues and operating expenses.

Revenue

Rooms

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable rooms revenue	$	1,611	$	1,580		2.0	%
Non-comparable rooms revenue		160		136		17.6
Total rooms revenue	$	1,771	$	1,716		3.2	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Comparable rooms revenue increased $31 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 primarily as a result of an increase in comparable hotel RevPAR of 2.0%. The increase in RevPAR during the year ended December 31, 2019 was primarily due to an increase in group and contract revenues of 7.1% and 8.9%, respectively, partially offset by a decrease in transient revenue of 1.2%. The increase in group and contract revenue was primarily a result of an increase in demand and rate.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the overall increase in RevPAR for our comparable hotels was primarily a result of increases at our Hawaii and San Francisco hotels.  Our Hawaii hotels experienced an increase in RevPAR of 5.5% during the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily due to an increase in both group and transient business at the Hilton Waikoloa Village which previously experienced disruption caused by the 2018 volcanic activity on the Big Island beginning in May of 2018 as well as an increase in group business at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. San Francisco benefited primarily from a combined 24.4% increase in group revenue at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco. Additionally, RevPAR at our Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort during the year ended December 31, 2019 increased 19.5% from an increase in transient business following the renovation and repositioning of the hotel completed in April 2018.

The overall increase in RevPAR for our comparable hotels was partially offset by declines in RevPAR at our New York and Chicago hotels. The decline in RevPAR in New York was primarily attributable to a decrease in transient business at the New York Hilton Midtown. The decline in RevPAR at our Chicago hotels was primarily attributable to decreases in transient rate as well as group business at the Hilton Chicago resulting from fewer citywide room nights. Additionally, renovation displacement at The Reach, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, which underwent a conversion to a Curio branded hotel, resulted in a RevPAR decline of 26.6%.

Non-comparable rooms revenue increased $24 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily as a result of an increase of $105 million contributed by the hotels acquired through the Merger coupled with an increase of $15 million from the re-opening of the Caribe Hilton, partially offset by a decrease of $96 million as a result of our property dispositions.

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Food and beverage

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable food and beverage revenue	$	692	$	659		5.0	%
Non-comparable food and beverage revenue		51		54		(5.6	)
Total food and beverage revenue	$	743	$	713		4.2	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Comparable food and beverage revenue increased $33 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same periods in 2018 primarily as a result of an increase in banquet and catering revenue.

Ancillary hotel

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable ancillary hotel revenue	$	212	$	196		8.2	%
Non-comparable ancillary hotel revenue		41		40		2.5
Total ancillary hotel revenue	$	253	$	236		7.2	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Ancillary hotel revenue at our comparable hotels increased $16 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 as a result of an increase in resort and parking fees.

Other

	Year ended December 31,
	2019		2018		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Laundry revenue	$	11	$	14		(21.4	)%
Support service revenue		66		58		13.8
Total other revenue	$	77	$	72		6.9	%

Laundry revenue decreased during the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to the termination of unprofitable contracts with certain hotels. Support service revenue increased during the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to an increase in reimbursable costs from the services agreements with HGV at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort.

Operating Expenses

Rooms

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable rooms expense	$	425	$	412		3.2	%
Non-comparable rooms expense		42		37		13.5
Total rooms expense	$	467	$	449		4.0	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

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Rooms expense at our comparable hotels increased $13 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 primarily due to an increase in occupancy coupled with increased labor costs. Non-comparable rooms expense increased $5 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 as a result of the re-opening of the Caribe Hilton. Expenses recognized by hotels acquired through the Merger were offset by a reduction of expenses from hotels disposed of during 2019.

Food and beverage

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable food and beverage expense	$	479	$	458		4.6	%
Non-comparable food and beverage expense		39		37		5.4
Total food and beverage expense	$	518	$	495		4.6	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Food and beverage expense at our comparable hotels increased $21 million during the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 primarily as a result of increases in banquet and catering expenses associated with the increase in associated revenues.

Other departmental and support

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable other departmental and support expense	$	566	$	554		2.2	%
Non-comparable other departmental and support    expense		72		73		(1.4	)
Total other departmental and support expense	$	638	$	627		1.8	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Other departmental and support expense at our comparable hotels increased $12 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 as a result of increases in administrative and general and sales and marketing expenses primarily as a result of an increase in business and labor costs.  

Other property-level

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable other property-level expense	$	196	$	182		7.7	%
Non-comparable other property-level expense		23		25		(8.0	)
Total other property-level expense	$	219	$	207		5.8	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Other property-level expenses at our comparable hotels increased $14 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 as a result of increases in property insurance and property tax expense.

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Management fees

	Year ended December 31,
	2019(1)		2018(1)		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Comparable management fees expense	$	129	$	126		2.4	%
Non-comparable management fees expense		10		11		(9.1	)
Total management fees expense	$	139	$	137		1.5	%

⁽¹⁾ Based on our 2019 comparable hotels as of December 31, 2019.

Management fees at our comparable hotels increased $3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, compared to the same period in 2018 due to an increase in the revenues and profitability metrics that the base and incentive fees are calculated upon.

Casualty gain (loss) and impairment loss, net

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized a net gain of $18 million within casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, which includes a gain of $27 million for amounts recovered from insurance in excess of the insurance receivable and a loss of $9 million relating to property damage at certain of our hotels that we may not recover from insurers.

Corporate general and administrative

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		Percent Change
	(in millions)
General and administrative expenses	$	43	$	43		—	%
Share-based compensation expense		16		16		—
Transition expense		—		3		(100.0	)
Disposition costs		2		2		—
Severance expense		1		1		—
Total corporate general and administrative	$	62	$	65		(4.6	)%

Acquisition costs

Acquisition costs of $70 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, relate to costs incurred in connection with the Merger.

Other

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Laundry expense	$	16	$	18		(11.1	)%
Support services expense		62		55		12.7
Total other	$	78	$	73		6.8	%

Laundry expense decreased during the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to a reduction in costs following the termination of unprofitable contracts with certain hotels. Support service expense increased during the year ended December 31, 2019 primarily due to an increase in costs incurred for the services agreements with HGV at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort.

Gain on sales of assets, net

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized a net gain of $19 million as a result of the sale of seven of our consolidated hotels. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

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During the year ended December 31, 2018, we recognized a net gain of $96 million, including the reclassification of a currency translation adjustment of $31 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings, as a result of the sale of 12 of our consolidated hotels. Additionally, we recognized a $2 million loss as a result of the sale of furniture and equipment to the ground lessor at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport, in connection with the termination of the ground lease.

Non-operating Income and Expenses

Interest expense

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		Percent Change
	(in millions)
SF and HHV CMBS Loans(1)	$	85	$	85		—	%
Mortgage Loans		13		9		44.4	%
2016 Term Loan		29		26		11.5	%
2019 Term Facility(2)		8		—		100.0	%
Other		5		7		(28.6	)%
Total interest expense	$	140	$	127		10.2	%

⁽¹⁾ In October 2016, we entered into a $725 million CMBS loan secured by the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and the Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco (“SF CMBS Loan”) and a $1.275 billion CMBS loan secured by the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort (“HHV CMBS Loan”).

⁽²⁾ In August 2019, the Company, our Operating Company and PK Domestic entered into a credit agreement with Bank of America, N.A. and certain other lenders, providing a $950 million unsecured delayed draw term loan facility (the “2019 Term Facility”), with the $850 million, five-year delayed draw term loan tranche fully drawn on September 18, 2019 to fund the Merger.  The $100 million, two-year delayed draw term loan tranche was unfunded and the commitments thereunder terminated on September 18, 2019. On December 31, 2019, we prepaid $180 million of the 2019 Term Facility.

Interest expense increased as a result of $310 million in mortgage loans assumed in connection with the Merger and borrowings under the 2019 Term Facility to fund the Merger.

Our current debt outstanding is approximately $3.9 billion at a weighted average interest rate of 3.9%, of which approximately 64% is fixed-rate debt, refer to Item 7A: “Interest Rate Risk” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates

The decrease in 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 was primarily due to an impairment loss of $5 million recognized in 2019 related to one of our investments in affiliates.

Other gain, net

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized a net gain of $46 million, which is primarily due to the sale of our ownership interest in the Conrad Dublin. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we recognized a net gain of $102 million, which is primarily due to the sale of our interests in the unconsolidated affiliates that owned the Hilton Berlin. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information. in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Income tax expense

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		Percent Change
	(in millions)
Income tax expense	$	35	$	23		52.2	%

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Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes $15 million of income tax expense associated with the sales of hotels in 2019 and $9 million of income tax primarily associated with our taxable REIT subsidiaries.

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 includes $10 million of income tax primarily associated with our taxable REIT subsidiaries, $6 million of built-in gain tax recognized on the sales of hotels in 2018, and $10 million of deferred income tax expense from an additional built-in gain deferred tax liability resulting from the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which prohibits the sale of ancillary hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment to be included in a like-kind exchange.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Our sources of liquidity include cash flows from operations, cash and cash equivalents, borrowings under our revolving credit facility (“Revolver”) and issuing securities.  As of December 31, 2019, we had total cash and cash equivalents of $346 million and $40 million of restricted cash. Restricted cash primarily consists of cash restricted as to use by our debt agreements and reserves for capital expenditures in accordance with certain of our management agreements. In addition, we had $1 billion of available capacity remaining under our Revolver and the ability to raise capital through the issuance of securities under our shelf-registration statement on Form S-3.

Our known short-term liquidity requirements primarily consist of funds necessary to pay for operating expenses and other expenditures, including reimbursements to our hotel manager for payroll and related benefits, costs associated with the operation of our hotels, interest and scheduled principal payments on our outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures for renovations and maintenance at our hotels, and dividends to our stockholders. Our long-term liquidity requirements primarily consist of funds necessary to pay for scheduled debt maturities, capital improvements at our hotels, and costs associated with potential acquisitions.

Our commitments to fund capital expenditures for renovations and maintenance at our hotels will be funded by cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash to the extent permitted by our lending agreements and cash flow from operations. We have established reserves for capital expenditures (“FF&E reserve”) in accordance with our management and certain debt agreements. Generally, these agreements require that we fund 4% of hotel revenues into an FF&E reserve, unless such amounts have been incurred.

We finance our business activities primarily with existing cash and cash generated from our operations, and if necessary, short-term borrowing under our Revolver, or proceeds from public offerings of other securities. We believe that this cash will be adequate to meet anticipated requirements for operating expenses and capital expenditures for the foreseeable future. Our cash management objectives are to maintain the availability of liquidity, minimize operational costs, make debt payments and fund our capital expenditure programs and future acquisitions. Further, we have an investment policy that is focused on the preservation of capital and maximizing the return on new and existing investments.

Merger with Chesapeake

On September 18, 2019, the Merger was completed pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, and Chesapeake merged with and into Merger Sub. Each of Chesapeake’s common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share, was converted into $11.00 in cash and 0.628 of a share of our common stock. No fractional shares of common stock were issued in the Merger. The value of any fractional interests to which a Chesapeake shareholder would otherwise have been entitled was paid in cash. In August 2019, we entered into the 2019 Term Facility, which provided a $950 million Term Facility, with the $850 million, five-year delayed draw term loan tranche under the 2019 Term Facility fully drawn on September 18, 2019 to fund the Merger. The $100 million, two-year delayed draw term loan tranche under the 2019 Term Facility was not funded and the commitments thereunder terminated on September 18, 2019. In December 2019, we prepaid $180 million of the 2019 Term Facility. Refer to Note 1: “Organization” and Note 7: “Debt” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

We anticipate an increase in cash outflows as a result of the increased dividend payment requirements with respect to the 37.8 million shares of our common stock issued to Chesapeake common shareholders on September 18, 2019 as part of the consideration for the Merger. We expect to fund the dividends from increased cash flows generated from the hotels acquired in the Merger.

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Stock Repurchase Program

In February 2019, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program allowing us to repurchase up to $300 million of our common stock over a two-year period, ending in February 2021.  Stock repurchases, if any, would be made through open market purchases, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading programs, in privately negotiated transactions, or in such other manner that would comply with applicable securities laws. The timing of stock repurchases and the number of shares to be repurchased will depend upon prevailing market conditions and other factors. No stock repurchases have been made to date using this program.

Sources and Uses of Our Cash and Cash Equivalents

The following tables summarize our net cash flows and key metrics related to our liquidity:

	Year Ended December 31,						Percent Change
	2019			2018			2019 vs. 2018
	(in millions)
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	499		$	444			12.4	%
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(635	)		419		NM(1)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		97			(816	)	NM(1)

⁽⁴⁾ Percentage change is not meaningful.

Operating Activities

Cash flow from operating activities are primarily generated from the operating income generated at our hotels.

The $55 million increase in net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to the year ended December 31, 2018 was primarily due to a $48 million decrease in cash paid for income taxes.

Investing Activities

The $635 million in net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 was primarily attributable to the $914 million used in the acquisition of Chesapeake and $240 million used for capital expenditures for property and equipment at our hotels, partially offset by $480 million in net proceeds received from the sale of hotels.  

The $419 million in net cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2018 was primarily attributable to the $519 million in net proceeds received from the sale of hotels and $88 million of insurance proceeds received for property damage claims, partially offset by $178 million used for capital expenditures for property and equipment at our hotels.  

Financing Activities

The $97 million in net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2019 is primarily attributable to borrowings of $850 million from the 2019 Term Facility entered into in September 2019 to fund the Merger, partially offset by the repayment of $232 million of outstanding debt and $494 million in dividends paid.

The $816 million in net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2018 is primarily attributable to the repurchase of 14,000,000 shares of our common stock for $348 million, coupled with $464 million in dividends paid.

Dividends

As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain, to our stockholders on an annual basis. Therefore, as a general matter, it is unlikely that we will be able to retain substantial cash balances that could be used to meet our liquidity needs from our annual taxable income. Instead, we will need to meet these needs from external sources of capital and amounts, if any, by which our cash flow generated from operations exceeds taxable income.

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We declared the following dividends to holders of our common stock during 2019:

Record Date	Payment Date	Dividend per Share
March 29, 2019	April 15, 2019	$	0.45
June 28, 2019	July 15, 2019	$	0.45
September 30, 2019	October 15, 2019	$	0.45
December 31, 2019	January 15, 2020	$	0.55

Debt

As of December 31, 2019, our total indebtedness was approximately $3.9 billion, including approximately $310 million assumed in the Merger, and excluding approximately $225 million of our share of debt of investments in affiliates. Substantially all the debt of such unconsolidated affiliates is secured solely by the affiliates’ assets or is guaranteed by other partners without recourse to us. Refer to Note 7: “Debt” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations as of December 31, 2019:

	Payments Due by Period
	Total		Less Than 1 Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		More Than 5 Years
	(in millions)
Debt(1)(2)	$	4,638	$	173	$	1,082	$	1,703	$	1,680
Operating leases(3)		501		29		58		49		365
Total contractual obligations	$	5,139	$	202	$	1,140	$	1,752	$	2,045

⁽¹⁾ Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.

⁽²⁾ Includes principal, as well as estimated interest payments.  For our variable-rate debt, we have assumed a constant 30-day LIBOR rate of 1.76% as of December 31, 2019.

⁽³⁾ Only includes our future minimum lease payments, refer to Note 9: “Leases” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Our off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2019 included construction contract commitments of approximately $43 million for capital expenditures at our properties. Our contracts contain clauses that allow us to cancel all or some portion of the work. If cancellation of a contract occurred, our commitment would be any costs incurred up to the cancellation date, in addition to any costs associated with the discharge of the contract.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of our financial statements, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods and the related disclosures in our historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes. We believe that of our significant accounting policies, which are described in Note 2: “Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere within this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the following accounting policies are critical because they involve a higher degree of judgment, and the estimates required to be made were based on assumptions that are inherently uncertain. As a result, these accounting policies could materially affect our financial position, results of operations and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate these estimates and judgments based on historical experiences and various other factors that are believed to reflect the current circumstances. While we believe our estimates, assumptions and judgments are reasonable, they are based on information presently available. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates due to changes in judgments, assumptions and conditions as a result of unforeseen events or otherwise, which could have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

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Acquisitions

We evaluate each of our acquisitions to determine if it is as an asset acquisition or a business combination. An asset acquisition occurs when substantially all the fair value of an acquisition is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. In an acquisition of assets, the total cash consideration, including transaction costs is allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed, respectively, on a relative fair value basis. In a business combination, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are measured at fair value. We evaluate several factors, including market data for similar assets, expected future cash flows discounted at risk-adjusted rates and replacement cost for the assets to determine an appropriate fair value of the assets. Changes to these factors could affect the measurement of assets and liabilities.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets with Finite Lives

We evaluate the carrying value of our property and equipment and intangible assets with finite lives by comparing the expected undiscounted future cash flows to the net book value of the assets if we determine there are indicators of potential impairment. If it is determined that the expected undiscounted future cash flows are less than the net book value of the assets, the excess of the net book value over the estimated fair value is recorded in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income as an impairment loss.

As part of the process described above, we exercise judgment to:

• determine if there are indicators of impairment present. Factors we consider when making this determination include assessing the overall effect of trends in the hospitality industry and the general economy, historical experience, capital costs and other asset-specific information;

• determine the projected undiscounted future cash flows when indicators of impairment are present. Judgment is required when developing projections of future revenues and expenses based on estimated growth rates over the expected useful life of the asset group. These estimated growth rates are based on historical operating results, as well as various internal projections and external sources; and

• determine the asset fair value when required. In determining the fair value, we often use internally-developed discounted cash flow models. Assumptions used in the discounted cash flow models include estimating cash flows, which may require us to adjust for specific market conditions, as well as capitalization rates, which are based on location, property or asset type, market-specific dynamics and overall economic performance. The discount rate takes into account our weighted average cost of capital according to our capital structure and other market specific considerations.

Changes in estimates and assumptions used in our impairment testing of property and equipment and intangible assets with finite lives could result in future impairment losses, which could be material.

We did not identify any additional property and equipment or intangible assets with finite lives with indicators of impairment for which an additional 10% change in our estimates of undiscounted future cash flows or other significant assumptions would result in material impairment losses.

Investments in Affiliates

We evaluate our investments in affiliates for impairment when there are indicators that the fair value of our investment may be less than our carrying value. We record an impairment loss when we determine there has been an “other-than-temporary” decline in the investment’s fair value. If an identified event or change in circumstances requires an evaluation to determine if the value of an investment may have an other-than-temporary decline, we assess the fair value of the investment based on the accepted valuation methods, which include discounted cash flows, estimates of sales proceeds and external appraisals. If an investment’s fair value is below its carrying value and the decline is considered to be other-than-temporary, we will recognize an impairment loss in equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates for equity method investments in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Our investments in affiliates consist primarily of our interests in entities that own or lease properties. As such, the factors we consider when determining if there are indicators of potential impairment are similar to property and equipment discussed above. If there are indicators of potential impairment, we estimate the fair value of our equity method and cost method investments by internally developed discounted cash flow models. The principal factors used in our discounted cash flow models that require judgment are the same as the items discussed in property and equipment above.

Changes in estimates and assumptions used in our impairment testing of investments in affiliates could result in future impairment losses, which could be material.  

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During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized an impairment loss of $5 million related to our investments in affiliates. A 10% change in our estimate of fair value of these investments in affiliates that were impaired during 2019 would have resulted in less than $1 million of additional impairment loss. Further, we did not identify any additional investments in affiliates with indicators of impairment for which a 10% change in our estimates of future cash flows or other significant assumptions would result in material impairment losses.

Goodwill

We have two reporting units, consolidated and unconsolidated hotels, to which goodwill has been allocated. Certain of the entities that are included in our consolidated financial statements were consolidated subsidiaries of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (“Parent”) at the time of its predecessor’s merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone Merger”). Our Parent allocated goodwill to us based on the relative fair value of our properties compared to that of Parent’s ownership segment as of the date of the Blackstone Merger. We review the carrying value of our goodwill by comparing the carrying values of our reportable units to their fair values. Our reporting units are the same as our operating segments as described in Note 15: “Geographic and Business Segment Information”. We perform this evaluation annually or at an interim date if indicators of impairment exist. In any given year we may elect to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If we cannot determine qualitatively that the fair value is in excess of the carrying value, or we decide to bypass the qualitative assessment, we proceed to the two-step quantitative process. In the first step, we evaluate the fair value of our reporting unit quantitatively. When determining fair value, we utilize discounted future cash flow models, as well as market conditions relative to the operations of our reporting unit. When using a discounted cash flow approach, we utilize various assumptions that require judgment, including projections of revenues and expenses based on estimated long-term growth rates, terminal value and discount rates based on weighted average cost of capital. Our estimates of long-term growth and costs are based on historical data, as well as various internal projections and external sources. The weighted average cost of capital is estimated based on the reporting units’ cost of debt and equity and a selected capital structure. The selected capital structure for the reporting unit is based on consideration of capital structures of comparable publicly traded REITs. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, then the second step must be performed. In the second step, we estimate the implied fair value of goodwill, which is determined by taking the fair value of the reporting unit and allocating it to all of its assets and liabilities, including any unrecognized intangible assets, as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination.

Changes in the estimates and assumptions used in our goodwill impairment testing could result in future impairment losses, which could be material. The amount of goodwill allocated to our consolidated hotel reporting unit was $561 million.  The fair value of our consolidated hotel reporting unit exceeded the carrying value by 8%.

Income Taxes

We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using currently enacted tax rates. In relation to our deferred tax liabilities, to the extent we dispose of hotels we owned as of the date of spin-off within a five-year period in a taxable sale, we would be subject to income tax on any gain on sale, to the extent the gain existed as of the date of the spin-off (“built-in-gain”). Each period we are required to assess our intent and ability to hold or dispose of hotels that had built-in-gains as of the spin-off, as well as the fair value of those hotels relative to the fair value at the spin-off. Changes in these assumptions could result in an increase or decrease in our deferred tax liabilities associated with built-in-gains.

We use a prescribed more-likely-than-not recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return if there is uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. Assumptions and estimates are used to determine the more-likely-than-not designation. Changes to these assumptions and estimates can lead to an additional income tax expense (benefit), which can materially change our consolidated financial statements.

Consolidations

We use judgment when evaluating whether we have a controlling financial interest in an entity, including the assessment of the importance of rights and privileges of the partners based on voting rights, as well as financial interests in an entity that are not controllable through voting interests. If the entity is considered to be a variable interest entity (“VIE”), we use judgment determining whether we are the primary beneficiary, and then consolidate those VIEs for which we have determined we are the primary beneficiary. If the entity in which we hold an interest does not meet the definition of a VIE, we evaluate whether we have a controlling financial interest through our voting interest in the entity. Changes to judgments used in evaluating our partnerships and other investments could materially affect our consolidated financial statements.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are exposed to market risk primarily from changes in interest rates, which may affect our future income, cash flows and fair value, depending on changes to interest rates. In certain situations, we may seek to reduce cash flow volatility associated with changes in interest rates by entering into financial arrangements intended to provide a hedge against a portion of the risks associated with such volatility. We continue to have exposure to such risks to the extent they are not hedged.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to interest rate risk on our variable-rate debt. Interest rates on our variable-rate debt discussed below are based on one-month LIBOR, so we are most vulnerable to changes in this rate.

The following table sets forth the contractual maturities and the total fair values as of December 31, 2019 for our financial instruments that are materially affected by interest rate risk:

	Maturities by Period
	2020			2021			2022			2023			2024			Thereafter			Carrying Value			Fair Value
	(in millions, excluding average interest rate)
Liabilities:
Fixed-rate debt (1)	$	20		$	8		$	68		$	827		$	6		$	1,556		$	2,485		$	2,542
Average interest rate		3.89	%		4.40	%		4.80	%		4.13	%		4.21	%		4.20	%		4.19	%
Variable-rate debt	$	—		$	701		$	29		$	—		$	670		$	—		$	1,400		$	1,395
Average interest rate		—	%		3.25	%		3.97	%		—	%		3.26	%		—	%		3.27	%

⁽¹⁾  Excludes capital lease obligations with a carrying value of $1 million as of December 31, 2019.

Refer to Note 7: “Debt” in our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

	Page
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting	62
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	63
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018	66
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017	67
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017	68
Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017	69
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	70
Schedule III – Real Estate and Accumulated Deprecation	94

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets of the Company that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, management determined that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019.

Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that has audited the consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an attestation report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019. The report is included herein.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows, and equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 27, 2020 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases in 2019 due to the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), and the related amendments.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

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	Valuation of Goodwill
Description of the Matter	At December 31, 2019, the Company’s goodwill balance was $607 million. As discussed in Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements, goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually at the reporting unit level. Auditing management’s annual goodwill impairment test was complex and highly judgmental due to the significant estimation required in determining the fair value of the reporting units. In particular, the fair value estimate was sensitive to significant assumptions such as the weighted average cost of capital, projections of revenue and expenses, and terminal value, which are based on internal projections and external sources.
How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit	We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the Company’s goodwill impairment review process, including controls over management’s review of the significant assumptions described above. To test the estimated fair value of the Company’s reporting units, we performed audit procedures that included, among others, assessing methodologies and testing the significant assumptions discussed above and the underlying data used by the Company in its analysis. We compared the significant assumptions used by management to current industry and economic trends, changes to the Company’s business model and other relevant factors. We assessed the historical accuracy of management’s estimates and performed sensitivity analyses of significant assumptions to evaluate the changes in the fair value of the reporting units that would result from changes in the assumptions.  In addition, we reviewed the reconciliation of the aggregate fair value of the reporting units to the market capitalization of the Company. Lastly, we involved a valuation specialist to assist in the evaluation of the methodologies used, assumptions underlying the fair value measurement and recalculation of fair value measurement.
	Business Combination
Description of the Matter	During 2019, the Company completed its acquisition of Chesapeake Lodging Trust (“Chesapeake”) for total consideration of approximately $2 billion as disclosed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements. The transaction was accounted for as a business combination. Auditing the purchase price allocation for this acquisition was complex and highly judgmental as a result of the magnitude of total assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the significant assumptions involved in determining the fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities. For this acquisition, such assumptions include the identification of market data for similar assets when assessing the fair value of land, air rights intangibles, and above or below market lease intangibles, evaluation of replacement cost when assessing the fair value of buildings, and expected future cash flows, inclusive of estimates of future income growth, discounted at risk-adjusted rates when assessing the fair value of the acquired properties taken as a whole.
How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit	We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the purchase price allocation for the business combination, including controls over management’s review of the significant assumptions described above. Our testing of the Company’s purchase price allocation for the business combination included, among others, reading the purchase agreements, evaluating the measurement of the consideration, and evaluating the significant assumptions and methods used in developing the fair value estimates. With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated, among other things, whether (1) assets and liabilities were properly identified, and (2) the significant assumptions, including the replacement cost of buildings, market data for similar assets, expected future cash flows of the properties, discount rates, and capitalization rates, used in valuing the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were supportable.  For example, we compared estimates of future income growth, discount rates and capitalization rates used in the discounted cash flow models to market data.  In addition, we compared assumed land values to comparable land sales.  We compared the Company’s estimated fair values of acquired properties to independent estimates developed by our valuation specialist.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

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Tysons, Virginia
February 27, 2020

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows, and equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 and our report dated February 27, 2020 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.  

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Tysons, Virginia

February 27, 2020

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PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions, except share and per share data)

	December 31,
	2019			2018
ASSETS
Property and equipment, net	$	9,594		$	7,975
Assets held for sale, net		71			—
Investments in affiliates		35			50
Goodwill		607			607
Intangibles, net		46			27
Cash and cash equivalents		346			410
Restricted cash		40			15
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 and $1		180			153
Prepaid expenses		83			82
Other assets		40			44
Operating lease right-of-use assets		248			—
TOTAL ASSETS (variable interest entities - $242 and $242)	$	11,290		$	9,363
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities
Debt	$	3,871		$	2,948
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		217			183
Due to hotel managers		159			137
Due to Hilton Grand Vacations		—			135
Deferred income tax liabilities		50			42
Other liabilities		282			332
Operating lease liabilities		260			—
Total liabilities (variable interest entities - $219 and $217)		4,839			3,777
Commitments and contingencies - refer to Note 16
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 6,000,000,000 shares    authorized, 239,589,639 shares issued and 239,386,877 shares outstanding as of    December 31, 2019 and 201,290,458 shares issued and 201,198,381    shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018		2			2
Additional paid-in capital		4,575			3,589
Retained earnings		1,922			2,047
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(3	)		(6	)
Total stockholders' equity		6,496			5,632
Noncontrolling interests		(45	)		(46	)
Total equity		6,451			5,586
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	11,290		$	9,363

Refer to the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in millions, except per share data)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
Revenues
Rooms	$	1,771		$	1,716		$	1,794
Food and beverage		743			713			739
Ancillary hotel		253			236			194
Other		77			72			64
Total revenues		2,844			2,737			2,791
Operating expenses
Rooms		467			449			466
Food and beverage		518			495			511
Other departmental and support		638			627			653
Other property-level		219			207			206
Management fees		139			137			140
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net		(18	)		(1	)		26
Depreciation and amortization		264			277			288
Corporate general and administrative		62			65			68
Acquisition costs		70			—			—
Other		78			73			63
Total expenses		2,437			2,329			2,421
Gain on sales of assets, net		19			96			1
Operating income		426			504			371
Interest income		6			6			2
Interest expense		(140	)		(127	)		(124	)
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		14			18			40
Loss on foreign currency transactions		(1	)		(3	)		(4	)
Other gain, net		46			102			—
Income before income taxes		351			500			285
Income tax (expense) benefit		(35	)		(23	)		2,346
Net income		316			477			2,631
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(10	)		(5	)		(6	)
Net income attributable to stockholders	$	306		$	472		$	2,625
Other comprehensive income, net of tax expense:
Currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $0, $4 and $0	$	3		$	39		$	22
Total other comprehensive income		3			39			22
Comprehensive income		319			516			2,653
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling    interests		(10	)		(5	)		(6	)
Comprehensive income attributable to stockholders	$	309		$	511		$	2,647
Earnings per share:
Earnings per share - Basic	$	1.44		$	2.32		$	12.38
Earnings per share - Diluted	$	1.44		$	2.31		$	12.21
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic		212			203			211
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted		213			204			214

Refer to the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in millions)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
Operating Activities:
Net income	$	316		$	477		$	2,631
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by    operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		264			277			288
Gain on sales of assets, net		(19	)		(96	)		(1	)
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net		(18	)		(1	)		16
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		(14	)		(18	)		(40	)
Loss on foreign currency transactions		1			3			4
Other gain, net		(46	)		(102	)		—
Share-based compensation expense		16			16			14
Amortization of deferred financing costs		5			4			5
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates		22			18			19
Deferred income taxes		5			(20	)		(2,378	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		(3	)		(27	)		4
Prepaid expenses		6			(34	)		8
Other assets		(20	)		(34	)		(1	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(28	)		(21	)		20
Due to hotel manager		7			(4	)		50
Other liabilities		10			14			20
Other		(5	)		(8	)		(6	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		499			444			653
Investing Activities:
Acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired		(914	)		(10	)		—
Capital expenditures for property and equipment		(240	)		(178	)		(185	)
Proceeds from asset dispositions, net		429			369			—
Proceeds from the sale of investments in affiliates, net		51			150			—
Insurance proceeds for property damage claims		39			88			2
Investments in affiliates		—			—			(1	)
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates		—			—			19
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(635	)		419			(165	)
Financing Activities:
Borrowings under credit facilities		850			—			—
Repayment of debt		(232	)		—			—
Payments of deferred financing costs		(11	)		—			—
Dividends paid		(494	)		(464	)		(386	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(9	)		(2	)		(6	)
Tax withholdings on share-based compensation		(7	)		(2	)		(3	)
Repurchase of common stock		—			(348	)		—
Repayment of debt		—			—			(55	)
Net transfers to Parent		—			—			(9	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		97			(816	)		(459	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash		—			(1	)		—
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash		(39	)		46			29
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		425			379			350
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	386		$	425		$	379

For supplemental disclosures, refer to Note 17: “Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information”

Refer to the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(in millions)

												Accumulated
						Additional						Other						Non-
	Common Stock					Paid-in			Retained			Comprehensive			Net Parent			controlling
	Shares			Amount		Capital			Earnings			Loss			Investment			Interests			Total
Balance as of December 31, 2016		—		$	—	$	—		$	—		$	(67	)	$	3,939		$	(49	)	$	3,823
Net transfers to Parent		—			—		—			—			—			(13	)		—			(13	)
Issuance of common stock and    reclassification of former    Parent investment		198			2		3,924			—			—			(3,926	)		—			—
Share-based compensation, net		1			—		11			—			—			—			—			11
Net income		—			—		—			2,625			—			—			6			2,631
Other comprehensive income		—			—		—			—			22			—			—			22
Dividends and dividend equivalents		16			—		(110	)		(396	)		—			—			—			(506	)
Distributions to noncontrolling    interests		—			—		—			—			—			—			(6	)		(6	)
Balance as of December 31, 2017		215			2		3,825			2,229			(45	)		—			(49	)		5,962
Share-based compensation, net		—			—		14			—			—			—			—			14
Net income		—			—		—			472			—			—			5			477
Other comprehensive income		—			—		—			—			39			—			—			39
Dividends and dividend equivalents		—			—		—			(556	)		—			—			—			(556	)
Repurchase of common stock		(14	)		—		(250	)		(98	)		—			—			—			(348	)
Distributions to noncontrolling   interests		—			—		—			—			—			—			(2	)		(2	)
Balance as of December 31, 2018		201			2		3,589			2,047			(6	)		—			(46	)		5,586
Issuance of common stock		38			—		978			—			—			—			—			978
Share-based compensation, net		—			—		8			—			—			—			—			8
Net income		—			—		—			306			—			—			10			316
Other comprehensive income		—			—		—			—			3			—			—			3
Dividends and dividend equivalents		—			—		—			(423	)		—			—			—			(423	)
Distributions to noncontrolling   interests		—			—		—			—			—			—			(9	)		(9	)
Cumulative effective of change in accounting principle		—			—		—			(8	)		—			—			—			(8	)
Balance as of December 31, 2019		239		$	2	$	4,575		$	1,922		$	(3	)	$	—		$	(45	)	$	6,451

⁽¹⁾ Dividends declared per common share were $1.84, $1.99 and $1.90 for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Additional special cash dividends totaling $2.79 and $0.75 per common share were declared for the years ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

Refer to the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1: Organization

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation that owns a portfolio of premium-branded hotels and resorts primarily located in prime city center and resort locations. On January 3, 2017, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (“Hilton,” “Hilton Parent” or “Parent”) completed the spin-off of a portfolio of hotels and resorts that established Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. as an independent, publicly traded company. The spin-off transaction was effected through a pro rata distribution of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. stock to existing Hilton stockholders.

On May 5, 2019, the Company, PK Domestic Property LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Company (“PK Domestic”), and PK Domestic Sub LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PK Domestic (“Merger Sub”) entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Chesapeake Lodging Trust (“Chesapeake”). On September 18, 2019, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Chesapeake merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”) and each of Chesapeake’s common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share was converted into $11.00 in cash and 0.628 of a share of our common stock. No fractional shares of our common stock were issued in the Merger.  The value of any fractional interests to which a Chesapeake shareholder would otherwise have been entitled was paid in cash.

We are treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for United States (“U.S.”) federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. From the date of our spin-off from Hilton, Park Intermediate Holdings LLC (our “Operating Company”), directly or indirectly, has held all our assets and has conducted all of our operations. We own 100% of the interests in our Operating Company.

Note 2: Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, our wholly owned subsidiaries and entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, including variable interest entities (“VIEs”) where we are the primary beneficiary. The consolidated financial statements reflect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). All significant intercompany transactions and balances within these consolidated financial statements have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  

Reclassifications

Certain line items on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and consolidated statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, and interest applicable to major construction or development projects is capitalized. Costs of improvements that extend the economic life or improve service potential are also capitalized. Capitalized costs are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Costs for normal repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives, which are generally as follows: buildings and improvements (8 to 40 years); furniture and equipment (3 to 8 years); and computer equipment and acquired software (3 years). Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life, based on the estimates above, or the lease term.

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We evaluate the carrying value of our property and equipment if there are indicators of potential impairment. We perform an analysis to determine the recoverability of the asset’s carrying value by comparing the expected undiscounted future cash flows to the net book value of the asset. If it is determined that the expected undiscounted future cash flows are less than the net book value of the asset, the excess of the net book value over the estimated fair value is recorded in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income within impairment losses. Fair value is generally estimated using valuation techniques that consider the discounted cash flows of the asset using discount and capitalization rates deemed reasonable for the type of asset, as well as prevailing market conditions, appraisals, recent similar transactions in the market and, if appropriate and available, current estimated net sales proceeds from pending offers.

If sufficient information exists to reasonably estimate the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation, including environmental remediation liabilities, we recognize the fair value of the obligation when the obligation is incurred, which is generally upon acquisition, construction or development and/or through the normal operation of the asset.

Assets Held for Sale

We classify a property as held for sale when we commit to a plan to sell the asset, the sale of the asset is probable within one year, and it is unlikely that action to complete the sale will change or that the sale will be withdrawn. When we determine that classification of an asset as held for sale is appropriate, we cease recording depreciation for the asset and value the property at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, less costs to dispose. Further, the related assets and liabilities of the held for sale property will be classified as assets held for sale in our consolidated balance sheets. Any gains on sales of properties are recognized at the time of sale or deferred and recognized in net income (loss) in subsequent periods as any relevant conditions requiring deferral are satisfied.

Investments in Affiliates

The consolidated financial statements include entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, including VIEs where we are the primary beneficiary. The determination of a controlling financial interest is based upon the terms of the governing agreements of the respective entities, including the evaluation of rights held by other interests. If the entity is considered to be a VIE, we determine whether we are the primary beneficiary, and then consolidate those VIEs for which we have determined we are the primary beneficiary. If the entity in which we hold an interest does not meet the definition of a VIE, we evaluate whether we have a controlling financial interest through our voting interests in the entity. We consolidate entities when we own more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a company or otherwise have a controlling financial interest. References in these financial statements to net income (loss) attributable to stockholders do not include non-controlling interests, which represent the outside ownership interests of our consolidated, non-wholly owned entities and are reported separately.

We hold investments in affiliates that primarily own or lease hotels. Investments in affiliates over which we exercise significant influence, but lack a controlling financial interest, are accounted for using the equity method. We account for investments using the equity method when we have the ability to exercise significant influence over the entity, typically through a more than minimal investment.

Our proportionate share of earnings (losses) from our equity method investments is presented as equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Distributions from investments in affiliates are presented as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows when such distributions are a return on investment. Distributions from investments in affiliates are recorded as an investing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows when such distributions are a return of investment.

We assess the recoverability of our equity method investments if there are indicators of potential impairment. If an identified event or change in circumstances requires an evaluation to determine if an investment may have an other-than-temporary impairment, we assess the fair value of the investment based on accepted valuation methodologies, which include discounted cash flows, estimates of sales proceeds and external appraisals. If an investment’s fair value is below its carrying value and the decline is considered to be other-than-temporary, we will recognize an impairment loss in equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Non-controlling Interests

We present the portion of any equity that we do not own in entities that we have a controlling financial interest (and thus consolidate) as non-controlling interests and classify those interests as a component of total equity, separate from total stockholders’ equity, on our consolidated balance sheets. For consolidated joint ventures with pro rata distribution allocations, net income or loss is allocated between the joint venture partners based on their respective stated ownership percentages. In addition, we include net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest in net income (loss) in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

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Goodwill

Goodwill represents the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. We do not amortize goodwill, but rather evaluate goodwill for potential impairment on an annual basis or at other times during the year if events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

We have two reporting units, consolidated and unconsolidated hotels, to which goodwill has been allocated. Certain of the entities that are included in our consolidated financial statements were consolidated subsidiaries of our Parent at the time of its predecessor’s merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone Merger”). Our Parent allocated goodwill to us based on the relative fair value of our properties compared to that of Parent’s ownership segment as of the date of the Blackstone Merger. We review the carrying value of goodwill by comparing the carrying value of a reporting unit to its fair value. In any year, we may elect to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is in excess of its carrying value. If we cannot determine qualitatively that the fair value is in excess of the carrying value, or we decide to bypass the qualitative assessment, we proceed to the two-step quantitative process. In the first step, we determine the fair value of the reporting unit. The valuation is based on internal projections of expected future cash flows and operating plans, as well as market conditions relative to the operations of our reporting unit. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is not necessary. However, if the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, then the second step must be performed. In the second step, we estimate the implied fair value of goodwill, which is determined by taking the fair value of the reporting unit and allocating it to all of its assets and liabilities (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, the excess is recognized within casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with finite useful lives primarily include an air rights contract and ground lease and operating lease contracts. The air rights contract value is based on the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts and the market rental rates for similar contracts, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. The value of the ground lease and operating lease contracts are based on the present value of the difference between contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the contracts acquired and the estimate of the fair value of rates for corresponding contracts measured over the period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. Intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the contract.

We review all finite lived intangible assets for impairment when circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying value of an asset group is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss for the excess of the carrying value over the fair value in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Asset Acquisitions

We consider an asset acquisition to occur when substantially all the fair value of an acquisition is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. In an acquisition of assets, we are not required to expense our acquisition-related costs, and goodwill is not assigned. We will account for the properties purchased as asset acquisitions by allocating the total cash consideration, including transaction costs, to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed, respectively, on a relative fair value basis.

Business Combinations

We consider a business combination to occur when we take control of a business by acquiring its net assets or equity interests. We record the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and non-controlling interests at fair value as of the acquisition date, including any contingent consideration. We evaluate factors, including market data for similar assets, expected future cash flows discounted at risk-adjusted rates and replacement cost for the assets to determine an appropriate fair value of the assets. Acquisition-related costs, such as due diligence, legal and accounting fees, are expensed in the period incurred and are not capitalized or applied in determining the fair value of the acquired assets.

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Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with original maturities, when purchased, of three months or less.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash includes cash balances established as lender reserves required by our debt agreements and reserves for capital expenditures in accordance with certain of our management agreements. For purposes of our consolidated statement of cash flows, changes in restricted cash caused by changes in lender reserves due to restrictions under our loan agreements are shown as financing activities and changes in deposits for assets we plan to acquire are shown as investing activities.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided on accounts receivable when losses are probable based on historical collection activity and current business conditions.

Leases

We consider an arrangement to contain a lease if it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for compensation.  Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the present value of our fixed payment obligations.  Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. We use our estimated incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of our lease obligations.  Our operating leases may require fixed payments, variable payments based on a percentage of revenue or income, or payments equal to the greater of a fixed or variable payment.  Variable payments are excluded from the ROU assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation is incurred.  Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Our lease terms include renewal options that we are reasonably certain to exercise, and renewal options controlled by the lessor.  

Fair Value Measurements—Valuation Hierarchy

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date (an exit price). We use the three-level valuation hierarchy for classification of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect our own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

• Level 1—Valuation is based upon quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

• Level 2—Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the instrument.

• Level 3—Valuation is based upon other unobservable inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement.

The classification of assets and liabilities within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety at the end of each reporting period.

Derivative Instruments

We may use derivative instruments as part of our overall strategy to manage our exposure to market risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We will regularly monitor the financial stability and credit standing of the counterparties to our derivative instruments. Under the terms of certain loan agreements, we may be required to maintain derivative financial instruments to manage interest rates. We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

We record all derivatives at fair value. On the date the derivative contract is entered, we designate the derivative as one of the following: a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be paid (“cash flow hedge”); a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability (“fair value hedge”); or an undesignated hedge instrument. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is qualified, designated and highly effective as a cash flow hedge or net investment hedge are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income until they are reclassified into earnings in the same period or

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periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is qualified, designated and highly effective as a fair value hedge, along with the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded in current period earnings. Changes in the fair value of undesignated derivative instruments and the ineffective portion of designated derivative instruments are reported in current period earnings. Cash flows from designated derivative financial instruments are classified within the same category as the item being hedged in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Cash flows from undesignated derivative financial instruments are included as an investing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

If we determine that we qualify for and will designate a derivative as a hedging instrument, at the designation date we formally document all relationships between hedging activities, including the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes matching all derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges to specific forecasted transactions and linking all derivatives designated as fair value hedges to specific assets and liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

To the extent we have designated a derivative as a hedging instrument, each reporting period we assess the effectiveness of our designated hedges in offsetting the variability in the cash flows or fair values of the hedged assets or obligations using the Hypothetical Derivative Method. This method compares the cumulative change in fair value of each hedging instrument to the cumulative change in fair value of a hypothetical hedging instrument, which has terms that identically match the critical terms of the respective hedged transactions. Thus, the hypothetical hedging instrument is presumed to perfectly offset the hedged cash flows. Ineffectiveness results when the cumulative change in the fair value of the hedging instrument exceeds the cumulative change in the fair value of the hypothetical hedging instrument. We discontinue hedge accounting prospectively, when the derivative is not highly effective as a hedge, the underlying hedged transaction is no longer probable, or the hedging instrument expires, is sold, terminated or exercised.

Revenue Recognition

Our results of operations primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales and other ancillary goods and services from hotel properties. Other revenues are from our laundry business and service arrangements with Hilton Grand Vacations (“HGV”). Hotel operating revenues are disaggregated into room revenue, food and beverage revenue, ancillary hotel revenue and other revenue on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income to illustrate how economic factors affect the nature, amount and timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows.  Rooms revenue is recognized over time when rooms are occupied and food and beverage revenue is recognized at a point in time when goods and services have been delivered or rendered. Ancillary hotel revenue and other revenue is generally recognized at a point in time as goods and services are delivered or rendered.  

We assess if we are the principal or agent for certain ancillary services provided by third parties. If we are the principal, we recognize revenue based on the gross sales price.  If we are the agent, we recognize revenue net of costs paid to service providers. Payment received for a future stay or event is recognized as an advance deposit, which is included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.  Advance deposits are recognized as revenue when rooms are occupied or goods or services have been delivered or rendered to our customer. Our advance deposit balance as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $98 million and $90 million, respectively, and are generally recognized as revenue within a one-year period.  Additionally, we collect sales, use, occupancy and similar taxes at our hotels, which we present on a net basis (excluded from revenues) in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Currency Translation

The United States dollar (“USD”) is our reporting currency and is the functional currency of our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating in the U.S. The functional currency for our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating outside of the U.S. is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the respective entity operates. Assets and liabilities measured in foreign currencies are translated into USD at the prevailing exchange rates in effect as of the financial statement date and the related gains and losses, net of applicable deferred income taxes, are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in our consolidated balance sheets. Income and expense accounts are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Gains and losses from foreign exchange rate changes related to transactions denominated in a currency other than an entity’s function currency are recognized as (loss) gain on foreign currency transactions in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Share-based Compensation

We recognize the cost of services received in share-based payment transactions with employees and non-employee directors as services are received and recognize a corresponding increase in additional paid-in capital for equity classified awards. We account for any forfeitures when they occur.

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The measurement objective for these equity awards is the estimated fair value at the grant date of the equity instruments that we will be obligated to issue when employees have rendered the requisite service and satisfied any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments. The compensation expense for an award classified as an equity instrument is recognized ratably over the requisite service period. The requisite service period is the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for an award.

Income Taxes

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy requirements related to, among other things, the real estate qualification of sources of our income, the real estate composition and values of our assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders annually and the diversity of ownership of our stock. To the extent we continue to remain qualified as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable income generated by our REIT activities that we distribute annually to our stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes has been included in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 related to our REIT activities, other than the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with our election to be taxed as a REIT and taxes associated with built-in gains related to our assets owned at the date of our spin-off. In addition, we are subject to non-U.S. income tax on foreign held REIT activities. Further, our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) are generally subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes (as applicable).

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. The objectives of accounting for income taxes are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, to recognize the deferred tax assets and liabilities that relate to tax consequences in future years, which result from differences between the respective tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts, and tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the respective temporary differences or operating loss or tax credit carry forwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The realization of deferred tax assets and tax loss and tax credit carry forwards is contingent upon the generation of future taxable income and other restrictions that may exist under the tax laws of the jurisdiction in which a deferred tax asset exists. Valuation allowances are provided to reduce such deferred tax assets to amounts more likely than not to be ultimately realized.

We use a prescribed recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken in a tax return. For all income tax positions, we first determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. If it is determined that a position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the benefit recognized in the financial statements is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”), Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes existing lease accounting guidance in Leases (Topic 840) and generally requires all leases to be recognized on the statement of financial position. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method, which allows entities to initially apply the ASU at the adoption date without revising comparable periods. We elected certain practical expedients that allowed us to utilize historical lease classifications and elected an accounting policy to continue accounting for leases with an initial term of 12 months and less using existing guidance for operating leases. We did not elect the practical expedient that allows us to use hindsight to reassess our probability of exercising renewal options; however, we did include any renewal options controlled by the lessor.  Upon adoption, we recognized an operating lease right-of-use asset of $213 million representing the right to use land, buildings, and equipment over lease terms which include renewal options we have exercised, and renewal options controlled by the lessor, and a corresponding operating lease liability of $213 million representing the present value of our fixed lease payment obligations. We also recognized an $8 million impairment of the operating lease right-of-use asset associated with one of our previously impaired hotels as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle within retained earnings. In addition, we reclassified $25 million of below market lease intangibles from intangibles, net and $8 million of deferred rent liabilities from other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet to the operating lease right-of-use asset. The discount rate used to calculate the operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability was based on our estimated incremental borrowing rate at our adoption date of January 1, 2019.  

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In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), which adds recognition, measurement, and disclosure guidance on implementation costs of cloud computing arrangements. Implementation costs incurred by customers in cloud computing arrangements are deferred if they would be capitalized by customers in software license arrangements under the existing internal-use software guidance. We elected to early adopt this ASU as of January 1, 2019 on a prospective basis and there was no effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which will replace the existing “incurred loss” approach with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. For trade and other receivables, loans and other instruments, the forward looking “expected loss” model will generally result in the earlier recognition of allowances for losses. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-19, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses”, which clarifies that operating lease receivables accounted for under ASC 842 are not in the scope of ASU No. 2016-13. Both ASUs are effective January 1, 2020 and require new disclosures. Both ASUs require a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the effect that these ASUs will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Note 3: Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale

Acquisitions

Merger with Chesapeake

As a result of the Merger, we acquired a 100% ownership interest in the following 18 hotels:

Hotel	Location	Rooms
Hilton Denver City Center	Denver, CO		613
W Chicago – Lakeshore	Chicago, IL		520
Hyatt Regency Boston	Boston, MA		502
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina	San Diego, CA		438
Boston Marriott Newton	Newton, MA		430
Le Meridien New Orleans(1)	New Orleans, LA		410
W Chicago – City Center	Chicago, IL		403
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort	Miami Beach, FL		393
Le Meridien San Francisco	San Francisco, CA		360
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square	San Francisco, CA		344
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf	San Francisco, CA		316
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter	San Diego, CA		210
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard	Washington, DC		204
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street	Seattle, WA		195
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA		193
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles(1)	Los Angeles, CA		182
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection	San Francisco, CA		171
W New Orleans – French Quarter	New Orleans, LA		97
			5,981

⁽¹⁾ Hotels were subsequently sold in December 2019.

The total consideration for the Merger was approximately $2 billion, which included the issuance of approximately 37.8 million shares of common stock valued at $25.88 per share to Chesapeake common shareholders based on the closing price of our common stock on September 17, 2019. We accounted for the Merger using the acquisition method of accounting.  

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We preliminarily allocated the purchase price consisting of common stock issued of $978 million and cash of $1,013 million as follows:

	(in millions)
Investment in hotel properties, net	$	2,220
Intangibles, net		45
Cash and cash equivalents		62
Restricted cash		38
Accounts receivable, net		26
Prepaid expenses		9
Other assets		2
Operating lease right-of-use asset		65
Debt		(311	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(47	)
Due to hotel managers		(15	)
Other liabilities		(15	)
Operating lease liability		(88	)
Total consideration	$	1,991

The estimated fair values for the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed are preliminary and are subject to change during the one-year measurement period as additional information related to the inputs and assumptions used in determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities becomes available. We will continue to review the underlying inputs and assumptions. Therefore, the purchase price allocation is not yet complete as of the date of this filing. Once the allocation is complete, an additional adjustment to the allocation may occur.

We used the following valuation methodologies, inputs and assumptions to estimate the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

• Investment in hotel properties – We estimated the fair values of the land and improvements, buildings and improvements, and furniture, fixtures and equipment at the hotel properties by using a combination of the market, cost and income approaches. These valuation methodologies are based on significant Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy, such as estimates of future income growth, capitalization rates, discount rates, capital expenditures and cash flow projections at the respective hotel properties.

• Intangible assets – We estimated the fair value of the air rights contract acquired as part of the Hyatt Regency Boston by calculating the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts according to the contract and the market rental rates for similar contracts, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The intangible asset is amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the contract.

• Above and below market lease liabilities – We estimated the fair value of our above and below market lease liabilities by calculating the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts paid according to the in-place lease agreements and the market rental rates for similar leased space, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable terms of the leases. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The above and below market lease liabilities are included as adjustments to the right-of-use asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The above and below market lease liabilities are amortized as adjustments to ground rent expense over the remaining terms of the respective leases.

• Operating lease right-of-use-asset and Operating lease liability – We estimated the fair value of the operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability by calculating the present value of the fixed contractual rental amounts due over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable terms of the leases. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

• Debt – We estimated the fair value of the mortgage loans by calculating the present value of the remaining loan payments due over the term of the loans. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

• Restricted cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, due to hotel managers and other liabilities – The amounts constitute the carrying amounts of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed, which we believe approximate fair value because of their short-term nature.

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For the year ended December 31, 2019, we incurred $70 million in acquisition costs in connection with the Merger. Acquisition costs primarily related to severance, transfer tax and fees for financial advisors, legal, accounting, tax and other professional services.

The following unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information presents the results of operations as if the Merger had taken place on January 1, 2018.  The unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our actual results of operations would have been assuming the Merger had taken place on January 1, 2018, nor is it indicative of the results of operations for future periods. The unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information is as follows:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2019		2018
(unaudited)	(in millions)
Total revenues	$	3,250	$	3,297
Operating income		504		608
Net income		359		531

From the date of Merger through December 31, 2019, we recognized $156 million of total revenues, $20 million of operating income and $16 million of net income related to the hotels acquired in connection with the Merger.

Dispositions

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we sold seven consolidated hotels listed in the table below, received total gross proceeds of $436 million and recognized a total gain, net of selling costs, of $19 million on these hotels which is included in gain on sales of assets, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Hotel	Location	Month Sold
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort	Phoenix, Arizona	February 2019
Hilton Nuremberg	Nuremberg, Germany	March 2019
Hilton Atlanta Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	June 2019
Hilton New Orleans Airport(1)	New Orleans, Louisiana	June 2019
Embassy Suites Parsippany(1)	Parsippany, New Jersey	June 2019
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	December 2019
Le Meridien New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	December 2019

⁽¹⁾ Hotels were sold as a portfolio in the same transaction.

Additionally, in November 2019, we and the other owners of the entity that own the Conrad Dublin sold our ownership interest in the entity that owns the hotel for a gross sales price of approximately $128 million, before customary closing adjustments and debt repayment, of which our pro rata share was approximately $61 million. We recognized a net gain of approximately $44 million, which is included in other gain, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.  

Additionally, on December 16, 2019, we terminated the ground lease for the Hilton Sheffield.  

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold 12 consolidated hotels for total gross proceeds of $379 million.  We recognized a net gain of approximately $98 million, including the reclassification of a currency translation adjustment of $31 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings concurrent with the dispositions, which was included in gain on sales of assets, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Additionally, in May 2018, we and the other owners of our unconsolidated affiliates that owned the Hilton Berlin hotel sold our interests for gross proceeds of approximately $375 million, before customary closing adjustments, of which our pro rata share was approximately $151 million. We recognized a net gain of approximately $107 million, including the reclassification of a currency translation adjustment of $8 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings concurrent with the disposition, which is included in other gain, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

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Assets Held for Sale

In November 2019, we executed an agreement to sell the Hilton São Paolo, a wholly owned hotel, which subsequently sold in February 2020 for a gross sales price of 500 million Brazilian Real or approximately $118 million, which was payable in cash at closing and is subject to customary pro rations and adjustments.

Assets and liabilities held for sale related to the Hilton São Paolo were as follows as of December 31, 2019:

	(in millions)
Assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	62
Cash and cash equivalents		7
Accounts receivable		2
Prepaid expenses		—
Total Assets Held for Sale	$	71
Liabilities:
Liabilities related to assets held for sale(1)	$	6
Total Liabilities Held for Sale	$	6

⁽¹⁾ Amounts included in Other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.  

Note 4: Property and Equipment

Property and equipment were:

	December 31, 2019(1)			December 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Land	$	3,512		$	3,344
Buildings and leasehold improvements		6,978			5,616
Furniture and equipment		1,059			949
Construction-in-progress		134			124
		11,683			10,033
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(2,089	)		(2,058	)
	$	9,594		$	7,975

⁽¹⁾ Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

Depreciation of property and equipment was $262 million, $273 million and $283 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Transactions with HGV

In October 2016, we completed the sale of 600 rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV in connection with timeshare projects. The net book value of these assets was approximately $177 million. Due to our continuing involvement, this transaction was not recognized as a sale and was accounted for as a sales-leaseback liability under the financing method. The assets were derecognized at the end of lease term in December 2019. Pursuant to an arrangement representing a lease, we reserved exclusive rights to occupy and operate these rooms beginning on the date of transfer and continuing until the end of the lease term. During 2017, 134 of the 600 rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village previously transferred to HGV and leased back by us were released to HGV; accordingly, we derecognized $38 million of property and equipment, net, and the related $39 million liability due to HGV. During 2018, we transferred a restaurant at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and derecognized $3 million of property and equipment, net and $3 million of the related liability due to HGV. During 2019, the remaining 466 rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village were released to HGV; accordingly, we derecognized $123 million of property and equipment, net, and the related $135 million liability due to HGV, and recognized a gain of $12 million within other gain, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

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Hurricanes Irma and Maria

In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused damage and disruption at certain of our hotels in Florida and the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico. The Caribe Hilton remained closed throughout 2018 and reopened on May 15, 2019. Our insurance coverage provides us with reimbursement for the replacement cost for the damage to these hotels, which includes certain clean-up and repair costs, exceeding the applicable deductibles, in addition to loss of business. Claims related to the Hilton Caribe were fully settled in December 2019.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized $70 million of insurance recoveries, of which $39 million related to property damage, $28 million related to business interruption, and $3 million related to expense reimbursements. Business interruption proceeds are included within ancillary hotel revenue in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Additionally, we recognized a net gain of $18 million within casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, which includes a gain of $27 million for amounts recovered from insurance in excess of the insurance receivable and a loss of $9 million relating to property damage at certain of our hotels that we may not recover from insurers. The insurance receivable as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $4 million and $25 million, respectively, and is included within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.  

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred $35 million of expenses, and based upon additional information obtained during the period, we recognized an additional loss of $22 million for property and equipment that was damaged during the hurricanes. These amounts were offset by the recognition of an insurance receivable of $57 million.  Additionally, we received $119 million of insurance proceeds, of which $25 million related to business interruption and $6 million related to expense reimbursements.  

Note 5: Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates

Consolidated VIEs

We consolidate three VIEs that own hotels in the U.S. We are the primary beneficiary of these VIEs as we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect their economic performance. Additionally, we have the obligation to absorb their losses and the right to receive benefits that could be significant to them. The assets of our VIEs are only available to settle the obligations of these entities. Our consolidated balance sheets include the following assets and liabilities of these entities:

	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Property and equipment, net	$	221	$	223
Cash and cash equivalents		13		12
Restricted cash		1		1
Accounts receivable, net		5		4
Prepaid expenses		2		2
Debt		207		207
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		8		7
Due to hotel manager		2		2
Other liabilities		2		1

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we did not provide any financial or other support to these VIEs that we were not previously contractually required to provide, nor do we intend to provide any such support in the future.

Unconsolidated Entities

Investments in affiliates were:

	Ownership %	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
		(in millions)
Hilton San Diego Bayfront	25%	$	18	$	19
All others (6 hotels)(1)	20% - 50%		17		31
		$	35	$	50

⁽¹⁾ In November 2019, we disposed of our ownership interest in the Conrad Dublin. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information.

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The affiliates in which we own investments accounted for under the equity method had total debt of approximately $943 million and $955 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Substantially all the debt is secured solely by the affiliates’ assets or is guaranteed by other partners without recourse to us.

Note 6: Goodwill and Intangibles

Hilton allocated $3.5 billion of goodwill to us as part of the Blackstone Merger and during the year ended December 31, 2008, we recognized a $2.7 billion impairment loss.

Our goodwill balance and related activity was:

	Goodwill		Accumulated Impairment Losses			Balance
	(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	2,708	$	(2,102	)	$	606
Distribution to Parent		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		1		—			1
Balance as of December 31, 2018		2,709		(2,102	)		607
Distribution to Parent		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		—		—			—
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2,709	$	(2,102	)	$	607

Intangible assets were:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Acquired below market leases(1)	$	—		$	61
Air rights contract(2)		45			—
Other		8			10
Accumulated amortization		(7	)		(44	)
	$	46		$	27

⁽¹⁾ Upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, the balance of acquired below market leases was reclassed to Operating lease right-of-use asset within our consolidated balance sheet.

⁽²⁾ In conjunction with the Merger, we acquired an air rights contract as part of the Hyatt Regency Boston, which expires in September 2079 and requires no payments through maturity.

As of December 31, 2019, we estimated our future amortization expense for our intangible assets to be:

Year	(in millions)
2020	$	1
2021		1
2022		1
2023		1
2024		1
Thereafter		41
	$	46

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Note 7: Debt

Debt balances and associated interest rates as of December 31, 2019 were:

			Principal balance as of
	Interest Rate at December 31, 2019	Maturity Date	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
			(in millions)
SF CMBS Loan	4.11%	November 2023	$	725		$	725
HHV CMBS Loan	4.20%	November 2026		1,275			1,275
Mortgage loans(1)	Average rate of 4.26%	2020 to 2026(2)		515			207
2016 Term Loan	L + 1.55%	December 2021		700			750
2019 Term Facility	L + 1.50%	September 2024		670			—
Revolver(3)	L + 1.60%	December 2021(2)		—			—
Capital lease obligations	3.07%	2021 to 2022		1			1
				3,886			2,958
Add: unamortized premium				3			—
Less: unamortized deferred financing costs and    discount				(18	)		(10	)
			$	3,871		$	2,948

⁽¹⁾ Includes $308 million of mortgage loans assumed in connection with the Merger, all of which require payments of principal and interest on a      monthly basis.

⁽²⁾ Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.

⁽³⁾ $1 billion available.

CMBS and Mortgage Loans

In October 2016, we entered into a $725 million CMBS loan secured by the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and the Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco (“SF CMBS Loan”) and a $1.275 billion CMBS loan secured by the Hilton Hawaiian Village (“HHV CMBS Loan”). Both the SF CMBS Loan and the HHV CMBS Loan bear interest at a fixed-rate and require interest-only payments through their respective maturity dates. At any time after the permitted release date of May 1, 2019, the SF CMBS Loan and HHV CMBS Loan may be partially or fully prepaid, subject to prepayment penalties.

Our mortgage loans, which are associated with our three consolidated VIEs and mortgage loans acquired through the Merger, bear interest at either a fixed-rate or variable rate.  Our mortgage loans associated with our VIEs require interest-only loan payments through their respective maturity dates and the mortgage loans associated with the Merger require payments of principal and interest on a monthly basis.

We are required to deposit with lenders certain cash reserves for restricted uses. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, our consolidated balance sheets included $13 million and $15 million of restricted cash, respectively, related to our CMBS loans and mortgage loans.

Credit Facilities

2016 Term Loan and Revolver

In December 2016, we entered into a credit agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as administrative agent, and certain others financial institutions party thereto as lenders. The facility includes a $1 billion revolving credit facility (“Revolver”), which has a scheduled maturity date of December 24, 2020 with two, six-month extension options if certain conditions are satisfied, and a $750 million term loan (“2016 Term Loan”). The Credit Agreement includes the option to increase the size of the Revolver and enter into additional incremental term loan credit facilities, subject to certain limitations, in an aggregate commitment or principal amount not to exceed $500 million for all such increases. In December 2019, we prepaid $50 million of the 2016 Term Loan.

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The Revolver permits one or more standby letters of credit, up to a maximum aggregate outstanding balance of $50 million, to be issued on behalf of us. Any outstanding standby letters of credit reduce the available borrowings on the Revolver by a corresponding amount.

Revolver and 2016 Term Loan borrowings bear interest at variable rates at our option, based upon either a base rate or LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin based on our leverage ratio. We incur an unused facility fee on the Revolver of between 0.2% and 0.3%, based on our level of usage.

The Credit Agreement contains certain financial covenants relating to our maximum leverage ratio, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, maximum secured leverage ratio, maximum unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value and minimum unencumbered adjusted net operating income to unsecured interest coverage. If an event of default exists, we are not permitted to make distributions to shareholders, other than those required to qualify for and maintain REIT status.

2019 Term Facility

In advance of the Merger, in August 2019, the Company, our Operating Company and PK Domestic entered into a delayed draw term loan agreement (the “2019 Term Facility”) with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as lenders. The 2019 Term Facility provided for $950 million unsecured delayed draw term loan commitments to fund the Merger. The 2019 Term Facility included a $100 million two-year delayed draw term loan tranche, which was unfunded and the commitments thereunder terminated on September 18, 2019, and a $850 million five-year delayed draw term loan tranche, which has a scheduled maturity date of August 2024. On September 18, 2019, the five-year tranche was fully drawn to fund the Merger of which $180 million was prepaid in December 2019. The 2019 Term Facility agreement includes the option to increase the size of the 2019 Term Facility and enter into additional incremental term loan credit facilities, subject to certain limitations and obtaining additional commitments, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400 million for all such increases.

Borrowings from the 2019 Term Facility bear interest at variable rates at our option, based upon either a base rate or LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin based on our leverage ratio. Beginning in August 2019, we accrued an unused commitment fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the undrawn portion of the 2019 Term Facility, which was paid on September 18, 2019 when the 2019 Term Facility was fully drawn. Additionally, we incurred upfront financing fees of $9 million associated with the 2019 Term Facility, of which $3 million was expensed in connection with the terminated commitments and the $180 million prepayment in December 2019.

The 2019 Term Facility agreement contains certain financial covenants relating to our maximum leverage ratio, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, maximum secured leverage ratio, maximum unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value and minimum unencumbered adjusted net operating income to unsecured interest coverage. If an event of default exists, we generally are not permitted to make distributions to stockholders, other than those required to qualify for and maintain REIT status and certain other limited exceptions.

In connection with the Merger, we assumed an interest rate swap from Chesapeake, which is designated as a cash flow hedge, to hedge the interest rate risk on a portion of the 2019 Term Facility.  The interest rate swap requires us to pay fixed interest of 1.86% per annum maturing on April 21, 2022 on a notional amount of $225 million, in exchange for floating rate interest equal to one-month LIBOR.

Debt Maturities

The contractual maturities of our debt, assuming the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option, as of December 31, 2019 were:

Year	(in millions)
2020	$	21
2021		709
2022		97
2023		827
2024		676
Thereafter(1)		1,556
	$	3,886

⁽¹⁾ Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.

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Note 8: Fair Value Measurements

We did not elect the fair value measurement option for our financial assets or liabilities.  The fair values of our other financial instruments not included in the table below are estimated to be equal to their carrying amounts.

The fair value of our debt and the hierarchy level we used to estimate fair values are shown below:

			December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Hierarchy Level		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
			(in millions)
Liabilities:
SF CMBS Loan		3	$	725	$	740	$	725	$	706
HHV CMBS Loan		3		1,275		1,316		1,275		1,214
2016 Term Loan		3		700		698		750		732
2019 Term Facility		3		670		667		—		—
Mortgage loans		3		516		516		207		201

Note 9: Leases

We lease hotel properties, land and equipment under operating and financing leases.  We are subject to ground leases on 14 of our consolidated properties. Our leases expire, including options under lessor control, at various dates through 2083, with varying renewal options, and the majority expire before 2031.  

Our operating leases may require minimum rent payments, variable rent payments based on a percentage of revenue or income or rent payments equal to the greater of a minimum rent or variable rent. In addition, we may be required to pay some, or all, of the capital costs for property and equipment in the hotel during the term of the lease.

The maturities of our non-cancelable operating lease liabilities, due in each of the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2019, were:

	Operating Leases
Year	(in millions)
2020	$	29
2021		29
2022		29
2023		24
2024		25
Thereafter		365
Total minimum rent payments		501
Less: imputed interest		241
Total operating lease liabilities	$	260

As of December 31, 2019 the weighted average remaining operating lease term was 26.3 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liabilities was 5.3%.

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The components of rent expense, which are primarily included in other property-level expenses in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, supplemental cash flow and non-cash information for all operating leases were:

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
	(in millions)
Operating lease expense	$	30
Variable lease expense		13
Operating cash flows for operating leases		36
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations(1)		278

⁽¹⁾ For the year ended December 31, 2019, balance represents right-of-use assets recognized upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, and right-of-use assets assumed in connection with the Merger.

Note 10: Income Taxes

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy requirements related to, among other things, the real estate qualification of sources of our income, the real estate composition and values of our assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders annually and the diversity of ownership of our stock. To the extent we continue to remain qualified as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable income generated by our REIT activities that we distribute annually to our stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes has been included in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 related to our REIT activities, other than taxes associated with built-in gains related to our assets owned at the date of our spin-off including the remeasurement of associated deferred tax assets and liabilities.

H.R. 1, commonly referred to as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act, which amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, was the most significant tax legislative development in decades. Major elements of the Act from our perspective include reducing the corporate tax rate; restricting the eligibility for tax deferred like-kind exchange treatment solely to real property; limiting the deductibility of interest expense; the one-time transition tax on foreign cash and unremitted earnings; and the treatment of global intangible low-taxed income for REIT gross income purposes. As a result of the changes in the Act, we recognized a $25 million income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 and $8 million of income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 when our analysis of the effects of the Act was completed.

We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable sales of built-in gain property (representing property with an excess of fair value over tax basis held by us on January 4, 2017) during the five-year period following the date of our spin-off. In addition, we are subject to non-U.S. income tax on foreign held REIT activities. Further, our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) are generally subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes (as applicable).  

Our tax provision includes U.S. federal, state and foreign income taxes payable. The domestic and foreign components of income before income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
	(in millions)
U.S. income before tax	$	350	$	498	$	279
Foreign income before tax		1		2		6
Income before income taxes	$	351	$	500	$	285

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The components of our (benefit) provision for income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018			2017
	(in millions)
Current:
U.S. Federal	$	16	$	34		$	21
State		3		6			2
Foreign		11		3			9
Total current		30		43			32
Deferred:
U.S. Federal		3		(18	)		(2,373	)
Foreign		2		(2	)		(5	)
Total deferred		5		(20	)		(2,378	)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	35	$	23		$	(2,346	)

Reconciliations of our tax provision at the U.S. statutory rate to the (benefit) provision for income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Statutory U.S. federal income tax provision	$	74		$	105		$	100
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit		2			3			2
Foreign income tax expense		13			2			4
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance		2			—			3
Tax rate change		—			(2	)		(25	)
REIT income not subject to tax		(69	)		(92	)		(83	)
Derecognition and remeasurement of deferred taxes		13			7			(2,347	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	35		$	23		$	(2,346	)

Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of the differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities plus carryforward items. The composition of net deferred tax balances were as follows:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Deferred income tax assets(1)	$	8		$	3
Deferred income tax liabilities		(50	)		(42	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(42	)	$	(39	)

⁽¹⁾ Included within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets, net of valuation allowance.

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The tax effects of the temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to our net deferred tax liability were:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	9		$	8
Deferred income		4			3
Accrued compensation		2			3
Other		6			4
Total gross deferred tax assets		21			18
Less: valuation allowance		(6	)		(4	)
Deferred tax assets		15			14
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment		(48	)		(44	)
Investments		(8	)		(9	)
Accrued compensation		(1	)		—
Deferred tax liabilities		(57	)		(53	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(42	)	$	(39	)

As of December 31, 2019, we had U.S. federal, state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $65 million, which resulted in deferred tax assets of $9 million. Our U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $18 million and $24 million begin to expire in 2038 and 2025, respectively, and our foreign net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $23 million are not subject to expiration. Our valuation allowance increased $2 million during the year ended December 31, 2019.

For periods ended prior to January 4, 2017, Hilton filed income tax returns for us, with U.S. federal, state and foreign jurisdictions. Hilton is under regular and recurring audit by the Internal Revenue Service on open tax positions. The timing of the resolution of tax audits is highly uncertain, as are the amounts, if any, that may ultimately be paid upon such resolution. Changes may result from the conclusion of ongoing audits, appeals or litigation in U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign tax jurisdictions or from the resolution of various proceedings between the U.S. and foreign tax authorities. Hilton is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examination for years through 2005. As of December 31, 2019, Hilton remains subject to U.S. federal examinations from 2007 through 2017, state examinations from 2007 through 2017 and foreign examinations of their income tax returns for the years 1998 through 2017. We will be subject to U.S. federal, state and foreign examinations for periods ending after January 4, 2017.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the cash distributions to stockholders are characterized as follows:

	For the Year Ended		For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Common distributions (per share):
Ordinary dividends	$	1.61	$	1.64
Capital gain distributions		0.29		1.32

Note 11: Share-Based Compensation

We issue equity-based awards to our employees pursuant to the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2017 Employee Plan”) and our non-employee directors pursuant to the 2017 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (“2017 Director Plan”). The 2017 Employee Plan provides that a maximum of 8,000,000 shares of our common stock may be issued, and as of December 31, 2019, 5,495,914 shares of common stock remain available for future issuance. The 2017 Director Plan provides that a maximum of 450,000 shares of our common stock may be issued, and as of December 31, 2019, 293,269 shares of common stock remain available for future issuance. For each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $16 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense and $15 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2019, unrecognized compensation expense was $16 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years. The total fair value of shares vested during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $21 million and $9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

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Restricted Stock Awards

Restricted Stock Awards (“RSAs”) generally vest in annual installments between one and three years from each grant date. The following table provides a summary of RSAs for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

	Number of Shares			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017		—		$	—
Granted		594,213			26.52
Vested		(106,795	)		26.85
Forfeited		(25,779	)		26.22
Unvested at December 31, 2017		461,639			26.47
Granted		367,463			27.34
Vested		(214,208	)		26.67
Forfeited		(29,788	)		27.48
Unvested at December 31, 2018		585,106			26.89
Granted		302,506			31.24
Vested		(312,462	)		26.99
Forfeited		(17,905	)		29.58
Unvested at December 31, 2019		557,245		$	29.10

Performance Stock Units

Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”) generally vest at the end of a three-year performance period and are subject to the achievement of a market condition based on a measure of our total shareholder return relative to the total shareholder return of the companies that comprise the FTSE Nareit Lodging Resorts Index (that have a market capitalization in excess of $1 billion as of the first day of the applicable performance period). The number of PSUs that may become vested ranges from zero to 200% of the number of PSUs granted to an employee, based on the level of achievement of the foregoing performance measure. The following table provides a summary of PSUs for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

	Number of Shares			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017		—		$	—
Granted		387,642			31.95
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(16,085	)		31.73
Unvested at December 31, 2017		371,557			31.96
Granted		179,774			29.47
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(13,395	)		30.48
Unvested at December 31, 2018		537,936			31.16
Granted		314,858			34.28
Vested		(277,325	)		31.25
Forfeited		(672	)		42.05
Unvested at December 31, 2019		574,797		$	32.82

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The grant date fair values of these awards were determined using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model with the following assumptions:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Expected volatility(1)	19.5% - 21.5%		20.0% - 24.0%		25.5% - 29.5%
Dividend yield(2)		—		—		—
Risk-free rate	1.8% - 2.4%		2.4% - 2.7%		1.2% - 1.5%
Expected term	3 years		3 years		2 - 3 years

⁽¹⁾ Due to limited trading history of our common stock, we used the historical and implied volatilities of our peer group in addition to our historical and implied volatilities over the performance period to estimate appropriate expected volatilities. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the weighted average expected volatility was 20.5%, 24.0% and 28.4%, respectively.

⁽²⁾ Dividends are assumed to be reinvested in shares of our common stock and dividends will not be paid unless shares vest.

Note 12: Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions, except per share amounts)
Numerator:
Net income attributable to stockholders(1)	$	306		$	472		$	2,625
Earnings allocated to participating securities		(1	)		(2	)		(8	)
Net income attributable to stockholders, net of earnings    allocated to participating securities	$	305		$	470		$	2,617
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic		212			203			211
Unvested restricted shares		1			1			—
Net effect of shares issued with respect to E&P Dividend(2)		—			—			3
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted		213			204			214
Basic EPS(3)	$	1.44		$	2.32		$	12.38
Diluted EPS(3)	$	1.44		$	2.31		$	12.21

⁽¹⁾ Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

⁽²⁾ Shares issued in connection with the distribution of our C corporation earnings and profits attributable to the period prior to spin-off “E&P Dividend”).

⁽³⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.

Certain of our outstanding equity awards were excluded from the above calculation of EPS for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

Note 13: Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements

Management and Franchise Fees

We have management agreements, whereby we pay a base fee equal to a percentage of total revenues, as defined, as well as an incentive fee if specified financial performance targets are achieved. Our managers generally have sole responsibility for all activities necessary for the operation of the hotels, including establishing room rates, processing reservations and promoting and publicizing the hotels. Our managers also generally provide all employees for the hotels, prepare reports, budgets and projections, and provide other administrative and accounting support services to the hotels. We have consultative and limited approval rights with respect to certain actions of our managers, including entering into long-term or high value contracts, engaging in certain actions relating to legal proceedings, approving the operating budget, making certain capital expenditures and the hiring of certain management personnel.

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Our management agreements have initial terms ranging from 5 to 30 years and allow for one or more renewal periods. Assuming all renewal periods are exercised by our hotel managers, the total term of our management agreements range from 30 to 70 years.

We also have franchise agreements for 12 hotels. The franchise agreements have an initial term of 7 to 20 years and cannot be extended without the franchisor’s consent.

Marketing Fees

Additionally, the management and franchise agreements generally require a marketing fee equal to a percentage of rooms revenues. Total marketing fees were $53 million, $53 million and $55 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were included in other departmental and support expense in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Employee Cost Reimbursements

We are responsible for reimbursing our managers for certain employee related costs outside of payroll. These costs include contributions to a defined contribution 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan administered by our managers, union-sponsored pension plans and other post-retirement plans. All of these plans are the responsibility of our managers and our obligation is only for the reimbursement of these costs for individuals who work at our hotel properties. Total employee cost reimbursements were $133 million, $134 million and $131 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were included in the respective operating expenses line item in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income based upon the nature of services provided by such employees.

Note 14: Net Parent Investment

Net Parent investment on our historical consolidated statements of equity represents Hilton’s historical investment in us, the net effect of transactions with and allocations from Hilton and our accumulated earnings. Net transfers to Parent are included within Net Parent investment. There were no transfers to Parent during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. The components of the net transfers to Parent on the consolidated statements of cash flows and consolidated statements of equity were:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2017
	(in millions)
Cash pooling and general financing activities		$	(9	)
Corporate allocations			—
Income taxes			(4	)
Net transfers to Parent		$	(13	)

Note 15: Geographic and Business Segment Information

As of December 31, 2019, we have two operating segments, our consolidated hotels and unconsolidated hotels. Our unconsolidated hotels operating segment does not meet the definition of a reportable segment, thus our consolidated hotels is our only reportable segment. We evaluate our consolidated hotels primarily based on hotel adjusted earnings before interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). Hotel Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA from hotel operations, adjusted to exclude:

• Gains or losses on sales of assets for both consolidated and unconsolidated investments;

• Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions;

• Transition expense related to our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company;

• Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;

• Severance expense;

• Share-based compensation expense;

• Casualty gains or losses and impairment losses; and

• Other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance.

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The following table presents revenues for our consolidated hotels reconciled to our consolidated amounts and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to net income:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Revenues:
Total consolidated hotel revenue	$	2,767		$	2,665		$	2,727
Other revenues		77			72			64
Total revenues	$	2,844		$	2,737		$	2,791
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA	$	802		$	761		$	758
Other revenues		77			72			64
Casualty gain (loss) and impairment loss, net		18			1			(26	)
Depreciation and amortization expense		(264	)		(277	)		(288	)
Corporate general and administrative expense		(62	)		(65	)		(68	)
Acquisition costs		(70	)		—			—
Other operating expenses		(78	)		(73	)		(63	)
Gain on sales of assets, net		19			96			1
Interest income		6			6			2
Interest expense		(140	)		(127	)		(124	)
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		14			18			40
Loss on foreign currency transactions		(1	)		(3	)		(4	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(35	)		(23	)		2,346
Other gain, net		46			102			—
Other items		(16	)		(11	)		(7	)
Net income	$	316		$	477		$	2,631

The following table presents total assets for our consolidated hotels, reconciled to consolidated amounts:

	December 31,
	2019		2018
	(in millions)
Consolidated hotels	$	11,236	$	9,305
All other		54		58
Total	$	11,290	$	9,363

The following table presents total revenues and property and equipment, net for each of the geographical areas in which we operate:

	As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
	Revenues		Property and Equipment, net		Revenues		Property and Equipment, net		Revenues		Property and Equipment, net
	(in millions)
United States(1)(2)	$	2,804	$	9,594	$	2,676	$	7,906	$	2,618	$	8,089
All other		40		—		61		69		173		222
	$	2,844	$	9,594	$	2,737	$	7,975	$	2,791	$	8,311

⁽¹⁾ Includes revenues of $11 million, $14 million and $13 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 from our laundry operations which is not part of our segment. Also includes property and equipment, net of $5 million as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, from our laundry operations.

⁽²⁾ Excludes $62 million and $31 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019 and 2017, respectively.

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Note 16: Commitments and Contingencies  

As of December 31, 2019, we had outstanding commitments under third-party contracts of approximately $43 million for capital expenditures at certain hotels. Our contracts contain clauses that allow us to cancel all or some portion of the work. If cancellation of a contract occurred, our commitment would be any costs incurred up to the cancellation date, in addition to any costs associated with the discharge of the contract.

We may make certain indemnifications or guarantees to select buyers of our hotels as part of the sale process. In addition, losses related to certain contingent liabilities could be apportioned to us under the distribution and tax matters agreements related to the spin-off transaction.  

We are involved in litigation arising from the normal course of business, some of which includes claims for substantial sums. We are also involved in claims and litigation that is not in the ordinary course of business in connection with the spin-off from Hilton.  The spin-off agreements indemnify us from certain of these claims as well as require us to indemnify Hilton. In connection with our obligation to indemnify Hilton under the spin-off agreements, we have reserved approximately $7 million related to ongoing claims as of December 31, 2019 with respect to an audit by the Australian Tax Office (“ATO”) related to the sale of the Hilton Sydney in June 2015. This amount could change as more information becomes available about the progress of Hilton’s defense against the ATO’s claim.

Note 17: Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Interest paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, was $135 million, $123 million and $118 million, respectively.

We paid $15 million, $63 million and $16 million in income taxes in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Capital expenditures included within accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets were $26 million, $15 million, and $20 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.

The following non-cash investing and financing activities were excluded from the consolidated statements of cash flows:

During the year ended December 31, 2019:

• We issued $978 million of common stock and assumed $310 million of mortgage loans in connection with the Merger.

• We transferred rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and accordingly derecognized $123 million of property and equipment, net and $135 million of the related liability due to HGV.

• We declared $136 million of dividends that were unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2019.

During the year ended December 31, 2018:

• We transferred a restaurant at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and accordingly derecognized $3 million of property and equipment, net and $3 million of the related liability due to HGV.

• We declared $206 million of dividends that were unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2018.

During the year ended December 31, 2017:

• We transferred rooms at the New York Hilton Midtown and Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and accordingly derecognized $70 million of property and equipment, net and $72 million of the related liability due to HGV.

• We issued $441 million in shares of common stock in connection with our E&P stock dividend.

• We declared $120 million of dividends that were unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2017.

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Note 18: Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

The following table sets forth the historical unaudited quarterly financial data for the periods indicated. The information for each of these periods has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, reflects all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial results. Operating results for previous periods do not necessarily indicate results that may be achieved in any future period.

	2019
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(in millions)
Revenues	$	659	$	703	$	672	$	810	$	2,844
Operating income		129		111		38		148		426
Net income		97		84		9		126		316
Net income attributable to stockholders		96		82		5		123		306
Earnings per share - Basic(1)		0.48		0.40		0.02		0.51		1.44
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)		0.48		0.40		0.02		0.51		1.44

⁽¹⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

	2018
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(in millions)
Revenues	$	668	$	731	$	652	$	686	$	2,737
Operating income		174		149		84		97		504
Net income		149		218		55		55		477
Net income attributable to stockholders		150		216		52		54		472
Earnings per share - Basic(1)		0.71		1.07		0.26		0.27		2.32
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)		0.71		1.07		0.26		0.27		2.31

⁽¹⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

Note 19: Subsequent Events

On February 19, 2020, we sold the 503-room Hilton São Paulo Morumbi for gross proceeds of approximately $118 million, or $234,000 per key. Upon the sale of this hotel, we no longer have any international hotels in our portfolio. Additionally, on the same day, we sold the 197-room Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown for gross proceeds of approximately $90 million, or $459,000 per key.

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Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Schedule III

Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2019

				Initial Cost									Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period
Hotel Property	Encumbrances			Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition			Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Total		Accumulated Depreciation			Date of Construction	Date Acquired(a)	Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed
Caribe Hilton	$	—		$	38	$	56	$	7	$	87		$	41	$	115	$	32	$	188	$	(28	)	1949	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Durango		—			—		—		2		6			—		3		5		8		(6	)	1985	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Ontario Airport		30			14		58		3		15			12		63		15		90		(24	)	1974	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Diego—Mission    Valley		—			—		—		2		17			—		9		10		19		(11	)	1989	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Jose		—			15		67		5		25			15		82		15		112		(36	)	1980	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport		—			—		—		11		27			—		11		27		38		(29	)	1969	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country		—			—		—		4		11			—		6		9		15		(10	)	1977	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South     Congress		—			—		45		2		17			—		57		7		64		(28	)	1983	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Phoenix—Airport		—			—		15		1		(9	)		—		3		4		7		(5	)	1986	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Boston Logan Airport		—			—		108		6		31			—		127		18		145		(46	)	1999	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Chicago		—			69		233		12		144			69		340		49		458		(132	)	1927	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki    Beach Resort		1,275			925		807		17		341			964		1,044		82		2,090		(410	)	1961	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner		—			50		82		3		(15	)		23		55		42		120		(62	)	1987	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton New Orleans Riverside		—			89		217		3		87			90		261		45		396		(112	)	1977	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Oakland Airport		—			—		13		3		2			—		9		9		18		(9	)	1970	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Salt Lake City Center		—			—		—		10		20			—		8		22		30		(22	)	2002	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton San Francisco Union Square		725	(1)		113		232		16		135			113		333		50		496		(127	)	1964	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort		165			71		50		2		22			71		64		10		145		(17	)	1986	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference    Center		—			—		70		3		16			—		80		9		89		(36	)	1961	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Short Hills		—			59		54		3		20			59		64		13		136		(25	)	1988	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Waikoloa Village		—			160		340		25		(75	)		106		288		56		450		(138	)	1988	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
New York Hilton Midtown		—			1,096		542		13		138			1,043		656		90		1,789		(236	)	1963	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Washington DC    Georgetown		—			62		53		2		(21	)		40		46		10		96		(16	)	1990	12/4/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC—Crystal    City		—			43		95		2		48			43		127		18		188		(55	)	1982	12/14/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Miami Airport		—			64		36		3		37			64		60		16		140		(32	)	1984	12/14/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center		12			3		24		2		11			3		30		7		40		(12	)	1986	1/1/2010	3 - 40 years
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista		—			—		137		10		38			—		161		24		185		(56	)	1983	8/30/2010	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Kansas City—Plaza		—			—		26		1		3			—		28		2		30		(14	)	1973	7/25/2014	3 - 40 years
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek		—			15		377		31		48			16		401		54		471		(82	)	2009	2/12/2015	3 - 40 years

⁽¹⁾  Single $725 million CMBS loan secured by Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco – A Hilton Hotel.

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Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation—(continued)

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2019

				Initial Cost								Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period
Hotel Property	Encumbrances			Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Total		Accumulated Depreciation			Date of Construction	Date Acquired(a)	Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed
Parc 55 San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel	$	—	(1)	$	175	$	315	$	32	$	15	$	175	$	325	$	37	$	537	$	(71	)	1984	2/12/2015	3 - 40 years
Waldorf Astoria Orlando		—			34		274		29		9		34		275		37		346	$	(70	)	2009	2/12/2015	3 - 40 years
Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort		—			164		174		9		5		164		176		12		352		(30	)	1920	2/17/2015	3 - 40 years
The Reach Key West, Curio Collection		—			57		67		3		14		57		81		3		141		(9	)	1970	2/17/2015	3 - 40 years
Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection		—			40		64		8		2		40		64		10		114		(17	)	1973	6/2/2015	3 - 40 years
Boston Marriott Newton		—			24		74		15		—		24		74		15		113		(1	)	1969	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard		—			13		54		5		—		13		54		5		72		(1	)	2006	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles		28			19		44		7		—		19		44		7		70		(1	)	1927	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hilton Denver City Center		61			14		163		21		—		14		163		21		198		(3	)	1982	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle    Convention Center Pike Street		—			5		75		7		—		5		75		7		87		(1	)	1990	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection		—			25		54		7		—		25		54		7		86		(1	)	1929	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter		—			7		60		8		—		7		60		8		75		(1	)	2009	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf		—			33		122		11		—		33		122		11		166		(2	)	1990	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hyatt Regency Boston		141			—		177		14		—		—		177		14		191		(3	)	1985	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina		—			5		118		15		—		5		118		15		138		(2	)	1961	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square		—			—		191		13		—		—		191		13		204		(2	)	1987	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Le Meridien San Francisco		—			48		176		8		—		48		176		8		232		(2	)	1989	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute    Portfolio Resort		—			16		139		12		—		16		139		12		167		(2	)	1926	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
W Chicago – City Center		79			20		76		14		1		20		77		14		111		(1	)	1928	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
W Chicago – Lakeshore		—			22		58		8		—		22		58		8		88		(1	)	1965	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
W New Orleans – French Quarter		—			3		21		1		—		3		21		1		25		(1	)	1872	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Total	$	2,516		$	3,610	$	6,233	$	451	$	1,272	$	3,496	$	7,055	$	1,015	$	11,566	$	(2,038	)

^(a) On October 24, 2007, a predecessor to our Parent became a wholly owned subsidiary of an affiliate of Blackstone following the completion of the Blackstone Merger.

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Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation—(continued)

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2019

Notes:

(A) The change in total cost of properties for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	9,921		$	10,249		$	10,310
Additions during period:
Acquisitions		2,220			—			—
Capital expenditures		248			192			198
Deductions during period:
Transfers to assets held for sale		(86	)		—			(46	)
Dispositions, including casualty losses and impairment loss on    planned dispositions		(734	)		(512	)		(236	)
Foreign exchange effect		(3	)		(8	)		23
Balance at end of period	$	11,566		$	9,921		$	10,249

(B) The change in accumulated depreciation for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,011		$	2,004		$	1,832
Additions during period:
Depreciation expense		256			268			280
Deductions during period:
Transfers to assets held for sale		(24	)		—			(15	)
Dispositions, including casualty losses		(206	)		(262	)		(85	)
Foreign exchange effect		1			1			(8	)
Balance at end of period	$	2,038		$	2,011		$	2,004

(C) The aggregate cost of real estate for U.S. federal income tax purposes is approximately $6.803 billion as of December 31, 2019.

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management has evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act), as required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of December 31, 2019, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports filed or submitted with the Securities and Exchange Commission (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have set forth management's report on internal control over financial reporting and the attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Management's report on internal control over financial reporting is incorporated in this Item 9A by reference.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

On September 18, 2019, we completed the Merger and have since integrated Chesapeake’s operations into our internal control structure. None of these integration activities had a material effect to our internal control over financial reporting. There were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

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PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

The information required by this item will be incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

The information required by this item will be incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The information required by this item will be incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

The information required by this item will be incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

The information required by this item will incorporated by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

The following documents are filed as part of this report.

(a) Financial Statements
We include this portion of Item 15 under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(b) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule III – Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation is filed herewith.

All other schedules are omitted as the required information is either not present, not present in material amounts or presented within the consolidated financial statements or related notes.

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description
2.1	Distribution Agreement by and among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. and Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc., dated as of January 2, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2017).
2.2	Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., PK Domestic Property LLC, PK Domestic Sub LLC, and Chesapeake Lodging Trust, dated as of May 5, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 6, 2019).
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 30, 2019).
3.2	Amended and Restated By-laws of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2019).
4.1*	Description of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Common Stock
10.1	Tax Matters Agreement by and among Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc., Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. and Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc., dated as of January 2, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2017).
10.2	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, dated as of January 3, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2017).
10.3	Loan Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2016, among S.F. Hilton LLC and P55 Hotel Owner LLC, collectively, as Borrowers and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lenders and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to our Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-37795), as filed on November 14, 2016).
10.4	Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2016, among Park Intermediate Holdings LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to our Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-37795), as filed on November 14, 2016).
10.5	Employment Agreement dated April 26, 2016, between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and Thomas J. Baltimore Jr (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to our Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-37795), as filed on September 16, 2016). †
10.6	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, dated as of January 3, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on January 4, 2017). †

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Exhibit Number	Description
10.7	Loan Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Hilton Hawaiian Village LLC, as Borrower, Hilton Hawaiian Village Lessee LLC, as Operating Lessee, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to our Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-37795), as filed on November 14, 2016).
10.8	Guaranty Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2016, among Park Intermediate Holdings LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Barclays Bank PLC and Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., collectively, as Lender (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to our Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-37795), as filed on November 14, 2016).
10.9	Credit Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2016, by and among Park Intermediate Holdings LLC, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agents, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as documentation agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon, Citibank, N.A., PNC Bank, National Association and Royal Bank of Canada, as senior managing agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on December 30, 2016).
10.10	Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and each of its directors and executive officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 0001-37795), filed on November 14, 2016).†
10.11	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Executive Long-Term Incentive Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 1, 2017).†
10.12	Form of CEO Performance Stock Unit Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 1, 2017).†
10.13	Form of CEO Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 1, 2017).†
10.14	Form of Executive Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 1, 2017).†
10.15	Form of Executive Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 1, 2017).†
10.16	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Executive Severance Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 3, 2017).†
10.17	Form of Award Notice and Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Converted Award) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on May 4, 2017).†
10.18	Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Converted Award-2014 Grant) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on May 4, 2017).†
10.19	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Executive Long-Term Incentive Program (amended and restated as of January 25, 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 28, 2019).
10.20	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Executive Short-Term Incentive Program (amended and restated as of January 25, 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 28, 2019).
10.21	First Amendment to Credit Agreement, by and among Park Intermediate Holdings LLC, Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., the Subsidiary Borrowers, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 1, 2019).
10.22	Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., PK Domestic Property LLC, Park Intermediate Holdings LLC, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 4, 2019).

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Exhibit Number	Description
10.23	Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2019, by and among Park Hotels & Resorts Inc., PK Domestic Property LLC, Park Intermediate Holdings LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 4, 2019).
10.24	Master Amendment and Option Agreement, by and among the Company, HNA Tourism Group Co., Ltd. and HNA HLT Holdco I LLC, dated March 5, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 5, 2018).
10.25	Form of CEO Special Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2020).†
10.26	Form of CEO Special Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2020).†
10.27	Form of Executive Special Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2020).†
10.28	Form of Executive Special Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2020).†
10.29	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Executive Short-Term Incentive Program (amended and restated as of February 24, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2020).†
10.30	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. Executive Long-Term Incentive Program (amended and restated as of February 24, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 26, 2020).†
11.1	Computation of Per Share Earnings from Operations (included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in this Report).
21*	Subsidiaries of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
23*	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1*	Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K).
31.1*	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, furnished herewith.
32.2*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, furnished herewith.
101.INS*	Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL*	Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
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101

Exhibit Number	Description
*	Filed herewith
†	Denotes a management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Date: February 27, 2020	By:	/s/ Thomas J. Baltimore Jr.
		Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
		Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., Sean M. Dell’Orto and Thomas C. Morey, and each of them (with full power to act alone), the individual’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name	Title	Date
/s/ Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.	Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	February 27, 2020
Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
/s/ Sean M. Dell’Orto	Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)	February 27, 2020
Sean M. Dell’Orto
/s/ Darren W. Robb	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)	February 27, 2020
Darren W. Robb
/s/ Patricia M. Bedient	Director	February 27, 2020
Patricia M. Bedient
/s/ Gordon M. Bethune	Director	February 27, 2020
Gordon M. Bethune
/s/ Thomas D. Eckert	Director	February 27, 2020
Thomas D. Eckert
/s/ Geoffrey M. Garrett	Director	February 27, 2020
Geoffrey M. Garrett
/s/ Christie B. Kelly	Director	February 27, 2020
Christie B. Kelly
/s/ Joseph I. Lieberman	Director	February 27, 2020
Joseph I. Lieberman
/s/ Timothy J. Naughton	Director	February 27, 2020
Timothy J. Naughton
/s/ Thomas A. Natelli	Director	February 27, 2020
Thomas A. Natelli
/s/ Stephen I. Sadove	Director	February 27, 2020
Stephen I. Sadove

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EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES

REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

The following description sets forth certain material terms and provisions of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which is our only security registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This description also summarizes relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). The following summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the applicable provisions of Delaware law and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) and our Amended and Restated By-laws (“By-laws”), each of which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.1 is a part. We encourage you to read Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, our Amended and Restated By-laws and the applicable provisions of Delaware law for additional information.

Authorized Capital Stock

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that we may issue up to 6,600,000,000 shares, consisting of 6,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“common stock”), and 600,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“preferred stock”). The 6,600,000,000 aggregate number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of our company entitled to vote thereon. Unless our board of directors determines otherwise, we will issue all shares of our capital stock in uncertificated form.

Under Delaware law, stockholders generally are not personally liable for our debts or obligations solely as a result of their status as stockholders.

Description of Common Stock

General

Subject to the provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock discussed below under the caption “— Certain Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer,” holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, including the election or removal of directors elected by our stockholders generally.

Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up and after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to the holders of our preferred stock having liquidation preferences, if any, the holders of our common stock will be entitled to receive pro rata our remaining assets available for distribution. The common stock is not subject to further calls or assessment by us. Holders of our common stock do not have preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. There is no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights, powers, preferences and privileges of holders of our common stock are be subject to those of the holders of any shares of our preferred stock we may authorize and issue in the future.

Dividends

The DGCL permits a corporation to declare and pay dividends out of “surplus” or, if there is no “surplus,” out of its net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. “Surplus” is defined as the excess of the net assets of the corporation over the amount determined to be the capital of the corporation by its board of directors. The capital of the corporation is typically calculated to be (and cannot be less than) the aggregate par value of all issued shares of capital stock. Net assets equals the fair value of the total assets minus total liabilities. The DGCL also provides that dividends may not be paid out of net profits if, after the payment of the dividend, remaining capital would be less than the capital represented by the outstanding stock of all classes having a preference upon the distribution of assets. Declaration and payment of any dividend is subject to the discretion of our board of directors.

Certain Provisions of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

Our Certificate of Incorporation includes a common stock ownership limit and a preferred stock ownership limit, which, subject to certain exceptions, restricts any person from acquiring more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of our outstanding common stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any outstanding class or series of our preferred stock without the approval of our board of directors. These provisions may delay, defer or prevent a change in control of us.

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The ability to authorize undesignated preferred stock will make it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with super-majority voting, special approval, dividend or other rights or preferences that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us or otherwise effect a change in control of us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers, or changes in control or management of our company.

We do not have a stockholder rights plan or any class or series of preferred stock designated in connection with such a plan, and if our board of directors were ever to adopt a stockholder rights plan in the future without prior stockholder approval, our board of directors would either submit the plan to stockholders for ratification or cause the rights plan to expire within one year.

Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Meetings, Nominations and Proposals

Our By-laws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors. For any matter to be “properly brought” before a meeting, a stockholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements and provide us with certain information specified by our By-laws about the stockholder, its affiliates and any proposed business or nominee for election as a director, including information about the material interest of the stockholder, its affiliates and any proposed nominee in us. These provisions may also defer, delay or discourage a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to influence or obtain control of our company.

By-law Amendments

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the 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 a majority of all of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote.

Proxy Access Nominations

In addition, our bylaws permit an eligible stockholder or group of up to 20 stockholders who have owned 3% or more of our common stock for at least three years to nominate and include in our proxy statement director candidates to occupy up to the greater of two directors or 20% of the Board, provided that the stockholder has satisfied the notice and other requirements specified in our By-laws.

No Cumulative Voting

The DGCL provides that stockholders are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless our Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise. Our Certificate of Incorporation does not provide for cumulative voting.

Stockholder Action by Written Consent

Pursuant to Section 228 of the DGCL, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is or are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of our stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, unless our Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that any action required or permitted to be taken by our stockholders may not be effected by consent in writing by stockholders unless such action is recommended by all directors then in office.

Power to Call Special Stockholder Meeting

Under Delaware law, a special meeting of stockholders may be called by our board of directors or by any other person authorized to do so in the company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws. Pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by the chairman of the board of directors or the chief executive officer or the board of directors at any time. In addition, a special meeting of the stockholders shall be called by the board of directors upon written request to our company secretary of one or more stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than twenty five percent (25%) of the total voting power of all the then outstanding shares of stock of our company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

Exclusive Forum

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that unless we consent to the selection of an alternative forum, the Delaware Court of Chancery shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for any (i) derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of our company, (ii) action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of our company to our company or our company’s stockholders, (iii) action asserting a claim against our company or any director or officer of our company arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, our Certificate of Incorporation or our Bylaws or (iv) action asserting a claim against our company or any director or officer of our company governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of our company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation. This exclusive forum provision applies to claims arising under Delaware state law and would not apply to claims brought pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. 

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute

We have opted out of Section 203 of the DGCL. Section 203 provides that, subject to certain exceptions specified in the law, a publicly held Delaware corporation shall not engage in certain “business combinations” with any “interested stockholder” for a three-year period after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder. These provisions generally prohibit or delay the accomplishment of mergers, assets or stock sales or other takeover or change-in-control attempts that are not approved by a company’s board of directors.

Generally, a business combination includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns or, within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status, did own 15% or more of a corporation’s outstanding voting stock.

Under certain circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for a person who would be an “interested stockholder” to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a three-year period. Accordingly, Section 203 could have an anti-takeover effect with respect to certain transactions our board of directors does not approve in advance. The provisions of Section 203 may encourage companies interested in acquiring our company to negotiate in advance with our board of directors because the stockholder approval requirement would be avoided if our board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction that results in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder. However, Section 203 also could discourage attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares of common stock held by stockholders. These provisions also may make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

Exchange Listing

Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “PK.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Equiniti Trust Company.

EX-21

EXHIBIT 21

PARK HOTELS & RESORTS INC.

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

Name	Jurisdiction
American Plaza Parking LLC	Utah
A-R HHC Orlando Convention Hotel Member, LLC	Delaware
A-R HHC Orlando Convention Hotel Mezz, LLC	Delaware
A-R HHC Orlando Convention Hotel, LLC	Delaware
A-R HHC Orlando New Parcel Owner, LLC	Delaware
Ashford HHC Partners III LP	Delaware
Atlanta Airport Lessee LLC	Delaware
Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Owner LLC	Delaware
Atlanta Perimeter Lessee LLC	Delaware
Austin Lessee LLC	Delaware
Bonnet Creek Equity Holdings LLC	Delaware
Bonnet Creek Hilton Lessee LLC	Delaware
Boston Airport Lessee LLC	Delaware
BRE/FL Development Parcels L.L.C.	Delaware
Buckingham’s Chicago, LLC	Delaware
Casa Marina Equity Holdings LLC	Delaware
Casa Marina Lessee LLC	Delaware
Casa Marina Owner, LLC	Delaware
Chesapeake Lodging, L.P.	Delaware
CHH Capital Hotel GP, LLC	Delaware
CHH Capital Hotel Partners, LP	Delaware
CHH Capital Tenant Corp.	Delaware
CHH III Tenant Parent Corp.	Delaware
CHH Torrey Pines Hotel GP, LLC	Delaware
CHH Torrey Pines Hotel Partners, LP	Delaware
CHH Torrey Pines Tenant Corp.	Delaware
Chicago Hilton LLC	Delaware
Chicago Lessee LLC	Delaware
Chicago O’Hare Lessee LLC	Delaware
CHSP 31st Street LLC	Delaware
CHSP 36th Street LLC	Delaware
CHSP Boston II LLC	Delaware
CHSP Boston LLC	Delaware
CHSP Bridge Lender LLC	Delaware
CHSP Chicago LLC	Delaware
CHSP DC Holding Trust	Maryland
CHSP Denver LLC	Delaware
CHSP Fisherman Wharf LLC	Delaware
CHSP French Quarter LLC	Delaware
CHSP Lakeshore LLC	Delaware
CHSP LLC	Delaware
CHSP Los Angeles II LLC	Delaware
CHSP Los Angeles LLC	Delaware
CHSP Miami Beach Holdings LLC	Delaware
CHSP Mission Bay LLC	Delaware
CHSP Navy Yard LLC	Delaware
CHSP New Orleans LLC	Delaware
CHSP Newton LLC	Delaware
CHSP San Diego LLC	Delaware
CHSP San Francisco LLC	Delaware
CHSP Seattle LLC	Delaware

CHSP TRS 31st Street LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS 36th Street LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Boston II LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Boston LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Chicago LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Denver LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Fisherman Wharf LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS French Quarter LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Lakeshore LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Los Angeles II LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Los Angeles LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Mission Bay LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Navy Yard LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS New Orleans LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Newton LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS San Diego LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS San Francisco LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Seattle LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Union Square II LLC	Delaware
CHSP TRS Union Square LLC	Delaware
CHSP Union Square II LLC	Delaware
CHSP Union Square LLC	Delaware
Club Mack OPCO, L.L.C.	Nevada
Crystal City Lessee LLC	Delaware
Crystal City LLC	Delaware
Cupertino Hotel Owner LLC	Delaware
Cupertino Lessee LLC	Delaware
DC Lessee LLC	Delaware
DJONT Leasing L.L.C.	Delaware
Doubletree DTWC LLC	Delaware
Doubletree Spokane City Center LLC	Delaware
DR Spokane City Center LLC	Delaware
DT Ontario GP LLC	Delaware
DT Ontario Hotel Partners	California
DT Ontario Hotel Partners Lessee LLC	Delaware
DT Spokane Equity Holdings LLC	Delaware
DTR TM Holdings, LLC	Arizona
DTWC Spokane City Center SPE, LLC	Delaware
Durango Lessee LLC	Delaware
Embassy Suites Austin LLC	Delaware
Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport LLC	Delaware
EPT Kansas City Limited Partnership	Delaware
EPT Meadowlands Limited Partnership	Delaware
Fess Parker-Red Lion Hotel	California
G/B/H Condo Owner, LLC	Delaware
G/B/H Four Star, LLC	Delaware
G/B/H Golf Course, LLC	Delaware
Global Resort Partners	Hawaii
Global Resort Partners GP LLC	Delaware
Hapeville Hotel Limited Partnership	Delaware
HHC One Park Boulevard, LLC	Delaware
Hilton Brazil Holdings LLC	Delaware
Hilton CMBS Holdings LLC	Delaware
Hilton El Segundo LLC	Delaware
Hilton Embassy Holdings LLC	Delaware
Hilton Hawaiian Village Lessee LLC	Delaware
Hilton Hawaiian Village LLC	Hawaii
Hilton International of Puerto Rico Inc.	Delaware
Hilton Land Investment 1, LLC	Delaware

Hilton New Orleans, L.L.C.	Delaware
Hilton OPB, LLC	Delaware
Hilton Orlando Partners III, LLC	Delaware
Hilton Riverside, LLC	Delaware
Hilton Seattle Airport LLC	Delaware
Hilton Suites, LLC	Delaware
HLT Alexandria Equity Holding LLC	Delaware
HLT CA Hilton LLC	Delaware
HLT DC Owner LLC	Delaware
HLT Domestic Owner LLC	Delaware
HLT GP LLC	Delaware
HLT Hawaii Holding LLC	Delaware
HLT Logan LLC	Delaware
HLT Memphis LLC	Delaware
HLT NY Hilton LLC	Delaware
HLT NY Waldorf LLC	Delaware
HLT O’Hare Inc.	Delaware
HLT Operate DTWC LLC	Delaware
HLT Owned VIII Holding LLC	Delaware
HLT Property Acquisition LLC	Delaware
HLT Resorts GP LLC	Delaware
HLT San Jose LLC	Delaware
International Rivercenter, L.L.C.	Louisiana
Kansas City Overland Park Lessee LLC	Delaware
Kansas City Plaza Lessee LLC	Delaware
KC Plaza GP LLC	Delaware
Kenner Hotel Limited Partnership	Delaware
Key West Reach Lessee LLC	Delaware
Key West Reach Owner, LLC	Delaware
King Street Station Hotel Associates L.P.	Virginia
King Street Station Hotel Associates Lessee LLC	Delaware
Kitty O’Shea’s Chicago, LLC	Delaware
Lake Buena Vista Lessee LLC	Delaware
Las Vegas Hotel Lessee LLC	Delaware
McLean Hilton LLC	Delaware
McLean Lessee LLC	Delaware
Meritex, LLC	Delaware
Miami Airport Lessee LLC	Delaware
Miami Airport LLC	Delaware
New Orleans Airport Lessee LLC	Delaware
New Orleans Rivercenter	Louisiana
New Orleans Riverside Lessee LLC	Delaware
New York Lessee LLC	Delaware
NORC Riparian Property, LLC	Delaware
Oakbrook Hilton Suites & Garden Inns LLC	Illinois
Oakland Airport Lessee LLC	Delaware
One Park Boulevard, LLC	Delaware
Overland Park Hotel Owner LLC	Delaware
P55 Hotel Owner LLC	Delaware
Parc 55 Lessee LLC	Delaware
Park Ala Moana LLC	Delaware
Park DT Ontario Lessee Holdings LLC	Delaware
Park DT Spokane Lessee Holdings LLC	Delaware
Park Embassy Alexandria Lessee Holdings LLC	Delaware
Park Intermediate Holdings LLC	Delaware
Park LA Holdings LLC	Delaware
Park Las Vegas Lessee Holdings LLC	Delaware
Park NO Airport GP LLC	Delaware
Park TRS Operating Company	Delaware
Park US Lessee Holdings, Inc.	Delaware

Park Victoria Quays Lessee Limited	England & Wales
Park-OCCC Hotel, Inc.	Florida
Parsippany Hotel Owner LLC	Delaware
Parsippany Lessee LLC	Delaware
Phoenix Lessee LLC	Delaware
Phoenix SP Hilton LLC	Delaware
PK Domestic Holdco LLC PK Domestic Property LLC	Delaware Delaware
PK Domestic Lessee LLC	Delaware
PK Domestic REIT Inc.	Delaware
PK Domestic Sub LLC	Delaware
Pointe Squaw Lessee LLC	Delaware
Puerto Rico Caribe Lessee LLC	Delaware
Reach Equity Holdings LLC	Delaware
RP Holdings Trust	Maryland
RP Hotel Holdings, LLC	Delaware
RP Hotel Operating Co., Inc.	Delaware
S.F. Hilton LLC	Delaware
Salt Lake City Lessee LLC	Delaware
San Diego Lessee LLC	Delaware
San Francisco Lessee LLC	Delaware
San Jose Lessee LLC	Delaware
Santa Barbara Hotel Lessee LLC	Delaware
Santa Barbara JV Holdings LLC	Delaware
Santa Barbara Lessee Holdings LLC	Delaware
Seattle Airport DT Lessee LLC	Delaware
Seattle Airport HLT Lessee LLC	Delaware
Short Hills Hilton LLC	Delaware
Short Hills Lessee LLC	Delaware
Sonoma Lessee LLC	Delaware
Suite Life LLC	Delaware
Sunstone Park Lessee LLC	Delaware
Tex Holdings, Inc.	Delaware
Waikoloa Village Lessee LLC	Delaware

EX-23

EXHIBIT 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

1) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-223438) of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and the related Prospectus, and

2) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-215324) pertaining to the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan and the Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. 2017 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors;

of our reports dated February 27, 2020, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2019.

	/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Tysons, Virginia
February 27, 2020

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2020	By:	/s/ Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
		Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
		Chief Executive Officer & President

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Sean M. Dell’Orto, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 27, 2020	By:	/s/ Sean M. Dell’Orto
		Sean M. Dell’Orto
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, in my capacity as an officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: February 27, 2020	By:	/s/ Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
		Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr.
		President and Chief Executive Officer

In accordance with SEC Release NO. 34-47986, this Exhibit is furnished to the SEC as an accompanying document and is not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Sean M. Dell’Orto, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: February 27, 2020	By:	/s/ Sean M. Dell’Orto
		Sean M. Dell’Orto
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

In accordance with SEC Release NO. 34-47986, this Exhibit is furnished to the SEC as an accompanying document and is not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Statutory U.S. federal income tax provision	$ 74	$ 105	$ 100
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit	2	3	2
Foreign income tax expense	13	2	4
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance	2		3
Tax rate change		(2)	(25)
REIT income not subject to tax	(69)	(92)	(83)
Derecognition and remeasurement of deferred taxes	13	7	(2,347)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$ 35	$ 23	$ (2,346)

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Earnings Per Share (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
De-recognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities	$ 2,347

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Geographic and Business Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 Segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of operating business segments	2
Number of reportable segment	1

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Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized shares	6,000,000,000	6,000,000,000
2017 Employee Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock reserved for future issuance	5,495,914
Compensation expense	$ 16,000,000	$ 16,000,000	$ 15,000,000
Unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested awards	$ 16,000,000
Unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested awards, weighted-average period	1 year 2 months 12 days
Total fair value of shares vested	$ 21,000,000	$ 9,000,000	$ 9,000,000
2017 Employee Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized shares	8,000,000
2017 Director Plan [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock reserved for future issuance	293,269
2017 Director Plan [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized shares	450,000
Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation arrangement by share-based payment award performance period	3 years
Market capitalization	$ 1,000,000,000
Vesting rights	zero to 200
Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights	200%
Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights	0%

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Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates - Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Included in Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	$ 9,594	[1]	$ 7,975	$ 8,311
Cash and cash equivalents	346		410
Restricted cash	40		15
Accounts receivable, net	180		153
Prepaid expenses	83		82
Debt	3,871		2,948
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	217		183
Due to hotel manager	159		137
Other liabilities	282		332
Consolidated VIEs [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net	221		223
Cash and cash equivalents	13		12
Restricted cash	1		1
Accounts receivable, net	5		4
Prepaid expenses	2		2
Debt	207		207
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	8		7
Due to hotel manager	2		2
Other liabilities	$ 2		$ 1

[1] Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

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Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and Equipment (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	[1]	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]
Land	$ 3,512		$ 3,344
Buildings and leasehold improvements	6,978		5,616
Furniture and equipment	1,059		949
Construction-in-progress	134		124
Property and equipment, gross	11,683		10,033
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(2,089)		(2,058)
Property and equipment, net	$ 9,594		$ 7,975	$ 8,311

[1] Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Acquired below market leases	[1]		$ 61
Air rights contract	[2]	$ 45
Other		8	10
Accumulated amortization		(7)	(44)
Intangible assets		$ 46	$ 27

[1] Upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, the balance of acquired below market leases was reclassed to Operating lease right-of-use asset within our consolidated balance sheet.

[2] In conjunction with the Merger, we acquired an air rights contract as part of the Hyatt Regency Boston, which expires in September 2079 and requires no payments through maturity.

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards ("RSAs")

Restricted Stock Awards (“RSAs”) generally vest in annual installments between one and three years from each grant date. The following table provides a summary of RSAs for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

	Number of Shares			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017		—		$	—
Granted		594,213			26.52
Vested		(106,795	)		26.85
Forfeited		(25,779	)		26.22
Unvested at December 31, 2017		461,639			26.47
Granted		367,463			27.34
Vested		(214,208	)		26.67
Forfeited		(29,788	)		27.48
Unvested at December 31, 2018		585,106			26.89
Granted		302,506			31.24
Vested		(312,462	)		26.99
Forfeited		(17,905	)		29.58
Unvested at December 31, 2019		557,245		$	29.10

Schedule of Performance Stock Units ("PSUs")

The following table provides a summary of PSUs for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

	Number of Shares			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017		—		$	—
Granted		387,642			31.95
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(16,085	)		31.73
Unvested at December 31, 2017		371,557			31.96
Granted		179,774			29.47
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(13,395	)		30.48
Unvested at December 31, 2018		537,936			31.16
Granted		314,858			34.28
Vested		(277,325	)		31.25
Forfeited		(672	)		42.05
Unvested at December 31, 2019		574,797		$	32.82

Schedule of Grant Date Fair Values of Awards Using Monte Carlo Simulation Valuation Model

The grant date fair values of these awards were determined using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model with the following assumptions:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Expected volatility(1)	19.5% - 21.5%		20.0% - 24.0%		25.5% - 29.5%
Dividend yield(2)		—		—		—
Risk-free rate	1.8% - 2.4%		2.4% - 2.7%		1.2% - 1.5%
Expected term	3 years		3 years		2 - 3 years

⁽¹⁾ Due to limited trading history of our common stock, we used the historical and implied volatilities of our peer group in addition to our historical and implied volatilities over the performance period to estimate appropriate expected volatilities. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the weighted average expected volatility was 20.5%, 24.0% and 28.4%, respectively.

⁽²⁾ Dividends are assumed to be reinvested in shares of our common stock and dividends will not be paid unless shares vest.

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Summary of Hotel Portfolio Properties Acquired

As a result of the Merger, we acquired a 100% ownership interest in the following 18 hotels:

Hotel	Location	Rooms
Hilton Denver City Center	Denver, CO		613
W Chicago – Lakeshore	Chicago, IL		520
Hyatt Regency Boston	Boston, MA		502
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina	San Diego, CA		438
Boston Marriott Newton	Newton, MA		430
Le Meridien New Orleans(1)	New Orleans, LA		410
W Chicago – City Center	Chicago, IL		403
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort	Miami Beach, FL		393
Le Meridien San Francisco	San Francisco, CA		360
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square	San Francisco, CA		344
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf	San Francisco, CA		316
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter	San Diego, CA		210
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard	Washington, DC		204
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street	Seattle, WA		195
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA		193
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles(1)	Los Angeles, CA		182
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection	San Francisco, CA		171
W New Orleans – French Quarter	New Orleans, LA		97
			5,981

⁽¹⁾ Hotels were subsequently sold in December 2019.

Schedule of Preliminary Allocation of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed

We preliminarily allocated the purchase price consisting of common stock issued of $978 million and cash of $1,013 million as follows:

	(in millions)
Investment in hotel properties, net	$	2,220
Intangibles, net		45
Cash and cash equivalents		62
Restricted cash		38
Accounts receivable, net		26
Prepaid expenses		9
Other assets		2
Operating lease right-of-use asset		65
Debt		(311	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(47	)
Due to hotel managers		(15	)
Other liabilities		(15	)
Operating lease liability		(88	)
Total consideration	$	1,991

Schedule of Unaudited Condensed Pro-forma Financial Information

The unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information is as follows:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2019		2018
(unaudited)	(in millions)
Total revenues	$	3,250	$	3,297
Operating income		504		608
Net income		359		531

Summary of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Dispositions

Hotel	Location	Month Sold
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort	Phoenix, Arizona	February 2019
Hilton Nuremberg	Nuremberg, Germany	March 2019
Hilton Atlanta Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	June 2019
Hilton New Orleans Airport(1)	New Orleans, Louisiana	June 2019
Embassy Suites Parsippany(1)	Parsippany, New Jersey	June 2019
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	December 2019
Le Meridien New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	December 2019

⁽¹⁾ Hotels were sold as a portfolio in the same transaction.

Hilton São Paolo [Member]

Income Statement Balance Sheet And Additional Disclosures By Disposal Groups Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Summary of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale and Dispositions

Assets and liabilities held for sale related to the Hilton São Paolo were as follows as of December 31, 2019:

	(in millions)
Assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	62
Cash and cash equivalents		7
Accounts receivable		2
Prepaid expenses		—
Total Assets Held for Sale	$	71
Liabilities:
Liabilities related to assets held for sale(1)	$	6
Total Liabilities Held for Sale	$	6

⁽¹⁾ Amounts included in Other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.  

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Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt

Debt balances and associated interest rates as of December 31, 2019 were:

			Principal balance as of
	Interest Rate at December 31, 2019	Maturity Date	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
			(in millions)
SF CMBS Loan	4.11%	November 2023	$	725		$	725
HHV CMBS Loan	4.20%	November 2026		1,275			1,275
Mortgage loans(1)	Average rate of 4.26%	2020 to 2026(2)		515			207
2016 Term Loan	L + 1.55%	December 2021		700			750
2019 Term Facility	L + 1.50%	September 2024		670			—
Revolver(3)	L + 1.60%	December 2021(2)		—			—
Capital lease obligations	3.07%	2021 to 2022		1			1
				3,886			2,958
Add: unamortized premium				3			—
Less: unamortized deferred financing costs and    discount				(18	)		(10	)
			$	3,871		$	2,948

^{(1) Includes $308 million of mortgage loans assumed in connection with the Merger, all of which require payments of principal and interest on a      monthly basis.}

^{(2) Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.}

^{(3) $1 billion available.}

Debt Maturities, Assuming the Exercise of all Extensions that are Exercisable Solely at our Option

The contractual maturities of our debt, assuming the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option, as of December 31, 2019 were:

Year	(in millions)
2020	$	21
2021		709
2022		97
2023		827
2024		676
Thereafter(1)		1,556
	$	3,886

^{(1) Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.}

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Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Note 9: Leases

We lease hotel properties, land and equipment under operating and financing leases.  We are subject to ground leases on 14 of our consolidated properties. Our leases expire, including options under lessor control, at various dates through 2083, with varying renewal options, and the majority expire before 2031.  

Our operating leases may require minimum rent payments, variable rent payments based on a percentage of revenue or income or rent payments equal to the greater of a minimum rent or variable rent. In addition, we may be required to pay some, or all, of the capital costs for property and equipment in the hotel during the term of the lease.

The maturities of our non-cancelable operating lease liabilities, due in each of the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2019, were:

	Operating Leases
Year	(in millions)
2020	$	29
2021		29
2022		29
2023		24
2024		25
Thereafter		365
Total minimum rent payments		501
Less: imputed interest		241
Total operating lease liabilities	$	260

As of December 31, 2019 the weighted average remaining operating lease term was 26.3 years and the weighted average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liabilities was 5.3%.

The components of rent expense, which are primarily included in other property-level expenses in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, supplemental cash flow and non-cash information for all operating leases were:

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
	(in millions)
Operating lease expense	$	30
Variable lease expense		13
Operating cash flows for operating leases		36
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations(1)		278

⁽¹⁾ For the year ended December 31, 2019, balance represents right-of-use assets recognized upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, and right-of-use assets assumed in connection with the Merger.

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Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities And Investments In Affiliates [Abstract]

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates

Note 5: Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates

Consolidated VIEs

We consolidate three VIEs that own hotels in the U.S. We are the primary beneficiary of these VIEs as we have the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect their economic performance. Additionally, we have the obligation to absorb their losses and the right to receive benefits that could be significant to them. The assets of our VIEs are only available to settle the obligations of these entities. Our consolidated balance sheets include the following assets and liabilities of these entities:

	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Property and equipment, net	$	221	$	223
Cash and cash equivalents		13		12
Restricted cash		1		1
Accounts receivable, net		5		4
Prepaid expenses		2		2
Debt		207		207
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		8		7
Due to hotel manager		2		2
Other liabilities		2		1

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we did not provide any financial or other support to these VIEs that we were not previously contractually required to provide, nor do we intend to provide any such support in the future.

Unconsolidated Entities

Investments in affiliates were:

	Ownership %	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
		(in millions)
Hilton San Diego Bayfront	25%	$	18	$	19
All others (6 hotels)(1)	20% - 50%		17		31
		$	35	$	50

⁽¹⁾ In November 2019, we disposed of our ownership interest in the Conrad Dublin. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information.

The affiliates in which we own investments accounted for under the equity method had total debt of approximately $943 million and $955 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Substantially all the debt is secured solely by the affiliates’ assets or is guaranteed by other partners without recourse to us.

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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Note 17: Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information

Interest paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, was $135 million, $123 million and $118 million, respectively.

We paid $15 million, $63 million and $16 million in income taxes in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Capital expenditures included within accounts payable and accrued expenses in our consolidated balance sheets were $26 million, $15 million, and $20 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.

The following non-cash investing and financing activities were excluded from the consolidated statements of cash flows:

During the year ended December 31, 2019:

• We issued $978 million of common stock and assumed $310 million of mortgage loans in connection with the Merger.

• We transferred rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and accordingly derecognized $123 million of property and equipment, net and $135 million of the related liability due to HGV.

• We declared $136 million of dividends that were unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2019.

During the year ended December 31, 2018:

• We transferred a restaurant at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and accordingly derecognized $3 million of property and equipment, net and $3 million of the related liability due to HGV.

• We declared $206 million of dividends that were unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2018.

During the year ended December 31, 2017:

• We transferred rooms at the New York Hilton Midtown and Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and accordingly derecognized $70 million of property and equipment, net and $72 million of the related liability due to HGV.

• We issued $441 million in shares of common stock in connection with our E&P stock dividend.

• We declared $120 million of dividends that were unpaid and accrued as of December 31, 2017.

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Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Hotel Management Operating And License Agreements [Abstract]

Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements

Note 13: Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements

Management and Franchise Fees

We have management agreements, whereby we pay a base fee equal to a percentage of total revenues, as defined, as well as an incentive fee if specified financial performance targets are achieved. Our managers generally have sole responsibility for all activities necessary for the operation of the hotels, including establishing room rates, processing reservations and promoting and publicizing the hotels. Our managers also generally provide all employees for the hotels, prepare reports, budgets and projections, and provide other administrative and accounting support services to the hotels. We have consultative and limited approval rights with respect to certain actions of our managers, including entering into long-term or high value contracts, engaging in certain actions relating to legal proceedings, approving the operating budget, making certain capital expenditures and the hiring of certain management personnel.

Our management agreements have initial terms ranging from 5 to 30 years and allow for one or more renewal periods. Assuming all renewal periods are exercised by our hotel managers, the total term of our management agreements range from 30 to 70 years.

We also have franchise agreements for 12 hotels. The franchise agreements have an initial term of 7 to 20 years and cannot be extended without the franchisor’s consent.

Marketing Fees

Additionally, the management and franchise agreements generally require a marketing fee equal to a percentage of rooms revenues. Total marketing fees were $53 million, $53 million and $55 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were included in other departmental and support expense in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Employee Cost Reimbursements

We are responsible for reimbursing our managers for certain employee related costs outside of payroll. These costs include contributions to a defined contribution 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan administered by our managers, union-sponsored pension plans and other post-retirement plans. All of these plans are the responsibility of our managers and our obligation is only for the reimbursement of these costs for individuals who work at our hotel properties. Total employee cost reimbursements were $133 million, $134 million and $131 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and were included in the respective operating expenses line item in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income based upon the nature of services provided by such employees.

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, our wholly owned subsidiaries and entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, including variable interest entities (“VIEs”) where we are the primary beneficiary. The consolidated financial statements reflect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). All significant intercompany transactions and balances within these consolidated financial statements have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  

Reclassifications

Reclassifications

Certain line items on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and consolidated statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, and interest applicable to major construction or development projects is capitalized. Costs of improvements that extend the economic life or improve service potential are also capitalized. Capitalized costs are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Costs for normal repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives, which are generally as follows: buildings and improvements (8 to 40 years); furniture and equipment (3 to 8 years); and computer equipment and acquired software (3 years). Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life, based on the estimates above, or the lease term.

We evaluate the carrying value of our property and equipment if there are indicators of potential impairment. We perform an analysis to determine the recoverability of the asset’s carrying value by comparing the expected undiscounted future cash flows to the net book value of the asset. If it is determined that the expected undiscounted future cash flows are less than the net book value of the asset, the excess of the net book value over the estimated fair value is recorded in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income within impairment losses. Fair value is generally estimated using valuation techniques that consider the discounted cash flows of the asset using discount and capitalization rates deemed reasonable for the type of asset, as well as prevailing market conditions, appraisals, recent similar transactions in the market and, if appropriate and available, current estimated net sales proceeds from pending offers.

If sufficient information exists to reasonably estimate the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation, including environmental remediation liabilities, we recognize the fair value of the obligation when the obligation is incurred, which is generally upon acquisition, construction or development and/or through the normal operation of the asset.

Assets Held for Sale

Assets Held for Sale

We classify a property as held for sale when we commit to a plan to sell the asset, the sale of the asset is probable within one year, and it is unlikely that action to complete the sale will change or that the sale will be withdrawn. When we determine that classification of an asset as held for sale is appropriate, we cease recording depreciation for the asset and value the property at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, less costs to dispose. Further, the related assets and liabilities of the held for sale property will be classified as assets held for sale in our consolidated balance sheets. Any gains on sales of properties are recognized at the time of sale or deferred and recognized in net income (loss) in subsequent periods as any relevant conditions requiring deferral are satisfied.

Investments in Affiliates

Investments in Affiliates

The consolidated financial statements include entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, including VIEs where we are the primary beneficiary. The determination of a controlling financial interest is based upon the terms of the governing agreements of the respective entities, including the evaluation of rights held by other interests. If the entity is considered to be a VIE, we determine whether we are the primary beneficiary, and then consolidate those VIEs for which we have determined we are the primary beneficiary. If the entity in which we hold an interest does not meet the definition of a VIE, we evaluate whether we have a controlling financial interest through our voting interests in the entity. We consolidate entities when we own more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a company or otherwise have a controlling financial interest. References in these financial statements to net income (loss) attributable to stockholders do not include non-controlling interests, which represent the outside ownership interests of our consolidated, non-wholly owned entities and are reported separately.

We hold investments in affiliates that primarily own or lease hotels. Investments in affiliates over which we exercise significant influence, but lack a controlling financial interest, are accounted for using the equity method. We account for investments using the equity method when we have the ability to exercise significant influence over the entity, typically through a more than minimal investment.

Our proportionate share of earnings (losses) from our equity method investments is presented as equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Distributions from investments in affiliates are presented as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows when such distributions are a return on investment. Distributions from investments in affiliates are recorded as an investing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows when such distributions are a return of investment.

We assess the recoverability of our equity method investments if there are indicators of potential impairment. If an identified event or change in circumstances requires an evaluation to determine if an investment may have an other-than-temporary impairment, we assess the fair value of the investment based on accepted valuation methodologies, which include discounted cash flows, estimates of sales proceeds and external appraisals. If an investment’s fair value is below its carrying value and the decline is considered to be other-than-temporary, we will recognize an impairment loss in equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Non-controlling Interests

Non-controlling Interests

We present the portion of any equity that we do not own in entities that we have a controlling financial interest (and thus consolidate) as non-controlling interests and classify those interests as a component of total equity, separate from total stockholders’ equity, on our consolidated balance sheets. For consolidated joint ventures with pro rata distribution allocations, net income or loss is allocated between the joint venture partners based on their respective stated ownership percentages. In addition, we include net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest in net income (loss) in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Goodwill

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. We do not amortize goodwill, but rather evaluate goodwill for potential impairment on an annual basis or at other times during the year if events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

We have two reporting units, consolidated and unconsolidated hotels, to which goodwill has been allocated. Certain of the entities that are included in our consolidated financial statements were consolidated subsidiaries of our Parent at the time of its predecessor’s merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone Merger”). Our Parent allocated goodwill to us based on the relative fair value of our properties compared to that of Parent’s ownership segment as of the date of the Blackstone Merger. We review the carrying value of goodwill by comparing the carrying value of a reporting unit to its fair value. In any year, we may elect to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is in excess of its carrying value. If we cannot determine qualitatively that the fair value is in excess of the carrying value, or we decide to bypass the qualitative assessment, we proceed to the two-step quantitative process. In the first step, we determine the fair value of the reporting unit. The valuation is based on internal projections of expected future cash flows and operating plans, as well as market conditions relative to the operations of our reporting unit. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is not necessary. However, if the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, then the second step must be performed. In the second step, we estimate the implied fair value of goodwill, which is determined by taking the fair value of the reporting unit and allocating it to all of its assets and liabilities (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, the excess is recognized within casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with finite useful lives primarily include an air rights contract and ground lease and operating lease contracts. The air rights contract value is based on the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts and the market rental rates for similar contracts, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. The value of the ground lease and operating lease contracts are based on the present value of the difference between contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the contracts acquired and the estimate of the fair value of rates for corresponding contracts measured over the period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. Intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the contract.

We review all finite lived intangible assets for impairment when circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying value of an asset group is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss for the excess of the carrying value over the fair value in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Asset Acquisitions

Asset Acquisitions

We consider an asset acquisition to occur when substantially all the fair value of an acquisition is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. In an acquisition of assets, we are not required to expense our acquisition-related costs, and goodwill is not assigned. We will account for the properties purchased as asset acquisitions by allocating the total cash consideration, including transaction costs, to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed, respectively, on a relative fair value basis.

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

We consider a business combination to occur when we take control of a business by acquiring its net assets or equity interests. We record the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and non-controlling interests at fair value as of the acquisition date, including any contingent consideration. We evaluate factors, including market data for similar assets, expected future cash flows discounted at risk-adjusted rates and replacement cost for the assets to determine an appropriate fair value of the assets. Acquisition-related costs, such as due diligence, legal and accounting fees, are expensed in the period incurred and are not capitalized or applied in determining the fair value of the acquired assets.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with original maturities, when purchased, of three months or less.

Restricted Cash

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash includes cash balances established as lender reserves required by our debt agreements and reserves for capital expenditures in accordance with certain of our management agreements. For purposes of our consolidated statement of cash flows, changes in restricted cash caused by changes in lender reserves due to restrictions under our loan agreements are shown as financing activities and changes in deposits for assets we plan to acquire are shown as investing activities.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided on accounts receivable when losses are probable based on historical collection activity and current business conditions.

Leases

Leases

We consider an arrangement to contain a lease if it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for compensation.  Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the present value of our fixed payment obligations.  Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. We use our estimated incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of our lease obligations.  Our operating leases may require fixed payments, variable payments based on a percentage of revenue or income, or payments equal to the greater of a fixed or variable payment.  Variable payments are excluded from the ROU assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation is incurred.  Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Our lease terms include renewal options that we are reasonably certain to exercise, and renewal options controlled by the lessor.  

Fair Value Measurements Valuation Hierarchy

Fair Value Measurements—Valuation Hierarchy

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date (an exit price). We use the three-level valuation hierarchy for classification of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect our own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

• Level 1—Valuation is based upon quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

• Level 2—Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the instrument.

• Level 3—Valuation is based upon other unobservable inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement.

The classification of assets and liabilities within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety at the end of each reporting period.

Derivative Instruments

Derivative Instruments

We may use derivative instruments as part of our overall strategy to manage our exposure to market risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We will regularly monitor the financial stability and credit standing of the counterparties to our derivative instruments. Under the terms of certain loan agreements, we may be required to maintain derivative financial instruments to manage interest rates. We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

We record all derivatives at fair value. On the date the derivative contract is entered, we designate the derivative as one of the following: a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be paid (“cash flow hedge”); a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability (“fair value hedge”); or an undesignated hedge instrument. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is qualified, designated and highly effective as a cash flow hedge or net investment hedge are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income until they are reclassified into earnings in the same period or

periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is qualified, designated and highly effective as a fair value hedge, along with the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded in current period earnings. Changes in the fair value of undesignated derivative instruments and the ineffective portion of designated derivative instruments are reported in current period earnings. Cash flows from designated derivative financial instruments are classified within the same category as the item being hedged in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Cash flows from undesignated derivative financial instruments are included as an investing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

If we determine that we qualify for and will designate a derivative as a hedging instrument, at the designation date we formally document all relationships between hedging activities, including the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes matching all derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges to specific forecasted transactions and linking all derivatives designated as fair value hedges to specific assets and liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

To the extent we have designated a derivative as a hedging instrument, each reporting period we assess the effectiveness of our designated hedges in offsetting the variability in the cash flows or fair values of the hedged assets or obligations using the Hypothetical Derivative Method. This method compares the cumulative change in fair value of each hedging instrument to the cumulative change in fair value of a hypothetical hedging instrument, which has terms that identically match the critical terms of the respective hedged transactions. Thus, the hypothetical hedging instrument is presumed to perfectly offset the hedged cash flows. Ineffectiveness results when the cumulative change in the fair value of the hedging instrument exceeds the cumulative change in the fair value of the hypothetical hedging instrument. We discontinue hedge accounting prospectively, when the derivative is not highly effective as a hedge, the underlying hedged transaction is no longer probable, or the hedging instrument expires, is sold, terminated or exercised.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Our results of operations primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales and other ancillary goods and services from hotel properties. Other revenues are from our laundry business and service arrangements with Hilton Grand Vacations (“HGV”). Hotel operating revenues are disaggregated into room revenue, food and beverage revenue, ancillary hotel revenue and other revenue on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income to illustrate how economic factors affect the nature, amount and timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows.  Rooms revenue is recognized over time when rooms are occupied and food and beverage revenue is recognized at a point in time when goods and services have been delivered or rendered. Ancillary hotel revenue and other revenue is generally recognized at a point in time as goods and services are delivered or rendered.  

We assess if we are the principal or agent for certain ancillary services provided by third parties. If we are the principal, we recognize revenue based on the gross sales price.  If we are the agent, we recognize revenue net of costs paid to service providers. Payment received for a future stay or event is recognized as an advance deposit, which is included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.  Advance deposits are recognized as revenue when rooms are occupied or goods or services have been delivered or rendered to our customer. Our advance deposit balance as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $98 million and $90 million, respectively, and are generally recognized as revenue within a one-year period.  Additionally, we collect sales, use, occupancy and similar taxes at our hotels, which we present on a net basis (excluded from revenues) in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Currency Transaction

Currency Translation

The United States dollar (“USD”) is our reporting currency and is the functional currency of our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating in the U.S. The functional currency for our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating outside of the U.S. is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the respective entity operates. Assets and liabilities measured in foreign currencies are translated into USD at the prevailing exchange rates in effect as of the financial statement date and the related gains and losses, net of applicable deferred income taxes, are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in our consolidated balance sheets. Income and expense accounts are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Gains and losses from foreign exchange rate changes related to transactions denominated in a currency other than an entity’s function currency are recognized as (loss) gain on foreign currency transactions in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Share-based Compensation

Share-based Compensation

We recognize the cost of services received in share-based payment transactions with employees and non-employee directors as services are received and recognize a corresponding increase in additional paid-in capital for equity classified awards. We account for any forfeitures when they occur.

The measurement objective for these equity awards is the estimated fair value at the grant date of the equity instruments that we will be obligated to issue when employees have rendered the requisite service and satisfied any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments. The compensation expense for an award classified as an equity instrument is recognized ratably over the requisite service period. The requisite service period is the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for an award.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy requirements related to, among other things, the real estate qualification of sources of our income, the real estate composition and values of our assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders annually and the diversity of ownership of our stock. To the extent we continue to remain qualified as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable income generated by our REIT activities that we distribute annually to our stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes has been included in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 related to our REIT activities, other than the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with our election to be taxed as a REIT and taxes associated with built-in gains related to our assets owned at the date of our spin-off. In addition, we are subject to non-U.S. income tax on foreign held REIT activities. Further, our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) are generally subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes (as applicable).

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. The objectives of accounting for income taxes are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, to recognize the deferred tax assets and liabilities that relate to tax consequences in future years, which result from differences between the respective tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts, and tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the respective temporary differences or operating loss or tax credit carry forwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The realization of deferred tax assets and tax loss and tax credit carry forwards is contingent upon the generation of future taxable income and other restrictions that may exist under the tax laws of the jurisdiction in which a deferred tax asset exists. Valuation allowances are provided to reduce such deferred tax assets to amounts more likely than not to be ultimately realized.

We use a prescribed recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken in a tax return. For all income tax positions, we first determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. If it is determined that a position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the benefit recognized in the financial statements is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”), Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes existing lease accounting guidance in Leases (Topic 840) and generally requires all leases to be recognized on the statement of financial position. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method, which allows entities to initially apply the ASU at the adoption date without revising comparable periods. We elected certain practical expedients that allowed us to utilize historical lease classifications and elected an accounting policy to continue accounting for leases with an initial term of 12 months and less using existing guidance for operating leases. We did not elect the practical expedient that allows us to use hindsight to reassess our probability of exercising renewal options; however, we did include any renewal options controlled by the lessor.  Upon adoption, we recognized an operating lease right-of-use asset of $213 million representing the right to use land, buildings, and equipment over lease terms which include renewal options we have exercised, and renewal options controlled by the lessor, and a corresponding operating lease liability of $213 million representing the present value of our fixed lease payment obligations. We also recognized an $8 million impairment of the operating lease right-of-use asset associated with one of our previously impaired hotels as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle within retained earnings. In addition, we reclassified $25 million of below market lease intangibles from intangibles, net and $8 million of deferred rent liabilities from other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet to the operating lease right-of-use asset. The discount rate used to calculate the operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability was based on our estimated incremental borrowing rate at our adoption date of January 1, 2019.  

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), which adds recognition, measurement, and disclosure guidance on implementation costs of cloud computing arrangements. Implementation costs incurred by customers in cloud computing arrangements are deferred if they would be capitalized by customers in software license arrangements under the existing internal-use software guidance. We elected to early adopt this ASU as of January 1, 2019 on a prospective basis and there was no effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which will replace the existing “incurred loss” approach with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. For trade and other receivables, loans and other instruments, the forward looking “expected loss” model will generally result in the earlier recognition of allowances for losses. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-19, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses”, which clarifies that operating lease receivables accounted for under ASC 842 are not in the scope of ASU No. 2016-13. Both ASUs are effective January 1, 2020 and require new disclosures. Both ASUs require a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the effect that these ASUs will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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Leases - Schedule of Maturities of Non-Cancelable Operating Lease Liabilities (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
2020	$ 29
2021	29
2022	29
2023	24
2024	25
Thereafter	365
Total minimum rent payments	501
Less: imputed interest	241
Total operating lease liabilities	$ 260

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation - Change in Total Cost of Properties (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Disclosure [Abstract]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 9,921	$ 10,249	$ 10,310
Additions during period:
Acquisitions	2,220
Capital expenditures	248	192	198
Deductions during period:
Transfers to assets held for sale	(86)		(46)
Dispositions, including casualty losses and impairment loss on planned dispositions	(734)	(512)	(236)
Foreign exchange effect	(3)	(8)	23
Balance at end of period	$ 11,566	$ 9,921	$ 10,249

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Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited) (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019		Sep. 30, 2019		Jun. 30, 2019		Mar. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018		Sep. 30, 2018		Jun. 30, 2018		Mar. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 810		$ 672		$ 703		$ 659		$ 686		$ 652		$ 731		$ 668		$ 2,844		$ 2,737		$ 2,791
Operating income	148		38		111		129		97		84		149		174		426		504		371
Net income	126		9		84		97		55		55		218		149		316		477		2,631
Net income attributable to stockholders	$ 123		$ 5		$ 82		$ 96		$ 54		$ 52		$ 216		$ 150		$ 306	[1]	$ 472	[1]	$ 2,625	[1]
Earnings per share - Basic	$ 0.51	[2]	$ 0.02	[2]	$ 0.40	[2]	$ 0.48	[2]	$ 0.27	[2]	$ 0.26	[2]	$ 1.07	[2]	$ 0.71	[2]	$ 1.44	[2],[3]	$ 2.32	[2],[3]	$ 12.38	[3]
Earnings per share - Diluted	$ 0.51	[2]	$ 0.02	[2]	$ 0.40	[2]	$ 0.48	[2]	$ 0.27	[2]	$ 0.26	[2]	$ 1.07	[2]	$ 0.71	[2]	$ 1.44	[2],[3]	$ 2.31	[2],[3]	$ 12.21	[3]

[1] Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

[2] Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

[3] Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Entity	Sep. 18, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Entity	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Option	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Entity	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of consolidated VIEs | Entity	3		3			3
Restricted cash	$ 40		$ 40			$ 40	$ 15
Letters of credit outstanding, amount					$ 50
Derivative fixed interest rate	1.86%		1.86%			1.86%
Derivative maturity date						Apr. 21, 2022
Derivative notional amount	$ 225		$ 225			$ 225
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused facility fee on the revolver					0.30%
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unused facility fee on the revolver					0.20%
Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount available for borrowing	1,000		1,000			1,000
2019 Term Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross	670		670			$ 670
Aggregate commitment or principal amount not exceed		$ 100
Repayments of long-term debt	180
Letters of credit outstanding, amount		$ 850		$ 950
Unused facility fee on the revolver						0.25%
Term loan facility, maturity date				Aug. 31, 2024
Upfront financing fees	9		9			$ 9
Upfront financing fees expensed in connection with terminated commitments						$ 3
2019 Term Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term loan facility, additional borrowing capacity				$ 400
Wells Fargo Bank [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate commitment or principal amount not exceed					$ 500
Wells Fargo Bank [Member] | Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount available for borrowing					$ 1,000
Scheduled maturity date					Dec. 24, 2020
Number of extension options | Option					2
Term of extension options period					6 months
Maturity date, description						The facility includes a $1 billion revolving credit facility (“Revolver”), which has a scheduled maturity date of December 24, 2020 with two, six-month extension options if certain conditions are satisfied, and a $750 million term loan (“2016 Term Loan”).
SF CMBS Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross	725		725			$ 725	725	$ 725
HHV CMBS Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross	1,275		1,275			1,275	1,275	$ 1,275
CMBS and mortgage loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash	13		13			13	15
2016 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross	$ 700		700			$ 700	$ 750
2016 Term Loan [Member] | Wells Fargo Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross					$ 750
Repayments of long-term debt			$ 50

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable	$ 2	$ 1
Variable interest entities - assets	11,290	9,363
Variable interest entities - liabilities	$ 4,839	$ 3,777
Common stock, par value (per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, authorized shares	6,000,000,000	6,000,000,000
Common stock, issued shares	239,589,639	201,290,458
Common stock, outstanding shares	239,386,877	201,198,381
Consolidated VIEs [Member]
Variable interest entities - assets	$ 242	$ 242
Variable interest entities - liabilities	$ 219	$ 217

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Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($)	Total	Common Stock [member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [member]	Net Parent Investment [Member]	Non-Controlling Interests [member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 3,823,000,000				$ (67,000,000)	$ 3,939,000,000	$ (49,000,000)
Net transfers to Parent	$ (13,000,000)					(13,000,000)
Issuance of common stock and reclassification of former Parent investment		$ 2,000,000	$ 3,924,000,000			$ (3,926,000,000)
Issuance of common stock and reclassification of former Parent investment (shares)		198,000,000
Issuance of common stock (Shares)	441
Share-based compensation, net	$ 11,000,000		11,000,000
Share-based compensation, net (Shares)		1,000,000
Net income	2,631,000,000			$ 2,625,000,000			6,000,000
Other comprehensive income	22,000,000				22,000,000
Dividends and dividend equivalents	(506,000,000)		(110,000,000)	(396,000,000)
Dividends and dividend equivalents (Shares)		16,000,000
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(6,000,000)						(6,000,000)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2017	5,962,000,000	$ 2,000,000	3,825,000,000	2,229,000,000	(45,000,000)		(49,000,000)
Balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2017		215,000,000
Net transfers to Parent	0
Share-based compensation, net	14,000,000		14,000,000
Net income	477,000,000			472,000,000			5,000,000
Other comprehensive income	39,000,000				39,000,000
Dividends and dividend equivalents	(556,000,000)			(556,000,000)
Repurchase of common stock	(348,000,000)		(250,000,000)	(98,000,000)
Repurchases of common stock (Shares)		(14,000,000)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(2,000,000)						(2,000,000)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ 5,586,000,000	$ 2,000,000	3,589,000,000	2,047,000,000	(6,000,000)		(46,000,000)
Balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2018	201,198,381	201,000,000
Net transfers to Parent	$ 0
Issuance of common stock	$ 978,000,000		978,000,000
Issuance of common stock (Shares)	978	38,000,000
Share-based compensation, net	$ 8,000,000		8,000,000
Net income	316,000,000			306,000,000			10,000,000
Other comprehensive income	3,000,000				3,000,000
Dividends and dividend equivalents	(423,000,000)			(423,000,000)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(9,000,000)						(9,000,000)
Cumulative effective of change in accounting principle	(8,000,000)			(8,000,000)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ 6,451,000,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 4,575,000,000	$ 1,922,000,000	$ (3,000,000)		$ (45,000,000)
Balance (shares) at Dec. 31, 2019	239,386,877	239,000,000

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Unaudited Condensed Pro-forma Financial Information (Detail) - Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 3,250	$ 3,297
Operating income	504	608
Net income	$ 359	$ 531

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Net Parent Investment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Components of Net Transfers to Parent on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Consolidated Statements of Equity

The components of the net transfers to Parent on the consolidated statements of cash flows and consolidated statements of equity were:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2017
	(in millions)
Cash pooling and general financing activities		$	(9	)
Corporate allocations			—
Income taxes			(4	)
Net transfers to Parent		$	(13	)

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Hotel	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of reporting units to which goodwill has allocated | Hotel		2
Advance deposit balance		$ 98,000,000	$ 90,000,000
Provision for U.S federal income taxes		$ 35,000,000	23,000,000	$ (2,346,000,000)
Income tax benefit recognized in financial statements measured as largest amount of benefit that is greater than percentage value of being realized upon settlement		50.00%
Operating lease right-of-use asset		$ 248,000,000
Operating lease liability		260,000,000
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member] | New Accounting Pronouncement Effect [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use asset	$ 213,000,000
Operating lease liability	213,000,000
Operating lease, impairment loss on right of use asset	8,000,000
Below market lease intangibles	(25,000,000)
Deferred rent liabilities	$ (8,000,000)
REIT [Member] | U.S. Federal Tax [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Provision for U.S federal income taxes		$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Minimum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership for consolidate entity		50.00%
Maximum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Operating lease initial term	12 months
Buildings and Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life		8 years
Buildings and Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life		40 years
Furniture and Equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life		3 years
Furniture and Equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life		8 years
Computer Equipment and Acquired Software [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Property and equipment, estimated useful life		3 years

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Schedule III

Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2019

				Initial Cost									Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period
Hotel Property	Encumbrances			Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition			Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Total		Accumulated Depreciation			Date of Construction	Date Acquired(a)	Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed
Caribe Hilton	$	—		$	38	$	56	$	7	$	87		$	41	$	115	$	32	$	188	$	(28	)	1949	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Durango		—			—		—		2		6			—		3		5		8		(6	)	1985	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Ontario Airport		30			14		58		3		15			12		63		15		90		(24	)	1974	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Diego—Mission    Valley		—			—		—		2		17			—		9		10		19		(11	)	1989	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Jose		—			15		67		5		25			15		82		15		112		(36	)	1980	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport		—			—		—		11		27			—		11		27		38		(29	)	1969	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country		—			—		—		4		11			—		6		9		15		(10	)	1977	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South     Congress		—			—		45		2		17			—		57		7		64		(28	)	1983	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Phoenix—Airport		—			—		15		1		(9	)		—		3		4		7		(5	)	1986	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Boston Logan Airport		—			—		108		6		31			—		127		18		145		(46	)	1999	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Chicago		—			69		233		12		144			69		340		49		458		(132	)	1927	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki    Beach Resort		1,275			925		807		17		341			964		1,044		82		2,090		(410	)	1961	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner		—			50		82		3		(15	)		23		55		42		120		(62	)	1987	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton New Orleans Riverside		—			89		217		3		87			90		261		45		396		(112	)	1977	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Oakland Airport		—			—		13		3		2			—		9		9		18		(9	)	1970	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Salt Lake City Center		—			—		—		10		20			—		8		22		30		(22	)	2002	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton San Francisco Union Square		725	(1)		113		232		16		135			113		333		50		496		(127	)	1964	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort		165			71		50		2		22			71		64		10		145		(17	)	1986	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference    Center		—			—		70		3		16			—		80		9		89		(36	)	1961	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Short Hills		—			59		54		3		20			59		64		13		136		(25	)	1988	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Waikoloa Village		—			160		340		25		(75	)		106		288		56		450		(138	)	1988	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
New York Hilton Midtown		—			1,096		542		13		138			1,043		656		90		1,789		(236	)	1963	10/24/2007	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Washington DC    Georgetown		—			62		53		2		(21	)		40		46		10		96		(16	)	1990	12/4/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC—Crystal    City		—			43		95		2		48			43		127		18		188		(55	)	1982	12/14/2007	3 - 40 years
Hilton Miami Airport		—			64		36		3		37			64		60		16		140		(32	)	1984	12/14/2007	3 - 40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center		12			3		24		2		11			3		30		7		40		(12	)	1986	1/1/2010	3 - 40 years
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista		—			—		137		10		38			—		161		24		185		(56	)	1983	8/30/2010	3 - 40 years
Embassy Suites Kansas City—Plaza		—			—		26		1		3			—		28		2		30		(14	)	1973	7/25/2014	3 - 40 years
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek		—			15		377		31		48			16		401		54		471		(82	)	2009	2/12/2015	3 - 40 years

⁽¹⁾  Single $725 million CMBS loan secured by Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco – A Hilton Hotel.

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Schedule III

Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation—(continued)

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2019

				Initial Cost								Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period
Hotel Property	Encumbrances			Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		Land		Building & Improvements		Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		Total		Accumulated Depreciation			Date of Construction	Date Acquired(a)	Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed
Parc 55 San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel	$	—	(1)	$	175	$	315	$	32	$	15	$	175	$	325	$	37	$	537	$	(71	)	1984	2/12/2015	3 - 40 years
Waldorf Astoria Orlando		—			34		274		29		9		34		275		37		346	$	(70	)	2009	2/12/2015	3 - 40 years
Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort		—			164		174		9		5		164		176		12		352		(30	)	1920	2/17/2015	3 - 40 years
The Reach Key West, Curio Collection		—			57		67		3		14		57		81		3		141		(9	)	1970	2/17/2015	3 - 40 years
Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection		—			40		64		8		2		40		64		10		114		(17	)	1973	6/2/2015	3 - 40 years
Boston Marriott Newton		—			24		74		15		—		24		74		15		113		(1	)	1969	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard		—			13		54		5		—		13		54		5		72		(1	)	2006	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles		28			19		44		7		—		19		44		7		70		(1	)	1927	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hilton Denver City Center		61			14		163		21		—		14		163		21		198		(3	)	1982	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle    Convention Center Pike Street		—			5		75		7		—		5		75		7		87		(1	)	1990	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection		—			25		54		7		—		25		54		7		86		(1	)	1929	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter		—			7		60		8		—		7		60		8		75		(1	)	2009	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf		—			33		122		11		—		33		122		11		166		(2	)	1990	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hyatt Regency Boston		141			—		177		14		—		—		177		14		191		(3	)	1985	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina		—			5		118		15		—		5		118		15		138		(2	)	1961	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square		—			—		191		13		—		—		191		13		204		(2	)	1987	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Le Meridien San Francisco		—			48		176		8		—		48		176		8		232		(2	)	1989	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute    Portfolio Resort		—			16		139		12		—		16		139		12		167		(2	)	1926	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
W Chicago – City Center		79			20		76		14		1		20		77		14		111		(1	)	1928	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
W Chicago – Lakeshore		—			22		58		8		—		22		58		8		88		(1	)	1965	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
W New Orleans – French Quarter		—			3		21		1		—		3		21		1		25		(1	)	1872	9/18/2019	3 - 40 years
Total	$	2,516		$	3,610	$	6,233	$	451	$	1,272	$	3,496	$	7,055	$	1,015	$	11,566	$	(2,038	)

^(a) On October 24, 2007, a predecessor to our Parent became a wholly owned subsidiary of an affiliate of Blackstone following the completion of the Blackstone Merger.

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Schedule III

Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation—(continued)

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2019

Notes:

(A) The change in total cost of properties for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	9,921		$	10,249		$	10,310
Additions during period:
Acquisitions		2,220			—			—
Capital expenditures		248			192			198
Deductions during period:
Transfers to assets held for sale		(86	)		—			(46	)
Dispositions, including casualty losses and impairment loss on    planned dispositions		(734	)		(512	)		(236	)
Foreign exchange effect		(3	)		(8	)		23
Balance at end of period	$	11,566		$	9,921		$	10,249

(B) The change in accumulated depreciation for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,011		$	2,004		$	1,832
Additions during period:
Depreciation expense		256			268			280
Deductions during period:
Transfers to assets held for sale		(24	)		—			(15	)
Dispositions, including casualty losses		(206	)		(262	)		(85	)
Foreign exchange effect		1			1			(8	)
Balance at end of period	$	2,038		$	2,011		$	2,004

(C) The aggregate cost of real estate for U.S. federal income tax purposes is approximately $6.803 billion as of December 31, 2019.

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Commitments and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 16: Commitments and Contingencies  

As of December 31, 2019, we had outstanding commitments under third-party contracts of approximately $43 million for capital expenditures at certain hotels. Our contracts contain clauses that allow us to cancel all or some portion of the work. If cancellation of a contract occurred, our commitment would be any costs incurred up to the cancellation date, in addition to any costs associated with the discharge of the contract.

We may make certain indemnifications or guarantees to select buyers of our hotels as part of the sale process. In addition, losses related to certain contingent liabilities could be apportioned to us under the distribution and tax matters agreements related to the spin-off transaction.  

We are involved in litigation arising from the normal course of business, some of which includes claims for substantial sums. We are also involved in claims and litigation that is not in the ordinary course of business in connection with the spin-off from Hilton.  The spin-off agreements indemnify us from certain of these claims as well as require us to indemnify Hilton. In connection with our obligation to indemnify Hilton under the spin-off agreements, we have reserved approximately $7 million related to ongoing claims as of December 31, 2019 with respect to an audit by the Australian Tax Office (“ATO”) related to the sale of the Hilton Sydney in June 2015. This amount could change as more information becomes available about the progress of Hilton’s defense against the ATO’s claim.

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Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Note 12: Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions, except per share amounts)
Numerator:
Net income attributable to stockholders(1)	$	306		$	472		$	2,625
Earnings allocated to participating securities		(1	)		(2	)		(8	)
Net income attributable to stockholders, net of earnings    allocated to participating securities	$	305		$	470		$	2,617
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic		212			203			211
Unvested restricted shares		1			1			—
Net effect of shares issued with respect to E&P Dividend(2)		—			—			3
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted		213			204			214
Basic EPS(3)	$	1.44		$	2.32		$	12.38
Diluted EPS(3)	$	1.44		$	2.31		$	12.21

⁽¹⁾ Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

⁽²⁾ Shares issued in connection with the distribution of our C corporation earnings and profits attributable to the period prior to spin-off “E&P Dividend”).

⁽³⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.

Certain of our outstanding equity awards were excluded from the above calculation of EPS for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

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Leases - Additional Information (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 Property
Leases [Abstract]
Number of consolidated properties under ground leases	14
Leases ending expiration date	2083
Date majority of leases expire	2031
Weighted average remaining operating lease term	26 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted average discount rate used to determine operating lease liabilities	5.30%

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc Fifty Five San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Secured loan	$ 725

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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Interest Paid	$ 135	$ 123	$ 118
Income taxes paid	15	63	16
Capital expenditures included within accounts Payable and accrued expenses	$ 26	15	$ 20
Common stock shares issued	978		441
Mortgage loans assumed	$ 310
Unpaid and accrued dividends	136	206	$ 120
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member]
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Derecognized property and equipment, net	123	3
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member] | Hilton Grand Vacations [Member]
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Liability related to derecognized property and equipment, net	$ 135	$ 3
New York Hilton Midtown and Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member]
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Derecognized property and equipment, net			70
New York Hilton Midtown and Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member] | Hilton Grand Vacations [Member]
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Liability related to derecognized property and equipment, net			$ 72

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Debt - Schedule of Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount available for borrowing	$ 1,000
Mortgage Loans [Member] | Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Mortgage loans assumed	$ 308

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Geographic and Business Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Revenues from Consolidated Hotels to Condensed Combined Consolidated Amounts and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income

The following table presents revenues for our consolidated hotels reconciled to our consolidated amounts and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to net income:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Revenues:
Total consolidated hotel revenue	$	2,767		$	2,665		$	2,727
Other revenues		77			72			64
Total revenues	$	2,844		$	2,737		$	2,791
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA	$	802		$	761		$	758
Other revenues		77			72			64
Casualty gain (loss) and impairment loss, net		18			1			(26	)
Depreciation and amortization expense		(264	)		(277	)		(288	)
Corporate general and administrative expense		(62	)		(65	)		(68	)
Acquisition costs		(70	)		—			—
Other operating expenses		(78	)		(73	)		(63	)
Gain on sales of assets, net		19			96			1
Interest income		6			6			2
Interest expense		(140	)		(127	)		(124	)
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		14			18			40
Loss on foreign currency transactions		(1	)		(3	)		(4	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(35	)		(23	)		2,346
Other gain, net		46			102			—
Other items		(16	)		(11	)		(7	)
Net income	$	316		$	477		$	2,631

Schedule of Total Assets by Consolidated Hotels, Reconciled To Condensed Combined Consolidated Amounts

The following table presents total assets for our consolidated hotels, reconciled to consolidated amounts:

	December 31,
	2019		2018
	(in millions)
Consolidated hotels	$	11,236	$	9,305
All other		54		58
Total	$	11,290	$	9,363

Revenues and Property and Equipment, Net for Each of Geographical Areas

The following table presents total revenues and property and equipment, net for each of the geographical areas in which we operate:

	As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
	Revenues		Property and Equipment, net		Revenues		Property and Equipment, net		Revenues		Property and Equipment, net
	(in millions)
United States(1)(2)	$	2,804	$	9,594	$	2,676	$	7,906	$	2,618	$	8,089
All other		40		—		61		69		173		222
	$	2,844	$	9,594	$	2,737	$	7,975	$	2,791	$	8,311

⁽¹⁾ Includes revenues of $11 million, $14 million and $13 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 from our laundry operations which is not part of our segment. Also includes property and equipment, net of $5 million as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, from our laundry operations.

⁽²⁾ Excludes $62 million and $31 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019 and 2017, respectively.

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale - Additional Information (Detail) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, R$ in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended						24 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019 USD ($)	May 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Hotel	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Hotel	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Hotel shares		Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Hotel		Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Hotel	Feb. 29, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2020 BRL (R$)	Sep. 17, 2019 $ / shares	May 05, 2019 $ / shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition costs											$ 70
Operating income			$ 148	$ 38	$ 111	$ 129	$ 97	$ 84	$ 149	$ 174	426		$ 504		$ 371
Net income			$ 123	$ 5	$ 82	$ 96	$ 54	$ 52	$ 216	$ 150	$ 306	[1]	$ 472	[1]	$ 2,625	[1]
Number of hotel portfolio properties sold | Hotel			7				12				7		12				7
Gross proceeds on sale of hotel portfolio properties											$ 436		$ 379
Net gain on selling cost of hotel portfolio properties											$ 19		98
Reclassification of currency translation adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings on disposition of hotel portfolio properties													$ 31
Hilton São Paolo [Member] | Scenario Forecast [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross sale price of disposal																		$ 118	R$ 500
Conrad Dublin [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross proceeds on sale of hotel portfolio properties	$ 128
Pro-rata share amount before customary closing adjustments	61
Net gain on sale of hotel portfolio properties	$ 44
Hilton Berlin [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gross proceeds on sale of hotel portfolio properties		$ 375
Pro-rata share amount before customary closing adjustments		151
Net gain on sale of hotel portfolio properties		107
Reclassification of currency translation adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive loss to earnings on disposition of hotel portfolio properties		$ 8
Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest in properties											100.00%
Total consideration											$ 2,000
Business acquisition, consideration transferred number of shares issued | shares											37.8
Business acquisition,par value per common share | $ / shares																				$ 25.88	$ 0.01
Cash issued for acquisition											$ 1,013
Acquisition costs											70
Revenue recognized																	$ 156
Operating income																	20
Net income																	$ 16
Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member] | Common Stock [member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Shares issued for acquisition											$ 978

[1] Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018
ASSETS
Property and equipment, net	$ 9,594	[1]	$ 7,975
Assets held for sale, net	71
Investments in affiliates	35		50
Goodwill	607		607
Intangibles, net	46		27
Cash and cash equivalents	346		410
Restricted cash	40		15
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2 and $1	180		153
Prepaid expenses	83		82
Other assets	40		44
Operating lease right-of-use assets	248
TOTAL ASSETS (variable interest entities - $242 and $242)	11,290		9,363
Liabilities
Debt	3,871		2,948
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	217		183
Due to hotel managers	159		137
Due to Hilton Grand Vacations			135
Deferred income tax liabilities	50		42
Other liabilities	282		332
Operating lease liabilities	260
Total liabilities (variable interest entities - $219 and $217)	4,839		3,777
Commitments and contingencies - refer to Note 16
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 6,000,000,000 shares authorized, 239,589,639 shares issued and 239,386,877 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and 201,290,458 shares issued and 201,198,381 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018	2		2
Additional paid-in capital	4,575		3,589
Retained earnings	1,922		2,047
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(3)		(6)
Total stockholders' equity	6,496		5,632
Noncontrolling interests	(45)		(46)
Total equity	6,451		5,586
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 11,290		$ 9,363

[1] Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 316	$ 477	$ 2,631
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	264	277	288
Gain on sales of assets, net	(19)	(96)	(1)
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net	(18)	(1)	16
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates	(14)	(18)	(40)
Loss on foreign currency transactions	1	3	4
Other gain, net	(46)	(102)
Share-based compensation expense	16	16	14
Amortization of deferred financing costs	5	4	5
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates	22	18	19
Deferred income taxes	5	(20)	(2,378)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	(3)	(27)	4
Prepaid expenses	6	(34)	8
Other assets	(20)	(34)	(1)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(28)	(21)	20
Due to hotel manager	7	(4)	50
Other liabilities	10	14	20
Other	(5)	(8)	(6)
Net cash provided by operating activities	499	444	653
Investing Activities:
Acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired	(914)	(10)
Capital expenditures for property and equipment	(240)	(178)	(185)
Proceeds from asset dispositions, net	429	369
Proceeds from the sale of investments in affiliates, net	51	150
Insurance proceeds for property damage claims	39	88	2
Investments in affiliates			(1)
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates			19
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(635)	419	(165)
Financing Activities:
Borrowings under credit facilities	850
Repayment of debt	(232)		(55)
Payments of deferred financing costs	(11)
Dividends paid	(494)	(464)	(386)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(9)	(2)	(6)
Tax withholdings on share-based compensation	(7)	(2)	(3)
Repurchase of common stock		(348)
Net transfers to Parent			(9)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	97	(816)	(459)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash		(1)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash	(39)	46	29
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	425	379	350
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$ 386	$ 425	$ 379

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale - Summary of Hotel Portfolio Properties Sold (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Phoenix, Arizona
Month Sold	2019-02
Hilton Nuremberg [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Nuremberg, Germany
Month Sold	2019-03
Hilton Atlanta Airport [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Atlanta, Georgia
Month Sold	2019-06
Hilton New Orleans Airport [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana	[1]
Month Sold	2019-06	[1]
Embassy Suites Parsippany [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Parsippany, New Jersey	[1]
Month Sold	2019-06	[1]
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Los Angeles, CA
Month Sold	2019-12
Le Meridien New Orleans [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana
Month Sold	2019-12

[1] Hotels were sold as a portfolio in the same transaction.

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Composition of Net Deferred Tax Balances (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Deferred income tax assets	[1]	$ 8	$ 3
Deferred income tax liabilities		(50)	(42)
Net deferred tax liability		$ (42)	$ (39)

[1] Included within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets, net of valuation allowance.

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Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Hotel	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements [Line Items]
Description of renewal periods	allow for one or more renewal periods.
Number of hotels operate without management agreement | Hotel	12
Marketing fees	$ 53	$ 53	$ 55
Employee cost reimbursements	$ 133	$ 134	$ 131
Minimum [Member]
Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements [Line Items]
Management agreement initial term	5 years
Management agreements total term including renewal periods	30 years
Franchise agreements initial term	7 years
Maximum [Member]
Hotel Management Operating and License Agreements [Line Items]
Management agreement initial term	30 years
Management agreements total term including renewal periods	70 years
Franchise agreements initial term	20 years

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Geographic and Business Segment Information - Reconciliation of Revenues from Consolidated Hotels to Condensed Combined Consolidated Amounts and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Reconciliation of Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA from Segments to Consolidated Amounts [Line Items]
Total revenues	$ 810	$ 672	$ 703	$ 659	$ 686	$ 652	$ 731	$ 668	$ 2,844	$ 2,737	$ 2,791
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA									802	761	758
Casualty gain (loss) and impairment loss, net									18	1	(26)
Depreciation and amortization expense									(264)	(277)	(288)
Corporate general and administrative expense									(62)	(65)	(68)
Acquisition costs									(70)
Other operating expenses									(78)	(73)	(63)
Gain on sales of assets, net									19	96	1
Interest income									6	6	2
Interest expense									(140)	(127)	(124)
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates									14	18	40
Loss on foreign currency transactions									(1)	(3)	(4)
Income tax (expense) benefit									(35)	(23)	2,346
Other gain, net									46	102
Other items									(16)	(11)	(7)
Net income	$ 126	$ 9	$ 84	$ 97	$ 55	$ 55	$ 218	$ 149	316	477	2,631
Total consolidated hotel revenue [Member]
Reconciliation of Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA from Segments to Consolidated Amounts [Line Items]
Total revenues									2,767	2,665	2,727
Other [Member]
Reconciliation of Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA from Segments to Consolidated Amounts [Line Items]
Total revenues									$ 77	$ 72	$ 64

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards ("RSAs") (Detail) - Restricted stock awards (RSAs) [Member] - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Shares, Beginning balance	585,106	461,639
Number of Shares, Granted	302,506	367,463	594,213
Number of Shares, Vested	(312,462)	(214,208)	(106,795)
Number of Shares, Forfeited	(17,905)	(29,788)	(25,779)
Number of Shares, Ending balance	557,245	585,106	461,639
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Beginning balance	$ 26.89	$ 26.47
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted	31.24	27.34	$ 26.52
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Vested	26.99	26.67	26.85
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Forfeited	29.58	27.48	26.22
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Ending balance	$ 29.10	$ 26.89	$ 26.47

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Goodwill Balance and Related Activity (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill beginning balance, gross	$ 2,708
Foreign currency translation	1
Goodwill ending balance, gross	2,709
Accumulated impairment losses, beginning balance	(2,102)
Accumulated impairment losses, ending balance	(2,102)
Goodwill, beginning balance	606
Goodwill, ending balance	$ 607

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Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Entity	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of consolidated VIEs | Entity	3
Debt of unconsolidated joint ventures | $	$ 943	$ 955

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale - Summary of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2017
Assets:
Property and equipment, net		$ 62
Hilton São Paolo [Member]
Assets:
Property and equipment, net		62	$ 31
Cash and cash equivalents		7
Accounts receivable		2
Total Assets Held for Sale		71
Liabilities:
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	[1]	6
Total Liabilities Held for Sale		$ 6

[1] Amounts included in Other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.

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Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment were:

	December 31, 2019(1)			December 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Land	$	3,512		$	3,344
Buildings and leasehold improvements		6,978			5,616
Furniture and equipment		1,059			949
Construction-in-progress		134			124
		11,683			10,033
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(2,089	)		(2,058	)
	$	9,594		$	7,975

⁽¹⁾ Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Debt and Hierarchy Level Used to Estimate Fair Values

The fair value of our debt and the hierarchy level we used to estimate fair values are shown below:

			December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Hierarchy Level		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
			(in millions)
Liabilities:
SF CMBS Loan		3	$	725	$	740	$	725	$	706
HHV CMBS Loan		3		1,275		1,316		1,275		1,214
2016 Term Loan		3		700		698		750		732
2019 Term Facility		3		670		667		—		—
Mortgage loans		3		516		516		207		201

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions, except per share amounts)
Numerator:
Net income attributable to stockholders(1)	$	306		$	472		$	2,625
Earnings allocated to participating securities		(1	)		(2	)		(8	)
Net income attributable to stockholders, net of earnings    allocated to participating securities	$	305		$	470		$	2,617
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic		212			203			211
Unvested restricted shares		1			1			—
Net effect of shares issued with respect to E&P Dividend(2)		—			—			3
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted		213			204			214
Basic EPS(3)	$	1.44		$	2.32		$	12.38
Diluted EPS(3)	$	1.44		$	2.31		$	12.21

⁽¹⁾ Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

⁽²⁾ Shares issued in connection with the distribution of our C corporation earnings and profits attributable to the period prior to spin-off “E&P Dividend”).

⁽³⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.

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Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Note 8: Fair Value Measurements

We did not elect the fair value measurement option for our financial assets or liabilities.  The fair values of our other financial instruments not included in the table below are estimated to be equal to their carrying amounts.

The fair value of our debt and the hierarchy level we used to estimate fair values are shown below:

			December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
	Hierarchy Level		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
			(in millions)
Liabilities:
SF CMBS Loan		3	$	725	$	740	$	725	$	706
HHV CMBS Loan		3		1,275		1,316		1,275		1,214
2016 Term Loan		3		700		698		750		732
2019 Term Facility		3		670		667		—		—
Mortgage loans		3		516		516		207		201

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Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

Note 4: Property and Equipment

Property and equipment were:

	December 31, 2019(1)			December 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Land	$	3,512		$	3,344
Buildings and leasehold improvements		6,978			5,616
Furniture and equipment		1,059			949
Construction-in-progress		134			124
		11,683			10,033
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(2,089	)		(2,058	)
	$	9,594		$	7,975

⁽¹⁾ Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

Depreciation of property and equipment was $262 million, $273 million and $283 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Transactions with HGV

In October 2016, we completed the sale of 600 rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV in connection with timeshare projects. The net book value of these assets was approximately $177 million. Due to our continuing involvement, this transaction was not recognized as a sale and was accounted for as a sales-leaseback liability under the financing method. The assets were derecognized at the end of lease term in December 2019. Pursuant to an arrangement representing a lease, we reserved exclusive rights to occupy and operate these rooms beginning on the date of transfer and continuing until the end of the lease term. During 2017, 134 of the 600 rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village previously transferred to HGV and leased back by us were released to HGV; accordingly, we derecognized $38 million of property and equipment, net, and the related $39 million liability due to HGV. During 2018, we transferred a restaurant at the Hilton Waikoloa Village to HGV and derecognized $3 million of property and equipment, net and $3 million of the related liability due to HGV. During 2019, the remaining 466 rooms at the Hilton Waikoloa Village were released to HGV; accordingly, we derecognized $123 million of property and equipment, net, and the related $135 million liability due to HGV, and recognized a gain of $12 million within other gain, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Hurricanes Irma and Maria

In September 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria caused damage and disruption at certain of our hotels in Florida and the Caribe Hilton in Puerto Rico. The Caribe Hilton remained closed throughout 2018 and reopened on May 15, 2019. Our insurance coverage provides us with reimbursement for the replacement cost for the damage to these hotels, which includes certain clean-up and repair costs, exceeding the applicable deductibles, in addition to loss of business. Claims related to the Hilton Caribe were fully settled in December 2019.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized $70 million of insurance recoveries, of which $39 million related to property damage, $28 million related to business interruption, and $3 million related to expense reimbursements. Business interruption proceeds are included within ancillary hotel revenue in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Additionally, we recognized a net gain of $18 million within casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, which includes a gain of $27 million for amounts recovered from insurance in excess of the insurance receivable and a loss of $9 million relating to property damage at certain of our hotels that we may not recover from insurers. The insurance receivable as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $4 million and $25 million, respectively, and is included within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets.  

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred $35 million of expenses, and based upon additional information obtained during the period, we recognized an additional loss of $22 million for property and equipment that was damaged during the hurricanes. These amounts were offset by the recognition of an insurance receivable of $57 million.  Additionally, we received $119 million of insurance proceeds, of which $25 million related to business interruption and $6 million related to expense reimbursements.  

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Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

Note 18: Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

The following table sets forth the historical unaudited quarterly financial data for the periods indicated. The information for each of these periods has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, reflects all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial results. Operating results for previous periods do not necessarily indicate results that may be achieved in any future period.

	2019
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(in millions)
Revenues	$	659	$	703	$	672	$	810	$	2,844
Operating income		129		111		38		148		426
Net income		97		84		9		126		316
Net income attributable to stockholders		96		82		5		123		306
Earnings per share - Basic(1)		0.48		0.40		0.02		0.51		1.44
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)		0.48		0.40		0.02		0.51		1.44

⁽¹⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

	2018
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(in millions)
Revenues	$	668	$	731	$	652	$	686	$	2,737
Operating income		174		149		84		97		504
Net income		149		218		55		55		477
Net income attributable to stockholders		150		216		52		54		472
Earnings per share - Basic(1)		0.71		1.07		0.26		0.27		2.32
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)		0.71		1.07		0.26		0.27		2.31

⁽¹⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

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Net Parent Investment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Net Parent Investment

Note 14: Net Parent Investment

Net Parent investment on our historical consolidated statements of equity represents Hilton’s historical investment in us, the net effect of transactions with and allocations from Hilton and our accumulated earnings. Net transfers to Parent are included within Net Parent investment. There were no transfers to Parent during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. The components of the net transfers to Parent on the consolidated statements of cash flows and consolidated statements of equity were:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2017
	(in millions)
Cash pooling and general financing activities		$	(9	)
Corporate allocations			—
Income taxes			(4	)
Net transfers to Parent		$	(13	)

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Organization - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares	Sep. 17, 2019	May 05, 2019	Jan. 03, 2017
Park Intermediate Holdings LLC [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest			100.00%
Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member]
Organization [Line Items]
Business acquisition,par value per common share	$ 25.88	$ 0.01
Business acquisition, cash consideration transferred, per share		$ 11.00
Business acquisition, consideration transferred number of shares per share		0.628
Fractional shares of common stock to be issued in merger agreement		0

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Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Of Stockholders Equity [Abstract]
Dividends declared per common share	$ 1.90	$ 1.99	$ 1.84
Special cash dividends declared per common share		$ 0.75	$ 2.79

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Preliminary Allocation of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Detail) - Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member] $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Investment in hotel properties, net	$ 2,220
Intangibles, net	45
Cash and cash equivalents	62
Restricted cash	38
Accounts receivable, net	26
Prepaid expenses	9
Other assets	2
Operating lease right-of-use asset	65
Debt	(311)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(47)
Due to hotel managers	(15)
Other liabilities	(15)
Operating lease liability	(88)
Total consideration	$ 1,991

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues
Total revenues		$ 2,844		$ 2,737		$ 2,791
Operating expenses
Other property-level		219		207		206
Management fees		139		137		140
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net		(18)		(1)		26
Depreciation and amortization		264		277		288
Corporate general and administrative		62		65		68
Acquisition costs		70
Other		78		73		63
Total expenses		2,437		2,329		2,421
Gain on sales of assets, net		19		96		1
Operating income		426		504		371
Interest income		6		6		2
Interest expense		(140)		(127)		(124)
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		14		18		40
Loss on foreign currency transactions		(1)		(3)		(4)
Other gain, net		46		102
Income before income taxes		351		500		285
Income tax (expense) benefit		(35)		(23)		2,346
Net income		316		477		2,631
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(10)		(5)		(6)
Net income attributable to stockholders	[1]	306		472		2,625
Other comprehensive income, net of tax expense:
Currency translation adjustment, net of tax of $0, $4 and $0		3		39		22
Total other comprehensive income		3		39		22
Comprehensive income		319		516		2,653
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(10)		(5)		(6)
Comprehensive income attributable to stockholders		$ 309		$ 511		$ 2,647
Earnings per share:
Earnings per share - Basic	[3]	$ 1.44	[2]	$ 2.32	[2]	$ 12.38
Earnings per share - Diluted	[3]	$ 1.44	[2]	$ 2.31	[2]	$ 12.21
Weighted average shares outstanding - Basic		212		203		211
Weighted average shares outstanding - Diluted		213		204		214
Rooms [Member]
Revenues
Total revenues		$ 1,771		$ 1,716		$ 1,794
Operating expenses
Expenses		467		449		466
Food and Beverage [Member]
Revenues
Total revenues		743		713		739
Operating expenses
Expenses		518		495		511
Ancillary Hotel [Member]
Revenues
Total revenues		253		236		194
Other [Member]
Revenues
Total revenues		77		72		64
Other Departmental and Support [Member]
Operating expenses
Expenses		$ 638		$ 627		$ 653

[1] Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

[2] Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

[3] Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.

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Debt - Debt Maturities, Assuming the Exercise of all Extensions that are Exercisable Solely at our Option (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
2020	$ 21
2021	709
2022	97
2023	827
2024	676
Thereafter(1)	1,556	[1]
Debt and capital lease obligations, gross	$ 3,886

[1] Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 19, 2020 USD ($) Hotel Room	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Gross proceeds on sale of hotel portfolio properties		$ 436,000,000	$ 379,000,000
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of international hotels property in portfolio | Hotel	0
Hilton Sao Paulo Morumbi [Member] | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold | Room	503
Gross proceeds on sale of hotel portfolio properties	$ 118,000,000
Proceeds from sale of rooms per key	$ 234,000
Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown [Member] | Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of rooms sold | Room	197
Gross proceeds on sale of hotel portfolio properties	$ 90,000,000
Proceeds from sale of rooms per key	$ 459,000

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Geographic and Business Segment Information - Revenues and Property and Equipment, Net for Each of Geographical Areas (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property and Equipment, net	$ 240	$ 178	$ 185
Property and equipment, net classified as held for sale	62
United States [Member] | Laundry Operations [Member]
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	11	14	13
Property and Equipment, net	5	$ 5	5
Hilton São Paolo [Member]
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property and equipment, net classified as held for sale	$ 62		$ 31

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Schedule of Estimated Future Amortization Expense for Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
2020	$ 1
2021	1
2022	1
2023	1
2024	1
Thereafter	41
Intangible assets	$ 46	$ 27

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation - Change in Accumulated Depreciation (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Disclosure [Abstract]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 2,011	$ 2,004	$ 1,832
Additions during period:
Depreciation expense	256	268	280
Deductions during period:
Transfers to assets held for sale	(24)		(15)
Dispositions, including casualty losses	(206)	(262)	(85)
Foreign exchange effect	1	1	(8)
Balance at end of period	$ 2,038	$ 2,011	$ 2,004

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Leases - Schedule of Rent Expense and Supplemental Cash Flow And Non Cash Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Leases [Abstract]
Operating lease expense	$ 30
Variable lease expense	13
Operating cash flows for operating leases	36
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations(1)	$ 278

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Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates - Schedule of Investments in Affiliates (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in affiliates		$ 35	$ 50
Minimum [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Hilton San Diego Bayfront [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		25.00%
Investments in affiliates		$ 18	19
All others (7 hotels) [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in affiliates	[1]	$ 17	$ 31
All others (7 hotels) [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage		20.00%
All others (7 hotels) [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Schedule Of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	[1]	50.00%

[1] In November 2019, we disposed of our ownership interest in the Conrad Dublin. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information.

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Property and Equipment - Schedule of Property and Equipment (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]
Property and equipment, net	$ 62

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Grant Date Fair Values of Awards Using Monte Carlo Simulation Valuation Model (Detail)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected volatility, minimum	[1]	19.50%	20.00%	25.50%
Expected volatility, maximum	[2]	21.50%	24.00%	29.50%
Risk-free rate, minimum		1.80%	2.40%	1.20%
Risk-free rate, maximum		2.40%	2.70%	1.50%
Expected term		3 years	3 years
Minimum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected term				2 years
Maximum [Member]
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Expected term				3 years

[1] Due to limited trading history of our common stock, we used the historical and implied volatilities of our peer group in addition to our historical and implied volatilities over the performance period to estimate appropriate expected volatilities. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the weighted average expected volatility was 20.5%, 24.0% and 28.4%, respectively.

[2] Dividends are assumed to be reinvested in shares of our common stock and dividends will not be paid unless shares vest.

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Geographic and Business Segment Information - Revenues and Property and Equipment, Net for Each of Geographical Areas (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019		Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 810		$ 672	$ 703	$ 659	$ 686	$ 652	$ 731	$ 668	$ 2,844		$ 2,737	$ 2,791
Property and Equipment, net		9,594	[1]				7,975				9,594	[1]	7,975	8,311
United States [Member]
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues	[2],[3]										2,804		2,676	2,618
Property and Equipment, net	[2],[3]	$ 9,594					7,906				9,594		7,906	8,089
All Other [Member]
Revenues From External Customers And Long Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenues											$ 40		61	173
Property and Equipment, net							$ 69						$ 69	$ 222

[1] Excludes $62 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019.

[2] Excludes $62 million and $31 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019 and 2017, respectively.

[3] Includes revenues of $11 million, $14 million and $13 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 from our laundry operations which is not part of our segment. Also includes property and equipment, net of $5 million as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, from our laundry operations.

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Income Taxes - Components of (Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current:
U.S. Federal	$ 16	$ 34	$ 21
State	3	6	2
Foreign	11	3	9
Total current	30	43	32
Deferred:
U.S. Federal	3	(18)	(2,373)
Foreign	2	(2)	(5)
Total deferred	5	(20)	(2,378)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$ 35	$ 23	$ (2,346)

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Earnings Per Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended																12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019		Sep. 30, 2019		Jun. 30, 2019		Mar. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018		Sep. 30, 2018		Jun. 30, 2018		Mar. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2019		Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017
Numerator:
Net income attributable to stockholders		$ 123		$ 5		$ 82		$ 96		$ 54		$ 52		$ 216		$ 150		$ 306	[1]	$ 472	[1]	$ 2,625	[1]
Earnings allocated to participating securities																		(1)		(2)		(8)
Net income attributable to stockholders, net of earnings allocated to participating securities																		$ 305		$ 470		$ 2,617
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic																		212		203		211
Unvested restricted shares																		1		1
Net effect of shares issued with respect to E&P Dividend	[2]																					3
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted																		213		204		214
Basic EPS		$ 0.51	[3]	$ 0.02	[3]	$ 0.40	[3]	$ 0.48	[3]	$ 0.27	[3]	$ 0.26	[3]	$ 1.07	[3]	$ 0.71	[3]	$ 1.44	[3],[4]	$ 2.32	[3],[4]	$ 12.38	[4]
Diluted EPS		$ 0.51	[3]	$ 0.02	[3]	$ 0.40	[3]	$ 0.48	[3]	$ 0.27	[3]	$ 0.26	[3]	$ 1.07	[3]	$ 0.71	[3]	$ 1.44	[3],[4]	$ 2.31	[3],[4]	$ 12.21	[4]

[1] Includes the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2017 of $2,347 million associated with our intent to be taxed as a REIT.

[2] Shares issued in connection with the distribution of our C corporation earnings and profits attributable to the period prior to spin-off “E&P Dividend”).

[3] Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

[4] Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers.

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Net Parent Investment - Components of Net Transfers to Parent on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Consolidated Statements of Equity (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net transfers to Parent	$ 0	$ 0	$ (13,000,000)
Cash Pooling and General Financing Activities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net transfers to Parent			(9,000,000)
Income Taxes [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Net transfers to Parent			$ (4,000,000)

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Cash Distributions to Stockholders for Federal Income Tax Purposes (Detail) - Common Stock [member] - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Ordinary dividends	$ 1.61	$ 1.64
Capital gain distributions	$ 0.29	$ 1.32

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Goodwill and Intangibles

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangibles

Note 6: Goodwill and Intangibles

Hilton allocated $3.5 billion of goodwill to us as part of the Blackstone Merger and during the year ended December 31, 2008, we recognized a $2.7 billion impairment loss.

Our goodwill balance and related activity was:

	Goodwill		Accumulated Impairment Losses			Balance
	(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	2,708	$	(2,102	)	$	606
Distribution to Parent		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		1		—			1
Balance as of December 31, 2018		2,709		(2,102	)		607
Distribution to Parent		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		—		—			—
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2,709	$	(2,102	)	$	607

Intangible assets were:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Acquired below market leases(1)	$	—		$	61
Air rights contract(2)		45			—
Other		8			10
Accumulated amortization		(7	)		(44	)
	$	46		$	27

^{(1) Upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, the balance of acquired below market leases was reclassed to Operating lease right-of-use asset within our consolidated balance sheet.}

^{(2) In conjunction with the Merger, we acquired an air rights contract as part of the Hyatt Regency Boston, which expires in September 2079 and requires no payments through maturity.}

As of December 31, 2019, we estimated our future amortization expense for our intangible assets to be:

Year	(in millions)
2020	$	1
2021		1
2022		1
2023		1
2024		1
Thereafter		41
	$	46

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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2: Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, our wholly owned subsidiaries and entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, including variable interest entities (“VIEs”) where we are the primary beneficiary. The consolidated financial statements reflect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). All significant intercompany transactions and balances within these consolidated financial statements have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  

Reclassifications

Certain line items on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 and consolidated statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2018 have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, and interest applicable to major construction or development projects is capitalized. Costs of improvements that extend the economic life or improve service potential are also capitalized. Capitalized costs are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Costs for normal repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives, which are generally as follows: buildings and improvements (8 to 40 years); furniture and equipment (3 to 8 years); and computer equipment and acquired software (3 years). Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life, based on the estimates above, or the lease term.

We evaluate the carrying value of our property and equipment if there are indicators of potential impairment. We perform an analysis to determine the recoverability of the asset’s carrying value by comparing the expected undiscounted future cash flows to the net book value of the asset. If it is determined that the expected undiscounted future cash flows are less than the net book value of the asset, the excess of the net book value over the estimated fair value is recorded in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income within impairment losses. Fair value is generally estimated using valuation techniques that consider the discounted cash flows of the asset using discount and capitalization rates deemed reasonable for the type of asset, as well as prevailing market conditions, appraisals, recent similar transactions in the market and, if appropriate and available, current estimated net sales proceeds from pending offers.

If sufficient information exists to reasonably estimate the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation, including environmental remediation liabilities, we recognize the fair value of the obligation when the obligation is incurred, which is generally upon acquisition, construction or development and/or through the normal operation of the asset.

Assets Held for Sale

We classify a property as held for sale when we commit to a plan to sell the asset, the sale of the asset is probable within one year, and it is unlikely that action to complete the sale will change or that the sale will be withdrawn. When we determine that classification of an asset as held for sale is appropriate, we cease recording depreciation for the asset and value the property at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value, less costs to dispose. Further, the related assets and liabilities of the held for sale property will be classified as assets held for sale in our consolidated balance sheets. Any gains on sales of properties are recognized at the time of sale or deferred and recognized in net income (loss) in subsequent periods as any relevant conditions requiring deferral are satisfied.

Investments in Affiliates

The consolidated financial statements include entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, including VIEs where we are the primary beneficiary. The determination of a controlling financial interest is based upon the terms of the governing agreements of the respective entities, including the evaluation of rights held by other interests. If the entity is considered to be a VIE, we determine whether we are the primary beneficiary, and then consolidate those VIEs for which we have determined we are the primary beneficiary. If the entity in which we hold an interest does not meet the definition of a VIE, we evaluate whether we have a controlling financial interest through our voting interests in the entity. We consolidate entities when we own more than 50 percent of the voting shares of a company or otherwise have a controlling financial interest. References in these financial statements to net income (loss) attributable to stockholders do not include non-controlling interests, which represent the outside ownership interests of our consolidated, non-wholly owned entities and are reported separately.

We hold investments in affiliates that primarily own or lease hotels. Investments in affiliates over which we exercise significant influence, but lack a controlling financial interest, are accounted for using the equity method. We account for investments using the equity method when we have the ability to exercise significant influence over the entity, typically through a more than minimal investment.

Our proportionate share of earnings (losses) from our equity method investments is presented as equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income. Distributions from investments in affiliates are presented as an operating activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows when such distributions are a return on investment. Distributions from investments in affiliates are recorded as an investing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows when such distributions are a return of investment.

We assess the recoverability of our equity method investments if there are indicators of potential impairment. If an identified event or change in circumstances requires an evaluation to determine if an investment may have an other-than-temporary impairment, we assess the fair value of the investment based on accepted valuation methodologies, which include discounted cash flows, estimates of sales proceeds and external appraisals. If an investment’s fair value is below its carrying value and the decline is considered to be other-than-temporary, we will recognize an impairment loss in equity in earnings (losses) from investments in affiliates in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Non-controlling Interests

We present the portion of any equity that we do not own in entities that we have a controlling financial interest (and thus consolidate) as non-controlling interests and classify those interests as a component of total equity, separate from total stockholders’ equity, on our consolidated balance sheets. For consolidated joint ventures with pro rata distribution allocations, net income or loss is allocated between the joint venture partners based on their respective stated ownership percentages. In addition, we include net income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest in net income (loss) in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. We do not amortize goodwill, but rather evaluate goodwill for potential impairment on an annual basis or at other times during the year if events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

We have two reporting units, consolidated and unconsolidated hotels, to which goodwill has been allocated. Certain of the entities that are included in our consolidated financial statements were consolidated subsidiaries of our Parent at the time of its predecessor’s merger with an affiliate of The Blackstone Group L.P. (“Blackstone Merger”). Our Parent allocated goodwill to us based on the relative fair value of our properties compared to that of Parent’s ownership segment as of the date of the Blackstone Merger. We review the carrying value of goodwill by comparing the carrying value of a reporting unit to its fair value. In any year, we may elect to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is in excess of its carrying value. If we cannot determine qualitatively that the fair value is in excess of the carrying value, or we decide to bypass the qualitative assessment, we proceed to the two-step quantitative process. In the first step, we determine the fair value of the reporting unit. The valuation is based on internal projections of expected future cash flows and operating plans, as well as market conditions relative to the operations of our reporting unit. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not impaired and the second step of the impairment test is not necessary. However, if the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, then the second step must be performed. In the second step, we estimate the implied fair value of goodwill, which is determined by taking the fair value of the reporting unit and allocating it to all of its assets and liabilities (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, the excess is recognized within casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets with finite useful lives primarily include an air rights contract and ground lease and operating lease contracts. The air rights contract value is based on the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts and the market rental rates for similar contracts, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. The value of the ground lease and operating lease contracts are based on the present value of the difference between contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the contracts acquired and the estimate of the fair value of rates for corresponding contracts measured over the period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. Intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the contract.

We review all finite lived intangible assets for impairment when circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If the carrying value of an asset group is not recoverable, we recognize an impairment loss for the excess of the carrying value over the fair value in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Asset Acquisitions

We consider an asset acquisition to occur when substantially all the fair value of an acquisition is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. In an acquisition of assets, we are not required to expense our acquisition-related costs, and goodwill is not assigned. We will account for the properties purchased as asset acquisitions by allocating the total cash consideration, including transaction costs, to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed, respectively, on a relative fair value basis.

Business Combinations

We consider a business combination to occur when we take control of a business by acquiring its net assets or equity interests. We record the assets acquired, liabilities assumed and non-controlling interests at fair value as of the acquisition date, including any contingent consideration. We evaluate factors, including market data for similar assets, expected future cash flows discounted at risk-adjusted rates and replacement cost for the assets to determine an appropriate fair value of the assets. Acquisition-related costs, such as due diligence, legal and accounting fees, are expensed in the period incurred and are not capitalized or applied in determining the fair value of the acquired assets.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include all highly liquid investments with original maturities, when purchased, of three months or less.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash includes cash balances established as lender reserves required by our debt agreements and reserves for capital expenditures in accordance with certain of our management agreements. For purposes of our consolidated statement of cash flows, changes in restricted cash caused by changes in lender reserves due to restrictions under our loan agreements are shown as financing activities and changes in deposits for assets we plan to acquire are shown as investing activities.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided on accounts receivable when losses are probable based on historical collection activity and current business conditions.

Leases

We consider an arrangement to contain a lease if it conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for compensation.  Right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the present value of our fixed payment obligations.  Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. We use our estimated incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of our lease obligations.  Our operating leases may require fixed payments, variable payments based on a percentage of revenue or income, or payments equal to the greater of a fixed or variable payment.  Variable payments are excluded from the ROU assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation is incurred.  Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Our lease terms include renewal options that we are reasonably certain to exercise, and renewal options controlled by the lessor.  

Fair Value Measurements—Valuation Hierarchy

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date (an exit price). We use the three-level valuation hierarchy for classification of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect our own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

• Level 1—Valuation is based upon quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

• Level 2—Valuation is based upon quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the instrument.

• Level 3—Valuation is based upon other unobservable inputs that are significant to the fair value measurement.

The classification of assets and liabilities within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety at the end of each reporting period.

Derivative Instruments

We may use derivative instruments as part of our overall strategy to manage our exposure to market risks associated with fluctuations in interest rates. We will regularly monitor the financial stability and credit standing of the counterparties to our derivative instruments. Under the terms of certain loan agreements, we may be required to maintain derivative financial instruments to manage interest rates. We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

We record all derivatives at fair value. On the date the derivative contract is entered, we designate the derivative as one of the following: a hedge of a forecasted transaction or the variability of cash flows to be paid (“cash flow hedge”); a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability (“fair value hedge”); or an undesignated hedge instrument. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is qualified, designated and highly effective as a cash flow hedge or net investment hedge are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income until they are reclassified into earnings in the same period or

periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is qualified, designated and highly effective as a fair value hedge, along with the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded in current period earnings. Changes in the fair value of undesignated derivative instruments and the ineffective portion of designated derivative instruments are reported in current period earnings. Cash flows from designated derivative financial instruments are classified within the same category as the item being hedged in the consolidated statements of cash flows. Cash flows from undesignated derivative financial instruments are included as an investing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows.

If we determine that we qualify for and will designate a derivative as a hedging instrument, at the designation date we formally document all relationships between hedging activities, including the risk management objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. This process includes matching all derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges to specific forecasted transactions and linking all derivatives designated as fair value hedges to specific assets and liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

To the extent we have designated a derivative as a hedging instrument, each reporting period we assess the effectiveness of our designated hedges in offsetting the variability in the cash flows or fair values of the hedged assets or obligations using the Hypothetical Derivative Method. This method compares the cumulative change in fair value of each hedging instrument to the cumulative change in fair value of a hypothetical hedging instrument, which has terms that identically match the critical terms of the respective hedged transactions. Thus, the hypothetical hedging instrument is presumed to perfectly offset the hedged cash flows. Ineffectiveness results when the cumulative change in the fair value of the hedging instrument exceeds the cumulative change in the fair value of the hypothetical hedging instrument. We discontinue hedge accounting prospectively, when the derivative is not highly effective as a hedge, the underlying hedged transaction is no longer probable, or the hedging instrument expires, is sold, terminated or exercised.

Revenue Recognition

Our results of operations primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales and other ancillary goods and services from hotel properties. Other revenues are from our laundry business and service arrangements with Hilton Grand Vacations (“HGV”). Hotel operating revenues are disaggregated into room revenue, food and beverage revenue, ancillary hotel revenue and other revenue on the consolidated statements of comprehensive income to illustrate how economic factors affect the nature, amount and timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows.  Rooms revenue is recognized over time when rooms are occupied and food and beverage revenue is recognized at a point in time when goods and services have been delivered or rendered. Ancillary hotel revenue and other revenue is generally recognized at a point in time as goods and services are delivered or rendered.  

We assess if we are the principal or agent for certain ancillary services provided by third parties. If we are the principal, we recognize revenue based on the gross sales price.  If we are the agent, we recognize revenue net of costs paid to service providers. Payment received for a future stay or event is recognized as an advance deposit, which is included in other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet.  Advance deposits are recognized as revenue when rooms are occupied or goods or services have been delivered or rendered to our customer. Our advance deposit balance as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 was $98 million and $90 million, respectively, and are generally recognized as revenue within a one-year period.  Additionally, we collect sales, use, occupancy and similar taxes at our hotels, which we present on a net basis (excluded from revenues) in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Currency Translation

The United States dollar (“USD”) is our reporting currency and is the functional currency of our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating in the U.S. The functional currency for our consolidated and unconsolidated entities operating outside of the U.S. is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the respective entity operates. Assets and liabilities measured in foreign currencies are translated into USD at the prevailing exchange rates in effect as of the financial statement date and the related gains and losses, net of applicable deferred income taxes, are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in our consolidated balance sheets. Income and expense accounts are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Gains and losses from foreign exchange rate changes related to transactions denominated in a currency other than an entity’s function currency are recognized as (loss) gain on foreign currency transactions in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Share-based Compensation

We recognize the cost of services received in share-based payment transactions with employees and non-employee directors as services are received and recognize a corresponding increase in additional paid-in capital for equity classified awards. We account for any forfeitures when they occur.

The measurement objective for these equity awards is the estimated fair value at the grant date of the equity instruments that we will be obligated to issue when employees have rendered the requisite service and satisfied any other conditions necessary to earn the right to benefit from the instruments. The compensation expense for an award classified as an equity instrument is recognized ratably over the requisite service period. The requisite service period is the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for an award.

Income Taxes

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy requirements related to, among other things, the real estate qualification of sources of our income, the real estate composition and values of our assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders annually and the diversity of ownership of our stock. To the extent we continue to remain qualified as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable income generated by our REIT activities that we distribute annually to our stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes has been included in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 related to our REIT activities, other than the derecognition and remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities associated with our election to be taxed as a REIT and taxes associated with built-in gains related to our assets owned at the date of our spin-off. In addition, we are subject to non-U.S. income tax on foreign held REIT activities. Further, our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) are generally subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes (as applicable).

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. The objectives of accounting for income taxes are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year, to recognize the deferred tax assets and liabilities that relate to tax consequences in future years, which result from differences between the respective tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts, and tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the respective temporary differences or operating loss or tax credit carry forwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The realization of deferred tax assets and tax loss and tax credit carry forwards is contingent upon the generation of future taxable income and other restrictions that may exist under the tax laws of the jurisdiction in which a deferred tax asset exists. Valuation allowances are provided to reduce such deferred tax assets to amounts more likely than not to be ultimately realized.

We use a prescribed recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken in a tax return. For all income tax positions, we first determine whether it is “more-likely-than-not” that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. If it is determined that a position meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the benefit recognized in the financial statements is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02 (“ASU 2016-02”), Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes existing lease accounting guidance in Leases (Topic 840) and generally requires all leases to be recognized on the statement of financial position. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2019 using the optional transition method, which allows entities to initially apply the ASU at the adoption date without revising comparable periods. We elected certain practical expedients that allowed us to utilize historical lease classifications and elected an accounting policy to continue accounting for leases with an initial term of 12 months and less using existing guidance for operating leases. We did not elect the practical expedient that allows us to use hindsight to reassess our probability of exercising renewal options; however, we did include any renewal options controlled by the lessor.  Upon adoption, we recognized an operating lease right-of-use asset of $213 million representing the right to use land, buildings, and equipment over lease terms which include renewal options we have exercised, and renewal options controlled by the lessor, and a corresponding operating lease liability of $213 million representing the present value of our fixed lease payment obligations. We also recognized an $8 million impairment of the operating lease right-of-use asset associated with one of our previously impaired hotels as a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle within retained earnings. In addition, we reclassified $25 million of below market lease intangibles from intangibles, net and $8 million of deferred rent liabilities from other liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet to the operating lease right-of-use asset. The discount rate used to calculate the operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability was based on our estimated incremental borrowing rate at our adoption date of January 1, 2019.  

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), which adds recognition, measurement, and disclosure guidance on implementation costs of cloud computing arrangements. Implementation costs incurred by customers in cloud computing arrangements are deferred if they would be capitalized by customers in software license arrangements under the existing internal-use software guidance. We elected to early adopt this ASU as of January 1, 2019 on a prospective basis and there was no effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”, which will replace the existing “incurred loss” approach with an “expected loss” model for instruments measured at amortized cost. For trade and other receivables, loans and other instruments, the forward looking “expected loss” model will generally result in the earlier recognition of allowances for losses. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-19, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses”, which clarifies that operating lease receivables accounted for under ASC 842 are not in the scope of ASU No. 2016-13. Both ASUs are effective January 1, 2020 and require new disclosures. Both ASUs require a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the effect that these ASUs will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 10: Income Taxes

We are treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. To qualify as a REIT, we must satisfy requirements related to, among other things, the real estate qualification of sources of our income, the real estate composition and values of our assets, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders annually and the diversity of ownership of our stock. To the extent we continue to remain qualified as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable income generated by our REIT activities that we distribute annually to our stockholders. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes has been included in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 related to our REIT activities, other than taxes associated with built-in gains related to our assets owned at the date of our spin-off including the remeasurement of associated deferred tax assets and liabilities.

H.R. 1, commonly referred to as The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”) was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act, which amended the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, was the most significant tax legislative development in decades. Major elements of the Act from our perspective include reducing the corporate tax rate; restricting the eligibility for tax deferred like-kind exchange treatment solely to real property; limiting the deductibility of interest expense; the one-time transition tax on foreign cash and unremitted earnings; and the treatment of global intangible low-taxed income for REIT gross income purposes. As a result of the changes in the Act, we recognized a $25 million income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 and $8 million of income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 when our analysis of the effects of the Act was completed.

We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on taxable sales of built-in gain property (representing property with an excess of fair value over tax basis held by us on January 4, 2017) during the five-year period following the date of our spin-off. In addition, we are subject to non-U.S. income tax on foreign held REIT activities. Further, our taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) are generally subject to U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes (as applicable).  

Our tax provision includes U.S. federal, state and foreign income taxes payable. The domestic and foreign components of income before income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
	(in millions)
U.S. income before tax	$	350	$	498	$	279
Foreign income before tax		1		2		6
Income before income taxes	$	351	$	500	$	285

The components of our (benefit) provision for income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018			2017
	(in millions)
Current:
U.S. Federal	$	16	$	34		$	21
State		3		6			2
Foreign		11		3			9
Total current		30		43			32
Deferred:
U.S. Federal		3		(18	)		(2,373	)
Foreign		2		(2	)		(5	)
Total deferred		5		(20	)		(2,378	)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	35	$	23		$	(2,346	)

Reconciliations of our tax provision at the U.S. statutory rate to the (benefit) provision for income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Statutory U.S. federal income tax provision	$	74		$	105		$	100
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit		2			3			2
Foreign income tax expense		13			2			4
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance		2			—			3
Tax rate change		—			(2	)		(25	)
REIT income not subject to tax		(69	)		(92	)		(83	)
Derecognition and remeasurement of deferred taxes		13			7			(2,347	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	35		$	23		$	(2,346	)

Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of the differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities plus carryforward items. The composition of net deferred tax balances were as follows:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Deferred income tax assets(1)	$	8		$	3
Deferred income tax liabilities		(50	)		(42	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(42	)	$	(39	)

⁽¹⁾ Included within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets, net of valuation allowance.

The tax effects of the temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to our net deferred tax liability were:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	9		$	8
Deferred income		4			3
Accrued compensation		2			3
Other		6			4
Total gross deferred tax assets		21			18
Less: valuation allowance		(6	)		(4	)
Deferred tax assets		15			14
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment		(48	)		(44	)
Investments		(8	)		(9	)
Accrued compensation		(1	)		—
Deferred tax liabilities		(57	)		(53	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(42	)	$	(39	)

As of December 31, 2019, we had U.S. federal, state and foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $65 million, which resulted in deferred tax assets of $9 million. Our U.S. federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $18 million and $24 million begin to expire in 2038 and 2025, respectively, and our foreign net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $23 million are not subject to expiration. Our valuation allowance increased $2 million during the year ended December 31, 2019.

For periods ended prior to January 4, 2017, Hilton filed income tax returns for us, with U.S. federal, state and foreign jurisdictions. Hilton is under regular and recurring audit by the Internal Revenue Service on open tax positions. The timing of the resolution of tax audits is highly uncertain, as are the amounts, if any, that may ultimately be paid upon such resolution. Changes may result from the conclusion of ongoing audits, appeals or litigation in U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign tax jurisdictions or from the resolution of various proceedings between the U.S. and foreign tax authorities. Hilton is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examination for years through 2005. As of December 31, 2019, Hilton remains subject to U.S. federal examinations from 2007 through 2017, state examinations from 2007 through 2017 and foreign examinations of their income tax returns for the years 1998 through 2017. We will be subject to U.S. federal, state and foreign examinations for periods ending after January 4, 2017.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the cash distributions to stockholders are characterized as follows:

	For the Year Ended		For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Common distributions (per share):
Ordinary dividends	$	1.61	$	1.64
Capital gain distributions		0.29		1.32

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Goodwill and Intangibles (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill Balance and Related Activity

Our goodwill balance and related activity was:

	Goodwill		Accumulated Impairment Losses			Balance
	(in millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	2,708	$	(2,102	)	$	606
Distribution to Parent		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		1		—			1
Balance as of December 31, 2018		2,709		(2,102	)		607
Distribution to Parent		—		—			—
Foreign currency translation		—		—			—
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	2,709	$	(2,102	)	$	607

Schedule of Intangible Assets

Intangible assets were:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Acquired below market leases(1)	$	—		$	61
Air rights contract(2)		45			—
Other		8			10
Accumulated amortization		(7	)		(44	)
	$	46		$	27

^{(1) Upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, the balance of acquired below market leases was reclassed to Operating lease right-of-use asset within our consolidated balance sheet.}

^{(2) In conjunction with the Merger, we acquired an air rights contract as part of the Hyatt Regency Boston, which expires in September 2079 and requires no payments through maturity.}

Schedule of Estimated Future Amortization Expense for Intangible Assets

As of December 31, 2019, we estimated our future amortization expense for our intangible assets to be:

Year	(in millions)
2020	$	1
2021		1
2022		1
2023		1
2024		1
Thereafter		41
	$	46

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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Domestic and Foreign Income Before Income Taxes

Our tax provision includes U.S. federal, state and foreign income taxes payable. The domestic and foreign components of income before income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
	(in millions)
U.S. income before tax	$	350	$	498	$	279
Foreign income before tax		1		2		6
Income before income taxes	$	351	$	500	$	285

Components of (Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes

The components of our (benefit) provision for income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018			2017
	(in millions)
Current:
U.S. Federal	$	16	$	34		$	21
State		3		6			2
Foreign		11		3			9
Total current		30		43			32
Deferred:
U.S. Federal		3		(18	)		(2,373	)
Foreign		2		(2	)		(5	)
Total deferred		5		(20	)		(2,378	)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	35	$	23		$	(2,346	)

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

Reconciliations of our tax provision at the U.S. statutory rate to the (benefit) provision for income taxes were:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Statutory U.S. federal income tax provision	$	74		$	105		$	100
State income taxes, net of U.S. federal tax benefit		2			3			2
Foreign income tax expense		13			2			4
Change in deferred tax asset valuation allowance		2			—			3
Tax rate change		—			(2	)		(25	)
REIT income not subject to tax		(69	)		(92	)		(83	)
Derecognition and remeasurement of deferred taxes		13			7			(2,347	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	35		$	23		$	(2,346	)

Schedule of Composition of Net Deferred Tax Balances

Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of the differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities plus carryforward items. The composition of net deferred tax balances were as follows:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Deferred income tax assets(1)	$	8		$	3
Deferred income tax liabilities		(50	)		(42	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(42	)	$	(39	)

⁽¹⁾ Included within other assets in our consolidated balance sheets, net of valuation allowance.

Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Liability

The tax effects of the temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to our net deferred tax liability were:

	December 31,
	2019			2018
	(in millions)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$	9		$	8
Deferred income		4			3
Accrued compensation		2			3
Other		6			4
Total gross deferred tax assets		21			18
Less: valuation allowance		(6	)		(4	)
Deferred tax assets		15			14
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment		(48	)		(44	)
Investments		(8	)		(9	)
Accrued compensation		(1	)		—
Deferred tax liabilities		(57	)		(53	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(42	)	$	(39	)

Schedule of Cash Distributions to Stockholders for Federal Income Tax Purposes

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the cash distributions to stockholders are characterized as follows:

	For the Year Ended		For the Year Ended
	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Common distributions (per share):
Ordinary dividends	$	1.61	$	1.64
Capital gain distributions		0.29		1.32

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Goodwill and Intangibles - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2008
Goodwill And Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]
Goodwill allocated	$ 2,709	$ 2,709	$ 2,708	$ 3,500
Impairment loss recognized	$ 2,102	$ 2,102	$ 2,102	$ 2,700

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Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Room	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Room	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) Room
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Depreciation	$ 262	$ 273	$ 283
Other gain, net	46	102
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net	(18)	(1)	$ 26
Hurricanes Irma and Maria [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Insurance receivable	70	119
Reimbursements expense	3	6
Casualty (gain) loss and impairment loss, net	(18)
Gain on insurance recovered in excess of insurance receivable	27
Loss on property damage insurance not recovered	9
Expenses on property and equipment from hurricane damage		35
Loss on property and equipment from hurricane damage		22
Additional insurance receivable recognized for property and equipment damaged from hurricanes		57
Hurricanes Irma and Maria [Member] | Other Assets [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Insurance settlements receivable on hurricanes damage	4	25
Hurricanes Irma and Maria [Member] | Ancillary Hotel [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Business interruption insurance recovery	28	25
Hurricanes Irma and Maria [Member] | Property Damage [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Insurance receivable	$ 39
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of hotel rooms | Room	466
Net book value of assets				$ 177
Lease expiration month and year	2019-12
Number of rooms released | Room			134
Derecognized property and equipment, net	$ 123	3	$ 38
Liability related to derecognized property and equipment, net	135	$ 3	$ 39
Other gain, net	$ 12
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member] | Time Share Project [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Number of hotel rooms | Room				600

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Domestic and Foreign Income Before Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
U.S. income before tax	$ 350	$ 498	$ 279
Foreign income before tax	1	2	6
Income before income taxes	$ 351	$ 500	$ 285

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Grant Date Fair Values of Awards Using Monte Carlo Simulation Valuation Model (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]
Weighted average expected volatility	20.50%	24.00%	28.40%

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Net Parent Investment - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Net transfers to Parent	$ 0	$ 0	$ 13,000,000

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Liability (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 9	$ 8
Deferred income	4	3
Accrued compensation	2	3
Other	6	4
Total gross deferred tax assets	21	18
Less: valuation allowance	(6)	(4)
Deferred tax assets	15	14
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	(48)	(44)
Investments	(8)	(9)
Accrued compensation	(1)
Deferred tax liabilities	(57)	(53)
Net deferred tax liability	$ (42)	$ (39)

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") (Detail) - Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") [Member] - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of Shares, Beginning balance	537,936	371,557
Number of Shares, Granted	314,858	179,774	387,642
Number of Shares, Vested	(277,325)
Number of Shares, Forfeited	(672)	(13,395)	(16,085)
Number of Shares, Ending balance	574,797	537,936	371,557
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Beginning balance	$ 31.16	$ 31.96
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Granted	34.28	29.47	$ 31.95
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Vested	31.25
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Forfeited	42.05	30.48	31.73
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, Ending balance	$ 32.82	$ 31.16	$ 31.96

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Geographic and Business Segment Information - Schedule of Total Assets by Consolidated Hotels, Reconciled To Condensed Combined Consolidated Amounts (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 11,290	$ 9,363
Consolidated Hotels [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	11,236	9,305
All Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Total assets	$ 54	$ 58

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Share-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Sharebased Payments [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

Note 11: Share-Based Compensation

We issue equity-based awards to our employees pursuant to the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (“2017 Employee Plan”) and our non-employee directors pursuant to the 2017 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (“2017 Director Plan”). The 2017 Employee Plan provides that a maximum of 8,000,000 shares of our common stock may be issued, and as of December 31, 2019, 5,495,914 shares of common stock remain available for future issuance. The 2017 Director Plan provides that a maximum of 450,000 shares of our common stock may be issued, and as of December 31, 2019, 293,269 shares of common stock remain available for future issuance. For each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $16 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense and $15 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2019, unrecognized compensation expense was $16 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years. The total fair value of shares vested during the year ended December 31, 2019 was $21 million and $9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

Restricted Stock Awards

Restricted Stock Awards (“RSAs”) generally vest in annual installments between one and three years from each grant date. The following table provides a summary of RSAs for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

	Number of Shares			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017		—		$	—
Granted		594,213			26.52
Vested		(106,795	)		26.85
Forfeited		(25,779	)		26.22
Unvested at December 31, 2017		461,639			26.47
Granted		367,463			27.34
Vested		(214,208	)		26.67
Forfeited		(29,788	)		27.48
Unvested at December 31, 2018		585,106			26.89
Granted		302,506			31.24
Vested		(312,462	)		26.99
Forfeited		(17,905	)		29.58
Unvested at December 31, 2019		557,245		$	29.10

Performance Stock Units

Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”) generally vest at the end of a three-year performance period and are subject to the achievement of a market condition based on a measure of our total shareholder return relative to the total shareholder return of the companies that comprise the FTSE Nareit Lodging Resorts Index (that have a market capitalization in excess of $1 billion as of the first day of the applicable performance period). The number of PSUs that may become vested ranges from zero to 200% of the number of PSUs granted to an employee, based on the level of achievement of the foregoing performance measure. The following table provides a summary of PSUs for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

	Number of Shares			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017		—		$	—
Granted		387,642			31.95
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(16,085	)		31.73
Unvested at December 31, 2017		371,557			31.96
Granted		179,774			29.47
Vested		—			—
Forfeited		(13,395	)		30.48
Unvested at December 31, 2018		537,936			31.16
Granted		314,858			34.28
Vested		(277,325	)		31.25
Forfeited		(672	)		42.05
Unvested at December 31, 2019		574,797		$	32.82

The grant date fair values of these awards were determined using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model with the following assumptions:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Expected volatility(1)	19.5% - 21.5%		20.0% - 24.0%		25.5% - 29.5%
Dividend yield(2)		—		—		—
Risk-free rate	1.8% - 2.4%		2.4% - 2.7%		1.2% - 1.5%
Expected term	3 years		3 years		2 - 3 years

⁽¹⁾ Due to limited trading history of our common stock, we used the historical and implied volatilities of our peer group in addition to our historical and implied volatilities over the performance period to estimate appropriate expected volatilities. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the weighted average expected volatility was 20.5%, 24.0% and 28.4%, respectively.

⁽²⁾ Dividends are assumed to be reinvested in shares of our common stock and dividends will not be paid unless shares vest.

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Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt

Note 7: Debt

Debt balances and associated interest rates as of December 31, 2019 were:

			Principal balance as of
	Interest Rate at December 31, 2019	Maturity Date	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
			(in millions)
SF CMBS Loan	4.11%	November 2023	$	725		$	725
HHV CMBS Loan	4.20%	November 2026		1,275			1,275
Mortgage loans(1)	Average rate of 4.26%	2020 to 2026(2)		515			207
2016 Term Loan	L + 1.55%	December 2021		700			750
2019 Term Facility	L + 1.50%	September 2024		670			—
Revolver(3)	L + 1.60%	December 2021(2)		—			—
Capital lease obligations	3.07%	2021 to 2022		1			1
				3,886			2,958
Add: unamortized premium				3			—
Less: unamortized deferred financing costs and    discount				(18	)		(10	)
			$	3,871		$	2,948

^{(1) Includes $308 million of mortgage loans assumed in connection with the Merger, all of which require payments of principal and interest on a      monthly basis.}

^{(2) Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.}

^{(3) $1 billion available.}

CMBS and Mortgage Loans

In October 2016, we entered into a $725 million CMBS loan secured by the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and the Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco (“SF CMBS Loan”) and a $1.275 billion CMBS loan secured by the Hilton Hawaiian Village (“HHV CMBS Loan”). Both the SF CMBS Loan and the HHV CMBS Loan bear interest at a fixed-rate and require interest-only payments through their respective maturity dates. At any time after the permitted release date of May 1, 2019, the SF CMBS Loan and HHV CMBS Loan may be partially or fully prepaid, subject to prepayment penalties.

Our mortgage loans, which are associated with our three consolidated VIEs and mortgage loans acquired through the Merger, bear interest at either a fixed-rate or variable rate.  Our mortgage loans associated with our VIEs require interest-only loan payments through their respective maturity dates and the mortgage loans associated with the Merger require payments of principal and interest on a monthly basis.

We are required to deposit with lenders certain cash reserves for restricted uses. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, our consolidated balance sheets included $13 million and $15 million of restricted cash, respectively, related to our CMBS loans and mortgage loans.

Credit Facilities

2016 Term Loan and Revolver

In December 2016, we entered into a credit agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as administrative agent, and certain others financial institutions party thereto as lenders. The facility includes a $1 billion revolving credit facility (“Revolver”), which has a scheduled maturity date of December 24, 2020 with two, six-month extension options if certain conditions are satisfied, and a $750 million term loan (“2016 Term Loan”). The Credit Agreement includes the option to increase the size of the Revolver and enter into additional incremental term loan credit facilities, subject to certain limitations, in an aggregate commitment or principal amount not to exceed $500 million for all such increases. In December 2019, we prepaid $50 million of the 2016 Term Loan.

The Revolver permits one or more standby letters of credit, up to a maximum aggregate outstanding balance of $50 million, to be issued on behalf of us. Any outstanding standby letters of credit reduce the available borrowings on the Revolver by a corresponding amount.

Revolver and 2016 Term Loan borrowings bear interest at variable rates at our option, based upon either a base rate or LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin based on our leverage ratio. We incur an unused facility fee on the Revolver of between 0.2% and 0.3%, based on our level of usage.

The Credit Agreement contains certain financial covenants relating to our maximum leverage ratio, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, maximum secured leverage ratio, maximum unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value and minimum unencumbered adjusted net operating income to unsecured interest coverage. If an event of default exists, we are not permitted to make distributions to shareholders, other than those required to qualify for and maintain REIT status.

2019 Term Facility

In advance of the Merger, in August 2019, the Company, our Operating Company and PK Domestic entered into a delayed draw term loan agreement (the “2019 Term Facility”) with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, and certain other financial institutions party thereto as lenders. The 2019 Term Facility provided for $950 million unsecured delayed draw term loan commitments to fund the Merger. The 2019 Term Facility included a $100 million two-year delayed draw term loan tranche, which was unfunded and the commitments thereunder terminated on September 18, 2019, and a $850 million five-year delayed draw term loan tranche, which has a scheduled maturity date of August 2024. On September 18, 2019, the five-year tranche was fully drawn to fund the Merger of which $180 million was prepaid in December 2019. The 2019 Term Facility agreement includes the option to increase the size of the 2019 Term Facility and enter into additional incremental term loan credit facilities, subject to certain limitations and obtaining additional commitments, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $400 million for all such increases.

Borrowings from the 2019 Term Facility bear interest at variable rates at our option, based upon either a base rate or LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin based on our leverage ratio. Beginning in August 2019, we accrued an unused commitment fee equal to 0.25% per annum of the undrawn portion of the 2019 Term Facility, which was paid on September 18, 2019 when the 2019 Term Facility was fully drawn. Additionally, we incurred upfront financing fees of $9 million associated with the 2019 Term Facility, of which $3 million was expensed in connection with the terminated commitments and the $180 million prepayment in December 2019.

The 2019 Term Facility agreement contains certain financial covenants relating to our maximum leverage ratio, minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, maximum secured leverage ratio, maximum unsecured indebtedness to unencumbered asset value and minimum unencumbered adjusted net operating income to unsecured interest coverage. If an event of default exists, we generally are not permitted to make distributions to stockholders, other than those required to qualify for and maintain REIT status and certain other limited exceptions.

In connection with the Merger, we assumed an interest rate swap from Chesapeake, which is designated as a cash flow hedge, to hedge the interest rate risk on a portion of the 2019 Term Facility.  The interest rate swap requires us to pay fixed interest of 1.86% per annum maturing on April 21, 2022 on a notional amount of $225 million, in exchange for floating rate interest equal to one-month LIBOR.

Debt Maturities

The contractual maturities of our debt, assuming the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option, as of December 31, 2019 were:

Year	(in millions)
2020	$	21
2021		709
2022		97
2023		827
2024		676
Thereafter(1)		1,556
	$	3,886

^{(1) Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.}

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale

Note 3: Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale

Acquisitions

Merger with Chesapeake

As a result of the Merger, we acquired a 100% ownership interest in the following 18 hotels:

Hotel	Location	Rooms
Hilton Denver City Center	Denver, CO		613
W Chicago – Lakeshore	Chicago, IL		520
Hyatt Regency Boston	Boston, MA		502
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina	San Diego, CA		438
Boston Marriott Newton	Newton, MA		430
Le Meridien New Orleans(1)	New Orleans, LA		410
W Chicago – City Center	Chicago, IL		403
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort	Miami Beach, FL		393
Le Meridien San Francisco	San Francisco, CA		360
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square	San Francisco, CA		344
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf	San Francisco, CA		316
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter	San Diego, CA		210
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard	Washington, DC		204
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street	Seattle, WA		195
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA		193
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles(1)	Los Angeles, CA		182
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection	San Francisco, CA		171
W New Orleans – French Quarter	New Orleans, LA		97
			5,981

⁽¹⁾ Hotels were subsequently sold in December 2019.

The total consideration for the Merger was approximately $2 billion, which included the issuance of approximately 37.8 million shares of common stock valued at $25.88 per share to Chesapeake common shareholders based on the closing price of our common stock on September 17, 2019. We accounted for the Merger using the acquisition method of accounting.  

We preliminarily allocated the purchase price consisting of common stock issued of $978 million and cash of $1,013 million as follows:

	(in millions)
Investment in hotel properties, net	$	2,220
Intangibles, net		45
Cash and cash equivalents		62
Restricted cash		38
Accounts receivable, net		26
Prepaid expenses		9
Other assets		2
Operating lease right-of-use asset		65
Debt		(311	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(47	)
Due to hotel managers		(15	)
Other liabilities		(15	)
Operating lease liability		(88	)
Total consideration	$	1,991

The estimated fair values for the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed are preliminary and are subject to change during the one-year measurement period as additional information related to the inputs and assumptions used in determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities becomes available. We will continue to review the underlying inputs and assumptions. Therefore, the purchase price allocation is not yet complete as of the date of this filing. Once the allocation is complete, an additional adjustment to the allocation may occur.

We used the following valuation methodologies, inputs and assumptions to estimate the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

• Investment in hotel properties – We estimated the fair values of the land and improvements, buildings and improvements, and furniture, fixtures and equipment at the hotel properties by using a combination of the market, cost and income approaches. These valuation methodologies are based on significant Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy, such as estimates of future income growth, capitalization rates, discount rates, capital expenditures and cash flow projections at the respective hotel properties.

• Intangible assets – We estimated the fair value of the air rights contract acquired as part of the Hyatt Regency Boston by calculating the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts according to the contract and the market rental rates for similar contracts, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable term of the contract. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The intangible asset is amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the contract.

• Above and below market lease liabilities – We estimated the fair value of our above and below market lease liabilities by calculating the present value of the difference between the contractual rental amounts paid according to the in-place lease agreements and the market rental rates for similar leased space, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable terms of the leases. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The above and below market lease liabilities are included as adjustments to the right-of-use asset in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The above and below market lease liabilities are amortized as adjustments to ground rent expense over the remaining terms of the respective leases.

• Operating lease right-of-use-asset and Operating lease liability – We estimated the fair value of the operating lease right-of-use asset and operating lease liability by calculating the present value of the fixed contractual rental amounts due over a period equal to the remaining non-cancellable terms of the leases. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

• Debt – We estimated the fair value of the mortgage loans by calculating the present value of the remaining loan payments due over the term of the loans. This valuation methodology is based on Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

• Restricted cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, due to hotel managers and other liabilities – The amounts constitute the carrying amounts of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed, which we believe approximate fair value because of their short-term nature.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, we incurred $70 million in acquisition costs in connection with the Merger. Acquisition costs primarily related to severance, transfer tax and fees for financial advisors, legal, accounting, tax and other professional services.

The following unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information presents the results of operations as if the Merger had taken place on January 1, 2018.  The unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what our actual results of operations would have been assuming the Merger had taken place on January 1, 2018, nor is it indicative of the results of operations for future periods. The unaudited condensed pro-forma financial information is as follows:

	For the year ended December 31,
	2019		2018
(unaudited)	(in millions)
Total revenues	$	3,250	$	3,297
Operating income		504		608
Net income		359		531

From the date of Merger through December 31, 2019, we recognized $156 million of total revenues, $20 million of operating income and $16 million of net income related to the hotels acquired in connection with the Merger.

Dispositions

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we sold seven consolidated hotels listed in the table below, received total gross proceeds of $436 million and recognized a total gain, net of selling costs, of $19 million on these hotels which is included in gain on sales of assets, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Hotel	Location	Month Sold
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort	Phoenix, Arizona	February 2019
Hilton Nuremberg	Nuremberg, Germany	March 2019
Hilton Atlanta Airport	Atlanta, Georgia	June 2019
Hilton New Orleans Airport(1)	New Orleans, Louisiana	June 2019
Embassy Suites Parsippany(1)	Parsippany, New Jersey	June 2019
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	December 2019
Le Meridien New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	December 2019

⁽¹⁾ Hotels were sold as a portfolio in the same transaction.

Additionally, in November 2019, we and the other owners of the entity that own the Conrad Dublin sold our ownership interest in the entity that owns the hotel for a gross sales price of approximately $128 million, before customary closing adjustments and debt repayment, of which our pro rata share was approximately $61 million. We recognized a net gain of approximately $44 million, which is included in other gain, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.  

Additionally, on December 16, 2019, we terminated the ground lease for the Hilton Sheffield.  

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold 12 consolidated hotels for total gross proceeds of $379 million.  We recognized a net gain of approximately $98 million, including the reclassification of a currency translation adjustment of $31 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings concurrent with the dispositions, which was included in gain on sales of assets, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Additionally, in May 2018, we and the other owners of our unconsolidated affiliates that owned the Hilton Berlin hotel sold our interests for gross proceeds of approximately $375 million, before customary closing adjustments, of which our pro rata share was approximately $151 million. We recognized a net gain of approximately $107 million, including the reclassification of a currency translation adjustment of $8 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings concurrent with the disposition, which is included in other gain, net in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income.

Assets Held for Sale

In November 2019, we executed an agreement to sell the Hilton São Paolo, a wholly owned hotel, which subsequently sold in February 2020 for a gross sales price of 500 million Brazilian Real or approximately $118 million, which was payable in cash at closing and is subject to customary pro rations and adjustments.

Assets and liabilities held for sale related to the Hilton São Paolo were as follows as of December 31, 2019:

	(in millions)
Assets:
Property and equipment, net	$	62
Cash and cash equivalents		7
Accounts receivable		2
Prepaid expenses		—
Total Assets Held for Sale	$	71
Liabilities:
Liabilities related to assets held for sale(1)	$	6
Total Liabilities Held for Sale	$	6

⁽¹⁾ Amounts included in Other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019.  

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Consolidated Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs") and Investments in Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities And Investments In Affiliates [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Included in Consolidated Balance Sheets

Our consolidated balance sheets include the following assets and liabilities of these entities:

	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
	(in millions)
Property and equipment, net	$	221	$	223
Cash and cash equivalents		13		12
Restricted cash		1		1
Accounts receivable, net		5		4
Prepaid expenses		2		2
Debt		207		207
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		8		7
Due to hotel manager		2		2
Other liabilities		2		1

Schedule of Investment in Affiliates

Investments in affiliates were:

	Ownership %	December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
		(in millions)
Hilton San Diego Bayfront	25%	$	18	$	19
All others (6 hotels)(1)	20% - 50%		17		31
		$	35	$	50

⁽¹⁾ In November 2019, we disposed of our ownership interest in the Conrad Dublin. Refer to Note 3: “Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale” for additional information.

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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Maturities of Non-Cancelable Operating Lease Liabilities

The maturities of our non-cancelable operating lease liabilities, due in each of the next five years and thereafter as of December 31, 2019, were:

	Operating Leases
Year	(in millions)
2020	$	29
2021		29
2022		29
2023		24
2024		25
Thereafter		365
Total minimum rent payments		501
Less: imputed interest		241
Total operating lease liabilities	$	260

Schedule of Rent Expense and Supplemental Cash Flow and Non Cash Information

The components of rent expense, which are primarily included in other property-level expenses in our consolidated statements of comprehensive income, supplemental cash flow and non-cash information for all operating leases were:

	Year Ended December 31, 2019
	(in millions)
Operating lease expense	$	30
Variable lease expense		13
Operating cash flows for operating leases		36
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations(1)		278

⁽¹⁾ For the year ended December 31, 2019, balance represents right-of-use assets recognized upon adoption of ASC 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, and right-of-use assets assumed in connection with the Merger.

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Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Note 19: Subsequent Events

On February 19, 2020, we sold the 503-room Hilton São Paulo Morumbi for gross proceeds of approximately $118 million, or $234,000 per key. Upon the sale of this hotel, we no longer have any international hotels in our portfolio. Additionally, on the same day, we sold the 197-room Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown for gross proceeds of approximately $90 million, or $459,000 per key.

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Geographic and Business Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Geographic and Business Segment Information

Note 15: Geographic and Business Segment Information

As of December 31, 2019, we have two operating segments, our consolidated hotels and unconsolidated hotels. Our unconsolidated hotels operating segment does not meet the definition of a reportable segment, thus our consolidated hotels is our only reportable segment. We evaluate our consolidated hotels primarily based on hotel adjusted earnings before interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). Hotel Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA from hotel operations, adjusted to exclude:

• Gains or losses on sales of assets for both consolidated and unconsolidated investments;

• Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions;

• Transition expense related to our establishment as an independent, publicly traded company;

• Costs associated with hotel acquisitions or dispositions expensed during the period;

• Severance expense;

• Share-based compensation expense;

• Casualty gains or losses and impairment losses; and

• Other items that we believe are not representative of our current or future operating performance.

The following table presents revenues for our consolidated hotels reconciled to our consolidated amounts and Hotel Adjusted EBITDA to net income:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
	(in millions)
Revenues:
Total consolidated hotel revenue	$	2,767		$	2,665		$	2,727
Other revenues		77			72			64
Total revenues	$	2,844		$	2,737		$	2,791
Hotel Adjusted EBITDA	$	802		$	761		$	758
Other revenues		77			72			64
Casualty gain (loss) and impairment loss, net		18			1			(26	)
Depreciation and amortization expense		(264	)		(277	)		(288	)
Corporate general and administrative expense		(62	)		(65	)		(68	)
Acquisition costs		(70	)		—			—
Other operating expenses		(78	)		(73	)		(63	)
Gain on sales of assets, net		19			96			1
Interest income		6			6			2
Interest expense		(140	)		(127	)		(124	)
Equity in earnings from investments in affiliates		14			18			40
Loss on foreign currency transactions		(1	)		(3	)		(4	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(35	)		(23	)		2,346
Other gain, net		46			102			—
Other items		(16	)		(11	)		(7	)
Net income	$	316		$	477		$	2,631

The following table presents total assets for our consolidated hotels, reconciled to consolidated amounts:

	December 31,
	2019		2018
	(in millions)
Consolidated hotels	$	11,236	$	9,305
All other		54		58
Total	$	11,290	$	9,363

The following table presents total revenues and property and equipment, net for each of the geographical areas in which we operate:

	As of and for the Year Ended December 31,
	2019				2018				2017
	Revenues		Property and Equipment, net		Revenues		Property and Equipment, net		Revenues		Property and Equipment, net
	(in millions)
United States(1)(2)	$	2,804	$	9,594	$	2,676	$	7,906	$	2,618	$	8,089
All other		40		—		61		69		173		222
	$	2,844	$	9,594	$	2,737	$	7,975	$	2,791	$	8,311

⁽¹⁾ Includes revenues of $11 million, $14 million and $13 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 from our laundry operations which is not part of our segment. Also includes property and equipment, net of $5 million as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, from our laundry operations.

⁽²⁾ Excludes $62 million and $31 million of property and equipment, net classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2019 and 2017, respectively.

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Document and Entity Information - USD ($)
$ in Millions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Feb. 24, 2020

Jun. 30, 2019

Cover [Abstract]

Document Type

10-K

Amendment Flag

false

Document Period End Date

Dec. 31, 2019

Document Fiscal Year Focus

2019

Document Fiscal Period Focus

FY

Trading Symbol

PK

Entity Registrant Name

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.

Entity Central Index Key

0001617406

Current Fiscal Year End Date

--12-31

Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer

Yes

Entity Voluntary Filers

No

Entity Filer Category

Large Accelerated Filer

Entity Small Business

false

Entity Emerging Growth Company

false

Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding

240,184,706

Entity Public Float

$ 5,527

Entity Current Reporting Status

Yes

Entity Shell Company

false

Entity Interactive Data Current

Yes

Title of 12(b) Security

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Security Exchange Name

NYSE

Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code

DE

Document Annual Report

true

Document Transition Report

false

Entity File Number

001-37795

Entity Tax Identification Number

36-2058176

Entity Address, Address Line One

1775 Tysons Boulevard

Entity Address, Address Line Two

7th Floor

Entity Address, City or Town

Tysons

Entity Address, State or Province

VA

Entity Address, Postal Zip Code

22102

City Area Code

571

Local Phone Number

302-5757

Documents Incorporated by Reference

Documents incorporated by reference: The information called for by Part III will be incorporated by reference from the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A.

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Foreign currency translation adjustment, tax	$ 0	$ 4	$ 0

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Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

The following table sets forth the historical unaudited quarterly financial data for the periods indicated. The information for each of these periods has been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, reflects all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial results. Operating results for previous periods do not necessarily indicate results that may be achieved in any future period.

	2019
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(in millions)
Revenues	$	659	$	703	$	672	$	810	$	2,844
Operating income		129		111		38		148		426
Net income		97		84		9		126		316
Net income attributable to stockholders		96		82		5		123		306
Earnings per share - Basic(1)		0.48		0.40		0.02		0.51		1.44
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)		0.48		0.40		0.02		0.51		1.44

⁽¹⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

	2018
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(in millions)
Revenues	$	668	$	731	$	652	$	686	$	2,737
Operating income		174		149		84		97		504
Net income		149		218		55		55		477
Net income attributable to stockholders		150		216		52		54		472
Earnings per share - Basic(1)		0.71		1.07		0.26		0.27		2.32
Earnings per share - Diluted(1)		0.71		1.07		0.26		0.27		2.31

⁽¹⁾ Per share amounts are calculated based on unrounded numbers and are calculated independently for each period presented, therefore, the sum of the quarterly EPS does not necessarily equal the EPS for the full year.

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Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Organization

Note 1: Organization

Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation that owns a portfolio of premium-branded hotels and resorts primarily located in prime city center and resort locations. On January 3, 2017, Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (“Hilton,” “Hilton Parent” or “Parent”) completed the spin-off of a portfolio of hotels and resorts that established Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. as an independent, publicly traded company. The spin-off transaction was effected through a pro rata distribution of Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. stock to existing Hilton stockholders.

On May 5, 2019, the Company, PK Domestic Property LLC, an indirect subsidiary of the Company (“PK Domestic”), and PK Domestic Sub LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PK Domestic (“Merger Sub”) entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Chesapeake Lodging Trust (“Chesapeake”). On September 18, 2019, pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Chesapeake merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”) and each of Chesapeake’s common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share was converted into $11.00 in cash and 0.628 of a share of our common stock. No fractional shares of our common stock were issued in the Merger.  The value of any fractional interests to which a Chesapeake shareholder would otherwise have been entitled was paid in cash.

We are treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for United States (“U.S.”) federal income tax purposes, and we believe we have been organized and operated, and expect to continue to be organized and operate, in a manner to qualify as a REIT. From the date of our spin-off from Hilton, Park Intermediate Holdings LLC (our “Operating Company”), directly or indirectly, has held all our assets and has conducted all of our operations. We own 100% of the interests in our Operating Company.

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Acquisitions, Dispositions and Assets Held for Sale - Summary of Hotel Portfolio Properties Acquired (Detail) - Chesapeake Lodging Trust [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 Room
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Rooms	5,981
Hilton Denver City Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Denver, CO
Rooms	613
W Chicago – Lakeshore [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Chicago, IL
Rooms	520
Hyatt Regency Boston [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Boston, MA
Rooms	502
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	San Diego, CA
Rooms	438
Boston Marriott Newton [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Newton, MA
Rooms	430
Le Meridien New Orleans [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	New Orleans, LA	[1]
Rooms	410	[1]
W Chicago – City Center [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Chicago, IL
Rooms	403
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Miami Beach, FL
Rooms	393
Le Meridien San Francisco [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	San Francisco, CA
Rooms	360
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	San Francisco, CA
Rooms	344
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	San Francisco, CA
Rooms	316
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	San Diego, CA
Rooms	210
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Washington, DC
Rooms	204
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Seattle, WA
Rooms	195
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Los Angeles, CA
Rooms	193
Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	Los Angeles, CA	[1]
Rooms	182	[1]
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	San Francisco, CA
Rooms	171
W New Orleans – French Quarter [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Location	New Orleans, LA
Rooms	97

[1] Hotels were subsequently sold in December 2019.

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Real Estate And Accumulated Depreciation Disclosure [Abstract]
Aggregate cost of real estate for U.S. federal income tax purposes	$ 6,803

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Provision for U.S federal income taxes	$ 35,000,000	$ 23,000,000	$ (2,346,000,000)
Income tax expense (benefit)		8,000,000	(25,000,000)
Net operating loss carryforwards	9,000,000	8,000,000
Increase in valuation allowance	2,000,000
U.S. Federal Tax [Member] | REIT [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Provision for U.S federal income taxes	0	$ 0	$ 0
U.S. Federal, State and Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	65,000,000
U.S. Federal [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 18,000,000
Net operating loss carry forwards expiration year	2038
State [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 24,000,000
Net operating loss carry forwards expiration year	2025
Foreign [Member]
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards	$ 23,000,000

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Fair Value Measurements - Fair Value of Debt and Hierarchy Level Used to Estimate Fair Values (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Carrying amount [Member] | SF CMBS Loan [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	$ 725	$ 725
Carrying amount [Member] | HHV CMBS Loan [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	1,275	1,275
Carrying amount [Member] | 2016 Term Loan [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	700	750
Carrying amount [Member] | 2019 Term Facility [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	670
Carrying amount [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	516	207
Fair Value [Member] | SF CMBS Loan [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	740	706
Fair Value [Member] | HHV CMBS Loan [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	1,316	1,214
Fair Value [Member] | 2016 Term Loan [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	698	732
Fair Value [Member] | 2019 Term Facility [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	667
Fair Value [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Loan	$ 516	$ 201

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Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 2,516
Initial Cost, Land		3,610
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		6,233
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		451
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		1,272
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		3,496
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		7,055
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		1,015
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		11,566	$ 9,921	$ 10,249	$ 10,310
Accumulated Depreciation		(2,038)	$ (2,011)	$ (2,004)	$ (1,832)
Caribe Hilton [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		38
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		56
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		87
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		41
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		115
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		32
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		188
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (28)
Date of Construction		1949
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Caribe Hilton [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Caribe Hilton [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Durango [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		$ 2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		6
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		3
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		5
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		8
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (6)
Date of Construction		1985
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel Durango [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel Durango [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Ontario Airport [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 30
Initial Cost, Land		14
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		58
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		12
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		63
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		90
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (24)
Date of Construction		1974
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel Ontario Airport [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel Ontario Airport [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Diego—Mission Valley [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		$ 2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		17
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		9
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		10
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		19
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (11)
Date of Construction		1989
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel San Diego—Mission Valley [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Diego—Mission Valley [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Jose [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 15
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		67
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		5
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		25
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		82
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		112
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (36)
Date of Construction		1980
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel San Jose [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel San Jose [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		$ 11
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		27
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		11
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		27
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		38
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (29)
Date of Construction		1969
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		$ 4
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		11
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		6
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		9
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		15
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (10)
Date of Construction		1977
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel Sonoma Wine Country [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South Congress [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 45
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		17
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		57
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		64
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (28)
Date of Construction		1983
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South Congress [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Embassy Suites Austin Downtown South Congress [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Embassy Suites Phoenix—Airport [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 15
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		1
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		(9)
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		3
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		4
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		7
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (5)
Date of Construction		1986
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Embassy Suites Phoenix—Airport [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Embassy Suites Phoenix—Airport [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Boston Logan Airport [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 108
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		6
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		31
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		127
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		18
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		145
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (46)
Date of Construction		1999
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Boston Logan Airport [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Boston Logan Airport [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Chicago [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 69
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		233
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		12
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		144
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		69
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		340
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		49
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		458
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (132)
Date of Construction		1927
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Chicago [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Chicago [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 1,275
Initial Cost, Land		925
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		807
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		17
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		341
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		964
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		1,044
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		82
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		2,090
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (410)
Date of Construction		1961
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 50
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		82
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		(15)
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		23
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		55
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		42
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		120
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (62)
Date of Construction		1987
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton McLean Tysons Corner [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton New Orleans Riverside [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 89
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		217
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		87
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		90
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		261
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		45
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		396
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (112)
Date of Construction		1977
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton New Orleans Riverside [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton New Orleans Riverside [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Oakland Airport [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 13
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		2
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		9
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		9
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		18
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (9)
Date of Construction		1970
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Oakland Airport [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Oakland Airport [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Salt Lake City Center [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		$ 10
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		20
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		22
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		30
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (22)
Date of Construction		2002
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Salt Lake City Center [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Salt Lake City Center [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton San Francisco Union Square [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances	[2]	$ 725
Initial Cost, Land		113
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		232
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		16
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		135
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		113
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		333
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		50
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		496
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (127)
Date of Construction		1964
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton San Francisco Union Square [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton San Francisco Union Square [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 165
Initial Cost, Land		71
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		50
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		22
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		71
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		64
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		10
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		145
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (17)
Date of Construction		1986
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 70
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		16
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		80
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		9
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		89
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (36)
Date of Construction		1961
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Short Hills [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 59
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		54
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		20
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		59
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		64
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		13
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		136
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (25)
Date of Construction		1988
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Short Hills [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Short Hills [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 160
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		340
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		25
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		(75)
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		106
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		288
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		56
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		450
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (138)
Date of Construction		1988
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Waikoloa Village [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
New York Hilton Midtown [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 1,096
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		542
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		13
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		138
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		1,043
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		656
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		90
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		1,789
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (236)
Date of Construction		1963
Date Acquired	[1]	Oct. 24, 2007
New York Hilton Midtown [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
New York Hilton Midtown [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 62
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		53
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		(21)
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		40
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		46
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		10
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		96
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (16)
Date of Construction		1990
Date Acquired	[1]	Dec. 04, 2007
Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Embassy Suites Washington DC Georgetown [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC—Crystal City [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 43
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		95
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		48
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		43
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		127
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		18
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		188
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (55)
Date of Construction		1982
Date Acquired	[1]	Dec. 14, 2007
DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC—Crystal City [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel Washington DC—Crystal City [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Miami Airport [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 64
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		36
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		37
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		64
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		60
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		16
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		140
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (32)
Date of Construction		1984
Date Acquired	[1]	Dec. 14, 2007
Hilton Miami Airport [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Miami Airport [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 12
Initial Cost, Land		3
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		24
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		2
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		11
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		3
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		30
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		40
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (12)
Date of Construction		1986
Date Acquired	[1]	Jan. 01, 2010
DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
DoubleTree Hotel Spokane City Center [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 137
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		10
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		38
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		161
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		24
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		185
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (56)
Date of Construction		1983
Date Acquired	[1]	Aug. 30, 2010
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Embassy Suites Kansas City—Plaza [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 26
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		1
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		3
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		28
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		2
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		30
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (14)
Date of Construction		1973
Date Acquired	[1]	Jul. 25, 2014
Embassy Suites Kansas City—Plaza [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Embassy Suites Kansas City—Plaza [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 15
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		377
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		31
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		48
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		16
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		401
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		54
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		471
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (82)
Date of Construction		2009
Date Acquired	[1]	Feb. 12, 2015
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Parc 55 San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 175
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		315
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		32
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		175
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		325
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		37
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		537
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (71)
Date of Construction		1984
Date Acquired	[1]	Feb. 12, 2015
Parc 55 San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Parc 55 San Francisco - A Hilton Hotel [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Waldorf Astoria Orlando [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 34
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		274
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		29
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		9
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		34
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		275
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		37
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		346
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (70)
Date of Construction		2009
Date Acquired	[1]	Feb. 12, 2015
Waldorf Astoria Orlando [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Waldorf Astoria Orlando [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 164
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		174
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		9
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		5
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		164
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		176
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		12
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		352
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (30)
Date of Construction		1920
Date Acquired	[1]	Feb. 17, 2015
Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Casa Marina, A Waldorf Astoria Resort [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
The Reach Key West, Curio Collection [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 57
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		67
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		14
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		57
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		81
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		3
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		141
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (9)
Date of Construction		1970
Date Acquired	[1]	Feb. 17, 2015
The Reach Key West, Curio Collection [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
The Reach Key West, Curio Collection [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 40
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		64
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		2
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		40
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		64
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		10
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		114
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (17)
Date of Construction		1973
Date Acquired	[1]	Jun. 02, 2015
Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Boston Marriott Newton [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 24
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		74
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		24
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		74
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		113
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1969
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Boston Marriott Newton [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Boston Marriott Newton [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 13
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		54
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		5
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		13
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		54
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		5
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		72
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		2006
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Courtyard Washington Capitol Hill/Navy Yard [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 28
Initial Cost, Land		19
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		44
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		19
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		44
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		70
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1927
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Checkers Los Angeles [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hilton Denver City Center [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 61
Initial Cost, Land		14
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		163
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		21
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		14
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		163
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		21
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		198
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (3)
Date of Construction		1982
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hilton Denver City Center [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hilton Denver City Center [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 5
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		75
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		5
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		75
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		87
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1990
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Homewood Suites by Hilton Seattle Convention Center Pike Street [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 25
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		54
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		25
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		54
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		86
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1929
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hotel Adagio, Autograph Collection [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 7
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		60
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		7
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		60
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		75
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		2009
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hotel Indigo San Diego Gaslamp Quarter [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 33
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		122
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		11
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		33
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		122
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		11
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		166
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (2)
Date of Construction		1990
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hyatt Centric Fisherman’s Wharf [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hyatt Regency Boston [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 141
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		177
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		14
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		177
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		14
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		191
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (3)
Date of Construction		1985
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hyatt Regency Boston [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hyatt Regency Boston [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 5
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		118
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		5
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		118
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		15
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		138
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (2)
Date of Construction		1961
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		$ 191
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		13
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		191
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		13
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		204
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (2)
Date of Construction		1987
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Le Meridien San Francisco [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 48
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		176
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		48
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		176
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		232
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (2)
Date of Construction		1989
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Le Meridien San Francisco [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Le Meridien San Francisco [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 16
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		139
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		12
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		16
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		139
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		12
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		167
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (2)
Date of Construction		1926
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
Royal Palm South Beach Miami, a Tribute Portfolio Resort [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
W Chicago – City Center [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Encumbrances		$ 79
Initial Cost, Land		20
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		76
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		14
Costs Capitalized Subsequent to Acquisition		1
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		20
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		77
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		14
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		111
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1928
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
W Chicago – City Center [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
W Chicago – City Center [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
W Chicago – Lakeshore [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 22
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		58
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		22
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		58
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		8
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		88
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1965
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
W Chicago – Lakeshore [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
W Chicago – Lakeshore [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years
W New Orleans – French Quarter [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Initial Cost, Land		$ 3
Initial Cost, Building & Improvements		21
Initial Cost, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		1
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Land		3
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Building & Improvements		21
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment		1
Gross Amounts at Which Carried at Close of Period, Total		25
Accumulated Depreciation		$ (1)
Date of Construction		1872
Date Acquired	[1]	Sep. 18, 2019
W New Orleans – French Quarter [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		3 years
W New Orleans – French Quarter [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation [Line Items]
Life Upon Which Depreciation is Computed		40 years

[1] On October 24, 2007, a predecessor to our Parent became a wholly owned subsidiary of an affiliate of Blackstone following the completion of the Blackstone Merger.

[2] Single $725 million CMBS loan secured by Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco – A Hilton Hotel.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Purchase commitment, remaining minimum amount committed	$ 43
Spin-off Agreements [Member] | Hilton Sydney [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Reserve for ongoing claims	$ 7

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Debt - Schedule of Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt and financing lease obligations, gross		$ 3,886	$ 2,958
Add: unamortized premium		3
Less: unamortized deferred financing costs and discount		(18)	(10)
Debt		3,871	2,948
SF CMBS Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross		$ 725	725	$ 725
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		4.11%
Maturity Date		2023-11
HHV CMBS Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross		$ 1,275	1,275	$ 1,275
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		4.20%
Maturity Date		2026-11
Mortgage Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross	[1]	$ 515	207
Debt instrument, weighted average interest rate	[1]	4.26%
Maturity Date, start year	[1],[2]	2020
Maturity Date, end year	[1],[2]	2026
2016 Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross		$ 700	750
Maturity Date		2021-12
2016 Term Loan [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate		1.55%
Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital lease obligations		$ 1	$ 1
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage		3.07%
Maturity Date, start year		2021
Maturity Date, end year		2022
2019 Term Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, gross		$ 670
Maturity Date		2024-09
2019 Term Facility [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate		1.50%
Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	[2],[3]	2021-12
Revolver [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate	[3]	1.60%

[1] Includes $308 million of mortgage loans assumed in connection with the Merger, all of which require payments of principal and interest on a      monthly basis.

[2] Assumes the exercise of all extensions that are exercisable solely at our option.

[3] $1 billion available.