The Cookie by DoubleTree: More Than 230 Million Warm Welcomes Proudly Served Around the World

2011 Marks the 25th Anniversary of the Beloved Sweet Treat

DoubleTree by Hilton hotels have built a reputation on a sweet treat that keeps leisure and business travelers coming back for more – its oven-fresh chocolate chip cookie which is presented to each guest at check-in. In what has become a refreshing welcome to travelers for 25 years, the Cookie by DoubleTree has played a starring role in differentiating the brand’s delivery of hospitality from its competition.
Following are a few “tid-bites” about this hospitality icon:

  •  Doubletree by Hilton gives out approximately 60,000 chocolate chip cookies each day. That’s more than 21,000,000 warm welcomes annually!
  • DoubleTree by Hilton began giving out chocolate chip cookies in the 1980s, when many hotels across the country used them as treats for VIPs.
  • In 1986, the same secret recipe for today’s chocolate chip cookie welcome at all DoubleTree by Hilton hotels around the world was created
  • Nashville-based Christie Cookie Company currently holds the brand’s secret recipe, which ensures that the same, delicious cookie is delivered consistently at every Doubletree by Hilton hotel and resort.
  • Every Doubletree by Hilton chocolate chip cookie is baked fresh daily at each hotel.
  • Each cookie weighs more than 2 ounces and has an average of 20 chocolate chips.
  • The Christie Cookie Company uses more than 750,000 pounds of chocolate chips each year for Doubletree by Hilton’s cookies
  • In June 2002, Doubletree by Hilton presented its 100,000,000th cookie!
  • To date, more than 230,000,000 cookies have been served to delighted guests and customers
  • More than 1,000,000 chocolate chip cookies have been donated by Doubletree by Hilton hotels to celebrate and thank deserving members of the community from doctors and nurses to police and fire fighters as well as non-profit groups such as food banks and homeless shelters.
  • From the United Kingdom to Canada and Tanzania to China, the signature chocolate chip cookie welcome is presented to travellers at more than 250 Doubletree locations around the world.