Loading the player... The yield is the income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received from holding a particular security. The yield is usually expressed as an annual percentage rate based on the investment's cost, current market value or face value.
Hilton does not own the majority of its hotels, but it makes half of its profit from those that it does own, like the Waldorf-Astoria, the New York Hilton and the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Hilton is owned by the Blackstone Group while Marriotts are owned by Marriott International, although some hotels are bought up by other groups. For example, all Marriotts in the UK were part of the Whitbread group rather than Marriott International until last year, when they were bought back by Marriott International.