Hilton Adds Points Payments at Checkout and New Business Account Tools

Hilton is rolling out a feature that lets Hilton Honors members use points through the Hilton app to pay their checkout bill at participating hotels. Hilton for Business is also adding tools that let business customers manage employee hotel bookings through an account.

Key details

• The points-payment feature is starting at 150 properties, with about 6,000 hotels expected to offer it by the following year.
• Reported Hilton for Business tools include viewing team reservations together, changing or canceling employee bookings, and checking which employees are staying at hotels.

Hilton plans to expand points-based checkout payments from 150 properties to about 6,000 hotels by the following year.

Why it matters

The checkout option gives participating Hilton Honors members another way to use points during a stay. The business account tools consolidate employee bookings and let authorized users manage reservations without separate employee logins, according to The Points Guy.

What happens next

Hilton expects the checkout feature to reach about 6,000 hotels by the following year. The material gives no rollout timeline for the Hilton for Business tools.