July 18, 2002
Hilton Hotels Corporation Announces Recall of Vacation Station™ Children's Cooler/Chairs

Hilton Hotels Corporation, of Beverly Hills, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 27,000 Vacation Station™ children's cooler/chairs. When the chair collapses the folding mechanism can pose a crushing, cutting or severing hazard to consumers' fingers. Hilton Hotels is aware of one report in which part of a 2-year-old boy's fingertip was severed when the chair collapsed.

The recalled product is a multi-use product that can be used as both a child's chair or a food/beverage storage cooler. The cooler/chairs were given to hotel guests as a welcoming gift at participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts. The chairs have either a purple aluminum frame with a purple fabric seat and green cooler bag, or a green aluminum frame with a green fabric seat and a blue cooler bag. Vacation Station™ is printed on the front of the cooler bag. The chairs were made in Hong Kong and imported into the U.S. by Promotional Partners Group Limited of Hong Kong.

Participating Hilton®, Doubletree®, and Hilton Garden Inn® hotels and resorts nationwide distributed the cooler chairs between May 2002 and June 2002 for free to hotel guests with children.

Consumers should stop using the recalled cooler/chairs immediately and contact Hilton Hotels for information on returning the cooler/chairs and receiving a free replacement item. Contact Hilton Hotels toll-free at (877) 221-2424 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, or visit one of the participating brand web sites at http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/promotions/promotion_category.jhtml?id=HVS02&channel=leisure# or http://www.hiltongardeninn.com/en/gi/promotions/promotion_category.jhtml?id=HVS02&channel=leisure&bhjs=1&bhsw=1024&bhsh=768&bhswi=1000&bhshi=583&bhflver=5&bhdir=1&bhje=1&bhcold=16&bhrl=3&bhqt=0&bhmp=1&bhab=-1&bhmpex=6,4,7,1119&bhflex=5,0,42,0&bhdirex=7,0,0,205&bhcont=lan#.