Turnover increased by 8.8 per cent to GBP2.7 billion, compared with GBP2.5 billion a year earlier.
Revenue per available room (revpar) across the group’s hotels fell by one per cent to GBP44.95, with occupancy down by 0.5 percentage points to 64.7 per cent and average room rate down by 0.2 per cent to GBP69.51.
The Asia Pacific and Middle East region recorded a 2 per cent decline in profits to GBP24.2 million during the year, while revpar increased by 6.4 per cent to GBP45.89.
Hilton cited the difficult economic climate as a reason for the declines.
It said that until the economic climate became clearer, capital expenditure would be kept to a minimum and the company would focus on controlling its costs.
