Hilton has sig­nalled that it wants to con­tin­ue its 64-year pres­ence at the State-owned Hilton Trinidad and Con­fer­ence Cen­tre, even as its lease re­mains on course to ter­mi­nate on Sep­tem­ber 18 if a long-term agree­ment with Gov­ern­ment is not reached.

In a di­rect re­sponse to Guardian Me­dia, a Trinidad Hilton spokesper­son through Hilton’s Caribbean and Latin Amer­i­ca com­mu­ni­ca­tions team said: “Since 1962, Hilton Trinidad & Con­fer­ence Cen­tre has been a proud mem­ber of the com­mu­ni­ty, serv­ing as a home to gen­er­a­tions of team mem­bers and guests. In an ef­fort to con­tin­ue that lega­cy, Hilton re­mains ac­tive­ly en­gaged in dis­cus­sions with the prop­er­ty’s own­er­ship in hopes of se­cur­ing a long-term so­lu­tion for the ho­tel. How­ev­er, should no agree­ment be reached, the ho­tel’s lease is ex­pect­ed to ter­mi­nate on Sep­tem­ber 18, 2026.”

The re­sponse fol­lows com­ments from Land and Le­gal Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sad­dam Ho­sein, whose min­istry has re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for State-owned eTecK, that ne­go­ti­a­tions are at an ad­vanced stage.