Number of Spin-Off Entities

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Number of timeshare properties as of balance sheet date.

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Number of timeshare units as of the balance sheet date.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2017	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) unit property	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2016 entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of spin-offs \| entity				3
Number of timeshare properties \| property		48
Number of units in timeshare properties \| unit		8,085
Stock split, conversion ratio	0.01
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Costs related to agreements with related parties \| $		$ 58	$ 60