Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

BRE Ace LLC and 1776 Holding, LLC

We hold a 25% ownership interest in BRE Ace LLC, a VIE, which owns a timeshare resort property and related operations, commonly known as “Elara, by Hilton Grand Vacations.”

We hold a 50% ownership interest in 1776 Holdings, LLC, a VIE, which owns a timeshare resort property and related operations, known as “Liberty Place Charleston, by Hilton Club.”

We record Equity in earnings from our unconsolidated affiliates in our consolidated statements of operations. See Note 11: Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates for further information. Additionally, we earn commissions and other fees related to fee-for-service agreements with the investees to sell VOIs at Elara, by Hilton Grand Vacations and Liberty Place Charleston, by Hilton Club. These amounts are summarized in the following table and are included in Sales, marketing, brand, and other fees on our consolidated statements of operations as of the date they became related parties.


	December 31,
($ in millions)	2022		2021		2020
Equity in earnings from unconsolidated affiliates	$	13	$	10	$	5
Commissions and other fees	200		105		55

We also had $23 million and $20 million of outstanding receivables related to the fee-for-service agreements included in Accounts receivable, net on our consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Apollo Global Management Inc.

As part of the Diamond Acquisition as described above in Note 3: Diamond Acquisition, Apollo obtained more than 20% of our common stock during 2021. Outside of agreements related to the Diamond Acquisition, we did not have any transactions with Apollo during the year ended December 31, 2021 and do not have any outstanding balances or agreements with Apollo as of December 31, 2021. During 2021, we made one payment to Apollo subsequent to the Diamond Acquisition, of approximately $2 million, for amounts that were accrued for periods prior to the completion of the Diamond Acquisition and were included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other as of the Acquisition Date. We did not have outstanding balances or any transactions due to/from Apollo as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, respectively.