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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Richard J. Ferris does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  RICHARD J. FERRIS
                                           ---------------------------------
                                                Richard J. Ferris
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Peter V. Ueberroth does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  PETER V. UEBERROTH
                                           ---------------------------------
                                                Peter V. Ueberroth

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        William R. Fatt does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  WILLIAM R. FATT
                                           ---------------------------------
                                                William R. Fatt
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Dale F. Frey does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  DALE F. FREY
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                                                Dale F. Frey
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Ronald K. Gamey does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  RONALD K. GAMEY
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                                                Ronald K. Gamey
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Richard M. Kelleher does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  RICHARD M. KELLEHER
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                                                Richard M. Kelleher
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Norman B. Leventhal does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  NORMAN B. LEVENTHAL
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                                                Norman B. Leventhal

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



        John H. Myers does hereby constitute and appoint David L. Stivers
as his attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for him in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed in connection with the registering of an
additional 1,300,000 shares of Doubletree Corporation's common stock under the
Doubletree Corporation 1994 Equity Participation Plan and all amendments or
post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting such attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each of such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her
substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Such Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing by the undersigned.


                                           /s/  JOHN H. MYERS
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                                                John H. Myers