One of the world's largest airport hotels, the Hilton Los Angeles Airport and Towers stands a stone's throw from LAX, six miles from Manhattan Beach, 10 miles from Santa Monica and 14 miles from the glitz and glamour of Beverly Hills. Complimentary shuttle buses, which stop close to the Hilton, whisk vacationers and thrill seekers to Manhattan Beach, the Manhattan Village Shopping Center, and Hollywood Park and Casino. The Hilton also is within four miles of nine- and 18-hole golf courses.

This 17-story Los Angeles hotel welcomes guests with a large, open lobby filled with live plants, comfy sofas, café-style meeting tables, marble floors, and four restaurants and bars. Guests also can relax in the Hilton's three garden areas, swim in the outdoor pool and soak in the spa tub. The Hilton's 24-hour amenities include complimentary airport shuttles, self-service business center, room service, discount access to the fitness club, wireless Internet access in the lobby. Hotel accommodations include business-related amenities like the 55,000 square feet of meeting space in the Hilton's conference center.

In addition to 24-hour room service, hotel guests can nosh California and international dishes from The Café in the Hilton and sample Northern Italian cuisine at Andiamo. The Bistro is a 24-hour self-service café with coffees, teas, pastas, pizzas, sandwiches and salads. Guests also can kick back in Landings Bar.

The 1,235 guestrooms (see, we told you the Hilton was big) feature dial-up Internet access, complimentary premium channels, and video-game consoles.

At the Hilton Los Angeles International Airport and Towers, weekday guests are mostly business and convention travelers, but families, other leisure travelers, and guests with early-morning or late-night flights fill the place on weekends.