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Goodwill and Intangible Assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Goodwill

During the year ended December 31, 2020, we fully impaired the goodwill attributable to our ownership reporting unit, recognizing impairment losses of $104 million in our consolidated statement of operations; see Note 10: "Fair Value Measurements" for additional information. As such, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, our goodwill balance was only attributable to our management and franchise reporting unit, which had no accumulated impairment losses as of either date. The changes in our goodwill balances during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were due to foreign currency translation.

Intangible Assets

Finite-lived intangible assets were as follows:

December 31, 2022
Gross Carrying ValueAccumulated AmortizationNet Carrying Value
(in millions)
Management and franchise contracts:
International management contracts recorded at Merger(1)
$293 $(278)$15 
Contract acquisition costs
961 (206)755 
Development commissions and other149 (32)117 
$1,403 $(516)$887 
Other intangible assets:
Capitalized software costs$615 $(515)$100 
Leases(1)
124 (80)44 
Hilton Honors(1)
335 (318)17 
$1,074 $(913)$161 
December 31, 2021
Gross Carrying ValueAccumulated AmortizationNet Carrying Value
(in millions)
Management and franchise contracts:
International management contracts recorded at Merger(1)
$310 $(275)$35 
Contract acquisition costs
780 (170)610 
Development commissions and other140 (27)113 
$1,230 $(472)$758 
Other intangible assets:
Capitalized software costs$561 $(460)$101 
Leases(1)
138 (83)55 
Hilton Honors(1)
339 (301)38 
$1,038 $(844)$194 
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(1)Represents intangible assets that were initially recorded at fair value at the time of the Merger.

During the year ended December 31, 2020 we recognized $15 million and $46 million of impairment losses related to contract acquisition costs and our leases intangible assets, respectively, in our consolidated statement of operations; see Note 10: "Fair Value Measurements" for additional information.

Amortization of our finite-lived intangible assets was as follows:

Year Ended December 31,
202220212020
(in millions)
Recognized in depreciation and amortization expenses(1)
$116 $135 $274 
Recognized as a reduction of franchise and licensing fees and base and other management fees
38 32 29 
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(1)Includes amortization expense of $45 million, $47 million and $164 million for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively, associated with assets that were initially recorded at fair value at the time of the Merger, some of which fully amortized during 2020.

As of December 31, 2022, we estimate future amortization expense of our finite-lived intangible assets that will be recognized in depreciation and amortization expenses to be as follows:

Year(in millions)
2023$96 
202446 
202525 
202611 
20279 
Thereafter106 
$293