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Hyatt is an international brand of hotels within the Global Hyatt Corporation that operates numerous properties.

Mark S. Hoplamazian
Mark Hoplamazian

Mark Hoplamazian, Order of the British Empire, is President and CEO of Global Hyatt. Hoplamazian is of Armenian descent. He attended Episcopal Academy, and University of Chicago....
 is the current President and CEO of Global Hyatt Corporation.






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Hyatt is an international brand of hotels within the Global Hyatt Corporation that operates numerous properties.

Mark S. Hoplamazian
Mark Hoplamazian

Mark Hoplamazian, Order of the British Empire, is President and CEO of Global Hyatt. Hoplamazian is of Armenian descent. He attended Episcopal Academy, and University of Chicago....
 is the current President and CEO of Global Hyatt Corporation. He took over the position on 28 November 2006.

Hyatt Center
Hyatt Center

Hyatt Center is an office tower in Chicago completed in 2005. The 48 story skyscraper stands at 679 feet on 71 South Wacker Drive.Pei Cobb Freed & Partners' striking elliptical steel and glass design is reminiscent of Tour EDF, a skyscraper in Paris, France designed by the same firm....
 (completed in 2005 & located in downtown Chicago at 71 South Wacker Drive), is the headquarters for Hyatt corporation. Prior to this, the corporate headquarters was around the corner at 200 West Madison Street.

History

The Hyatt Corporation was born upon purchase of the Hyatt House, at Los Angeles International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport

Los Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California, California, the United States metropolitan area of the United States....
 on September 27, 1957. The original owners were entrepreneurs, Hyatt von Dehn and Jack D. Crouch
Jack D. Crouch

Jack Dyer Crouch was a United States entrepreneur and Conglomerate organizer born in Columbia, Missouri. He has 4 sons, , and 2 daughters, ...
. Von Dehn was eager to get out of the hotel business after a few years, so he sold his share in the hotel to Jay Pritzker
Jay Pritzker

Jay Arthur Pritzker was an United States entrepreneur and Conglomerate organizer.Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Fanny Doppelt and Abram Nicholas Pritzker....
. Mr Pritzker heard the hotel was for sale while sitting in its coffee shop, called "Fat Eddie’s", waiting for a flight. He scribbled a bid for $2.2 million dollars on a napkin, and the Hyatt Corporation was born. (That’s the equivalent of $15,770,581 in 2006). Jay Pritzker and Jack D. Crouch
Jack D. Crouch

Jack Dyer Crouch was a United States entrepreneur and Conglomerate organizer born in Columbia, Missouri. He has 4 sons, , and 2 daughters, ...
 remained partners until 1965, opening airport hotels in several cities including San Francisco, Seattle, and San Jose. Crouch stepped away from Hyatt to pursue other hotel ventures, while Jay and his younger brother, Conor continued to run Hyatt.

The Hyatt became famous after the chain opened the world's first atrium hotel in 1967, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Hyatt Regency Atlanta

The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Georgia was constructed in 1967. The John Portman designed building was the original Hyatt Regency property, was the first hotel centered around an atrium, and has influenced hotel design since....
, a decade after opening its first hotel.

In 1969, Hyatt opened its first hotel overseas, the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong (which closed at the end of 2005 and was demolished, the new one will open in 2009). In 1980, the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands were introduced. Hyatt has become known for its resorts after the opening of Hyatt Regency Maui
Maui

The island of Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727.2 square miles and is the List of islands of the United States by area....
 in 1980. Today Hyatt has over 340 hotels worldwide.

In December 2004, Global Hyatt
Global Hyatt

Global Hyatt Corporation is a Chicago, Illinois, Illinois, based holding company for several hotel brands and related businesses....
 announced it would acquire AmeriSuites
AmeriSuites

AmeriSuites Hotels was a hotel chain owned by Global Hyatt. It was founded by Mark Yale Harris. Harris began his successful career in the business world in 1972 as the cofounder of Red Roof Inns....
, an upscale chain of all suite business class hotels from affiliates of the Blackstone Group
Blackstone Group

The Blackstone Group, L.P. is a an alternative asset management and financial services company that specializes in private equity, real estate investing and hedge funds investment strategies as well as mergers and acquisitions , restructuring and Private placement agent advisory services....
, a New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 based private equity investment firm. Blackstone had inherited AmeriSuites from its 2004 acquisition of Prime Hospitality. The AmeriSuites chain is being rebranded and converted to a new concept called Hyatt Place
Hyatt Place

In August 2004 the Blackstone Group paid $800M to acquire Prime Hospitality. One of the acquired brands was the AmeriSuites hotel chain. Global Hyatt purchased the AmeriSuites brand in December 2004 and started renovations and re-branding to Hyatt Place in early 2005....
. With Hyatt Place, Global Hyatt will better compete with the limited service products Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Garden Inn offered by industry leaders Marriott International and Hilton Hotels Corp.

In December 2005, Global Hyatt announced a second limited service acquisition, Summerfield Suites
Summerfield Suites

In June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3.2 billion. Summerfield Suites, Wyndham?s extended stay offering, was included in the deal....
. Again the seller was the Blackstone Group
Blackstone Group

The Blackstone Group, L.P. is a an alternative asset management and financial services company that specializes in private equity, real estate investing and hedge funds investment strategies as well as mergers and acquisitions , restructuring and Private placement agent advisory services....
. Blackstone had inherited Summerfield Suites from its purchase of Wyndham International. Summerfield Suites will be rebranded as Hyatt Summerfield Suites
Summerfield Suites

In June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3.2 billion. Summerfield Suites, Wyndham?s extended stay offering, was included in the deal....
 and positioned to compete in the upscale extended stay market against brands such as Residence Inn, Homewood Suites and Staybridge Suites.

In June 2008, John Son was named as the new Chief Secretary. She is expected to be one of the main influences for huge growth in the Hyatt brand in the next 5 years.

Brands

The Hyatt Group operates several chains of hotel. The Hyatt Regency brand is the oldest brand in the Hyatt hotel chain, with the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands being introduced in 1980. Of these properties, some are styled as "Resort" properties, and may feature spa
SPA

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s or other recreational facilities.

Other brands include the Hyatt Place concept, designed as a limited service offering targeted to the business traveler. An extended stay chain, Summerfield Suites
Summerfield Suites

In June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3.2 billion. Summerfield Suites, Wyndham?s extended stay offering, was included in the deal....
, was acquired by Hyatt in 2005, and features 20 locations in the United states. Hyatt also launched a new brand, Andaz, in April 2007. The first hotel to bear this brand is be The Great Eastern Hotel in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, with additional properties planned for New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 and Austin, TX.

In addition to hotels, the Hyatt Group also operates apartment properties. These properties, called the Hyatt Residency, are co-located with Grand or Park Hyatt properties. The group also offers retail home décor and furnishings through Hyatt at Home, an online store featuring luxury products.

Notable properties

Atlanta

The was built in 1967 and was the first contemporary atrium hotel in the world. The hotel is also notable for being the first Regency hotel in the Hyatt brand. The hotel was influential in helping Atlanta develop into the international destination that it is today, and to this day remains the only major downtown Atlanta hotel with a front drive on the famed Peachtree Street
Peachtree Street

Peachtree Street is the main north-south street of Atlanta, Georgia. The city grew up around this one street, and many of its historical and municipal buildings are or were located along it....
.

Shanghai

The Grand Hyatt Shanghai
Grand Hyatt Shanghai

The Grand Hyatt Shanghai is located in the Pudong area, the financial hub of the city of Shanghai.The 555 room hotel occupies the top 36 floors of the 88-story Jin Mao Tower....
 is located in the Jin Mao tower (floors 53 to 87). It has a ballroom for 1200 people, and meeting rooms which seat 400 comfortably. It claims the title of Highest Hotel In The World and welcomes guests in a 33 floor atrium.

Hollywood

The Continental Hyatt Hotel was in the movie Almost Famous
Almost Famous

Almost Famous is a 2000 in film comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, writer and director of Jerry Maguire, Singles and Say Anything....
 starring Kate Hudson
Kate Hudson

'Kate Garry Hudson' is an American film actor. She came to prominence in 2001 after receiving an Academy Awards nomination and a Golden Globe for her role in the drama Almost Famous, and has since established herself as a Hollywood lead actress, starring in several films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Skeleton Key, ...
 (2000), and its pool has featured in several films including This is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap

is a 1984 in film mockumentary rockumentary directed by Rob Reiner and starring members of the fictional heavy-metal/hard rock band Spinal Tap....
 (1984), and the Park Hyatt Hotel in Century City was the scene of the famous "6th floor into swimming pool" scene in the 1989 movie Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 2

Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 in film action film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland....
 starring Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Officer of the Order of Australia is an Australian-American actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter....
 and Danny Glover
Danny Glover

Danny Lebern Glover is an United States actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is possibly best known for his role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film Media franchise....
.

New Jersey

Jersey City Hyatt Regency, also used as headquarter for the NJ
Nj

Nj or NJ can stand for:*New Jersey *nano-joule , an International System of Units unit of energy equal to 10-9 joules*Nj *Napierville Junction Railway...
 Clean Energy Conference .

San Francisco

The Hyatt Regency San Francisco provides a rooftop revolving restaurant
Revolving restaurant

A revolving restaurant is a restaurant on a revolving floorplate. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor....
 called Equinox, offering 360-degree views of the city and the bay. This hotel was sold for close to $200 million to Dune Capital Management and DiNapoli Capital Partners in January 2007 – roughly $250,000 for each of the hotels 802 rooms. The property has been used several times as a filming location, featured most prominently in the Mel Brooks comedy High Anxiety
High anxiety

High anxiety is a non-technical term referring to a state of extreme fear or apprehension. It may also mean:* High Anxiety, a film by Mel Brooks...
.

Tokyo

The Park Hyatt Tokyo was featured prominently in the movie Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation (film)

Lost in Translation is a 2003 in film comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. It was the second feature film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, after The Virgin Suicides ....
, and also in an episode of I Survived a Japanese Game Show
I Survived a Japanese Game Show

I Survived a Japanese Game Show is an United States reality show that premiered on American Broadcasting Company on June 24, 2008. The show follows ten Americans, who leave the United States for Japan where they compete in a Japanese variety show....
 where that episode's winning team stayed in the suite featured in that movie worth $
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
12,000/night, plus a personal chef.

Connecticut

The Hyatt Regency Greenwich, located in Old Greenwich
Old Greenwich

Old Greenwich is a neighborhood or section in the southeast corner of Greenwich, Connecticut in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
, CT is on the site of the former world headquarters of Conde Nast Publishing and retains the original building's corner tower.

Dallas

The Hyatt Regency Dallas, along with the fifty-story Reunion Tower
Reunion Tower

__FORCETOC__ Reunion Tower is a 560 foot...
, were featured prominently at the beginning of the opening credits of the television series Dallas
Dallas (TV series)

Dallas is a long-running United States prime-time television program soap opera that originally ran from 1978 to 1991. It revolved around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries....
.

Cairo

Located on Al-Roda Island, the Grand Hyatt Egypt was built in 1998 with 41 floors and 714 rooms. The hotel includes a shopping mall and there is a rotating restaurant.

World events and Hyatt


Trinidad
Trinidad

Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and islands of Trinidad and Tobago which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago....
  - The 2009 Summit of the Americas, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad

Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 - The 2006 G20
G20

Postal code* Maryhill, UK postcodes prefix of the district in Glasgow, Scotland...
 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 between 18 November and 19 November 2006.

Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 - On November 17, 2001, Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated
Assassination

Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure. Assassinations may be prompted by ideology, politics, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by contract killing, revenge, or celebrity or may be mental disorder....
 in the Jerusalem Hyatt Regency on Mount Scopus
Mount Scopus

Mount Scopus is a mountain in northeast Jerusalem, Israel. Overlooking Jerusalem, Mount Scopus has been strategically important as a base from which to attack the city since antiquity....
.

Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
  - On November 9, 2005, the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman, Jordan was targeted by a series of coordinated terrorist attacks along with a Radisson SAS and a Days Inn hotel.

Philippines
Philippines

The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
 - The Hyatt Terraces Baguio in the northern city of Baguio collapsed after a July 16, 1990 earthquake
Earthquake

An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph....
.

United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
  • During Hurricane Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest Atlantic hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States....
    , the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
      received significant damage as almost all of its windows were blown out and the bottom floor was torn apart by flood
    Flood

    A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
     damage. Repair work saw the hotel reopen for business in Fall
    Autumn

    Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons. Autumn marks the transition from summer into winter, usually in late September or late March when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier....
     2007.


  • The Hyatt Regency Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson County, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri counties....
     was the site of one of the worst hotel disasters in US history. On July 17, 1981 two of the three skybridges that transversed the hotel's lobby collapsed
    Hyatt Regency walkway collapse

    The Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri, United States, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 others during a tea dance....
     during a tea dance. The walkways were packed with people when a structural failure occurred causing one bridge, which was hung from the bridge above it, to pull both bridges loose from the ceiling and collapse. 114 people were killed and over 200 were injured. The hotel was later renamed the Hyatt Regency Crown Center
    Crown Center

    Crown Center is a commercial complex and neighborhood located near Downtown Kansas City, Missouri located between Gillham Road and Grand Boulevard to the east and west, and between Pershing Boulevard and Union Hill to the north and south....
    .


  • During Hurricane Alicia
    Hurricane Alicia

    Hurricane Alicia was the third depression, the first tropical storm, and the only major hurricane of the 1983 Atlantic hurricane season. It struck Galveston and Houston, Texas directly, causing $2.6 billion United States dollar in damage and killing 21 people; this made it the worst Texas hurricane since Hurricane Carla , and Texas' fi...
     in 1983, the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas

    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
     sustained damage where 74 windows were damaged; Alicia was a Category 3
    Category 3

    Category 3 can refer to:*Category 3 cable, a specification for data cabling*British firework classification*Category 3 Tropical Cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale....
     storm.


External links

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