Hyatt is an international brand of
hotelA hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
s within the Hyatt Hotels Corporation that operates numerous properties.
Mark S. HoplamazianMark Hoplamazian, is President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Mr. Hoplamazian has been a member of the Hyatt board of directors since November 2006. He has served as Hyatt’s President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2006, as interim President from July 2006 to December 2006 and...
is the current President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation. He took over the position on November 28, 2006.
Hyatt CenterHyatt 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.The 1,765,000...
(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
Hyatt Hotels Corporation was born upon purchase of the Hyatt House, at
Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles International Airport is the primary airport serving Los Angeles, California, the second-most populated metropolitan area of the United States. It is often referred to by its airport code LAX, with the letters usually pronounced individually...
on September 27, 1957. The original owners were entrepreneurs, Hyatt von Dehn and
Jack D. CrouchJack Dyer Crouch was a American entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer born in Columbia, Missouri. He has 4 sons, , and 2 daughters, He created the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1954 with his partner Hyatt R...
. 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 PritzkerJay Arthur Pritzker was an American entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer.Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Fanny Doppelt and A. N. Pritzker. His brother was Robert Pritzker. He was the father of Dan Pritzker.Trained as a lawyer, he early diversified the Chicago-based family...
. 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. CrouchJack Dyer Crouch was a American entrepreneur and conglomerate organizer born in Columbia, Missouri. He has 4 sons, , and 2 daughters, He created the Hyatt Hotel chain in 1954 with his partner Hyatt R...
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's younger brother Donald took over day-to-day operations of the company. Under Donald's leadership, Hyatt became the fastest growing hotel chain in the United States until Donald's death in 1972.
Hyatt became famous after the chain opened the world's first atrium hotel in 1967, the
Hyatt Regency AtlantaThe 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
http://www.nwd.com.hk/html/eng/press_release_news.asp?itemID=178). In 1980, the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands were introduced. Hyatt has become known for its resorts after the opening of Hyatt Regency
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in 1980. Today Hyatt has over 340 hotels worldwide.
In 1972, Hyatt formed Elsinore Corporation, a subsidiary to operate the Four Queens Hotel and Casino and the Hyatt Lake Tahoe. After Hyatt became a private company in 1979, Elsinore was spun off into a public company. The company opened the Playboy Hotel and Casino as a joint venture with
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.
In December 2004, Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced it would acquire
AmeriSuitesAmeriSuites 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. This endeavor resulted in his first chain including over 300 hotels across the United States. Over a...
, an upscale chain of all suite business class hotels from affiliates of the
Blackstone GroupThe Blackstone Group, L.P. is an alternative asset management and financial services company that specializes in private equity, real estate, and marketable alternative investment strategies, as well as mergers and acquisitions , restructuring, and fund-placement advisory services.Blackstone's...
, a
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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. With Hyatt Place, Hyatt Hotels Corporation 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, Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced a second limited service acquisition,
Summerfield SuitesIn June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3.2 billion. Summerfield Suites, Wyndham’s extended-stay offering, was included in the deal. On December 1st, 2005, Global Hyatt confirmed that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 21-hotel Summerfield...
. Again the seller was the
Blackstone GroupThe Blackstone Group, L.P. is an alternative asset management and financial services company that specializes in private equity, real estate, and marketable alternative investment strategies, as well as mergers and acquisitions , restructuring, and fund-placement advisory services.Blackstone's...
. Blackstone had inherited Summerfield Suites from its purchase of Wyndham International. Summerfield Suites will be rebranded as Hyatt
Summerfield SuitesIn June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3.2 billion. Summerfield Suites, Wyndham’s extended-stay offering, was included in the deal. On December 1st, 2005, Global Hyatt confirmed that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 21-hotel Summerfield...
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.
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On August 6 2009, it was reported that Hyatt Hotels Corporation filed plans to raise up to $1.15 billion in an initial share sale. Hyatt plans to list the shares on the
New York Stock ExchangeThe New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. It is the largest stock exchange in the world by United States dollar value of its listed companies' securities...
under the symbol
H. According to the filing,
Mark S. HoplamazianMark Hoplamazian, is President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Mr. Hoplamazian has been a member of the Hyatt board of directors since November 2006. He has served as Hyatt’s President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2006, as interim President from July 2006 to December 2006 and...
will serve as
CEOA chief executive officer or chief executive is one of the highest-ranking corporate officers or administrators in charge of total management...
and
Thomas PritzkerThomas Pritzker is a member of the wealthy Pritzker family, and runs The Pritzker Organization with his cousins.-External links:*...
will serve as Executive Chairman. The public offering is a result of the breakup of the Pritzker family empire. Accused of looting family trusts, Thomas and cousins Penny and Nicholas were forced to wrest control of the family businesses when she and other family members were sued by cousin Liesel Pritzker claiming fraud and seeking damages in excess of $6 billion .
In September 2009 three Hyatt hotels in Boston laid off their entire housekeeping staffs, outsourcing the work to a Georgia company for wages that were approximately half of those of the fired workers, creating strong public backlash. Massachusetts Governor
Deval PatrickDeval Laurdine Patrick is the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is the first African American to hold that office...
threatened a boycott of the hotels by state employees traveling on official business.
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
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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 SuitesIn June 2005 the Blackstone Group acquired Wyndham International for $3.2 billion. Summerfield Suites, Wyndham’s extended-stay offering, was included in the deal. On December 1st, 2005, Global Hyatt confirmed that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the 21-hotel Summerfield...
, 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
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, with additional properties planned for
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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
Hyatt Regency Atlanta 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 StreetPeachtree 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. Beginning at Five Points in Downtown Atlanta, it runs north through Midtown and into south Buckhead before...
. Architect John Portman designed building was the original Hyatt Regency property, was the first hotel centered around an atrium
Buenos Aires: Hyatt Hotels acquired the Duhau Palace, a
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former residence inspired in the Château du Marais, in 2002, and following the addition of a 13-story annex at the other end of the property, opened the
Park Hyatt Buenos AiresThe Park Hyatt Buenos Aires is a five star establishment located in the city's Recoleta section.-Overview:The Park Hyatt was built on an Alvear Avenue lot belonging to Alejandro Hume, a railway executive of English Argentine background...
in 2006.
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.
Cleveland: The Hyatt Regency Cleveland, is located in the 1890s built
Cleveland, OhioCleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border...
Arcade. The
Cleveland ArcadeThe Arcade in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is a Victorian-era structure of two nine-story buildings, joined by a five-story arcade with a glass skylight spanning over 300 feet , along the four balconies....
was a shopping center, but between 1998-2002 was renovated as the Hyatt Regency Hotel. There is some retail on the two stories, and the rooms follow after that. In addition there is a five-star restaurant named 1890, a reference of the year the Cleveland Arcade opened.
Connecticut: The Hyatt Regency Greenwich, located in
Old GreenwichOld Greenwich is a neighborhood or section in the southeast corner of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.The Old Greenwich Railroad Station, originally called the "Sound Beach Railroad Station", built in 1894 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989,...
, 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 TowerReunion Tower is a 560 foot observation tower and one of the most recognizable landmarks in Dallas, Texas . Located at 300 Reunion Blvd. in the Reunion district of Downtown Dallas, the tower is part of the Hyatt Regency Hotel complex, and is the 15th tallest building in Dallas...
, were featured prominently at the beginning of the opening credits of the television series
DallasDallas is an American prime-time television 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...
.
Hollywood: The Continental Hyatt Hotel was in the movie
Almost FamousAlmost Famous is a 2000 comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and telling the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine while covering a rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover story published...
starring
Kate HudsonKate Garry Hudson is an American film actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after bringing in several awards and nominations for her role in 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...
(2000), and its pool has featured in several films including
This is Spinal TapThis Is Tap is a 1984 mock musical documentary 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 2Lethal Weapon 2 is a 1989 action comedy film directed by Richard Donner, and starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Derrick O'Connor and Joss Ackland. It is the first sequel to the 1987 film Lethal Weapon, and it is part of the Lethal Weapon film series...
starring
Mel GibsonMel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American Australian actor, film director and producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in the Mad...
and
Danny GloverDanny Lebern Glover is an American actor, film director, and political activist. Glover is best known for his role as Mr. Albert Johnson in The Color Purple and as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon film franchise....
.
New Jersey: The Jersey City Hyatt Regency is also used as headquarters for the
NJNj or NJ can stand for:*New Jersey *Nanojoule , an SI unit of energy equal to 10-9 joules*Nj *Napierville Junction Railway*Nordjyske Jernbaner, a Danish railway company...
Clean Energy Conference.
San Francisco: The Hyatt Regency San Francisco formerly provided a rooftop
revolving restaurantA revolving restaurant is a restaurant on a revolving floorplate. The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor. The revolving rate varies between one and three times per hour and enables the visitors of the tower restaurant to enjoy a panoramic view without...
called Equinox, offering 360-degree views of the city and the bay – the restaurant is now an elite club for certain hotel guests only and it no longer rotates. 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 1977
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comedy
High AnxietyHigh Anxiety is a 1977 comedy film produced and directed by Mel Brooks, who is also the main actor. Veteran Brooks ensemble members Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman and Madeline Kahn are also featured....
.
Shanghai: The
Grand Hyatt ShanghaiThe 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. The hotel was the highest hotel in the world until the Park Hyatt opened in the neighbouring Shanghai World Financial Center...
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. The Park Hyatt occupying the 79th to 93rd floors of the
Shanghai World Financial CenterThe Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper in Pudong, Shanghai, China. It is a mixed use skyscraper which consists of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and shopping malls on the ground floors. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component containing 174 rooms...
, is considered the highest hotel in the world. SWFC measures 492 meters and has 101 stories.
Tokyo: The Park Hyatt Tokyo was featured prominently in the movie
Lost in TranslationLost in Translation is a American 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. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Bill Murray, and Best...
, and also in an episode of
I Survived a Japanese Game ShowI Survived A Japanese Game Show is an American reality show that saw its first season premiere on ABC June 24, 2008. The show follows a group of Americans, who leave the United States for Japan where they compete in a Japanese style game show. The winner takes home US $250,000...
where that episode's winning team stayed in the suite featured in that movie worth
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12,000/night, plus a personal chef.
World events and Hyatt
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– The 2009 Summit of the Americas, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
– The 2006
G20G20 or G-20 may refer to:* G-20 major economies, an economic forum consisting of 20 of the world's largest economies, including the European Union...
Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was held at the Grand Hyatt in
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between November 18 and November 19, 2006.
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia 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...
– On November 17, 2001, Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi was
assassinatedAn Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure.Assassinations may be prompted by ideological, political, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by financial gain, revenge, personal public recognition, or mental illness....
in the Jerusalem Hyatt Regency on
Mount ScopusMount Scopus is a mountain in northeast Jerusalem, Israel...
.
JordanJordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in Western Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba. Jordan shares borders with Syria to the north, Iraq to the northeast, Saudi Arabia to the east and south, the Gulf of Aqaba to the southwest,...
– 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.
PhilippinesThe 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 earthquakeThe 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on Monday, July 16, 1990, at 4:26 PM local time in the Philippines. The densely populated island of Luzon was struck by an earthquake with a 7.8 Ms...
.
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- During Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States...
, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans is a major U.S. port and the largest city in the state of Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans 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 floodA flood is an overflow or accumulation of an expanse of water that submerges land. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
damage. This hotel located in the Central Business DistrictThe Central Business District is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the French Quarter/CBD Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Iberville, Decatur and Canal Streets to the north, the Mississippi River to the east, the New Orleans Morial...
has not re-opened.
- The Hyatt Regency Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is one of two county seats of Jackson County, the other being Independence, just to the city's east...
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 collapsedThe Hyatt Regency hotel walkway collapse was a major disaster that occurred on July 17, 1981 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200 others during a tea dance. At the time it was the deadliest structural collapse in U.S...
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 CenterCrown 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. It is anchored by Halls, a shopping and entertainment...
.
- During 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 USD in damage and killing 21 people; this made it the worst Texas hurricane since...
in 1983, the Hyatt Regency HoustonHyatt Regency Houston is a 30-story high-rise hotel located in downtown Houston, Texas, United States.The hotel, part of the Hyatt hotel chain, was designed by architectural firm JV III and was opened to guests in 1972. At 401 ft , Hyatt Regency Houston is the city's tallest hotel The hotel is...
in Downtown HoustonDowntown Houston is the largest business district of Houston, Texas, United States.Downtown Houston contains the headquarters of many prominent companies. There is an extensive network of pedestrian tunnels and skywalks connecting the buildings of the district...
sustained damage where 74 windows were damaged; Alicia was a Category 3Category 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.*Category 3 Pandemic on the Pandemic Severity Index...
storm.
Hyatt Gold Passport
Hyatt Gold Passport is Hyatt's hotel rewards or
loyalty programLoyalty programs are structured marketing efforts that reward, and therefore encourage, loyal buying behavior — behavior which is potentially of benefit to the firm....
. Membership is free and can be completed either online or with the assistance of a reception desk agent at the hotel. Points can be accumulated and used for redemption nights, upgrades or converted into airline miles with partnering airlines.
Membership levels
- Gold- The basic level of membership. You can start accumulating points towards free nights starting with the first stay.
- Platinum- Earned after 5 eligible stays or 15 eligible nights, whichever comes first.
- Diamond- Earned after 25 eligible stays or 50 eligible nights, whichever comes first.
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