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HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION RECOGNIZED BY BUSINESSWEEK MAGAZINE AS “BEST PLACE TO LAUNCH A CAREER”

CHICAGO (September 10, 2009) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation has been recognized on

BusinessWeek’s “Best Places to Launch a Career 2009” survey, published in the September 14

issue of the magazine. The industry-leading and widely read business publication included the

organization as part of its fourth-annual survey of the year’s best companies for entry-level

workers. The list of 69 employers spans 14 industries and highlights best-in-class companies,

non-profits and government agencies that impressed editors with feedback from career

counselors, students and company-specific statistics. See full article here.

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION EARNS 100 PERCENT RATING ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS

CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION’S 2010 CORPORATE EQUALITY INDEX

CHICAGO (September 15, 2009) – For the sixth year in a row, Hyatt Hotels Corporation has

earned the top rating of 100 percent on the 2010 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual

survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The Human Rights Campaign

Foundation is America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization.

The CEI rates employers on a scale from 0 to 100 percent based on their policies and practices

related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender employees, consumers, and investors. A

company's score determines its ranking in HRC's annual "Buying for Equality" and "Best Places

to Work" reports. See full article here.

HYATT RECOGNIZED AS A BEST PLACE TO WORK FOR RECENT GRADS: January 26, 2009. With graduations looming, experience.com surveyed companies across the country and picked 20 organizations whose entry-level hiring and retention practices are outstanding. There complete list of winners, has details on the positions these companies recruit for, career paths and the benefits they offer, and why you'd want to work there. Interviews were conducted in Dec., 2008. Read details on these companies and their perks, along with interviews with some of their new and recent employees. See the full article here.

HYATT CORPORATION RANKS #21 OUT OF 95 ON BUSINESSWEEK’S“BEST PLACES TO LAUNCH A CAREER 2007” SURVEY

Company cited for internships, training, promotional opportunities and more –

September 28, 2007 (Chicago, IL) – Hyatt Corporation has placed #21 on BusinessWeek’s “Best Places to Launch a Career 2007” survey, recently published in the September 17th issue. The industry-leading and widely read business magazine included the company as part of its second-annual survey of the year’s best employers for entry-level workers. The list of 95 “winners” spans seventeen industries and highlights the best-in-class companies, non-profits and government agencies that impressed editors with feedback from career counselors, students and company-specific statistics. Hyatt’s high ranking on the list places it among top-performance companies such as Google, Microsoft, Disney and Goldman Sachs.

Chicago-based Hyatt Corporation, a subsidiary of Hyatt Corporation, gained its #21

position through a combination of effective intern-to-hire programs, training methods and

promotional opportunities for entry-level hires into its internship and Corporate Management

Training programs. As noted in the article:

The company offered 250 paid internships in 2007, accepting primarily hospitality majors.

In 2006, 25% of eligible interns received full-time job offers, with 90% of the offers accepted. 25% were minorities and 60% were women.

An average of $3,000 per new hire was spent on orientation and training, and all new hires participate in a mentorship program.

New hires into the Corporate Management Training program are eligible for a raise and promotion in the first year (within five to twelve months, depending on program length).

Additional benefits include access to health benefits (extending to same-sex partners), relocation packages, equal maternity/paternity leave, etc.

The BusinessWeek survey used a three-part method. The first queried career services directors at

U.S. colleges on their choices for best employer (counting for 25% of final ranking). Based on these results, the magazine conducted an employer survey that gauged hiring, pay, benefits, and training programs (50% of ranking). Finally, the magazine consulted the results of a 2007 survey by Universum Communications of 44,000 U.S. undergraduates asked to identify five most desirable employers (25% of ranking).

“We are thrilled that Hyatt is being recognized for its ongoing efforts to attract and reward new

employees,” said Robb Webb, Chief Human Resources Officer – Hyatt Corporation, “especially by an authority such as BusinessWeek. We work hard to create a family-like environment, in which workers can thrive and feel proud of their accomplishments and their company. Our policy to first consider our own associates when filling senior positions reflects our faith in our training and hiring methods. The fact that 80% of our associates take advantage of these promotional opportunities indicates their satisfaction with their experience at Hyatt. Maintaining a culture of integrity has always been a top priority.”

Hyatt Corporation has long been dedicated to helping employees find rewarding careers and balanced lives. To this end it has developed a number of programs to assist both entry-level employees and veterans. Examples include the following:

Corporate Management Training Program: Top-ranking college graduates complete projects, converse with a Hyatt mentor and rotate through each major industry area. The program varies from five to 18 months, depending on area of concentration. After successful completion, participants are placed as an Assistant Manager or Manager in their area.

Health programs: In addition to comprehensive health coverage, Hyatt has created special programs like Moms-to-Babies and the Healthy Outlook.

F.O.R.C.E.: The Family of Responsible and Caring Employees is a volunteer program that allows associates to participate in local community outreach efforts on paid company time.

Educational partnerships: Hyatt sponsors a number of programs for minority students in the hospitality industry, including the Hyatt Hotel Fund for Minority Lodging Management

Students (199 scholarships totaling $398,000 to date), a partnership with the Historically and Predominantly Black Colleges and Universities (helping students attend New York’s annual Hotel/Motel Show) and The Multicultural Foodservice and Hospitality Alliance (anorganization co-founded by Hyatt to enhance the image of minority development and career advancement opportunities).

The ranking follows on the heels of Hyatt’s inclusion on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) “2007 Best Places to Work” list, which includes the top companies that support equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) employees, and on Hispanic Business magazine’s “Diversity Elite 2007” list, which recognizes the 60 best companies for Hispanics. For more information about career opportunities with Hyatt, please visit Hyatt.com or ExploreHyatt.jobs.

Hyatt named great employer for new grads.

Hyatt is recognized as an outstanding organization based on unique benefits, culture and opportunities for growth.

CHICAGO - May 22, 2007 – Hyatt today announced that it was highlighted as one of the Great Employers for New Grads by FORTUNE magazine and Experience, Inc., the nation’s leading career services site for college students and young professionals, on CCNMoney.com. The list, which is showcased on Experience.com, features Hyatt as an organization whose college-hiring and retention practices are inventive, successful and appeal to Millennials.

Hyatt was recognized for providing outstanding entry level management opportunities. More information on the positions Hyatt recruits for and some of the perks offered can be found online at http://greatemployers.experience.com.

“Through progressive hiring, training and development programs, these organizations show they understand what motivates and engages recent college graduates,” said Jennifer Floren, founder and CEO, Experience, Inc. “Today’s new grads are very selective about where they want to work. Company culture, growth opportunities and work-life balance play a significant role in their decision–making. This type of insight can be immensely helpful to new grads as they consider potential employers.”

“Hyatt is thrilled to be on this prestigious list,” said Mark Hoplamazian, president and CEO, Hyatt Corp. “We work very hard all year to make sure we stay competitive in the job market and offer the best possible program to for these new graduates to learn and excel in their new role.”

Abridged Methodology

FORTUNE and Experience partnered to find great employers for new grads. Experience invited some 60,000 corporate recruiters in its database - as well as other top companies on the FORTUNE 500, and various published lists of top employers - to respond to a survey in the summer of last year. Some 247 companies replied to the initial round of questions. Employers were asked about salary, training programs, promotion opportunities, mentoring, competitiveness, vacation time, work-life balance, diversity, and other issues key to new grads. After FORTUNE and Experience reviewed their answers, we selected 20 employers that represented a range of impressive perks new grads can hope to find in their first jobs - ranging from generous salaries to workplace flexibility, from enviable benefits to serious growth opportunities. View the full methodology in the Experience press release.

HYATT FEATURED IN PRINCETON REVIEW BOOK, "BEST ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS: 2008 EDITION"

Chicago - July 12, 2007 - Hyatt Hotels Corporation is one of the nation’s best companies/ organizations for college grads to launch their careers, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company profiles it in the new 2008 edition of its book, "Best Entry-Level Jobs". In the profile on Hyatt, The Princeton Review salutes the company for its "Corporate Management Training Program." "Best Entry-Level Jobs" identifies great workplaces for new grads based on hundreds of interviews with entry-level employees and employers at companies across the country. For the 2008 edition, The Princeton Review chose 114 companies or organizations.

In their introduction, the book's co-authors Ron Lieber and Tom Meltzer described their criteria for selecting companies for the book: "We wanted to find places where people were happy, engaged with their work, nicely compensated, well positioned for advancement, getting great preparation for graduate school, doing really interesting stuff, or benefiting from any combination of these things." The book's profiles provide information about each company's: entry-level job opportunities, average salaries, hiring policies, and benefits. They also include descriptions of first-jobbers' "day in the life" experiences at the companies, quotes from current and former employees, and notes on advancement potential.

VOTED BY DEDMAN SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY-SOCIETY OF HOSTS ALUMNI ASSOCIATE BOARD- 2007 ALUMNI OF THE YEAR

CHUCK FLOYD, COO - NORTH AMERICA OPERATIONS - HYATT

Chuck Floyd is Chief Operating Officer - North America Operations for Hyatt, based in Chicago, Illinois. Floyd, a 26-year Hyatt veteran, is responsible for the management of the company’s 124 hotels and resorts in the U.S., Canada and Caribbean in addition to overseeing various corporate functions including sales, human resources, product and design, rooms, food and beverage and engineering.

Most recently, Floyd served as executive vice president of operations and prior to that position, senior vice president of operations and senior vice president of sales, responsible for day-to-day sale operations, administration, national and international sales efforts, training and recruitment. Since joining the company in 1981 at Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Floyd has filled a variety of management positions. He was general manager at Hyatt hotels in Chicago, Minneapolis and San Francisco where he was appointed vice president-managing director in 1996.

Floyd holds a B.A. in Hotel & Restaurant Administration, College of Business, at Florida State University and a MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Floyd is a founder and sits on the advisory board of Enderun College located in the Philippines. He resides in Winnetka, Illinois with his wife and four children.

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