Sean Haitt Biography
The direct owner of the company is one of the richest clans of America - the family of American millionaires of Pritzkers, who became the founders of the same bonus in the field of architecture. It was the love of architecture that led the most closed family of America for the press to create a large-scale and multi-level hotel business, and the flagship decisions in management and innovative approaches make this corporation the object of studying many business strategies.
Unexpected acquisition? The first hotel was owned by Pritzkers in the year: John Pritzker bought it for $ 2 million from Sean Hayatt; The hotel was located at the airport in Losasheles and was not distinguished by anything remarkable. At that time, none of the representatives of the dynasty did not think about the hotel empire: the family invested free money in various promising assets, starting from shares in enterprises for the production of aircraft and ending with buying real estate.
The acquired share at the hotel would have remained the next “redeemed real estate”, if not for the family love for architecture. Millionaires, who had lived in Chicago, in the homeland of the first skyscrapers all their lives, made a bet on real estate and hotel business, and did not lose. Over the next decade, Hyatt Hotel covered the entire west coast of Los Angeles. Atrium, as a turning point in the world business scene, Hyatt was released ten years after his first “hotel” acquisition: in the year, Hyatt Regency was opened in Atlanta, which became the first hotel in the world courtyard - the atrium.
It was for this fact that he was awarded the record in the Guinness Book of Records. The hotel guests, in turn, were delighted with glass elevators rotating restaurants under the roof and a spacious hall. The author of unusual architecture, who radically changed the usual standards of hotel design and the distribution of hotel squares, was George Portman.
The proposed concept of using the atrium has become a challenge for all hotel architects, marked by the emergence of a new trend - wide spaces for common use. By the way, later the atrium will become a hallmark and the main distinguishing feature of the hotels of this network. Two years later, international hospitality, when there were already 13 hotels in this brand in the States, the Pritzers announced themselves at the international level - the first Hyatt hotel outside America was opened in Hong Kong.
With the opening of the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong Hotel, the company acquires an international name in the year. Under the leadership of Hyatt International Hotels, the company begins to expand in various directions, including Acapulco in Mexico and Manila in the Philippines. Four years later, a hotel opens in Azerbaijan, Park Hyatt Baku. In the year, the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, under the auspices of which hotels in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean, merges with the Hyatt International Corporation, which is responsible for managing international possessions of Hyatt.
As a result of the association, a Global Hyatt Corporation hotel business giant with a headquarters in Chicago appears. To date, Global Hyatt Corporation offers services more than hotels and resorts in 47 countries of the world. Despite the fact that Hyatt operates in the extra-class segment, the company introduced new Hyatt Ziva and Hyatt Zilara hotel brands in the year, which offer services in the all-inclusive segment.
Relatively recently, the Summerfield Suits chain of 21 hotels, which are located in the United States, was added to the Hyatt family. Also in the year, the company acquired from the American investment fund Blackstone Group the hotel network of hotels, which is called Hyatt Place. Each of the brands of the Hyatt empire has its own clear features. So, the hotels of the Park Hyatt network are located only in the best cities and the best resorts in the world, they are distinguished by a small number of license plates and interior design with an emphasis on national flavor.
The target audience of these hotels is individual travelers who prefer privacy, but requiring attentive personal service. Therefore, in Park Hyatt, the number of employees may exceed the number of guests, and service standards compared to other Hyatt brands are even higher; Park Hyatt is considered the most expensive brand of all the corporations presented in the line. Grand Hyatt is a supraroskosh, where the atmosphere of rooms and the appearance of the hotel are unique and one of a kind, in such hotels, usually near numbers.
Geographically, hotels of this brand are located in cities of intersection of internal and international routes, in centers of large accumulations of tourists, most often the capitals of countries.
Hotels are focused on both vacationers and business travelers. Regency Hyatt is the oldest trademark of the network, in which all the achievements of the corporation for half a century of the existence of the company were reflected.All hotels of this brand are located in the center of large cities near city business centers and are mainly oriented to business travelers. The services provided by the hotel include numerous premises for conferences and meetings, Wi-Fi, the services of a translator and secretary, a gym, cozy restaurants and bars.
This brand is the main product of the company and belongs to the category of "5 stars". The Hyatt Place brand appeared in the year after the purchase of the American Suits hotel network. Hotels of this brand are located both in large cities and in small settlements. They are designed for independent business travelers, as well as for families spending joint time on weekends. The Hyatt Summerfield Suits brand was purchased from Black Stone Group in the year and offers a hotel network with rooms for long and comfortable living - each room has a living room, bedroom and kitchen.
The number of rooms of this brand varies from the Hyatt Summerfield Suits hotel are located in cities, airports and in the suburbs. This is an ideal place for corporate customers who need to settle their employees to complete long tasks. The Andaz brand was launched by Hyatt Corporation in the year in London. The architecture of each hotel of this brand displays the unique cultural features of this region.
Most of the contracts concluded by the corporation with hotel owners are based on success, based on administrative management. The company also has a portfolio of hotels that are its property, but their names are a commercial secret. The Executive Director of the Corporation emphasizes that, unlike competitors, Hyatt Hotels Corporation does not work in franchise, so he actually controls hotels independently, without involving third parties, which undoubtedly affects the quality of the finished product.
Despite the large -scale hotel network, the Hyatt Hotels Corporation corporation remains closed to the public, as well as its owners. Over the past 30 years, interviews with representatives of the Prothski family can be counted on the fingers. The president and chief executive director of the corporation Mark Hoplamazyan is no more open. In one of his interviews, he explained that it was the respect of the interests of hotel owners, which is managed by Hyatt, underlines the company's closeness in terms of disclosing financial information.
Also, in the official statements of the corporation, the position was always clearly traced that Hyatt is a private company and is not a public in its plans.