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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On December 5, 2023, Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“the Company”) announced that, effective December 31, 2023, H. Charles Floyd will step down from his current role as Executive Vice President – Global President of Operations and, effective January 1, 2024, transition to a role of Senior Advisor to Mark Hoplamazian, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, for a period of six months. Mr. Floyd will retire from the Company effective June 30, 2024. As a result of Mr. Floyd’s transition to a Senior Advisor role, effective January 1, 2024, the Company’s group presidents for the Americas, ASPAC, and EAME management and franchising segments—Peter Sears, David Udell, and Javier Aguila—as well as the Company’s Chief Growth Officer, Jim Chu, will report to Mark Hoplamazian.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Floyd’s retirement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Hyatt Hotels Corporation Press Release, dated December 5, 2023 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Hyatt Hotels Corporation | ||||||
| Date: December 5, 2023 | By: | /s/ Margaret C. Egan | ||||
| Name: | Margaret C. Egan | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||